Itziar Castro

Itziar Castro i Rivadulla (14 February 1977 – 8 December 2023) was a Spanish actress known mainly for her role as Gоya Fernández in Locked Up and participating in films such as Champions or Skins, for which she was nominated to the Goya Award for Best New Actress.^[1][2]

Itziar Castro
Castro at the 2022 Gaudí Awards
Born	Itziar Castro i Rivadulla (1977-02-14)14 February 1977 Barcelona, Spain
Died	8 December 2023(2023-12-08) (aged 46) Lloret de Mar, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–2023

Biography

Itziar Castro i Rivadulla was born in Barcelona on 14 February 1977.^[3][4] Her professional career dates back to 2002, when she participated in the feature film Noche de fiesta. She landed her first role in a feature film in Unconscious (2003).^[5] Later, she participated in fictional roles for both television and cinema, including in El cor de la ciutat or Algo que celebrar on television and in Blancanieves or La sexta alumna in cinema.^[6] In 2017, she signed for the main cast of Eduardo Casanova's film Skins,^[7] for which she was nominated for a Goya Award for Best New Actress and won the Actors and Actresses Union award in the same category.^[8][9]

In 2018, she was part of the main cast of the television series Locked Up in the role of Goya Fernández, which earned her notoriety.^[10] In addition, she participates in the feature films Matar a Dios^[11] and Campeones, and made a cameo in the second season of Paquita Salas, portraying the stage manager of the Tarazona Festival. In July 2018, she signed on to play the acting teacher of the academy of Operación Triunfo 2018, replacing Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo.^[12] On October 31, just over a month after the edition started, it was learned that the actress was leaving her job in the program, apparently a decision taken unilaterally by the program's management.^[13]

In 2019, she participated in the feature films El cerro de los dioses by Daniel M. Caneiro^[14] and ¿Qué te juegas? by Inés de León.^[15] In 2020, she made a cameo in Woody Allen's film Rifkin's Festival and starred in the Fox España series Vis a vis: El Oasis,^[16] as well as having a recurring role in the HBO Spain series One Way or Another as Choni.^[17] She is also one of the protagonists of Historias lamentables, a film by Javier Fesser for Amazon Prime Video.^[18] In December 2020, her signing was announced as the main character for the first Netflix musical series in Spain Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After directed by Manolo Caro.^[19]

Castro died shortly after experiencing cardiorespiratory arrest at 2:00 a.m. on 8 December 2023, aged 46, in a municipal swimming pool of Lloret de Mar while rehearsing for a synchronised swimming performance.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Feature films

Year	Title	Character	Directed by	Ref.
2002	Noche de fiesta	Extra	Xavi Puebla
2004	Inconscientes	Wet nurse	Joaquín Oristrell
	Las maletas de Tulse Luper 3	Frances Cotumely	Peter Greenaway
2008	Pretextos	Nurse	Sílvia Munt
	Sing for Darfur	Woman	Johan Kramer
2010	The Great Vazquez	Wi-fi saleslady	Óscar Aibar
2011	Águila Roja: la película	Maid	José Ramón Ayerra
2012	Rec 3: Génesis	Lady with Pamela	Paco Plaza
	Blancanieves	Tocinillo de cielo	Pablo Berger
2013	Las brujas de Zugarramurdi	3D witch	Álex de la Iglesia
2015	Transeúntes	Woman	Luis Aller
2016	La sexta alumna	Anita	Benja de la Rosa
2017	Pieles (Skins)	Itziar	Eduardo Casanova	[20]
	Matar a Dios	Ana	Caye Casas and Albert Pintó	[20]
2018	Campeones	Jesus's mother	Javier Fesser
	Escape from Marwin	Ben's sister	Jordi Castejón
2019	El cerro de los dioses	Herself	Daniel M. Caneiro	[20]
	¿Qué te juegas? [es]	Rosita	Inés de León
2020	Rifkin's Festival	Woman in the garden	Woody Allen
	Asylum: Twisted Horror and Fantasy Tales	Wife	Carlos Goitia
	Historias lamentables	Ingrid Müller	Javier Fesser
2021	¡A todo tren! Destino Asturias	Asturian farmgirl	Santiago Segura
2022	La mesita del comedor	Super friend[citation needed]	Caye Casas	[21]

Short films

• Los Bermejo (Dir. José Fernández-Ark, 2018), secondary role.
• Desaliento (Dir. Pinky Alonso, 2018), leading role.
• RIP (Dir. Caye Casas and Albert Pintó, 2017), leading role.
• Eat my shit (Dir. Eduardo Casanova, 2015), leading role.
• La Colleja (Dir. Sergio Morcillo, 2019), leading role.

