Macarena García de la Camacha Gutiérrez-Ambrossi (born 26 April 1988) is a Spanish actress. She won the

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for her performance in the 2012 silent film ''

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''. She has since featured in films such as ''

Palm Trees in the Snow ''Palm Trees in the Snow'' ( es, Palmeras en la nieve, links=no) is a 2015 Spanish romantic drama film directed by Fernando González Molina. Penned by Sergio G. Sánchez, the screenplay is based on the novel of the same name, ''Palmeras en la ...

'' and '' Holy Camp!''.

Biography

Macarena García de la Camacha Gutiérrez-Ambrossi was born on 26 April 1988 in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

. She started her training when she was eight years old with

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. When she was fourteen, she started combining it with dance, both modern as

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, in the Carmen Senra and Academia Broadway dance schools. Rosario Ruiz and Nora Troyani taught her how to sing during some years. In addition, she has complemented her training with guitar classes in the last years. She has an older brother,

Javier Ambrossi Francisco Javier García de la Camacha Gutiérrez-Ambrossi (born 24 June 1984), better known as Javier Ambrossi, is a Spanish actor, stage, film and television director and writer. He is best known for creating and directing the musical ''La ll ...

, also dedicated to acting. She studied

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at the

Autonomous University of Madrid The Autonomous University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; UAM), commonly known as simply la Autónoma, is a Spanish public university located in Madrid, Spain. The university was founded in 1968 alongside the Autonomous Universi ...

. From 2014 to 2022, she was in a relationship with singer Leiva.

Career

She got her first role when she was thirteen and performed the role of Canelilla in ''En nombre de la Infanta Carlota'', of Jara productions, a musical which was performed during some seasons in the Theatre of Madrid. She also worked in the musical ''

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'' and performed the lead role (Gabriella Montez) with

Daniel Diges Daniel Diges García (; born 17 January 1981) is a Spanish singer, pianist, composer and actor. Although born in Madrid proper, he has spent all his youth in the neighbouring city of Alcalá de Henares. Life and career Diges began his acting car ...

(Troy Bolton). Since then, she has taken part in several television series such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' The Boarding School''. But the role which made her known was the one of Chelo, the daughter of the doormen in ''

Amar en tiempos revueltos ''Amar en tiempos revueltos'' (Spanish for "Love in Troubled Times", or, more literally, "Loving during Turbulent Times"), is a Spanish soap opera set in the times of the Spanish civil war and Francoist Spain. The serial was aired from 2005 to 20 ...

'' from 2010 to 2012. In 2013, she played Vera on ''

Luna, el misterio de Calenda ''Luna, el misterio de Calenda'' is a Spanish mystery and horror television series. Produced by Globomedia for Antena 3, it aired from 2012 to 2013 on the latter channel. Premise Sara ( Belén Rueda), a judge, moves with her teenage daughter ...

'', a series of Antena 3. In cinema, she has performed the leading role in ''

'', directed by

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. This work has brought her very important awards, such as the

Silver Shell for Best Actress The Silver Shell for Best Actress (Spanish: ''Concha de Plata a la Mejor Interpretacion Femenina''; Basque: ''Aktore onenaren Zilarrezko Maskorra'') was one of the main awards presented at the San Sebastián International Film Festival to the Best ...

in the

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and the

Filmography

Television

Film

Accolades

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Macarena 1988 births Living people Autonomous University of Madrid alumni Actresses from Madrid 21st-century Spanish actresses Spanish film actresses Spanish television actresses Spanish stage actresses