Carmen Arrufat Blasco (born 11 October 2002) is a Spanish film and television actress. Her performance in ''

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'' earned her a nomination to the

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. She became known to a television audience for her villainess role in the television series ''

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''.

Biography

Born on 11 October 2002 in

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, Arrufat took acting courses since she was 11 year old, and she trained at Aula Cine y TV, a drama school operated by Víctor Antolí. Arrufat debuted as a

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in a feature film in the 2019 drama ''

'' (she lied about her age being 16 while she was still 15 in order to get the role). Her performance earned her a nomination to the

. She moved to

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and she was cast for the role of the manipulative and narcissist Lena Vallejo in the television series ''HIT''. Shooting of the series started in January 2020, but it was interrupted by the

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, so Arrufat rather performed a teenager trapped with her family during the COVID-19 lockdown in the comedy series '' Diarios de la cuarentena'', aired from April to May 2020 on La 1. The filming of ''HIT'' resumed in June 2020 after a hiatus and it wrapped in July. Later in 2020, Arrufat was cast in the

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thriller series '' Todos mienten''. She also joined the main cast of ''

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s season 6.

Filmography

Film

Television

Accolades

References

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