Mireia Vilapuig
Mireia Vilapuig is a Spanish actress. She is the sister of actress Joana Vilapuig, who in 2011 was one of the protagonists of the successful TV series serie de televisión Polseres vermelles , directed by Pau Freixas and written by Albert Espinosa, and in which Mireia herself has also taken part, in an episodic way.
Professional career
After taking her first steps in the world of acting in amateur theater productions, in 2008 Mireia Vilapuig was selected in a casting with 800 children for a role in the film La cabaña de los héroes, based on a script by Albert Espinosa and Pau Freixas. Before filming began, Mireia and the other four children chosen, all of whom had no previous film experience, lived together for two weeks in a holiday camp to "make their friendship real", according to the film's director, Pau FreixasThe film, finally titled Herois, was shot in the summer of 2009 in various locations in Barcelona, Canyamars, Gavà, Palamós, the Sau reservoir and Sant Pere de Vilamajor. It premiered in April 2010 at the Málaga Spanish Film Festival.
In this piece, the actress shares the leading role with her sister, Joana Vilapuig, and another young Catalan actress, Marina Comas, winner of a Goya Award. The short film was selected to compete in the official section of the XLIV Edition of the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, which took place in early October 2011.
Her most notable works have been in the short film El nadador and in the feature film Fènix 11:23, whose shooting, in Catalan and under the direction of Joel Joan, began on November 23, 2011, in the town of Lloret de Mar,. The film, based on true events, narrates the experience of Eric Bertran, a teenager from Lloret de Mar who in 2004 was accused of terrorism as a result of a series of e-mails he sent to various companies demanding the labeling of products in Catalan. In the film, Mireia Vilapuig plays the girl with whom the protagonist, played by Nil Cardoner, falls in love.
Filmography
Feature films
Héroes by Pau Freixas / Character: CristoFènix 11:23 by Joel JoanLe dernier coup de marteau Character: LunaTelevision
Polseres vermelles / Character: Àlex Cuéntame cómo pasó Season 19 episode 10. Character: LourdesEl inocente. Character: Carla OlenvergSelftape. Co-creator and co-protagonist.Short films
REM by Javier Ferreiro and María Sosa Betancor / Character: EvaNadador- ''La muerte dormida''