María de Nati

María de Nati
De Nati at the 38th Goya Awards
Born	María Díaz (1997-06-11) 11 June 1997 (age 27) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2014–present

María Díaz (born 11 June 1997), better known as María de Nati, is a Spanish actress known for her multiple appearances in television series, especially in El secreto de Puente Viejo (2015-2016), Victim Number 8 (2018) or Madres. Amor y vida (2020-2021). She has also participated in the films May God Save Us (2016) and The Realm (2018), If I Were Rich (2019) and The Good Boss (2021).

Life and career

Born in Madrid on 11 June 1997,[1] she debuted in television with appearances in Red Eagle and El Rey [es]. In the latter series she portrayed Pilar de Borbón.[2] She then joined the cast of Antena 3 soap opera El secreto de Puente Viejo in the role of Prado Castañeda.[3]

In 2016 she played the character of Elena in the film May God Save Us, making her feature film debut.[4] A year later, she participated in the series Monica Chef, Reinas, Apaches and Disney Cracks.[5]

In 2018 she participated in Rodrigo Sorogoyen's new film, The Realm, and had a leading role in television series Victim Number 8, where she played Edurne.[6] In addition, she participated in other fictions such as La verdad for Telecinco or the first season of Bajo la red for Playz.[7] She also starred in the series Todo por el juego for the Movistar+ platform.[8]

In 2019 she participated in the second season of Bajo la red[9] and recorded the web-series Terror.app for Flooxer, Atresmedia's digital platform.[10][11] In addition, she also had a small role in the film Si yo fuera rico. In 2020 she participated in one of the episodes of the second season of Gente hablando for Flooxer and got one of the supporting roles in Madres.Amor y vida for Telecinco and Amazon Prime Video, playing Juani Soler.[12] She remained in the supporting cast for the first two seasons of the series and moved up to the main cast in the third season.[13]

In 2021 she signed for Deudas for Atresplayer Premium, playing Sara.[14] In addition, it was announced her signing for Aitor Gabilondo's new series for Telecinco, Wrong Side of the Tracks, which has José Coronado and Luis Zahera in its cast.[15][16] In 2021 she also premiered the feature film El buen patrón, starring Javier Bardem and directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, which had its preview at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.[17]

In 2023, she starred as pornographic actress and Nacho Vidal's partner Sara Bernat in biographical series Nacho.[18] She also starred in historical sports drama series Las pelotaris 1926,[19] portraying Itzi Galarrán, a promising Basque pelota player navigating a fraught love affair with Ane while marrying a male friend to hide her lesbianism.[20]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Channel	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	El Rey	Telecinco	Pilar de Borbón	1 episode
2015	Águila Roja	La 1	Extra	1 episode
2015–16	El secreto de Puente Viejo	Antena 3	Prado Castañeda	199 episodes
2017	Queens: The Virgin and the Martyr	La 1	Extra	1 episode
	Mónica Chef	Disney Channel Italia	Vanesa Salazar	17 episodes
	Apaches	Antena 3	Carol	1 episode
2017–18	Disney Cracks	Disney XD	Daniela	22 episodes
2018	La verdad	Telecinco	Marta Rivelles	3 episodes
	Victim Number 8	Telemadrid / ETB	Edurne Aranguren	8 episodes
2018–19	Bajo la red	Playz	Irene Velázquez	13 episodes
2018–19	Todo por el juego	Directv / Movistar+	Lucrecia	16 episodes
2019	Terror.app	Flooxer	Elena Mangado	6 episodes
	Circular	Playz	Sara de la Fuente	5 episodes
2020	Gente hablando	Flooxer	Daughter	1 episode
	Adentro	Youtube	Maite	1 episode
	Encrucijada	Movistar+	María Blanco	1 episode
2020–22	Madres. Amor y vida	Telecinco / Prime Video	Juani Soler	27 episodes
2021	Deudas	Antena 3	Sara de la Vega	13 episodes
2022–23	Wrong Side of the Tracks	Telecinco	Nata	10 episodes
2023	Nacho	Atresplayer Premium	Sara Bernat [es]		[21]
	Las pelotaris 1926		Itzi		[22]
2024	Las abogadas		Sole		[23]
	¿A qué estás esperando? †				[24]

