Silvia Abascal

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

Silvia Abascal Estrada (born 20 March 1979) is a Spanish film, television and stage actress. She landed a breakthrough role in 1995 sitcom Pepa y Pepe which advanced her career. She has since featured in films such as The Yellow Fountain, The Wolf, and The Idiot Maiden.

Silvia Abascal
Attending the 33rd Goya Awards in 2019
Born	Silvia Abascal Estrada (1979-03-20) 20 March 1979 (age 46) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actress

Biography

Silvia Abascal Estrada was born on 20 March 1979 in Madrid.^[1][2] She made her television debut in the game show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez, aged 14.^[3]

She advanced her career with her performance in 1995 sitcom series Pepa y Pepe, in which she played Clarita, the middle sibling in the protagonist family characterised as a sarcastic and macabre yet also sensible grunge-loving teenager.^[4][5] She trained her acting chops under Juan Carlos Corazza.^[6] She landed her feature film debut in Time of Happiness (1997).^[7] Her performance in The Yellow Fountain as Lola, a half-Spanish half-Chinese wild child,^[8] earned her a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress.^[9]

She was appointed as Unicef goodwill ambassador in 2003.^[10]

In April 2011, Abascal suffered a stroke which temporarily halted her career.^{[11][12][13][14]} Ten months later, she made a comeback to the spotlight attending the gala of the 26th Goya Awards.^[3] She made a film performance in Pasaje de vida [es] (2015).^[11]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1997	El tiempo de la felicidad (Time of Happiness)	Verónica		[15][16]
1999	La fuente amarilla [es] (The Yellow Fountain)	Lola		[17][8]
2001	La voz de su amo (His Master's Voice)	Marta		[18][19]
2002	A mi madre le gustan las mujeres (My Mother Likes Women)	Sol		[20]
2004	El lobo (The Wolf)	Begoña		[21]
2005	Vida y color (Life and Colour)	Begoña		[22]
2006	La dama boba (The Idiot Maiden)	Finea		[23]
2007	Enloquecidas (Crazy)	Blanca		[24]
	Escuchando a Gabriel	Sara		[25]
2008	El amor se mueve			[26]
2010	La herencia Valdemar (The Valdemar Legacy)	Luisa Llorente		[27]
	La herencia Valdemar II: La sombra prohibida [es] (The Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow)	Luisa Llorente		[28]
2015	Pasaje de vida [es] (Safe Passage)	Ariadna		[29][30]
	Francisco, el padre Jorge (Francis: Pray for Me)	Ana		[31]
	Ma ma	Enfermera		[32]
	Truman	Mónica		[33]
2022	Asombrosa Elisa (Amazing Elisa)	Úrsula		[34][35]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1995	Pepa y Pepe	Clarita		[5]
1999–2000	El comisario			[36][11]
2002	Viento del pueblo: Miguel Hernández	Josefina Manresa	Miniseries	[37]
2009	Acusados	Laura Nieto		[38]
2011	Piratas	Blanca Díaz de Andrade		[39]
2018	La catedral del mar (Cathedral of the Sea)	Elionor		[40]
2021	La cocinera de Castamar (The Cook of Castamar)	Reina Isabel de Farnesio		[41]
2021	Cuéntame cómo pasó	María Alcántara	Introduced in season 21. Younger versions portrayed by Esmeralda García, Celine Peña, Paula Gallego [es], and Carmen Climent	[42]
2022	¡García! (García!)	Catalina Bellido		[43]
2023	Montecristo	Mercedes Herrera		[44]
2025	Asuntos internos	Ana Villacastín		[45]

Theatre

• La gaviota (2010)^{[citation needed]}
• Días de vino y rosas (2009–10)^{[citation needed]}
• Gatas (2008)^{[citation needed]}
• Siglo XX... que estás en los cielos (2006)^{[citation needed]}
• Historia de una vida (2005)^{[citation needed]}

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2000	14th Goya Awards	Best New Actress	The Yellow Fountain	Nominated	[46]
2005	19th Goya Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Wolf	Nominated	[47]
	14th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role		Nominated	[48][49]
2006	15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Stage Actress in a Leading Role	Historia de una vida	Nominated	[50][51]
	9th Málaga Film Festival	Silver Biznaga for Best Actress	The Idiot Maiden	Won	[52]
2007	21st Goya Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[53]