{{short description|Spanish actress and television presenter}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=August 2016}} {{no footnotes|date=August 2016}} }}
{{infobox person | name = Elia Galera | image = Elia Galera en la inauguración de la tienda de Hispanitas en Madrid (30295826490) (cropped).jpg | birth_place = Madrid, Spain | caption = Elia Galera in 2016 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1973|03|19}} | spouse = | children = | occupation = {{cslist|Actress|TV presenter}} }} '''Elia Galera''' (born 19 March 1973) is a Spanish actress and television presenter.
Born in Madrid,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/como/2023/05/02/64511c76fdddff73578b457f.html|website=El Mundo|date=2 May 2023|title=Quién es Elia Galera, la nueva invitada de Pasapalabra}}</ref> Galera made her feature film debut in ''The Ugliest Woman in the World'' (1999).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/television/20201216/6w432thy3nhwlcuk324b5ls3jy.html|website=La Razón|date=16 December 2020|first=Gerardo|last=Granda|title=Quién es quién en la serie "El Cid" de Amazon Prime Video}}</ref> She became popular to a television audience for her role as Claudia Castilla in ''Hospital Central'' (2006−2011).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/tiramillas/television/2020/12/22/5fe1d01946163fae968b45b5.html|website=Tiramillas|via=Marca|date=22 December 2020|title=Elia Galera, de ser 'La mujer más fea del mundo' a convertirse en la apasionada Sancha la Bella en la serie 'El Cid'}}</ref>
As a television presenter, also on Telecinco, she became popular as co-anchor of the ''Popstars'' contest, alongside Jesús Vázquez in 2002.
== Filmography ==
=== Films=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | align = "center" | 1999 || ''La mujer más fea del mundo'' (''The Ugliest Woman in the World'') || Lola Otero || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite book|title=Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático|first=Francisco María|last=Benavent|year=2000|isbn=84-271-2326-4|location=Bilbao|publisher=Ediciones Mensajero|page=399}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2001 || ''Sin noticias de Dios'' || || || align = "center" | |- | rowspan = "4" align = "center" | 2004 ||''El séptimo día'' || || || align = "center" | |- | ''Héctor'' || Sofía || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/hector-1200533525/|website=Variety|title=Hector|date=11 May 2004|first=Jonathan|last=Holland}}</ref> |- | ''Isi/Disi. Amor a lo bestia'' || || || align = "center" | |- | ''Fuera del cuerpo'' (''Body Confusion'') || Esther || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2005/01/cultura/goya/peli_fuera.html|access-date=16 January 2023|title=Fuera del cuerpo|date=January 2005|website=elmundo.es}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2021 || ''Pan de limón con semillas de amapola'' (''Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake'') || Marina || || align = "center" | <ref name="aisge">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/los-estrenos-del-12-de-noviembre-pan-de-limon-con-semillas-de-amapola|website=AISGE|title='Pan de limón con semillas de amapola'|date=11 November 2021}}</ref> |} ==== Television ==== * ''La corriente alterna'' * ''Capital'' (2004) * ''El pasado es mañana'' (2005) * ''Hospital Central'', as Claudia Castilla (2006-2011) * ''La Baronesa, Como Paula'' (2011) * ''Frágiles'', as Teresa González (Telecinco, 2012-2013) * ''El Príncipe'', as Raquel (Telecinco, 2014–present) * ''El Cid'', as Queen Sancha (Amazon Prime, 2018-2020) * Acacias 38 , as Silvia Reyes
=== T.V. presenter === * ''100% cine'' (2000) * ''Popstars'' (2002)
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{Twitter}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Galera, Elia}} Category:1973 births Category:Actresses from Madrid Category:Spanish film actresses Category:Spanish television actresses Category:Living people Category:20th-century Spanish actresses Category:21st-century Spanish actresses