Eva Llorach (born 1979) is a Spanish actress. She had a breakout performance in the 2018 drama film Quién te cantará, which earned her the Goya Award for Best New Actress in 2019.

Eva Llorach
At the 35th Goya Awards in 2020
Born1979
Murcia, Spain
OccupationActress

Biography edit

She was born in Murcia in 1979.[1] She worked in the company owned by his father, specialised in machine industry.[2] A lateblooming actress, she previously studied Tourism, and also dropped out in Psychology.[3] She trained as an actress at the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Murcia.[4]

She worked in advertising as well as she was also given a minor role in the TV series Los Quién, aired in 2011 on Antena 3.[3] Her first performance in a feature film after she moved to Madrid was her leading role as 'Violeta' in Diamond Flash, a 2011 film directed by Carlos Vermut.[3]

During her early career, Eva Llorach was mostly restricted to the circuit of independent cinema, and was only given minor roles in television series.[2] She starred in the film #Realmovie (2013), in which she played the character 'Eva Binoff', a famous Spanish actress who experiences the kidnapping of her sister and has to found her she is murdered.[5] She played too the role of a fictional actress in La lava en los labios (2013).[6]

Her breakout performance was her role in the 2018 film Quién te cantará.[7] She played 'Violeta', a single mother psychologically abused by her daughter 'Marta' (Natalia de Molina) and who works in a karaoke and likes to perform singer 'Lila Cassen' (Najwa Nimri), of whom Violeta is a passionate fan.[2][8][9][10][11] Her performance in the film brought her a Forqué Award,[12] a Feroz Award and a Goya Award in 2019.[13][14]

Following her performance in Quién te cantará, she joined the cast of Elite to portray 'Sandra', the mother of 'Rebeca' (Claudia Salas) in the series.[15] Llorach also appeared in the limited web terror series Terror y Feria.[16] She later starred in the TV series Campamento Albanta, aired in 2020 on Atresplayer Premium: she played the role of Idalia, the founder of the camp for young people with problems central to the plot.[17]

Filmography edit

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019 Elite Sandra [15]
2020 Campamento Albanta Idalia [17]
2023 Los pacientes del doctor García (The Patients of Dr. García) Clara Stauffer [18]
El cuerpo en llamas (Burning Body) Ester [19]

Film edit

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 Diamond Flash Violeta [3]
2013 #Realmovie Eva Binoff [5]
2013 La lava en los labios Toni [20][6]
2013 Gente en sitios (People in Places) [21]
2014 Magical Girl [22]
2018 Quién te cantará Violeta [10]
2021 Errante corazón (Wandering Heart) Eloísa
2022 Jaula (The Chalk Line) Maite [24]

Accolades edit

 
Llorach holding her Goya award statuette in 2019
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2019 24th Forqué Awards Best Leading Actress Quién te cantará Won [12]
6th Feroz Awards Best Actress in a Film Won [13]
34th Goya Awards Best New Actress Won [14]
28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best New Actress Won [25]

References edit

  1. ^ Gonzálvez, Paula M. "Eva Llorach: "Estoy deseando que cuando veamos cualquier atisbo machista nos dé un golpe en la cara"". HuffPost.
  2. ^ a b c Belinchón, Gregorio (27 October 2018). "Eva Llorach, el secreto original de 'Quién te cantará'". El País.
  3. ^ a b c d Albaladejo, Julia (3 October 2011). "Sitges selecciona ´Diamond Flash´, que protagoniza la murciana Eva Llorach". La Opinión de Murcia.
  4. ^ "UMU felicita a la murciana Eva Llorach por el Goya". La Vanguardia. 4 February 2019.
  5. ^ a b Sosa Troya, María (10 July 2013). "Esta forma de hacer cine engancha". El País.
  6. ^ a b Barnés, Héctor G. (2 December 2013). "El precioso inconsciente de un crítico de cine". El Confidencial.
  7. ^ "Eva Llorach: "Quiero más personajes tan maravillosos como el de 'Quién te cantará', pero no sé si volverá a pasar"". Shangay. 8 April 2019.
  8. ^ Medina, Marta (26 October 2018). "'Quién te cantará': 'fantasmas' y 'vampiros' en la consagración de Carlos Vermut". El Confidencial.
  9. ^ Pastor, Custodio (28 October 2018). "Juego de identidades". El País.
  10. ^ a b Meseguer, Astrid (26 October 2018). "Todas las caras de Lila Cassen". La Vanguardia.
  11. ^ Ramón, Esteban (25 October 2018). "Eva Llorach, la gema revelada del cine español". RTVE.
  12. ^ a b "La actriz murciana Eva Llorach gana el premio Forqué por su papel en 'Quién te cantará'". La Verdad. 13 January 2019.
  13. ^ a b Prats, Marina (19 January 2019). "La lista completa de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2019". HuffPost.
  14. ^ a b "Eva Llorach, Mejor Actriz Revelación en los Premios Goya 2019 por su papel en 'Quién te cantará'". Europa Press. 2 February 2019.
  15. ^ a b Gallardo, Lucía F. (29 July 2020). "Eva Llorach: "Las mujeres, a partir de los 40, nos convertimos en personajes secundarios"". El Español.
  16. ^ Garrán, Daniel (26 April 2019). "De folclóricas fachas a la estupidez 'youtuber': la locura cañí de 'Terror y feria'". Cadena SER.
  17. ^ a b García, Cecilia (26 July 2020). ""Campamento Albanta": una historia terrorífica". La Razón.
  18. ^ "'Los pacientes del doctor García': Conoce a los personajes principales de la serie". rtve.es. 19 April 2023.
  19. ^ Ocaña, Carla (9 July 2023). "Úrsula Corberó regresa a Netflix con una serie basada en un crimen real: lo que sabemos sobre "El cuerpo en llamas"". mag – via El Comercio.
  20. ^ Fernández, Iago (22 November 2013). "La lava en los labios vaginales". Vice.
  21. ^ Costa, Jordi (20 December 2013). "Épica de catástrofes". El País.
  22. ^ Martínez, Rosa (25 December 2018). "Eva Llorach: Una musa escondida". La Verdad.
  23. ^ Brinaire, Jacques (5 April 2023). "Cinéma : "Coeur errant" les errances d'un père homo en pleine crise de la quarantaine". La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest.
  24. ^ Muñoz, Rafael (27 October 2022). "'Jaula': las 6 claves que debes saber de la película de terror española que está arrasando". rtve.es.
  25. ^ Silvestre, Juan (12 March 2019). "'Arde Madrid' arrasa en los Premios de la Unión de Actores". Fotogramas.

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