Television

Series

Year	Title	Cadena	Character	Duration	Ref.
2004	El cor de la ciutat	TV3	Sandra Pi	1 episode
2005	Hospital Central	Telecinco	Sara	1 episode
2006–08	El cor de la ciutat	TV3	Bea Billars	Secondary role
2007	Rumors	Canal Nou	Secretary	Television movie
2009	Otra ciudad		Wig shop keeper
	Xadom	Vimeo	Marta	1 episode
2015	Algo que celebrar	Antena 3	Louise	2 episodes
2017	Laia	TV3	Lame woman	Television movie
	El crac		Miriam Espinguet	1 episode
2018	Paquita Salas	Netflix	Awards councillor	1 episode
2018–19	Vis a vis (Locked Up)	FOX España	Goya Fernández	Introduced in season 3	[22]
2019	Terror y feria	Flooxer	Montse		[20]
	Vida perfecta	Movistar+	Nurse	1 episode
2020	Vis a vis: El Oasis	FOX España	Goya Fernández	8 episodes
	Válidas	Flooxer	Lawyer	1 episode
	Benidorm	Antena 3	Hotel client	1 episode
	Por H o por B (One Way or Another)	HBO España	Choni		[23]
2022	Érase una vez... pero ya no (Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After)	Netflix	Eloísa / Candela		[24]

Programs

Year	Title	Cadena	Role
2018	Operación Triunfo	TVE	Teacher
2019	Todo es mentira	Cuatro	Collaborator
	Viajando con Chester		Guest

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2018	32nd Goya Awards	Best New Actress	Skins	Nominated	[25]
	27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best New Actress		Won	[26]
	2nd Fugaz Awards [es]	Best Actress	RIP	Nominated	[27]

References

1. "Itziar Castro, biografía de una actriz sin complejos". Zeleb (in Spanish).
2. "Toda la trayectoria de la actriz Itziar Castro: ¡de 'Vis a vis' a OT y mucho más!" (in Spanish). Pronto. 17 November 2020.
3. "Mor l'actriu Itziar Castro als 46 anys". Regió7. Prensa Ibérica. 8 December 2023.
4. "Muere la actriz española Itziar Castro a los 46 años". Euronews. 8 December 2023.
5. Navarro, Mayka; Gómez Ruiz, Lara (8 December 2023). "Muere la actriz Itziar Castro a los 46 años". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
6. "Ficha, noticias, trabajos y fotos de Itziar Castro" (in Spanish). Formula TV.
7. "Itziar Castro responde con un corpiño a los gordofóbicos que la atacaron en las redes" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. 24 March 2017.
8. "Los ganadores de los Premios Goya 2018". ElPaís (in Spanish). El País. 6 February 2018.
9. "La gala de premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices destila feminismo" (in Spanish). El Español. 13 March 2018.
10. "¿Quién es Itziar Castro, la revelación de la nueva Vis a Vis?" (in Spanish). Clarín. 4 April 2020.
11. Pastor, Custodio (23 September 2018). "Estrenar en Gran Vía". El País (in Spanish).
12. "Itziar Castro ficha por 'OT 2018' como profesora de interpretación" (in Spanish). Formula TV. 18 July 2018.
13. "La gran farsa de OT 2018 con Itziar Castro" (in Spanish). ABC. 5 November 2018.
14. "Los secretos de la original sátira El cerro de los dioses revelados por su director". Yotele (in Spanish). El Periódico. 25 November 2020.
15. "¿Qué te juegas? es una comedia romántica que se ríe de las propias películas del género, véase Pretty Woman o Notting Hill" (in Spanish). El Cine en la Sombra. 28 March 2019.
16. "'Vis a vis: El oasis' completa su reparto con Itziar Castro y Paula Gallego y comienza su rodaje" (in Spanish). Formula TV. 21 October 2019.
17. "Brays Efe e Itziar Castro en "Por H o por B" o la serie de HBO que nos hará reír a carcajadas" (in Spanish). Telva. 8 June 2020.
18. "Crítica de 'Historias lamentables': De los campeones a los conformados" (in Spanish). Moviementarios. 16 November 2020.
19. "'Érase una vez... pero ya no', la serie musical de Netflix que incluirá clásicos del pop español". Epik (in Spanish). As. 1 December 2020.
20. Corona, Alberto (8 December 2023). "7 películas y series (y un cortometraje) para recordar a Itziar Castro". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
21. Vall, Pere (12 December 2022). ""La mesita del comedor": la comedia será cruel o no será". Fotogramas.
22. "¿Quién es Itziar Castro, la revelación de la nueva Vis a Vis?". Clarín. 4 April 2020.
23. Cámara, Nora (26 May 2023). "Itziar Castro ('Vis a vis'), Choni en 'Por H o por B': "Creo que Choni merece un spin-off"". Diez Minutos.
24. Osco, Nelly (11 March 2022). "De qué trata y cómo ver "Érase una vez... pero ya no"". mag – via El Comercio.
25. Milicua, Piedad (4 February 2018). "Premios Goya 2018: lista completa de los premiados". HobbyConsolas.
26. "XXVII Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices". Fotogramas. 13 March 2018.
27. "Nominados y ganadores 2018". Premios Fugaz. Retrieved 8 December 2023.

External links

• Itziar Castro on IMDb