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Cristina Urgel

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Cristina Urgel
(2010)
Born (1979-04-05) April 5, 1979 (age 45)[1]
Soria, Spain
Alma materUniversity of La Rioja
Occupation(s)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

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Cristina Urgel García[2] was born on 5 April 1979 in Soria,[3][4] although she was raised in Logroño (in the neighbouring region of La Rioja), studying at the IES Mateo Sagasta.[5] She ran as candidate of Soria at Miss Spain 1997, when she was 17 years old.[6] She earned a licentiate degree in Law from the University of La Rioja and then moved to Madrid to train as actress at the Alicia Hermida's La Barraca School.[5]

She played secondary or supporting roles in series such as El comisario or Ana y los 7,[5] starring as main cast in El auténtico Rodrigo Leal [es], the Spanish remake of the namesake Colombian telenovela.[7]

She also worked as TV presenter for MTV Spain (2004 and 2005),[8] El Grand Prix del verano (2005),[8] Adivina quién viene a cenar, and as collaborator for La Sexta's Sé lo que hicisteis... (2009) and Cuatro's Vaya tropa [es] (2009–2010).[3][5][9][10]

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.[11][12] She also appeared in Bandolera and Ciega a citas.[11] After playing a small role in two episodes of La que se avecina in 2014, Urgel took some years off from acting.[11] She briefly worked as collaborator of Amigas y conocidas [es][13] and the comedy show Dani&Flo [es] (2017).[14]

She returned to fiction in 2020, as she joined the cast of El secreto de Puente Viejo.[11]

Filmography

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Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref
2005 El auténtico Rodrigo Leal [es] Carmen Morena [15]
2006 La dársena de poniente [es] Carla [16]
2011 La Reina del Sur Patricia O’Farrell [17]
2012 Bandolera Eva [18]
2020 El secreto de Puente Viejo Estefanía [19]

References

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  1. ^ "Así es... Cristina Urgel". Antena 3 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Actriz Kate del Castillo besa a una mujer". La Estrella de Panamá (in Spanish). 31 March 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Así es... Cristina Urgel" (in Spanish). Antena 3. 4 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Cristina Urgel, nueva reportera para 'Sé lo que hicisteis'". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 6 June 2009.
  5. ^ a b c d Marín, Diego (10 September 2009). "Cristina Urgel sabe lo que hace". La Rioja (in Spanish).
  6. ^ "Cristina Urgel en Cabrejas". Heraldo-Diario de Soria (in Spanish). 19 July 2010.
  7. ^ "El auténtico Rodrigo Leal". Vertele (in Spanish). eldiario.es. 12 December 2006.
  8. ^ a b "Cristina Urgel se incorpora a laSexta". El Correo de Andalucía (in Spanish). 16 September 2009.
  9. ^ "Cuatro ficha a Cristina Urgel para 'Vaya Tropa'". El País (in Spanish). 16 November 2009.
  10. ^ "Vaya tropa' pasa a emitirse de lunes a jueves". Europa Press (in Spanish). 26 January 2010.
  11. ^ a b c d "Cristina Urgel ficha por 'El secreto de Puente Viejo'". FormulaTV (in Spanish). 29 January 2020.
  12. ^ Orozco, Gisela (29 March 2011). "Cristina Urgel, la incondicional de 'La reina del sur'". Chicago Tribune (in Spanish).
  13. ^ "Cristina Urgel y María Gómez, a un paso de sumarse al equipo de 'Dani & Flo'". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 8 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Dani&Flo' despide a Cristina Urgel para realizar cambios internos". El Español (in Spanish). 18 April 2017.
  15. ^ Baragaño, Techu (27 June 2005). "Antena 3 rueda una adaptación del culebrón 'El auténtico Rodrigo Leal'". El País (in Spanish).
  16. ^ "La clave está en la intriga". Vertele (in Spanish). eldiario.es. 6 October 2006.
  17. ^ "La reina del sur, un parteaguas en la carrera de Cristina Urgel". El Informador (in Spanish). 12 July 2011.
  18. ^ "Cristina Urgel se incorpora a la serie 'Bandolera'". Europa Press (in Spanish). 10 April 2012.
  19. ^ "'El secreto de Puente Viejo': Cristina Urgel se une al reparto". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). 29 January 2020.