{{short description|Spanish actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{family name hatnote|Abascal|Estrada|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox person | image = Premios Goya 2019 - Silvia Abascal Cerca.jpg | image_size = | caption = Attending the 33rd Goya Awards in 2019 | birth_name = Silvia Abascal Estrada | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1979|3|20}} | birth_place = Madrid, Spain | occupation = Actress | years_active = }} '''Silvia Abascal Estrada''' (born 20 March 1979) is a Spanish film, television and stage actress. She landed a breakthrough role in 1995 sitcom ''Pepa y Pepe'' that advanced her career. She has since featured in films such as ''The Yellow Fountain'', ''The Wolf'', and ''The Idiot Maiden''.
== Biography == Silvia Abascal Estrada was born on 20 March 1979 in Madrid.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.semana.es/corazon/silvia-abascal-desvela-rompio-padre-hija-hace-anos-20220527-002501714/|website=Semana|title=Silvia Abascal desvela que rompió con el padre de su hija ¡hace dos años!|date=27 May 2022|first=Raoul|last=Higuera}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldia.es/gente/2011-04-13/5-actriz-Silvia-Abascal-ingresada-Madrid-infarto-cerebral.htm|website=El Día|title=La actriz Silvia Abascal ingresada en Madrid por el infarto cerebral|date=13 April 2011}}</ref> She made her television debut in the game show ''Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez'', aged 14.<ref name="actua" />
She advanced her career with her performance in 1995 sitcom series ''Pepa y Pepe'', in which she played Clarita, the middle sibling in the protagonist family characterised as a sarcastic and macabre yet also sensible grunge-loving teenager.<ref name="ecartelera">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/oda-pepa-pepe-serie-sitcom-espanola-58851/|website=Ecartelera|title=Oda a 'Pepa y Pepe', el costumbrismo español en una sitcom de los 90|first=Miguel Ángel|last=Pizarro|date=10 January 2020}}</ref><ref name=ossorno>{{Cite web|url=https://i-d.vice.com/es/article/wjjqpq/pepa-y-pepe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614020816/https://i-d.vice.com/es/article/wjjqpq/pepa-y-pepe|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 June 2021|publisher=Vice|website=i-D|date=16 August 2017|title='pepa y pepe', la familia más irreverente de la televisión española en los 90|first=Mirena|last=Ossorno}}</ref> She trained her acting chops under Juan Carlos Corazza.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/20110413/54139996528/silvia-abascal-sufre-un-infarto-cerebral.html|website=La Vanguardia|title=Silvia Abascal sufre un infarto cerebral|date=13 April 2011}}</ref> She landed her feature film debut in ''Time of Happiness'' (1997).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.malagahoy.es/ocio/Abascal-Buenafuente-Festival-Cine-Malaga_0_906209907.html|website=Málaga Hoy|publisher=Grupo Joly|date=10 April 2015|title=Abascal y Buenafuente presentarán las galas del Festival de Cine de Málaga}}</ref> Her performance in ''The Yellow Fountain'' as Lola, a half-Spanish half-Chinese wild child,<ref name="yellowfountain" /> earned her a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/prensa/20061127/television/fuente-amarilla_20061127.html|website=El Diario Montañés|title=La fuente amarilla|date=27 November 2006}}</ref>
She was appointed as Unicef goodwill ambassador in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cadenaser.com/aragon/silvia-abascal-recibira-el-premio-ciudad-de-huesca-del-festival-de-cine-radio-huesca/|website=Cadena SER|title=Silvia Abascal recibirá el premio Ciudad de Huesca del Festival de Cine|date=14 March 2018}}</ref>
In April 2011, Abascal suffered a stroke that temporarily halted her career.<ref name="yahoo">{{Cite web|url=https://es.finance.yahoo.com/fotos/pepa-y-pepe-actores-25-anos-despues-145430755/foto-rtve-netflix-122709070.html|website=TresB|via=Yahoo.com|date=15 June 2020|title=Los actores de 'Pepa y Pepe', 25 años después}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author1=Vanitatis |url=https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/noticias/2011-04-13/la-actriz-silvia-abascal-se-recupera-favorablemente-tras-sufrir-un-ictus-cerebral_553254/|website=Vanitatis|via=El Confidencial|title=La actriz Silvia Abascal se recupera favorablemente tras sufrir un ictus cerebral|date=13 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-02-20|title=Silvia Abascal reaparece en los Goya|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/20120220/54257737154/silvi-abascal-reaparece-goya-ganas-seguir-luchando.html|access-date=2020-10-22|website=La Vanguardia|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-12-30|title=El valor de Silvia|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.es/luis-alegre/el-valor-de-silvia_b_4507355.html|access-date=2020-10-22|website=El HuffPost|language=es}}</ref> Ten months later, she made a comeback to the spotlight attending the gala of the 26th Goya Awards.<ref name="actua">{{Cite journal|publisher=Fundación AISGE|location=Madrid|journal=Actúa|issue=50|date=2014|url=https://www.aisge.es/media/multimedia/ficheros/437.pdf|page=64|title=Duro y valiente camino lleno de optimismo}}</ref> She made a film performance in ''{{ill|Pasaje de vida|es}}'' (2015).<ref name="yahoo" />
== Filmography == {{incomplete list|date=August 2022}} {| class="wikitable" |+Key | style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}} |Denotes works that have not yet been released |}
