Ester Expósito

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

Ester Expósito Gayoso (born 26 January 2000) is a Spanish actress.^[2] She is best known for her starring role as Carla Rosón Caleruega in the Netflix teen drama series Élite.^[3][4][5]

Ester Expósito
Expósito in January 2020
Born	Ester Expósito Gayoso (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000 (age 25) Madrid, Spain
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2013–present
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[1]

Life and career

Ester Expósito Gayoso^[6] was born on 26 January 2000 in Madrid.^[7][8] She became interested in the artistic world at a very young age. After completing her studies at the age of 16, she took acting courses. She trained at the Juan Codina acting workshop.^[9] Expósito won Best Actress at the Madrid Theater Awards in 2013 and 2015.^[10] She landed a minor part in May God Save Us (2016) but she was removed from the final cut of the film.^[11] She first appeared on television as Rosa Martín in an episode of the docudrama series Centro Médico in 2016.^[12] Later that year, Expósito played Fernando's daughter in a season two episode of Vis a Vis on Antena 3. She reprised her role for a season three episode released in 2018.

Expósito's first recurring television role was as Ruth in the first season of the TVE series Estoy vivo, which aired in 2017.^[13] She then gained international attention for her role in the 2018 Netflix teen drama series Élite, in which she portrayed Carla Rosón Caleruega until 2020.^[4] After the success of the series, she made her big screen debut with leading roles in the 2018 films When Angels Sleep, as Silvia, and Your Son, as Andrea.^[14][11]

In 2019, Expósito appeared in the TVE series La caza. Monteperdido, where she played Lucía Castán Grau, one of the disappeared girls. She then starred in the 2020 Netflix limited series Someone Has to Die, portraying Cayetana Aldama. Later that year, Expósito had a recurring role in the limited television series, Veneno, on Atresplayer Premium, playing Machús Osinaga, a journalist from the talk show Esta noche cruzamos el Mississippi. In December 2020, she appeared in the role of Claudia in the film You Keep the Kids! directed by Dani de la Orden, and starring Paco León and Miren Ibarguren. In 2021, she briefly returned to Élite, reprising her role as Carla in three short story episodes.^[15]

Expósito starred in the horror film Venus in a "very physical" role.^[16]

In 2024, she signed with talent management firm Brillstein Entertainment.^[17]

Filmography

Film

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	Cuando los ángeles duermen (When Angels Sleep)	Silvia		[18]
	Tu hijo (Your Son)	Andrea		[19]
2021	Mamá o papá (You Keep the Kids!)	Claudia		[20]
2022	Venus	Lucía		[21]
	Rainbow	Model	Cameo	[22]
2023	Perdidos en la noche (Lost in the Night)	Mónica		[23]
2024	El llanto (The Wailing)	Andrea		[24]
TBA	El talento † (The Talent)	Elsa		[25]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Centro Médico	Rosa Martín	1 episode
2016; 2018	Vis a Vis (Locked Up)	Fernando's daughter	2 episodes
2017	Estoy vivo	Ruth	8 episodes
2018–2020	Elite	Carla Rosón Caleruega	Main cast (season 1-3); 24 episodes
2019	La caza. Monteperdido	Lucía Castán Grau	7 episodes
2020	Veneno	Machús Osinaga [es]	2 episodes
	Someone Has to Die	Cayetana Aldama	Main role; 3 episodes
2021	Élite historias breves: Carla Samuel	Carla Rosón Caleruega	lead role; 3 episodes
2024–2025	Bandidos	Lilí		[26]

References

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18. Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (5 September 2018). "Los estrenos del 7 de septiembre. 'Cuando los ángeles duermen'. Pesadilla en la carretera". Aisge. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
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22. Silvestre, Juan (15 July 2022). "'Rainbow': primer cartel y sinopsis de la cinta de Paco León para Netflix". Fotogramas. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
23. Rooney, David (23 May 2023). "'Lost in the Night' Review: Amat Escalante's Class-Inequality Mystery Has Potent Elements Without Much Genre Heat". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
24. Rivera, Alfonso (6 March 2023). "El llanto de Pedro Martín-Calero ya se escucha en Madrid y Buenos Aires". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
25. Partearroyo, Daniel de (4 September 2024). "Ester Expósito rueda su 'Eyes Wide Shut' con Mirela Balic: todo sobre la incendiaria 'El talento'". Cinemanía. Archived from the original on 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via 20minutos.es.
26. Osco, Nelly (14 March 2024). "Final explicado de "Bandidos": qué pasó con Miguel y su grupo, quién encontró el tesoro y quién murió". mag. Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024 – via El Comercio.

External links

• Ester Expósito at IMDb