Blanca Romero Ezama (born 2 June 1976) is a Spanish actress, model, and singer.

Biography

Blanca Romero was born on 2 June 1976 in

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. Her parents are of

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and

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descent.

Career

At age 14, she appeared in her first fashion show at a boutique in Gijón. As a result, she became interested in the subject of fashion; at 17 she moved to Madrid, and two years later to Paris to work at fashion magazines such as ''Givenchy'' and ''

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''. She composed her first song in 2001. In mid-2006, she began a short-lived musical career under the stage name La Perra. She took part in some reports for the Antena 3 television program ''PuntoDoc''. An appearance on ' on

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led to her being noticed by the creative team for the teen drama series ''

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'', and she made the leap to acting. She went on to act in ' and '' Supermodelo 2006''. She has appeared on the cover of the Spanish edition of ''

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'' on several occasions, and posed nude in a special issue to raise awareness of

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and pollution issues for

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in Zaragoza. She made her film debut in 2009 with ''

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'', for which she was nominated for Best New Actress at the

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. She followed this with ' in 2011 and ''

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'' in 2012. In 2015, she starred in the first season of the Antena 3 series ''

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'', playing an undercover police officer partnered with

Yon González Yon González Luna (born 20 May 1986) is a Spanish actor. He is probably best known for his performance as Iván Noiret León in the Antena 3 series '' The Boarding School'' (''El internado''), as well as for his role of Julio Olmedo/Espinosa i ...

. After its renewal for a second season, it was published that Romero would not continue in the project, and would be replaced by Olivia Molina. A year later, it was announced that she had signed on for the miniseries ''La luz de la esperanza'' on La 1, alongside

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, and . In 2020, it was confirmed that she would reprise her role as Irene Calvo Azpeolea in '' Física o químicaː El reencuentro'' for the platform

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Personal life

On 11 September 1998, she gave birth to her first child, a girl. On 10 July 2015 she revealed the identity of her daughter's biological father through an Instagram photo. On 26 October 2001 she married the bullfighter

Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez Antonio Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez (born January 13, 1977 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish ''torero'' or 'bullfighter'. Family ties Rivera is the son of Francisco Rivera 'Paquirri' and Carmen Ordóñez. He belongs to a long line of famous bullfigh ...

in the church of San Pedro in Gijón. Cayetano legally adopted Blanca's daughter, Lucía. They divorced in 2004. On 21 July 2012 she gave birth to her second child, a boy.

Filmography

Television

Movies

References

External links

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