Begoña Maestre

Not to be confused with Begoña Román Maestre.
Begoña Maestre
Begoña Maestre in 2016
Born (1978-08-01) 1 August 1978 (age 46)[1]
Baracaldo, Vizcaya, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active2001-present

Begoña Maestre (Baracaldo, August 1, 1978) is a Spanish actress. She has worked in television, film and theater. She stands out among other things for her participation in the series Amar en tiempos revueltos and Hospital Central.

Biography

Begoña has worked in all media, both in theater, television and cinema. As for theater, we have been able to see her on stage, playing different characters in plays such as Cyrano de Bergerac,[2] Mujeres frente al espejo, Ana en el trópico,[3] Kyrie, el nuevo europeo or Schubert.

As for cinema, her debut was in 2003 with the short film Leni, by Luis García Gómez, in which Begoña played the main character, Leni.

The following year, under the orders of Antonio Gárate, she shot the feature film Un año en la luna, in which she played the character of Esther, followed in 2006 by Alesio, directed by Gustavo Jiménez.[4]

Other films in her filmography are Cuestión de química, by Juan Moya, or Soy el solitario,[5] where she plays Silvia Pereira. In 2011 she worked in the film Arriya, by Alberto Gorritiberea. The last film in which she has participated was the film of director Benito Zambrano, in 201, La voz dormida,[6] based on a novel by Dulce Chacón and dealing with Franco's repression during the post-war period.

On the small screen is where the actress has become better known. She has intervened occasionally, in single episodes, in some of the most successful series of our television, such as Paco y Veva, Hospital Central[7][8] and El comisario, intervening in the latter series in 4 episodes.[9]

She has also had fixed characters in several series, being part of the team of the same. Thus, in 2001 she worked in Ciudad-Sur, in the role of Isa, and in 2001 she joined the series Compañeros, in which she was Duna Belarde.[10] In 2004 she also worked in the thriller series Motivos personales, playing the character of Tania Acosta.[11]

In 2006 she was hired to act in the soap opera Amar en tiempos revueltos, where she gained great popularity with her role as Carlota Domínguez, the mystical and puritanical sister of Elisa.[12]

In 2009 she joined the team of the series Hospital Central[13] where she had already participated in an episode, but now with a fixed character, Raquel Castaño. In 2014 she joined the cast of Chiringuito de Pepe.[14] Between 2019 and 2020 she is part of the series Mercado Central of TVE playing Celia Mendoza, a widowed and enterprising mother.[15][16]

Filmography

Television

Television series
Years Title Character Channel Episodes
2001–2002 Compañeros Duna Belarde Antena 3 26
2004 Paco y Veva Novia La 1 1
El comisario Carolina Telecinco 4
Hospital Central Susana 1
2005 Motivos personales Tania Acosta Nadal 27
2006–2007 Amar en tiempos revueltos Carlota Domínguez La 1 198
2008 Yo soy el Solitario Silvia Pereira Antena 3 2
2009–2012 Hospital Central Dra. Raquel Castaño Telecinco 56
2013 Con el culo al aire Paula Antena 3 5
2014 Sin identidad Lucía 2
2014–2016 El chiringuito de Pepe Laura Martín Telecinco 26
2016 El Ministerio del Tiempo Mujer La 1 2
Olmos y Robles Alba Castro 2
2017 El final del camino Elvira 8
Traición Beatriz "Bea" Sánchez 9
2019–2020 Mercado central Celia Mendoza 240
2020 Patria Aránzazu HBO 2

Cinema

  • Leni (2003), by Luis García Gómez (cortometraje). As Leni.
  • Un año en la luna (2004), by Antonio Gárate. As Esther.
  • Alesio (2006), by Gustavo Jiménez.
  • Cuestión de química (2007) by Juan Moya.
  • Soy el solitario (2008). As Silvia Pereira
  • Arriya (2011) by Alberto Gorritiberea.
  • La voz dormida (2011) by Benito Zambrano as Amalia.

Theater

References

  1. ^ "Begoña Maestre". FórmulaTV (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "'Cyrano de Bergerac' hace reír al Teatro Villamarta". La Voz de Cádiz (in Spanish). 2 February 2008.
  3. ^ "La representación en Gijón de 'Ana en el trópico' protagonizada por Lolita, contará también con Toni Acosta". Europa Press (in Spanish). 14 July 2006.
  4. ^ "Un año en la luna". ABC (in Spanish).
  5. ^ "Antena 3 rueda 'Soy el Solitario'". 20minutos (in Spanish). 10 December 2007.
  6. ^ "Begoña Maestre: "Trabajar con Amenábar sería una pasada"". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). 22 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Begoña Maestre se incorpora a 'Hospital Central'". Telecinco (in Spanish). 13 April 2009.
  8. ^ "Quién es Begoña Maestre, la actriz de 'Hospital Central' que va de invitada a 'Pasapalabra'". El Español (in Spanish). 30 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Begoña Maestre: 'Hospital Central', mucho teatro y un marido bombero". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 1 December 2021.
  10. ^ "¿Qué fue de las parejas protagonistas de la serie 'Compañeros'?". Cadena100 (in Spanish). 5 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Begoña Maestre: "Sería maravilloso que volviese 'Motivos personales'. Todo se verá. Lo que tenga que ser será"". FórmulaTV (in Spanish). 20 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Begoña Maestre es Carlota Domínguez". RTVE (in Spanish). 11 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Begoña Maestre viaja a Camboya en 'Hospital central'". Europa Press (in Spanish). 21 November 2012.
  14. ^ "Begoña Maestre se 'desdobló' en 'Chiringuito de Pepe' y 'El Ministerio'". verTele! (in Spanish). 29 March 2016.
  15. ^ "¡No puede ser más tierna! La "sonrisa mellada" de Begoña Maestre que conquista las redes". RTVE (in Spanish). 16 March 2021.
  16. ^ "'Mercado Central': Begoña Maestre y Jesús Olmedo hablan de la serie". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). 29 November 2019.