Asia Ortega Leiva (
Barcelona, May 18, 1995) is a Spanish film and television dancer and actress who became known for her participation in the series ''
Les de l'hoquei'' (2019-2020) as Flor Vilamayor. Later, she starred in the series ''
El internado: Las Cumbres'' (2021-2022) in the role of Amaia Torres.
Biography
First years
Asia Ortega Leiva was born on May 18, 1995, in Barcelona (Spain). She is descendant of an Argentinian father, a circus clown by profession, and a Spanish mother and actress. Always rooted in the world of art, she has a great passion for flamenco, so from a very young age she began with this type of dance.
Professional career
In 2017 she made her film debut with the movie ''
Cuando los ángeles duermen'', directed by Gonzalo Bendala and produced by Áralan Films. In 2018 she played Sara, daughter of
José Coronado
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, in the film ''
Tu hijo'', directed by
Miguel Ángel Vivas
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He has directed films such as ''Extinction (2015 film), Extinction'' (2015), and ''Your Son'' (2018).
Filmography
As director
* ''Asedio'' (2023)
* ''Des ...
and produced by Apache Films. In April 2019 she premiered on
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Television
*Canal 3 (Burkina Faso), a commercial television channel in Burkina Faso
*Canal 3 (Guatemala), a commercial television channel in Guatemala
*Channel 3 (Algeria), a public Algerian TV channel owned by EPTV ...
the series ''
Les de l'hoquei'', where she played Flor Vilamayor during the two seasons. In addition, she signed for the second season of ''+ de 100 mentiras'' on
Atresmedia's
Flooxer
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platform
In 2020 she participated in the feature film ''
Malnazidos
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'', directed by Alberto de Toro and Javier Ruiz Caldera. She also starred in ''
Hasta el cielo'', a film by
Daniel Calparsoro
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Biography
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, alongside
Miguel Herrán and
Carolina Yuste. In 2021 she starred in the series ''
El Internado: Las Cumbres'', adaptation of the successful
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* Antena 3 (Portugal), a national radio channel produced by the Portuguese public broadcasting entity Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
*Antena 3 (Romania), a Romanian television channel owned by Intact Media Group
*Antena 3 (Sp ...
''
El Internado: Laguna Negra'', where she played Amaia Torres, a conflictive student looking for her boyfriend. After the broadcast of the first season in February 2021, the renewal of the series for a second season was announced, again with Asia as the main character, along with Albert Salazar. In April 2021 she participated episodically in the
Netflix series ''
El Inocente'', playing Cassandra.
In February 2022, it was announced that she would star in the TV series ''Hasta el cielo'' on
Netflix, based on the 2020 film
of the same name, in which she already participated in a supporting role.
Filmography
Cinema
Television
References
External links
Asia Ortegaon
IMDb
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Spanish television actresses
Film actresses from Catalonia
Spanish film actresses
Living people
1995 births
Spanish people of Argentine descent