Almudena Parejo Amor (born 30 March 1994), artistically known as Almudena Amor, is a Spanish actress. She has starred in the films ''

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'' and ''

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Biography

Almudena Parejo Amor was born on 30 March 1994 in

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. Part of her family comes from

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(Toledo), a village in which she spent many summers and weekends during her youth. Raised in the Concepción neighborhood, she developed an interest in acting during some theatrical courses organised in her high school in

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. She trained her acting chops in

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at the Mar Navarro acting school. She earned a degree in publicity and a master's degree in design. She worked for a time as a model afterwards. Determined to develop an acting career, she performed in some short films, commercials and music videos. After performing in a teaser video by Gonzaga Manso titled ''Millones de años'', she was inked by agent Diana Ellerker, and she ensuingly landed the leading role in

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's ''

'', playing the role of Susana, a young model who has to return home to take care of her grandmother. She also made a minor appearance in the Plaza-directed episode "Freddy" from the anthology television series '' Stories to Stay Awake''. Her breakthrough role as Liliana (a young company intern from a well-off family infatuated with the boss) in

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's ''

'' earned her a nomination to the

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and a nomination to the Feroz Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Filmography

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Accolades

References

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