Asia Ortega


Asia Ortega Leiva is a Spanish film and television dancer and actress who became known for her participation in the series Les de l'hoquei as Flor Vilamayor. Later, she starred in the series El internado: Las Cumbres in the role of Amaia Torres.

Biography

First years

Ortega Leiva was born on 18 May 1995, in Barcelona, Spain. She is descendant of an Argentinian father, a circus clown by profession, and a Spanish mother and actress. Always rooted in the world of art, she has a great passion for flamenco, so from a very young age she began with this type of dance.

Professional career

In 2017 she made her film debut with the movie Cuando los ángeles duermen, directed by Gonzalo Bendala and produced by Áralan Films. In 2018 she played Sara, daughter of José Coronado, in the film Tu hijo, directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas and produced by Apache Films. In April 2019 she premiered on TV3 the series Les de l'hoquei, where she played Flor Vilamayor during the two seasons. In addition, she signed for the second season of + de 100 mentiras on Atresmedia's Flooxer platform
In 2020 she participated in the feature film Malnazidos, directed by Alberto de Toro and Javier Ruiz Caldera. She also starred in Hasta el cielo, a film by Daniel Calparsoro, alongside Miguel Herrán and Carolina Yuste. In 2021 she starred in the series El Internado: Las Cumbres, adaptation of the successful Antena 3 El Internado: Laguna Negra, where she played Amaia Torres, a conflictive student looking for her boyfriend. After the broadcast of the first season in February 2021, the renewal of the series for a second season was announced, again with Asia as the main character, along with Albert Salazar. In April 2021 she participated episodically in the Netflix series El Inocente, playing Cassandra.
In February 2022, it was announced that she would star in the TV series Hasta el cielo on Netflix, based on the 2020 film of the same name, in which she already participated in a supporting role.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleCharacterChannelDuration
2017Centro médicoSilviaTVE1 episode
2019Más de 100 mentirasCarlotaFlooxer5 episodes
2019 - 2020Les de l'hoqueiFlorencia «Flor» VilamayorTV326 episodes
2021El InocenteCassandraNetflix4 episodes
2021 - 2023El Internado: Las CumbresAmaia TorresAmazon Prime Video19 episodes
2022Hasta el cieloSoleNetflix8 episodes