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Miryam Gallego (born 1976) is a Spanish actress. She played the iconic villainous role of the Marchioness of Santillana in the television series Águila Roja, which earned her public recognition.




Biography


Born in Ourense in 1976, her father is from Nocelo da Pena whereas her mother is from Vilamarín. She studied acting.
Gallego started her television career playing a minor role in the Galician series Pratos combinados, aired on the regional broadcaster TVG. She also performed guest roles in Policías, en el corazón de la calle, as well as in El comisario. In 2000, Gallego landed a main cast role in the popular series Periodistas, playing Claudia, an intern working at the editorial office of Crónica, the fictional newspaper the series was centered on. She later played roles in Hospital Central and Lobos, early cancelled because of low audience ratings.
She had her debut in a feature film with her performance in the 2007 drama Concursante (2007), in which she starred together with Leonardo Sbaraglia.
The breakthrough role consolidating her acting career was her performance in the adventure television series Águila Roja, aired on La 1. She played Lucrecia, an ambitious and ruthless woman, widowed marchioness of Santillana, whose intrigues carried a substantial part of the plot of the 9-season-long series, ended in 2016.
She starred in the television series Secretos de Estado, aired on Telecinco in 2019, playing the character of Ana Chantelle, the wife of the Spanish prime minister. Gallego herself noted a sense of disappointment with the development of the series, sold as a political thriller but rather delving around intimate relationships, with the political plot only present as a backdrop.
She also appeared in the erotical thriller series Instinto (aired on Movistar+ in 2019), playing the role of Sara Ortuño.




Filmography



Television

Film




References

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• Miryam Gallego
• Nathalie Seseña
• Águila Roja
• The Contestant (2007 film)
• Sequía
• Francis Lorenzo
• Instinto (TV series)
• La Moderna
• Romería (film)
• Michelle Calvó