Marian Álvarez Cachero (born 1 April 1978) is a Spanish actress. She has been typecast in suffering roles.
Biography
Álvarez was born in
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
on 1 April 1978. She studied business sciences while receiving formal training as an actress.
She landed her acting debut in 2000 with a guest role in television series '.
Following a short film debut in ''Soberano, el rey canalla'', she made her feature film debut in
Miguel Bardem's ''
Swindled'' (2004).
In her early career, she went on to feature in television series such as ''
7 vidas
''7 Vidas'' is a Spanish sitcom that aired on Telecinco from 1999 to 2006. Its title translates as "7 lives" and the symbol of the sitcom is a cat, in reference to the belief that cats have 7 lives (in contrast to English-speaking countries, wh ...
'', ''
La sopa boba'', ''
Motivos personales'', ''
Hospital Central
''Hospital Central'' ("Central Hospital"; previously ''Línea Roja'') is a Spanish television series that follows the professional and personal lives of the staff of the fictitious Hospital Central in Madrid. New episodes are shown by Telecinco ...
'' and ''
La fuga'' and films such as ''
Semen, una historia de amor'', ''
By Force'', ''
The Best of Me'', and ''Bestezuelas''.
Álvarez's performance as a young woman with a
borderline personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive, long-term pattern of significant interpersonal relationship instability, an acute fear of Abandonment (emotional), abandonment, and intense emotiona ...
in the 2013 drama film ''
Wounded'' earned her a
Silver Shell for Best Actress and a
Goya Award for Best Actress
The Goya Award for Best Actress (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación femenina protagonista'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 26 actresses. At the 1 ...
.
Filmography
Film
Television
Accolades
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Locarno International Film Festival
The Locarno International Film Festival is a major international film festival, held annually in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narr ...
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Leopard for Best Actress , , ''The Best of Me'' , , , ,
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San Sebastián International Film Festival
The San Sebastián International Film Festival ( SSIFF; , ) is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spain, Spanish city of Donostia, Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Countr ...
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Silver Shell for Best Actress , , rowspan = "8" , ''Wounded'' , , , ,
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Mar del Plata International Film Festival
The Mar del Plata International Film Festival () is an List of film festivals, international film festival that takes place every November in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It is the only competitive feature festival recognized by the FIAPF ...
, , Silver Astor for Best Actress , , , ,
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Forqué Awards , , Best Actress , , , ,
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1st Feroz Awards , ,
Best Actress , , , ,
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28th Goya Awards
The 28th Goya Awards were presented at the Madrid Marriott Auditorium Hotel in Madrid on February 9, 2014 to honour the best in Spanish films of 2013. Manel Fuentes was the master of ceremonies for the first time. Nominees were announced on Janua ...
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Best Actress , , , ,
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1st Platino Awards
The 1st Platino Awards were presented at the Teatro Anayasi in Panama City, Panama on April 5, 2014 to honour the best in Ibero-American films of 2013.
Nominations were announced on 13 March 2014. ''The German Doctor'' received the most nominatio ...
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Best Actress , , , ,
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Fénix Awards , , Best Actress , , , ,
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27th European Film Awards
The 27th European Film Awards were presented on 13 December 2014 in Riga, Latvia. The winners were selected by more than 2,500 members of the European Film Academy. Nominations for the People's Choice Award category were announced on 1 September ...
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Best European Actress , , , ,
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30th Goya Awards , ,
Best Supporting Actress , , ''Happy 140'' , , , ,
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4th Feroz Awards , ,
Best Actress , , ''Dying'' , , , ,
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10th Feroz Awards , , Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series , , ''La unidad'' , , , ,
References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
Actresses from Madrid
Spanish film actresses
21st-century Spanish actresses
Spanish television actresses