Loreto Mauleón (born 14 August 1988) is a Spanish actress. Early recognisable to a Basque audience for her performance in the soap opera ''

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'', she became known to a wider Spanish audience for her performances in ''

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'' and '' Patria''. She has since featured in television series such as ''

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'', '' The Snow Girl'', and '' Querer'' and films such as '' God's Crooked Lines'' (2022) and '' La buena letra'' (2025).

Early life and education

Loreto Mauleón was born in

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on 14 August 1988, but, when she was just seven months old, moved to

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She studied at the ''

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'' Zurriola and the Peñaflorida high school in San Sebastián, before studying public works at the

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Career

Mauleón performed in four seasons of the Basque soap opera ''

''. Her debut in a

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came with a role in ''La máquina de pintar nubes'' (2009). In 2012, she joined the cast of the second season of ''

'', performing the role of María Castañeda, which brought her public recognition. The character stopped appearing in the series in January 2015, after more than 600 episodes. Mauleón then starred in the Basque period drama series ''Aitaren Etxea'' and performed the role of Zita Polo in the miniseries ''

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''. Mauleón returned to ''Puente Viejo'' to reprise the role of María Castañeda in 2016. She returned again to the series in 2018, leaving the series in 2019. Mauleón's

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as Arantxa in ''Patria'' (2020) earned her critical acclaim and won her a Feroz Award for Best Supporting Actress. After an appearance in the miniseries ''

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'', she joined the main cast of ''

'', which began filming in March 2021.

Filmography

Film

Television

Accolades

References

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