Inma Cuesta

Inmaculada Cuesta Martínez (born 25 June 1980) is a Spanish actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Margarita Hernando in La 1 television series Águila Roja (Red Eagle), Ruth Belloso in Three Many Weddings (2013), La novia in The Bride (2015) and Ana Mari in the Movistar+ television series Arde Madrid.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cuesta and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Inma Cuesta
Cuesta at the presentation of Sidetracked at the Miami International Film Festival
Born
Inmaculada Cuesta Martínez

(1980-06-25) 25 June 1980
Jaen, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)

Early life

Born in Valencia to Andalusian parents, Cuesta spent her childhood in Arquillos, Jaén.[1][2] Her father was an upholsterer, so she used to collect the leftovers to make handbags and sell them to finance her studies. At age of 18, she moved to Córdoba to study a Degree at the School of Dramatic Art. After completing her studies, she continued her training in Seville. In 2005 she moved to Madrid and entered the Conservatory and School of Dance, a performing arts center run by Carmen Roche.

Career

Once settled in the capital of Spain, Cuesta undertook her career in the world of the theater from the hand of Nacho Cano starring in the musical Hoy no me puedo levantar. Her first starring role in television was in the series Amar en tiempos revueltos, playing the role of Elisa, a humble girl who became a well-known singer of the time.

After three seasons and almost three years in the musical she signed for another television series, Plan América with Pepe Sancho (TVE 2008).

Very soon she got her first change in the cinema with the movie Café solo con ellas with Asier Etxeandía, Alejo Sauras, Diego Paris, Terele Pávez and Elena Ballesteros, among others. Later, she starred together with Fele Martínez and Angel de Andrés the film El kaserón.

In 2009, she began to play the role of Margarita in the series Águila roja which was broadcast by the Spanish national televisión (TVE).[3] In April that same year she appeared on the cover of the magazine FHM and other publications.

She shot Águila Roja: la película, the film version of the series, and starred in the film Primos, a comedy by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, along with Quim Gutiérrez, Raúl Arévalo and Antonio de la Torre. On 21 October 2011 she premiered La voz dorada, a film by Benito Zambrano, co-starring with María León. The film, set in the Spanish Civil War, was preselected by the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España (Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences).

At the beginning of 2012, she was a candidate for the Goya Awards as Best Actress thanks to her role in the film La voz dormida. That year, she also participated in the shooting of the film Grupo 7 (Alberto Rodríguez) with Mario Casas and Antonio de la Torre. Also, she played the role of Carmen de Triana, in the Spanish adaptation of Pablo Berger’s Blancanieves, a silent and black-and-white film with the music as a common thread, in which actresses Maribel Verdú, Ángela Molina and Macarena García also participated.

Almost at the same time, she starred in the short film by Rodrigo Atíza, Muchacha con paisaje and participated in Words with Gods (based on Guillermo Arriaga's idea) from the hand of Álex de la Iglesia in a project where directors from all around the world present an episode about religion.

In November 2012, she starred together with Alberto Ammann, Karra Elejalde and Antonio de la Torre on Daniel Calparsoro’s last film, Invasor, for which she won the nomination for best supporting actress at the Mestre Mateo Awards.

In 2013 she played Ruth in Javier Ruiz Caldera's story 3 bodas de más, with Martíño Rivas, Paco León, Quim Gutiérrez, Rossy de Palma and Laura Sánchez, among others. She returned to the musicals with Javier Gutiérrez and Marta Ribera with the work ¡Ay, Carmela!. In 2016, along with Argentine actor Ricardo Darín, she performed a young girl from a small villa in Buenos Aires in the film Kóblic by Sebastian Borestein.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Director
2019 Live Twice, Love Once Julia María Ripoll
2018 Everybody Knows Ana Asghar Farhadi
2016 Koblic Nancy Sebastián Borensztein
2016 Julieta Ava Pedro Almodóvar
2015 The Bride La novia Paula Ortiz
2013 3 bodas de más (Three Many Weddings) Ruth Belloso Javier Ruiz Caldera
2012 Blancanieves (Snow White) Carmen de Triana Pablo Berger
2012 Grupo 7 (Group 7) Elena Alberto Rodríguez
2011 The Sleeping Voice Hortensia Rodríguez García Benito Zambrano
2011 Red dragon Margarita Jose Ramon Ayerra
2008 El kaserón Eva Paul Martínez
2007 Café solo con ellas Sonia Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2020 El desorden que dejas (The Mess You Leave Behind) Raquel Main role
2018 Arde Madrid Ana Mari Main role
2017–2018 El accidente (The Accident) Lucía Main role
2009–2016 Águila Roja (Red Eagle) Margarita Hernando Main role
2008 Plan América Lucía Alonso Main role; 5 episodes
2008 La familia Mata Sonia Recurring role; 5 episodes
2006–2007 Amar en tiempos revueltos (Love during trouble times) Elisa Domínguez Pastor Main role; 221 episodes

Theater
Year Play Role Notes
2013 ¡Ay, Carmela! Carmela Musical, main role
2005–2009 Hoy no me puedo levantar (I can't get up today) María Main role

Awards and nominations

Goya Awards
Year Category Work Result
2015 Best Leading Actress La novia

(The Bride)

 Nominated
2013 3 bodas de más

(Three Many Weddings)

 Nominated
2011 La voz dormida

(The Sleeping Voice)

 Nominated

Spanish Actors Union Awards
Year Category Work Result
2015 Best Leading film actress The Bride Won
2012 Best Supporting film actress Blancanieves Nominated
2011 Best Leading film actress The Sleeping Voice Nominated
2009 Best Supporting television actress Águila Roja

(Red Eagle)

 Nominated

Premios Feroz
Year Category Work Result
2016 Best Leading actress La novia (The Bride) Won
2014 3 bodas de más (Three Many Weddings) Nominated

Spanish Academy of Television Awards
Year Category Work Result
2010 Best Leading actress Águila Roja (Red Eagle) Nominated

References
  1. "Encuentros digitales RTVE.es - Inma Cuesta". encuentrosdigitales.rtve.es. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  2. "Inicio - Diario JAEN". www.diariojaen.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  3. "Margarita, interpretada por Inma Cuesta - RTVE.es". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
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