Cinema

Year	Title	Character	Directed by
2016	Que Dios nos perdone (May God Save Us)	Elena	Rodrigo Sorogoyen
2018	El reino (The Realm)	Nati
2019	Si yo fuera rico (If I Were Rich)	Tania	Álvaro Fernández Armero
2021	El buen patrón (The Good Boss)	Ángela	Fernando León de Aranoa
2024	Al otro barrio †		[25]

References

1. Lakunza, Rosana (17 February 2022). "María de Nati: "Me gustaría mucho trabajar en inglés, en Estados Unidos"". Noticias de Álava (in Spanish).
2. Escalona, Maribel (29 March 2019). "María de Nati | Especial cantera de actores". Diez Minutos.
3. "María de Nati: "Me encantaría que Prado acabase con Matías. Sería muy bonito"". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 15 June 2015.
4. "Mi lugar en el mundo". Aisge. 4 May 2022.
5. "María de Nati: "En los castings te preguntan la cantidad de seguidores que tienes"" (in Spanish). Yahoo. 8 May 2018.
6. "La Víctima Número 8," una serie valiente de personajes contundentes"". Telemadrid (in Spanish). 14 August 2018.
7. "María de Nati, un nuevo valor en 'Bajo la red'". El Periódico (in Spanish). 18 April 2018.
8. "María de Nati. Especial cantera de actores". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). 29 March 2019.
9. "María de Nati habla de BLR 2T". RTVE (in Spanish). 10 September 2019.
10. "Avance en exclusiva de una escena de 'Terror.app': Así funciona la letal aplicación". Antena 3 (in Spanish). 25 October 2019.
11. "Flooxer estrena 'Terror.app', una serie que "impulsa el talento joven" y liderado por mujeres". Europa Press (in Spanish). 25 October 2019.
12. "'Madres. Amor y vida', renovada: la serie de Mediaset y Amazon tendrá dos temporadas más". EspinOf (in Spanish). 18 January 2021.
13. "Así es 'Entrevías', la nueva serie de Aitor Gabilondo y José Coronado que estrena Telecinco". ElEspañol (in Spanish). 1 February 2022.
14. "'Deudas', la nueva serie de Daniel Écija y protagonizada por Carmen Maura llega el 24 de enero a Atreplayer Premium". LaSexta (in Spanish). 13 January 2021.
15. "El auténtico descubrimiento de 'Entrevías' no es Nona Sobo". Yahoo (in Spanish). 19 February 2022.
16. "María de Nati ficha por 'Entrevías', la nueva serie de Mediaset con José Coronado". Formula TV (in Spanish). 11 February 2021.
17. "Teaser de "El buen patrón": Javier Bardem es un empresario multimillonario" (in Spanish). OK Diario. 31 July 2021.
18. Poncini, Patricia (1 August 2023). "María de Nati: "Desde los tres años yo decía que quería ser actriz, lo tenía clarísimo"". La Razón.
19. ""Las pelotaris 1926″: 5 datos sobre la nueva serie con Claudia Salas que llega a Vix+". El Comercio.
20. Davies, Charlotte (4 July 2024). "Las Pelotaris 1926, la historia de las mujeres que rompieron los techos de cristal en los frontones: "Marcaron un antes y un después en la historia del deporte en nuestro país"". El Mundo.
21. Aller, María (4 March 2023). "Martiño Rivas sobre la industria del porno tras rodar 'Nacho': "la prohibición no es la solución"" [Martiño Rivas, About the Porn Industry After Filming 'Nacho': "Ban is not the Solution"]. Fotogramas (in Spanish). [translated] From March 5, 'Nacho' will be available on Atresplayer Premium
22. Vicencio, Miguel (25 March 2023). "Las Pelotaris 1926, la serie de ViX+ sobre las raquetistas que se atrevieron a dominar un deporte que era de hombres". Vogue.
23. "El FesTVal acoge la presentación de 'Las abogadas', nueva apuesta de ficción de RTVE". rtve.es. 5 September 2024.
24. "'¿A qué estás esperando?', la serie erótico-romántica de Atresmedia, ya tiene tráiler y fecha de estreno". vertele!. 26 September 2024 – via eldiario.es.
25. "'Al otro barrio', comedia protagonizada por Quim Gutiérrez y Sara Sálamo, presenta su primer tráiler ante su estreno en cines el 5 de diciembre". Telecinco. 24 July 2024.

External links

• María de Nati at IMDb