Cecilia Freire

Cecilia Freire Peñas (born 17 November 1981) is a Spanish actress best known for playing Blanca Román on Física o Química (2008–2009) and Rita Montesinos on Velvet (2014–2016).[1]

Cecilia Freire
Born	Cecilia Freire Peñas 17 November 1981 Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Awards	Ondas Award (2016)

Biography

Cecilia Freire felt a calling to be an actress as a child, and started studying acting at age 14.

She has worked as a film, theater, and television actress. In 2008 she became very popular for her role in the film Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet. She has also appeared in films such as No Shame in 2001 and 8 citas in 2008.[1]

In theater, she has worked in London in The Winter's Tale, while in Spain she has been in plays such as La katarsis del tomatazo and Pero ¿quién mató el teatro?, in addition to having taken her first steps in shorts like La habitación de los abrigos by Nerea Madariaga.[1]

In television, she appeared in La vida de Rita on La 1 (2003), on the Telecinco series Tirando a dar (2006), which was not very successful, and played Setefilla on Hospital Central on Telecinco (2007).[1]

From 2008 to 2009, she was part of the Antena 3 series Física o Química in the role of Blanca, the Zurbarán Institute's literature professor, which made her known to the general public. She was one of its veterans, with a character who was always very prominent in stories, but left the series to focus on her theatrical career, having already been successful in the play Luz de gas. Her character Blanca quit the Zurbarán after being left at the altar, and departed for New York, leaving behind her boyfriend Berto, her friend Irene, and her students. She returned at the end of the seventh season to mark the end of the series.[2][3]

In 2010, she starred in Impares Premium and appeared in the short film Perra. In 2011 she shot another short, Aunque todo vaya mal, the directing debut of the actress Cristina Alcázar, who had joined Física o Química to play Marina, the new philosophy professor, just after Freire left.

In 2012, she performed in El club de la comedia on laSexta as a monologist.[4]

From 2014 to 2016 she gave life to the character Rita Montesinos on the Antena 3 series Velvet. Rita is a seamstress in the Galleries, who along with her friends Ana (Paula Echevarría) and Luisa (Manuela Vellés) and her sister Clara (Marta Hazas) are known as the "Velvet girls". Freire appeared in the first four seasons of the series.[5][6] In October 2016 she won Best Female Performer at the 63rd edition of the Ondas Awards for her role as Rita Montesinos.[7]

In November 2016 she played Inma in the film Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot, a comedy directed by Maria Ripoll based on Laura Norton's homonymous novel.[8]

Since 2018 she has starred in the TVE series La otra mirada, where she shares the screen with actresses such as Macarena García, Patricia López Arnaiz, and Ana Wagener.[9]

Works

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	No Shame	Lara
2005	La habitación de los abrigos		Leading role
2008	Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet	CNN correspondent	Supporting role
	8 citas	Nuria	Supporting role
2011	Perra		Leading role
	Aunque todo vaya mal	Emilia	Leading role
2013	Solsticio	Helena	Leading role
	Dragons High School		Leading role
2016	Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot	Inma	Leading role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Episodes	Channel
2006	Tirando a dar	Violeta	7 Episodes	Telecinco
2007	Hospital Central	Setefilla	1 episode	Telecinco
2008	Impares	Lola	13 episodes	Antena 3
2008–2009, 2011	Física o Química	Blanca Román	48 episodes	Antena 3
2010	Impares Premium	Lola	10 episodes	Neox
2014–2016	Velvet	Rita Montesinos	55 episodes	Antena 3
2018-2019	La otra mirada	Ángela López	14 episodes	La 1
2019	Justo antes de Cristo	Valeria	5 episodes	Movistar+
2019	Velvet Colección	Rita Montesinos	1 special episode	Movistar+

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2014	Silver Fotogramas Awards	Best Television Actress	Velvet	Nominated	[10]
2015	Union of Actors and Actresses Awards	Best Supporting Television Actress	Velvet	Nominated	[11]
2016	Feroz Awards	Best Supporting Television Actress	Velvet	Nominated	[12][13]
2016	Ondas Awards	Best Female Performer in National Fiction	Velvet	Winner	[7][14]
2016	Silver Fotogramas Awards	Best Television Actress	Velvet	Nominated	[15]

References

1. "Cecilia Freire" (in Spanish). Madrid: Antena 3. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
2. "El suicidio online de Irene en 'Física o química' es 'un simple gag'" [Irene's Online Suicide on 'Física o química' is 'a Simple Gag'] (in Spanish). Fórmula TV. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
3. Ferreirós, Alicia P. (9 June 2011). "Antiguos personajes regresan en el último capítulo de 'Física o Química'" [Ancient Characters Come Back in the Last Chapter of 'Física o Química']. SensaCine (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2018.
4. "Los monólogos y Leo Harlem vuelven al 'Club de la Comedia'" [The Monologues and Leo Harlem Return to the 'Club de la Comedia']. 20 minutos (in Spanish). EFE. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
5. Alfonso, Miguel Ángel (4 October 2016). "Cecilia Freire, de Velvet: 'Es difícil decirle adiós a Rita'" [Cecilia Freire, of Velvet: 'It's Difficult to Say Goodbye to Rita']. Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2018.
6. Faginas, Sandra (15 October 2016). "Cecilia Freire: 'Cuando me quito las gafas soy una superwoman'" [Cecilia Freire: 'When I Take Off My Glasses I'm a Superwoman']. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2018.
7. "Cecilia Freire, Pedro Casablanc y 'El Ministerio del Tiempo', Premios Ondas 2016". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). October 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
8. Robledo, Rocío (20 October 2016). "Conoce a los nuevos personajes de 'No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas'" [Meet the New Characters of 'Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot']. Cuore (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2018.
9. "Cecilia Freire, de 'La otra mirada', en La 1: 'En cada personaje olvido lo aprendido'" [Cecilia Freire, from 'La otra mirada', on La 1: 'In Each Character I Forget What I Learned']. Diez Minutos (in Spanish). May 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
10. "'Velvet', 'El Príncipe' e 'Isabel', nominadas a los Fotogramas de Plata". El Español (in Spanish). 27 January 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
11. "'La novia' y 'Vis a Vis' arrasan en las nominaciones de los XXV Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices" ['La novia' and 'Vis a Vis' Sweep the Nominations for the 15th Union of Actors and Actresses Awards] (in Spanish). Madrid. Europa Press. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
12. "Nominados a los Premios Feroz 2017" (in Spanish). Feroz Awards. Archived from the original on 2016-12-13. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
13. "Cecilia Freire y Pepe Sacristán, nominados a los Premios Feroz" (in Spanish). Antena 3. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
14. Cía, Blanca; Ruiz de Elvira, Á. P.; Marcos, N.; Orquín, C. (20 October 2015). "Premios Ondas 2016 para la radio musical, Miguel Bosé, 'La voz' y 'El Ministerio del Tiempo'". El País (in Spanish). Barcelona/Madrid. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
15. Alameda, Marta (14 February 2017). "Cena de nominados Fotogramas de Plata 2016" [2016 Silver Fotogramas Nominees' Dinner]. Elle (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2018.

External links

• Cecilia Freire at IMDb