Cristina Peña Raigal (born 27 July 1976) is a Spanish stage, film, and television actress.

Biography

She studied at the Juan Carlos Corazza school. She began in the interpretation with small roles on films and TV series (''

Manos a la obra ''Manos a la obra'' is a Spanish comedy television series starring Ángel de Andrés and Carlos Iglesias that originally aired on Antena 3 from 1998 to 2001. Premise The fiction follows the mishaps of a duo of clumsy and lazy bricklayers, Ma ...

'', ''

Médico de familia Médico de familia (Family Doctor) is a Spanish dramedy television series produced by Globomedia for Telecinco. The series premiered at the end of 1995, to become the most popular Tuesday night show for four years and made Telecinco a popular nati ...

'' or ''

El comisario ''El comisario'' is a Spanish police drama television series that originally aired for twelve seasons from 1999 to 2009 on Telecinco. Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso and starring an ensemble cast with the likes of Tito Valverde, Juanjo ...

''). Her first major role was as the protagonist in the 2001 short film ''Dame cambio''. The same year Peña filmed the TV series '' Compañeros'' ( Antena 3) and took part in the series until 2002, becoming a well known face to the audience. Peña then acted in several roles in film and television, for example

7 vidas ''7 Vidas'' is a Spanish sitcom which aired on Telecinco from 1999 to 2006. Its title translates as "7 lives" and the symbol of the sitcom is a cat, in reference to the belief that cats have 7 lives (in contrast to English-speaking countries, whe ...

(

Telecinco Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset España. The channel was previously known as Tele 5, because it had first begun its experimental transmissions on 10 March 1989, and a year later, it was officially launc ...

), until 2006, when she collaborated on the TV program ''

El Intermedio ''El Intermedio'' (''The Intermission'' in Spanish) is a news satire television program produced by ''Globomedia'' (a Spanish TV producer) and broadcast in ''La Sexta''. It is the work of Miguel Sánchez Romero, who is the responsible of the creat ...

'' (

LaSexta La Sexta (; "The Sixth"; stylized as laSexta) is a Spanish free-to-air television channel. It is privately owned and was originally founded on 18 March 2001 as Beca TV that began broadcasting on 1 April 2001, that same year. By 21 July 2003, the ...

). After she returned to the television series.

Personal life

She was formerly married to the actor

Enrique Arce Enrique Javier Arce Temple (born October 8, 1972) is a Spanish television and film actor. Biography Arce was born in Valencia, Spain on 8 October 1972. He originally went to university to study law, but during his fourth year, he decided to mo ...

. Peña has one daughter with musician Pachi Delgado. She is married with businessman Livio Lo Monaco with whom she had a daughter, Adriana (2012).

Filmography

Films

*''Gitano'' (2000, as Prostitute) *''Dame Cambio'' (2001, as Vanesa) *''Peor imposible, ¿qué puede fallar?'' (2002, as Chica calle tarde) *''Cuestión de química'' (2007) *''Trío de ases: el secreto de la Atlántida'' (2008, as Salimbna)

Television

*''

'' (1999) *''

Al salir de clase ''Al salir de clase'' is a Spanish teen drama television series produced by BocaBoca. The 1,199-episode-long broadcasting run on Telecinco spanned from September 1997 to July 2002. Premise The fiction, set in the Madrilenian ''Instituto Siete ...

'' (1999, as Michelle) *''

'' (1999 – 2002, as Adela / Ana / Charlie's friend) *'' Compañeros'' (2001 – 2002, as Jose) *''Tres son multitud'' (2003, as Bárbara Montes) *''Casi Perfectos'' (2004 – 2005, as Carmen) *''

Aída ''Aída'' is a Spanish sitcom that aired on Telecinco from 16 January 2005 to 8 June 2014. Set in Madrid, it is a spin off of the sitcom ''7 Vidas'', on which Aída was a recurring character. It was produced by Globomedia. The show stars Carm ...

'' (2005, as Remedios) *''Obsesión'' (2005) *''

'' (2005 – 2006, as Irene) *''LEX'' (2008, as Sara Segovia) *''

'' (2006–2008) *'' Somos cómplices'' (2009, as Soledad Méndez) *''Las chicas de oro'' (2010) *''Alfonso, el príncipe maldito'' (2010, as

Carmen Martínez-Bordiú María del Carmen Martínez-Bordiú y Franco (born 26 February 1951), commonly known as simply Carmen Martínez-Bordiú, is a former Spanish aristocrat and social figure. Martínez-Bordiú had been the '' 2nd Duchess of Franco'' from July 2018'' ...

) *''Seis motivos para dudar de tus amigos'' (2011) *''

Los misterios de Laura ''Los misterios de Laura'' () is a prime-time Spanish police procedural comedy-drama television series that was broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española from 2009 to 2014 and a television movie broadcast in 2022. It stars María Pujalte as Laur ...

'' (2011–present, as Verónica Lebrel) *''

BuenAgente ''BuenAgente'' is a Spanish comedy television series that originally aired on LaSexta from 5 May 2011 to 2 December 2011. The cast is led by Antonio Molero, Malena Alterio, Arturo Valls, Carmen Ruiz, Patricia Montero and Raúl Fernández. Prem ...

'' (2011) *''

Gran Reserva Reserve wine is wine of a higher quality than usual, a wine that has been aged before sale, or both. Traditionally, winemakers would reserve some of their best wine rather than sell it immediately, coining the term. In some countries the use of t ...

'' (2013, as forensics) *''

Bienvenidos al Lolita ''Bienvenidos al Lolita'' is a Spanish dramedy television series set in a cabaret club. Produced by Globomedia for Antena 3, it aired on the latter channel from January 2014 to February 2014. Premise The series deals about the backstage mishap ...

'' (2014–present, as Norma)

Theater

* ''The Pelopidas'' * ''A la caza de la extranjera'' * ''La otra costilla'' * ''

La casa de Bernarda Alba ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' ( es, La casa de Bernarda Alba) is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. Commentators have often grouped it with '' Blood Wedding'' and ''Yerma'' as a "rural trilogy". Garcia Lorca did not inc ...

'' * ''Así en los parques como en el cielo'' * ''5 mujeres.com'' (2005) * ''Hombres, mujeres y punto'' (2006) * ''

The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...

'' (2009) * ''

Rumors A rumor (American English), or rumour (British English; see spelling differences; derived from Latin:rumorem - noise), is "a tall tale of explanations of events circulating from person to person and pertaining to an object, event, or issue in p ...

'' (2011) * ''Se infiel y no mires con quién'' (2011) * ''Violines y trompetas'' (2012) * ''Ni contigo... Sin ni Ti (2012)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pena, Cristina 1976 births People from Granada Living people Spanish television actresses Spanish film actresses Spanish stage actresses 21st-century Spanish actresses