Silvia Abascal Estrada (born 20 March 1979) is a Spanish film, television and stage actress. She landed a breakthrough role in 1995 sitcom ''

Pepa y Pepe ''Pepa y Pepe'' is a Spanish sitcom television series with Costumbrismo, ''costumbrista'' themes, starring Tito Valverde, Verónica Forqué, María Adánez and Silvia Abascal. It aired in 1995 on La 1 (Spanish TV channel), TVE1. Premise The se ...

'' which advanced her career. She has since featured in films such as ''The Yellow Fountain'', '' The Wolf'', and ''

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''.

Biography

Silvia Abascal Estrada was born on 20 March 1979 in

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. She made her television debut in the game show '' Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez'', age 14. She advanced her career with her performance in 1995 sitcom series ''

'', in which she played Clarita, the middle sibling in the protagonist family characterised as a sarcastic and macabre yet also sensible grunge-loving teenager. She trained her acting chops under

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. Her performance in ''The Yellow Fountain'' as Lola, a half-Spanish half-Chinese wild child, earned her a nomination to the

Goya Award for Best New Actress The Goya Award for Best New Actress ( es, Premio Goya a la mejor actriz revelación, links=no) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. Since its inception, the award has been given to 27 actresses. At the 9th Goya Award ...

. She was appointed as

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goodwill ambassador in 2003. In April 2011, Abascal suffered a

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which temporarily halted her career. Ten months later, she make a comeback to the spotlight attending the gala of the

26th Goya Awards The 26th Goya Awards were presented on 19 February 2012 to honour the best in Spanish films of 2011 and the ceremony was hosted by Spanish comedian Eva Hache Eva María Hernández Villegas (born 7 August 1971), better known as Eva Hache, is a ...

. She made a film performance in ' (2015).

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

* ''La gaviota'' (2010) * ''Días de vino y rosas'' (2009–10) * ''Gatas'' (2008) * ''Siglo XX... que estás en los cielos'' (2006) * ''Historia de una vida'' (2005)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abascal, Silvia 1979 births Living people Spanish film actresses Spanish television actresses Spanish stage actresses 20th-century Spanish actresses 21st-century Spanish actresses Actresses from Madrid UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors