Maggie Civantos (; born 28 December 1984) is a Spanish actress, best known for her starring role of Macarena Ferreiro in the prison series ''
Locked Up'' (''Vis a vis''). She has since starred in series such as ''
Cable Girls'', ''
Malaka'', ''
Vis a vis: El oasis'' or ''
Express
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Biography
Born in
Málaga
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on 28 December 1984, her mother is a singer and her father is a sound technician. She was named after the character Maggie Gioberti, played by
Susan Sullivan
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, in the TV series ''
Falcon Crest
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''.
Career
She began her career in ''
Escenas de matrimonio
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'' replacing
Mar Saura, ''
Hospital central
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'' and ''
Yo soy Bea''. In 2008 she starred the TV series ''Eva y kolegas'' by
Antena 3. She played Angélica in the
Canal Sur Televisión
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TV series ''
Arrayán''.
In 2014 she had her first important role as Fanny in ''
Bienvenidos al Lolita
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Premise
The series deals about the backstage mishap ...
''. Her biggest role was as Macarena, the main character in the 2015 TV series ''
Vis a vis''. In 2017 she appeared in the first Spanish Netflix original series ''
Cable Girls'' (''Las chicas del cable'') alongside
Blanca Suárez
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,
Ana Fernández and
Nadia de Santiago.
She returned as Macarena in the spin-off ''
Vis a vis: El oasis'', starring with
Najwa Nimri
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Early life
Nimri's mother is from Pamplona and her father, Karam Nimri, is Jordanian. She has a brother named Karim Nimri, a half-brother named Andre Nimri an ...
. She appears along
Salva Reina
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in ''
Malaka''.
Filmography
Films
Television series
Awards and nominations
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25th Actors and Actresses Union Awards
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In addition to the competitive awards, Mabel Lozano received the '' award, Juan Margallo
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26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards
The 26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards ceremony was held on 13 March 2017 at the Circo Price in Madrid
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Fotogramas de Plata
Fotogramas de Plata are a series of Spanish annual film, theatre and television awards awarded by ''Fotogramas'' film magazine since 1951.
On 5 February 1951, ''Fotogramas'' magazine awarded their first Placa de San Juan Bosco award to actor Jesà ...
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References
External links
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21st-century Spanish actresses
Living people
1984 births
People from Málaga