Raquel Meroño Coello (born 8 August 1975) is a Spanish actress, presenter and businesswoman. She enjoyed popularity in Spain as television personality in the late 1990s to early 2000s.[1]

Raquel Meroño
(2013)
Born	Raquel Meroño Coello (1975-08-08) 8 August 1975 (age 46) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actress, presenter, businesswoman, model

Biography

Born on 8 August 1975 in Madrid,[2][3] she early combined her studies of journalism, her first steps in the world of fashion modelling and her activity in television, getting to work as stewardess in Uno para todas [es], a TV show conducted by Goyo González.[2]

In 1996, Meroño became the presenter of the show Pelotas fuera, broadcast on Antena 3.[1] She was given a supporting role in Juanma Bajo Ulloa's film Airbag (1997), playing 'Araceli', the scorned bride.[4]

For 3 years,[5] she starred in 390 episodes of the popular series Al salir de clase, aired on Telecinco,[2] playing 'Paloma', a role that earned her great popularity in Spain.[6] Cast as 'Bárbara' in Dagon (2001), Meroño co-starred with Ezra Godden in the lovecraftian horror film directed by Stuart Gordon, whose screenplay was a Dennis Paoli's adaptation of the stories Dagon and The Shadow over Innsmouth.[7][8] She also starred in other horror films, namely The Mark (2003) and Beneath Still Waters (2005).[9]

Meroño appeared in more TV series such as Esencia de poder and Paco y Veva.[9] She also played the role of 'Mónica' in the 2006 series Con dos tacones [es],[10] aired on TVE1. In 2008, Meroño joined the cast of Yo soy Bea in the role of 'Isabel Rocamora' (the new director of the magazine Bulevar 21),[11][12] starring in 144 episodes of the TV series.[2] She also appeared in the Arrayán soap opera, aired on the Andalusian regional channel Canal Sur Televisión.[13]

Meroño won the 5th edition of the competitive reality cooking show MasterChef Celebrity in December 2020.[14]

Filmography

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Television

Film

References