Belén Cuesta Llamas (born 24 January 1984) is a Spanish actress. She rose to prominence for her performance as Magüi in comedy series Paquita Salas.[1] She won the Goya Award for Best Actress for her leading performance in drama film The Endless Trench (2019).[2]

Belén Cuesta
At the 34th Goya Awards in 2020
Born	Belén Cuesta Llamas (1984-01-24) 24 January 1984 (age 38) Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present
Partner	Tamar Novas (2012–present)

Early life

Belén Cuesta Llamas was born on 24 January 1984 in Seville, Spain. She moved to Málaga and her childhood and adolescence was spent in Fuengirola, where she studied at the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático.[3] She currently resides in Madrid.[4]

Career

Belén Cuesta is mostly known as a theatre actress. She has participated in both film and television productions as well as television commercials.^{[citation needed]}

She made her television debut in Cazadores de hombres.[5] After featuring in minor roles in television series such as Qué fue de Jorge Sanz? [es], Ángel o demonio, Palomitas and films such as Hierro, Operación Malaya and Perro flaco, she landed her first stable television role in 2012, when she joined period drama daily television series Bandolera to portray Elisa de Vega, a wealthy woman.[6][5][7] She starred in comedy series Paquita Salas.[5] Her role as Magüi Moreno, assistant to the title character in the aforementioned series, earned her great popularity with some of her lines becoming viral.[1][8]

She featured in Money Heist as Manila (a transgender woman and Denver's cousin), initially passing as a hostage in the Bank of Spain, later disclosed to be a member of the band of robbers.[9][5]

Personal life

Since 2012, Belén Cuesta has been in a relationship with actor Tamar Novas, whom she met during the filming of Bandolera.[10]

Credits

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Theater

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2008	Cazadores de hombres		2 episodes
2010	¿Qué fue de Jorge Sanz?	Nurse	1 episode
2011	Palomitas		9 episodes
2011	Ángel o demonio		1 episode
2012	Operación Malaya	Clara	TV movie
2012	Bandolera	Elisa de Vega		[5]
2013	El tiempo entre costuras (The Time in Between)	Parturient	1 episode
2015	Aquí Paz y después Gloria	Tere		[11]
2015	Vis a vis	Yolanda Montero Fernández	2 episodes
2016	Buscando el norte	Carolina		[12]
2016–19	Paquita Salas	Magüi "Malu" Moreno	14 episodes
2017–18	Ella es tu padre	Natalia	13 episodes
2018	BByC: Bodas, bautizos y comuniones	Beatriz	1 episode
2019	Mira lo que has hecho		4 episodes
2019–21	La casa de papel	Julia "Manila"	20 episodes
TBD	Cristo y Rey	Bárbara Rey		[13]
TBD	Balenciaga	Fabiola de Mora y Aragón		[14]

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Hierro
2011	Perro flaco	Natalia
2012	La montaña rusa	Pretty girl
2015	Ocho apellidos catalanes (Spanish Affair 2)	Judit		[15]
2016	Tenemos que hablar [es] (We Need to Talk)	Yoli		[16]
2016	El pregón [es]	Silvia		[17]
2016	Kiki, el amor se hace (Kiki, Love to Love)	Belén		[18]
2016	Storks	Tulip	Voice
2016	Villaviciosa de al lado (A Stroke of Luck)	Elisa		[19]
2017	La llamada (Holy Camp!)	Hermana Milagros		[20]
2017	Proyecto Tiempo. Parte I: La llave	Carla
2017	The Lego Ninjago Movie	Nya	Voice
2018	El aviso (The Warning)	Andrea		[21]
2019	A pesar de todo (Despite Everything)	Claudia		[22]
2019	Ventajas de viajar en tren (Advantages of Travelling by Train)	Amelia Urales de Úbeda		[23]
2019	Litus [es]	Laia		[24]
2019	La frontera infinita (The Endless Trench)	Rosa		[25]
2019	Klaus	Teacher/Fish Saleswoman	Voice
2019	Parking	María		[26]
2020	Hasta que la boda nos separe (The Wedding Unplanner)	Marina		[27]
2020	Sentimental (The People Upstairs)	Laura		[28]
2022	Un novio para mi mujer (A Boyfriend for My Wife)	Lucía		[29]
TBD	El cuco	Anna		[30]

Television programs

Accolades

References

External links

• Belén Cuesta at IMDb

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[es] Belén Cuesta

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