Elisabet Casanovas (born 1994) is a Spanish actress from Catalonia.
Life and career
Elisabet Casanovas was born in Sabadell, Vallès Occidental in 1994.[1] Her mother was an opera singer.[1] She first performed as an actress at age 11.[1] In 2017, her portrayal of Zerafina in stage play La senyora Florentina i el seu amor Homer [ca] won her a Butaca Award for Best Supporting Performance.[2] Her small screen career consolidated with her credits in television series Merlí, Welcome to the Family, and, to a larger degree, Drama,[3] in which she starred as África, a young woman living in Barcelona who gets pregnant but she does not know by whom.[4]
After a minor work in Ardara, her first major role in a feature film came in Girlfriends (2021), playing Bea, a member of a foursome of female friends described by Casanovas as always remaining positive.[5][6] Also in 2021, she appeared in Outlaws and Sounds Like Love.[1] In 2022, she starred as fashion designer Nuria in Atresplayer drama series The Route.[7] In 2023, she had a leading role in TV3 series Bojos per Molière, portraying Kàtia, a veterinary student who switches to acting.[8] She also joined shooting of TVE original drama Las abogadas, set against the backdrop of the 1977 Atocha massacre, in which Casanovas will star as lawyer Cristina Almeida.[9]
