Cristina Urgel
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Born | Soria, Spain | April 5, 1979
Alma mater | University of La Rioja |
Occupation | Actress, TV presenter, reporter |
Cristina Urgel García (born 5 April 1979) is a Spanish television actress and presenter, known for her role as Patricia O’Farrell in La Reina del Sur.
Biography[]
Cristina Urgel García[1] was born on 5 April 1979 in Soria,[2][3] although she was raised in Logroño (in the neighbouring region of La Rioja), studying at the IES Mateo Sagasta.[4] She ran as candidate of Soria at Miss Spain 1997, when she was 17 years old.[5] She earned a licentiate degree in Law from the University of La Rioja and then moved to Madrid to train as actress at the La Barraca School.[4]
She played secondary or supporting roles in series such as El comisario or ,[4] starring as main cast in , the Spanish remake of the namesake Colombian telenovela.[6]
She also worked as TV presenter for MTV Spain (2004 and 2005),[7] El Grand Prix del verano (2005),[7] Adivina quién viene a cenar, and as collaborator for La Sexta's Sé lo que hicisteis... (2009) and Cuatro's (2009–2010).[2][4][8][9]
In 2011 she starred in La Reina del Sur playing Patricia O'Farrell, an aristocratic, cultured, educated and bisexual woman friend of the leading character Teresa Mendoza.[10][11] She also appeared in Bandolera and Ciega a citas.[10] After playing a small role in two episodes of La que se avecina in 2014, Urgel took some years off from acting.[10] She briefly worked as collaborator of [12] and the comedy show (2017).[13]
She returned to fiction in 2020, as she joined the cast of El secreto de Puente Viejo.[10]
Filmography[]
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- Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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2005 | Carmen Morena | [14] | ||
2006 | Carla | [15] | ||
2011 | La Reina del Sur | Patricia O’Farrell | [16] | |
2012 | Bandolera | Eva | [17] | |
2020 | El secreto de Puente Viejo | Estefanía | [18] |
References[]
- ^ "Actriz Kate del Castillo besa a una mujer". La Estrella de Panamá. 31 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Así es... Cristina Urgel". Antena 3. 4 January 2011.
- ^ "Cristina Urgel, nueva reportera para 'Sé lo que hicisteis'". Heraldo de Aragón. 6 June 2009.
- ^ a b c d Marín, Diego (10 September 2009). "Cristina Urgel sabe lo que hace". La Rioja.
- ^ "Cristina Urgel en Cabrejas". Heraldo-Diario de Soria. 19 July 2010.
- ^ "El auténtico Rodrigo Leal". Vertele. eldiario.es. 12 December 2006.
- ^ a b "Cristina Urgel se incorpora a laSexta". El Correo de Andalucía. 16 September 2009.
- ^ "Cuatro ficha a Cristina Urgel para 'Vaya Tropa'". El País. 16 November 2009.
- ^ "Vaya tropa' pasa a emitirse de lunes a jueves". Europa Press. 26 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Cristina Urgel ficha por 'El secreto de Puente Viejo'". FormulaTV. 29 January 2020.
- ^ Orozco, Gisela (29 March 2011). "Cristina Urgel, la incondicional de 'La reina del sur'". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "Cristina Urgel y María Gómez, a un paso de sumarse al equipo de 'Dani & Flo'". El Confidencial. 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Dani&Flo' despide a Cristina Urgel para realizar cambios internos". El Español. 18 April 2017.
- ^ Baragaño, Techu (27 June 2005). "Antena 3 rueda una adaptación del culebrón 'El auténtico Rodrigo Leal'". El País.
- ^ "La clave está en la intriga". Vertele. eldiario.es. 6 October 2006.
- ^ "La reina del sur, un parteaguas en la carrera de Cristina Urgel". El Informador. 12 July 2011.
- ^ "Cristina Urgel se incorpora a la serie 'Bandolera'". Europa Press. 10 April 2012.
- ^ "'El secreto de Puente Viejo': Cristina Urgel se une al reparto". Diez Minutos. 29 January 2020.
- Spanish women television presenters
- Spanish television actresses
- 21st-century Spanish actresses
- 1979 births
- Living people