Maggie Civantos

Maggie Civantos (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɣi θiˈβantos]; born 28 December 1984, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain) is a Spanish actress, best known for her starring role of Macarena Ferreiro in the Antena 3 woman's prison series Vis a Vis.[1] The series airs in Britain as Locked Up, the first Spanish-produced television drama to air on that country's airwaves.[2]

Maggie Civantos
Maggie Civantos in 2014 during the filming of Hidrólisis
Born (1984-12-28) December 28, 1984
Málaga, Andalucía
Alma materEscuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Málaga
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present

For the role, she has won a 2015 Premios Ondas, Premios Madrid Imagen (MIM Series) 2015 and Premios XXIV Union de Actores 2016. In 2017, she appeared in the Netflix series Las Chicas Del Cable.[3]

Biography

Born in 1984, her mother is a singer and her father is a sound technician.[4] She was named after the character Maggie Gioberti, played by Susan Sullivan, in the TV series Falcon Crest.[5]

Career

She began her career in Escenas de matrimonio replacing Mar Saura,[6] Hospital central and Yo soy Bea. In 2008 she starred the TV series Eva y kolegas by Antena 3.[7] She played Angélica in the Canal Sur Televisión TV series Arrayán.[8]

In 2014, she had her first important role as Fanny in Bienvenidos al Lolita.[9] Her biggest role was as Macarena, the main character in the 2015 TV series Vis a vis.[10][11] In 2017, she appeared in the first Spanish TV series released on Netflix called Las chicas del cable alongside Blanca Suárez, Ana Fernández García and Nadia de Santiago.[12]

She returned as Macarena in the spin off Vis a vis: El oasis,[13] starring with Najwa Nimri.[14] She appears along Salva Reina in the RTVE series Malaka.[15][16]

Filmography

Films
  • Las rubias (TBA)
  • La chica de los cigarrillos (TBA) as Eva
  • Mejor actriz (TBA)
  • La influencia (2019) as Sara
  • La pequeña Suiza (2019) as Yolanda
  • Antes de la quema (2019) as Meme
  • Alegría, tristeza (2018) as Sandra
  • El mejor verano de mi vida (2018) as Zoe
  • Ahora seremos felices (2018) as Clara
  • Escombros (2018) as Miranda
  • Alan (2018) as Helen
  • Downunder (2017)
  • Las rubias (2016) as Marta
  • Rubita (2014) as Norma
  • Crustáceos (2014)
  • Cobayas: Human Test (2014) as Helena
  • 321 días en Michigan (2014) as Lola
  • Rem (2013) as Gem
  • Temporal (2013) as Rosario
  • Hidrolisis (2012) as Sandra
  • Amanecidos (2011)
  • Placer (2009) as Leo / Adrian's ex-gf
  • CineMálaga (2009) as Rose
  • Prime Time (2008) as Asesora de Marketing
  • L.A: Los Ángeles (2007)
  • Sobreexpuestos (2005)
  • El que espera (2004) as Eli
  • Kinoglaz (2004)

Television series

References
  1. "Ésta es la protagonista de 'Vis a Vis', la serie carcelaria de Antena 3 and at La Antena 4". El Diario (in Spanish). Vertele!. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. "Interview with Locked Up's Maggie Civantos". Channel 4. Channel Four Television Corporation. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. Zaba, Yenia (31 March 2016). "From the Director and Producers of Velvet and Gran Hotel, Comes the First Netflix Original Series Shot and Produced in Spain". Netflix Media Center. Amsterdam. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. Madrid, Jose (23 June 2016). "Hija de cantante, miope y con nombre de 'Falcon Crest': desmontamos a Maggie Civantos". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Titania Compañía Editorial, S. L. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  5. Díaz, Mar (28 November 2016). ""Me llamaron Maggie por el personaje de Falcon Crest"". Asturias Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  6. "Vuelve 'Escenas de matrimonio'". El Diario (in Spanish). Vertele!. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  7. "El pasado oculto de las protagonistas de 'Vis a Vis'". Qué! (in Spanish): 2. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  8. "Arrayán dirá adiós a la televisión en diciembre tras 13 años en antena". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Titania Compañía Editorial, S. L. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  9. Olabarria, Iosu (30 December 2013). "Conoce a los personajes de 'Bienvenidos al Lolita', la nueva serie de Antena 3". Mi Zona TV (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  10. Díaz, F. (12 February 2015). "Antena 3 confía su drama en la cárcel a Maggie Civantos". Diario de Jerez (in Spanish). Joly Digital. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  11. Vallejo, Julián (12 February 2015). "Maggie Civantos protagonizará "Vis a vis"". Cultura en serie (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  12. "Maggie Civantos ficha por 'Las chicas del cable' de Netflix". El Español (in Spanish). Bluper. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  13. "'Vis a vis' vuelve con un 'spin off' con Najwa Nimri y Maggie Civantos como protagonistas". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 23 May 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  14. Europa Press (23 May 2019). "Najwa Nimri y Maggie Civantos protagonizarán el 'spin-off' de 'Vis a Vis'". El Periódico. Grupo Zeta. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  15. "Maggie Civantos estrena la serie 'Malaka'". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  16. Escalona, Maribel (3 September 2019). "Maggie Civantos vuelve con 'Malaka': "El público agradece ver cosas distintas en la televisión generalista"". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). Hearst Magazines International. Retrieved 10 September 2019.

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