Gracia Olayo
Gracia Olayo is a Spanish stage, television and film actress.
Biography
Gracia Olayo was born in Madrid on 19 August 1957, into a family of 19 siblings. She has another twin sister, Sole Olayo, also an actress. She worked for 11 years as a flight attendant. In 1988, she founded the comedy trio, which became a duo in the 1990s. By 1999, she was working in Antena 3's show ' as a steward.Some early film credits in her acting career include performance in ', El efecto mariposa, Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí, 800 Bullets, Bulgarian Lovers and The Ferpect Crime.
Her character of Rosa Ruano in fantasy television series Los protegidos from 2010 to 2012 became popular, providing Olayo a platform to reach to younger audiences, going on to perform for 4 years in Los Javis' stage play La llamada, in replacement of. She also reprise her role of Sor Bernarda in the film adaptation of the stage play, La llamada which was also directed by Los Javis. In 2018 she featured alongside Pedro Casablanc as parents of the title character of superhero comedy Superlópez. Olayo joined the second season of another superhero comedy work, the series The Neighbor, to portray the Mayor of Madrid, obsessed with bringing a Summer Olympics to the city.