Superstar (2025 TV series)
Superstar is a Spanish biographical miniseries directed by Nacho Vigalondo and Claudia Costafreda starring Ingrid García-Jonsson as Tamara alongside Secun de la Rosa, Rocío Ibáñez, Natalia de Molina, Pepón Nieto, Carlos Areces, and Julián Villagrán. It was released on Netflix on 18 July 2025.
The fiction tackles its subject matter with a surrealist tone.
Plot
Set against the backdrop of the turn of the 21st century in Spain, the plot tracks the unlikely breakout of pop singer and social icon Tamara alongside a troupe of other oddball television personalities.Production
A Suma Content production for Netflix, the series was written by Nacho Vigalondo,,, and Claudia Costafreda. The six episodes were directed by Nacho Vigalondo and Claudia Costafreda.Release
Netflix released the series on 18 July 2025 alongside a tie-in documentary, I'm Still a Superstar.Reception
Ricardo Rosado of Fotogramas rated the miniseries 5 out of 5 stars, writing the Vigalondo does not hide a "radical act of love for the fascinating, for the frontiers of the traditional and for the capacity of the narrative to make canonical what was clearly impossible".Alfonso Rivera of Cineuropa assessed that "while the pathetic, grotesque and delirious go hand in hand, the series also overflows with glitter, unbridled imagination and a baroque flair".
Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía deemed the first and last episodes to be "masterpieces that are already part of the history of Spanish television".
Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave Superestar 55 points lamenting that "it is a very uneven series that takes us back to a shameful period of television. It is even embarrassing to travel to this past".
Natalia Marcos of El País pointed out that Vigalondo approaches Tamarismo "from a surrealistic point of view, in many moments Lynchian, to portray grotesque characters with a good load of poignancy".