María Casado Paredes (born 14 March 1978) is a Spanish journalist and presenter. She is known for her longstanding involvement in the newscast department of

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(TVE) from 2005 to 2020.

Biography

Born in

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on 14 March 1978. After earning a licentiate degree in journalism from the

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, she started working for the public radio broadcaster

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(RNE) in 1999, as editor in

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. After a brief spell in the Catalan public radio broadcaster Catalunya Ràdio as producer of ''El matí'', she returned to RNE in 2003. She entered TVE's newscast service in 2005. She became the anchor of the weekend edition of the '' Telediario'' in 2006 and co-hosted ''

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'' from 2007 to 2009. She joined the political debate program ' in 2009 (she had already hosted its Catalan-language equivalent ''59 segons'' in the TV blocks of the Spanish public broadcaster in Catalonia). After the latter Globomedia-produced program was axed because of its costs in 2012, Casado briefly continued as host of its successor ', as she soon became the presenter of the

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television news program ''

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'' in that year, replacing Ana Pastor. She left ''Los Desayunos'' in 2016 to replace

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as host of the morning television show ''La Mañana''. She became the chairwoman of the Spain's Academy of Television and Audiovisual Arts and Sciences in 2018. In 2020, after 4 years hosting ''La Mañana'', she was replaced by the meteorologist

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as presenter of the show, which was renamed as ''

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''. She subsequently left TVE and joined

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-based production company Soho TV. In 2020, Casado was the presenter on the Banderas-directed music web television series ''Escena en blanco y negro'', released on

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. On 6 March 2021, Casado and Banderas directed and hosted the 35th Goya Awards ceremony. Her return to TVE was announced in October 2021, set the host a weekly show produced in

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References

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