Manuela Velasco

Manuela Velasco Díez is a Spanish actress and television personality. She is known for starring in the horror franchise [REC (film series)|REC], for which she won the Goya Award for Best New Actress in 2008.

Career

Velasco's first film role was in 1987, as pre-teen Ada in Pedro Almodóvar's comedy-drama thriller Law of Desire.
She played TV-reporter Ángela Vidal in the found [footage (film technique)|found footage] horror films REC, REC 2 and REC 4: Apocalypse. She won the Goya Award for Best New Actress for her performance in REC.
In 2005, she hosted Cuatrosfera, by Cuatro.
In 2009, she starred in La chica de ayer, a Spanish adaptation of the UK science fiction series Life on [Mars (UK TV series)|Life on Mars]. In 2010, she portrayed Eugenia de Molina, the duchess of Monfragüe in Águila Roja, by TVE.
In 2011, Velasco appeared in the TV-series Ángel o demonio. In 2012, she portrayed Ainhoa in Aída.
From 2014 to 2016, Velasco played Cristina Otegui in the TV-series Velvet.
In 2016, she played in a theatrical adaptation of the 1994 film Todo es mentira.
In 2017 she appeared in the stage play Bajo terapia alongside Gorka Otxoa, Fele Martínez and Melani Olivares.