Eva Llorach (born 1979) is a Spanish actress. She had a breakout performance in the 2018 drama film Quién te cantará, which earned her the Goya Award for Best New Actress in 2019.

Biography

She was born in Murcia in 1979. She worked in the company owned by his father, specialised in machine industry. A lateblooming actress, she previously studied Tourism, and also dropped out in Psychology. She trained as an actress at the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Murcia.

She worked in advertising as well as she was also given a minor role in the TV series Los Quién, aired in 2011 on Antena 3. Her first performance in a feature film after she moved to Madrid was her leading role as 'Violeta' in Diamond Flash, a 2011 film directed by Carlos Vermut.

During her early career, Eva Llorach was mostly restricted to the circuit of independent cinema, and was only given minor roles in television series. She starred in the film #Realmovie (2013), in which she played the character 'Eva Binoff', a famous Spanish actress who experiences the kidnapping of her sister and has to found her she is murdered. She played too the role of a fictional actress in La lava en los labios (2013).

Her breakout performance was her role in the 2018 film Quién te cantará. She played 'Violeta', a single mother psychologically abused by her daughter 'Marta' (Natalia de Molina) and who works in a karaoke and likes to perform singer 'Lila Cassen' (Najwa Nimri), of whom Violeta is a passionate fan. Her performance in the film brought her a Forqué Award, a Feroz Award and a Goya Award in 2019.

Following her performance in Quién te cantará, she joined the cast of Elite to portray 'Sandra', the mother of 'Rebeca' (Claudia Salas) in the series. Llorach also appeared in the limited web terror series Terror y Feria. She later starred in the TV series Campamento Albanta, aired in 2020 on Atresplayer Premium: she played the role of Idalia, the founder of the camp for young people with problems central to the plot.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2019EliteSandra
2020Campamento AlbantaIdalia
2023Los pacientes del doctor García (The Patients of Dr. García)Clara Stauffer
El cuerpo en llamas (Burning Body)Ester

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2011Diamond FlashVioleta
2013#RealmovieEva Binoff
2013La lava en los labiosToni
2013Gente en sitios (People in Places)
2014Magical Girl
2018Quién te cantaráVioleta
2021Errante corazón (Wandering Heart)Eloísa
2022Jaula (The Chalk Line)Maite
2023La desconocida (Girl Unknown)Elisa
2024Disco, Ibiza, LocomíaNieves
Un lugar común (A Commonplace)Pilar
El instinto (The Instinct)Sonia
2025Islas (Islands)Britt

Accolades

Llorach holding her Goya award statuette in 2019
YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
201924th Forqué AwardsBest Leading ActressQuién te cantaráWon
6th Feroz AwardsBest Actress in a FilmWon
34th Goya AwardsBest New ActressWon
28th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest New ActressWon

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