Blanca Marsillach

Blanca Marsillach
At the 33rd Goya Awards' photocall in 2019
Born	Blanca Marsillach del Río (1966-03-23) 23 March 1966 (age 58) Barcelona, Spain
Occupations	Theatrical producer actress businesswoman
Father	Adolfo Marsillach
Relatives	Cristina Marsillach (sister)

Blanca Marsillach del Río (born 23 March 1966) is a Spanish theatrical producer, actress, and businesswoman.

Biography

Born in Barcelona on 23 March 1966,[1] daughter to Adolfo Marsillach and Teresa del Río, Blanca Marsillach del Río was raised in Madrid's neighborhood of El Viso.[2][3] Her older sister Cristina is also an actress.[3] She earned a degree in drama from the University of Southern California.[4] She also studied economics.[1] After making early stage appearances under his father's guidance, she featured in Pedro Masó's television series Segunda enseñanza (1986),[2] and Paul Verhoeven's adventure film Flesh and Blood (1985).[4]

She created a theatre company in the United States, and also starred in plays such as Fool for Love, The Trojan Women and A Midsummer Night's Dream,[5] later returning to Spain, where she developed a career as a theatrical producer, bringing forward stagings of Las entretenidas, La noche al desnudo, and Con las alas cortadas.[5] She also starred as Myrtle in the play El reino de la tierra (which was also adapted by her alongside Elise Varela).[6][5]

Filmography (actress)

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1985	Flesh+Blood			[4]
1985	La gabbia (The Trap)	Jacqueline		[7]
1986	La monja alférez [es] (The Lieutenant Nun)	Catalina (adolescent)	Adult version of the character played by Esperanza Roy	[8]
1986	Il miele del diavolo (The Devil's Honey)	Jessica		[9]
1987	I picari (The Rogues)	Ponzia		[10]
1999	Hijos del viento [it]	Zaabai		[11]
2003	Cosa de brujas (The Witch Affair)	Elisa		[12]
2006	GAL	Moderadora del debate		[13]
2006	Day of Wrath [es]	Carmen de Jaramillo		[14]

Awards[15]

Year	Film	Nomations	No. of Awards
1987	The Rouges	1	-
1987	Lieutenant Nun	1	-
2003	The Wich Affair	1	-
2002	The Other Side Of The Bed	11	5

References

1. "Blanca Marsillach: "Mi padre se sentiría orgulloso de mí"". Diez Minutos. 19 May 2014. p. 8.
2. Ortega, Adolfo (14 June 2022). "Entrevista | Blanca Marsillach: "Mi padre se comprometió políticamente y yo lo hago con los colectivos vulnerables a través del teatro"". 20minutos.es.
3. Díaz, Fátima (8 April 2022). "Blanca Marsillach, de hija díscola a actriz comprometida". Diario de Sevilla.
4. ""Una noche con los clásicos", un homenaje a Adolfo Marsillach". La Vanguardia. 31 January 2022.
5. "Los mejores versos del XVI y el XVII". Hoy. 2 November 2011.
6. Narbón, Ana (12 November 2017). "'El reino de la tierra' llega al Teatro Albéniz". Madridiario.
7. Bertarelli, Massimo (2003). 1500 film da evitare. Gremese Editore. p. 211. ISBN 88-8440-264-6.
8. Velasco, Sherry (2000). "From Cinema to Comics. The Re-Lesbianization of the Lieutenant Nun in the Twentieth Century". The Lieutenant Nun. Transgenderism, lesbian desire, and Catalina de Erauso. Austin: University of Texas Press. pp. 154–156. ISBN 0-292-78745-6.
9. Arrigo, Anthony (16 November 2017). "The Devil's Honey Blu-ray Review – Hedonism in High Definition!". Dread Central.
10. Scali, Antonio (18 June 2021). "I picari: tutto quello che c'è da sapere sul film". The Post Internazionale.
11. Catálogo Oficial. 15º Festival Internacional de Cine Mar del Plata Argentina. Mar del Plata International Film Festival. 1999. p. 143.
12. "Cosa de brujas". elmundo.es. January 2004. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
13. "Luces, motor, cámara……¡¡¡¡¡Acción!!!!!". El Mundo. 16 January 2006.
14. Sándor, Rusz (2007). ""Legtartósabbak a halott mítoszok!" Adrian Rudomin: A harag napja". Apertúra.
15. "FilmAffinity". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 2024-01-09.