Catalina Sopelana
Catalina Sopelana (born 1992) is a Spanish actress.
Life and career
[edit]Born in 1992 in Madrid, she earned a degree in Psychology, deciding to join an amateur theatre group in her senior year.[1][2] She later trained her acting chops at Juan Carlos Corazza's attelier.[2] She made her feature film debut in Carlos Vermut's Quién te cantará (2018).[2] After appearing in television series such as Velvet Colección, Matadero, Centro médico, and Inhibidos, her portrayal of Julia in Netflix superhero comedy series The Neighbor (2019–2021) advanced her career.[3] She starred as "empowered" gig worker Clau in Playz webseries Riders.[3] She also appeared in films Outlaws (2021), Manticore (2022), and Prison 77 (2022),[4] and joined the cast of Julio Medem's Minotauro. Picasso y las mujeres del Guernica to portray Marie-Thérèse Walter.[5][n. 1] She played the girfriend of Lali Espósito's Wendy in the last season of action thriller series Sky Rojo,[7] aired in 2023.
Her supporting performance in The Blue Star portraying a friend of rock musician Mauricio Aznar (2023) earned her an Actors and Actresses Union Award nomination for Best Film Female Performance in a Minor Role.[8][9] In season four of crime series Wrong Side of the Tracks, Sopelana portrayed unexperienced yet ambitious police agent Camila.[4] Also in 2024, she featured in university-set psychological thriller Fraternity,[10] and had a minor role in the television series I, Addict.[11] In 2025, she starred opposite to Álvaro Rico and Cecilia Suárez in the romantic thriller series The Gardener (2025), portraying "sweet and kind" pre-school teacher Violeta.[12] She also wrapped shooting El cuco de cristal, another Netflix thriller series in which she played the protagonist, a young doctor who, upon receiving a heart transplant, digs into the identity of the donor in the countryside.[13]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2018
|
Quién te cantará | Diana | Feature film debut | |
2021
|
Las leyes de la frontera (Outlaws) | Paqui | [14] | |
2022
|
Mantícora (Manticore) | [4] | ||
| Modelo 77 (Prison 77) | Lucía | [15] | ||
2023 |
La estrella azul (The Blue Star) | Mara | ||
2024 |
El aspirante (Fraternity) | Lau | ||
| TBA | Que vienen los perros † |
Television
[edit]| † | Denotes series that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2019–21
|
El vecino (The Neighbor) | Julia | [3] | |
2021
|
Riders | Clau | [3] | |
2022 |
Sentimos las molestias | Laura | ||
2023
|
Sky Rojo | Greta | Introduced in season 3 | |
2024
|
Entrevías (Wrong Side of the Tracks) | Camila | ||
| Yo, adicto (I, Addict) | ||||
2025
|
El jardinero (The Gardener) | Violeta | ||
| TBA | El cuco de cristal † | Clara Merlo |
Notes
[edit]- ^ As of 2025, the project is in post-production limbo.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Frag, Magdalena (15 December 2023). "Catalina Sopelana ('El vecino'): "Mi primer casting fue para 'Los hombres de Paco"". Marie Claire.
- ^ a b c "'El relevo' 2022: Catalina Sopelana, a contrarreloj". Fotogramas. 2 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (5 September 2022). "Catalina Sopelana, noviazgo con la cámara". Aisge.
- ^ a b c d Mármol, Julio (19 October 2024). "¿Quién es Catalina Sopelana? La actriz de 'Entrevías' que ya vimos en 'La estrella azul'". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Mullor, Mireia (9 May 2023). "La historia de cómo Picasso pintó el Guernica es el foco en 'Minotauro', la nueva película de Julio Medem". Fotogramas.
- ^ Griñán, Paco (16 March 2025). "Julio Medem, en el Festival de Málaga: «No va a haber otra guerra civil, pero la polarización es terrible»". Diario Sur.
- ^ "Quién es quién en la temporada final de 'Sky Rojo'". ¡Hola!. 11 January 2023.
- ^ Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (19 February 2024). "Los estrenos del 23 de febrero. 'La estrella azul'. El sueño de un rockabilly". Aisge.
- ^ Mantilla, Daniel (10 March 2025). "Karla Sofía Gascón se redime en España con un premio en la 33 edición de la Unión de Actores". Kinótico.
- ^ a b Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (16 September 2024). "Los estrenos del 20 de septiembre. 'El aspirante'. Hacerse un hombre". Aisge.
- ^ a b Sisí Sánchez, Alberto (19 September 2024). "Catalina Sopelana estrena 'El aspirante': "Hacen falta otros tipos de masculinidades en pantalla"". Vogue.
- ^ Wandermurem, Isabella (11 April 2025). "Breaking Down the Ending of Netflix's Romantic Thriller The Gardener". Time.
- ^ a b Marín, Alicia (3 March 2025). ""El cuco de cristal de Javier Castillo llega a Netflix, capítulos, sinopsis y primeras imágenes". VemosTV.
- ^ "Las leyes de la frontera". Spain Audiovisual Hub. Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ Halligan, Fionnuala (16 September 2022). "'Prison 77': San Sebastian Review". ScreenDaily.
- ^ ""La estrella azul", la película que une al padre de la chacarera con el rock español de los '80". tn.com. 29 November 2022. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Que vienen los perros". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 28 November 2024.
- ^ Barreiro, Xaime (17 January 2023). "La serie 'Sky Rojo', de Netflix, explota en su tercera y última temporada". LaSexta.
- ^ Taibo, Marieta (11 April 2025). "Catalina Sopelana, protagonista de 'El jardinero' en Netflix: "Sería divertido no sentir miedo, ser kamikaze y no sufrir"". Cosmopolitan.