Elena Ballesteros

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ballesteros and the second or maternal family name is Triguero.

María Elena Ballesteros Triguero (born 6 July 1981) is a Spanish actress.

Elena Ballesteros
Born	María Elena Ballesteros Triguero (1981-07-06) 6 July 1981 (age 44)
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	actress
Spouse(s)	Paco Marin 1999 to 2006 Dani Mateo ​ ​ (m. 2010; div. 2016)​

Biography

Ballesteros began her career doing commercials while going to castings to achieve her dream of becoming an actress. Her first opportunity arrived with the role of Lola in the TV series More than friends in 1996.She worked with Paz Vega, Melani Olivares and Alberto San Juan, among others. At the same time, she hosted the children's program Club Disney.^[1]

Afterwards she was in the TV series Journalists, in which she played José Topped's daughter. This role made her famous and opened the doors of cinema. Since then, she has worked with directors like Manuel Iborra, Gerardo Smith, Mariano Barroso and Roger Young. She stood out in Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo's Coffee Alone or with Them, one of the more popular Spanish films of 2007.^[2] She was also in Fermat's Room which had a big international cast. In 2009, she filmed in Buenos Aires for the film All and sundry with director Manolo González, whose screenplay was rewarded by the ASGAE.

She went back to work in television, starring in the comedy-musical Paco and Veva^[3] with Hugo Silva, Table for five and an intrigue series called Personal Reasons. In the summer of 2007, she began the shooting under Antenna 3, broadcasting with the title The Family Kills, in which she had a lead role with the actor Daniel Guzmán. In July 2011, she premièred in the series Scarlet Tip on Telecinco.

Since June 2011 she has written a personal blog on Fotogramas called "Now I think ...".

Personal life

She has a daughter named Jimena from her relationship with actor Paco Marín.^[4] She married comic Dani Mateo on 23 July 2010 whom she met during the shooting of The Family Kills.^[5] In July 2016, the couple announced their divorce.^[6]

Filmography

Films
Year	Title	Character	Notes
2000	Kasbah	Laura	Secondary
2001	Clara and Elena	Elena (Teenager)	Secondary
2002	The place where was the paradise	Ana	Protagonist
2003	Imperium: Augustus	Octavia	Film of television
2004	A year in The Moon	Sonia	Protagonist
2006	The Dreyer Cycle	Elena	Protagonist
2007	Café solo o con ellas	Alma	Protagonist
	Fermat's Room	Oliva	Protagonist
2008	K-117	Chica of Red	Short film
2009	The just moment	Suck	Short film
2010	All and sundry	Sandra	Protagonist
2011	The contrary to the love	Sandra	Secondary
2013	As all the mornings	Lucía	Protagonist
2015	Reverso	Marta	Protagonist
Television series
Year	Title	Character	Notes
1997–1998	More than friends	Lola	21 episodes
1998–2002	Journalists	Isabel Sanz	82 episodes
2004	Paco and Veva	Veva	18 episodes
2005	Personal reasons	Silvia Durán	15 episodes
	Seven lives	Olivia	1 episode
2006	Table for five	Cristina	7 episodes
2007–2009	The family Kills	Susana Kills	36 episodes
2011	Scarlet tip	Eva Jiménez	9 episodes
2013	Cuéntame un cuento	Elena	1 episode
	Fragile	Olga	1 episode
2014	The mysteries of Laura	Nuria	1 episode
	Blind to appointments	Rebeca of the Tower	25 episodes
2015	B&b, de boca en boca	Maite	3 episodes
2016	Apaches[7]	Cris	Main cast
Television programs
Year	Title	Channel	Notes
1996–1997	Club Disney	TVE	Presenter/host

Radio

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• At present collaborator of " The Dovecot" ( Oh My LOL) in the Chain Be