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes || {{Abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}} |- | align = "center" | 1997 || ''El tiempo de la felicidad'' (''Time of Happiness'') || Verónica || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1997/07/02/cultura/867794409_850215.html|website=El País|date=2 July 1997|title=Verónica Forqué: "El trabajo de actor tiene que ver con lo inconsciente"|first=Teresa|last=Cendros}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/time-of-happiness-111732342/|website=Variety|title=Time of Happiness|date=15 November 1997|first=Jonathan|last=Holland}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 1999 || ''{{ill|The Yellow Fountain|es|La fuente amarilla|lt=La fuente amarilla}}'' (''The Yellow Fountain'') || Lola || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HQkI2X0BeYQC&pg=PA148|page=148|title=Los "otros": etnicidad y "raza" en el cine español contemporáneo|first=Isabel|last=Santaolalla|publisher=Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza|location=Zaragoza|year=2005|isbn=8477337535}}</ref><ref name="yellowfountain">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/the-yellow-fountain-1200457809/#!|website=Variety|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|date=10 May 1999|title=The Yellow Fountain}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2001 || ''La voz de su amo'' (''His Master's Voice'') || Marta || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/television/2001/04/11/director-martinez-lazaro-explora-genero-policiaco-voz-amo/0003_512757.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|title=El director Martínez Lázaro explora el género policíaco en "La voz de su amo"|date=11 April 2001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/his-master-s-voice-1200552724/|website=Variety|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|date=16 November 2001|title=His Master's Voice}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2002 || ''A mi madre le gustan las mujeres'' (''My Mother Likes Women'') || Sol || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/my-mother-likes-women-1200551346/|website=Variety|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|date=15 February 2002|title=My Mother Likes Women}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2004 || ''El lobo'' (''The Wolf'') || Begoña || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2005/01/cultura/goya/peli_ellobo.html|website=elmundo.es|access-date=6 August 2022|date=January 2005|title=El lobo}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2005 || ''Vida y color'' (''Life and Colour'') || Begoña || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|date=11 December 2007|title="Vida y color", la fin du noir et blanc|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2007/12/11/418220-vida-y-color-la-fin-du-noir-et-blanc.html|website=La Dépêche du Midi}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2006 || ''La dama boba'' (''The Idiot Maiden'') || Finea || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7FGuBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA180|page=180|title=Golden Age Drama in Contemporary Spain: The Comedia on Page, Stage and Screen|first=Duncan|last=Wheeler|publisher=University of Wales Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0-7083-2474-5}}</ref> |- | rowspan = "2" align = "center" | 2007 || ''Enloquecidas'' (''Crazy'') || Blanca || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/malaga-00356/noticia-malaga-festival-forque-abascal-velasco-protagonizan-enloquecidas-nueva-comedia-juan-luis-iborra-20080409153335.html|website=Europa Press|title=Málaga.- Festival.- Forqué, Abascal y Velasco protagonizan 'Enloquecidas', la nueva comedia de Juan Luis Iborra|date=9 April 2008}}</ref> |- | ''Escuchando a Gabriel'' || Sara || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publico.es/actualidad/escuchando-gabriel-drama-romantico-silvia.html|website=Público|title="Escuchando a Gabriel", un drama romántico con Silvia Abascal|date=16 November 2007}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2008 || ''El amor se mueve'' || || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a315298/el-amor-se-mueve/|website=Fotogramas|date=7 April 2009|title=El amor se mueve}}</ref> |- | rowspan = "2" align = "center" r| 2010 || ''La herencia Valdemar'' (''The Valdemar Legacy'') || Luisa Llorente || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/fotocinema/article/view/3600/3355|title=De Lovecraft a Alemán. Una adaptación cinematográfica de los mitos de Cthlhu|first=Mikel|last=Peregrina Castaños|issue=14|year=2017|publisher=UMA Editorial|location=Málaga|journal=Fotocinema|doi=10.24310/Fotocinema.2017.v0i14.3600|page=242|doi-access=free}}</ref> |- | ''{{ill|The Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow|es|La herencia Valdemar II: La sombra prohibida|lt=La herencia Valdemar II: La sombra prohibida}}'' (''The Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow'') || Luisa Llorente || || align = "center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a426774/la-sombra-prohibida/|website=Fotogramas|title=La sombra prohibida. Para verdaderos y comprensivos fans del fantástico clásico|date=30 December 2010|first=Fausto|last=Fernández}}</ref> |- | rowspan = "4" align = "center" | 2015 | ''{{ill|Safe Passage (2015 film)|es|Pasaje de vida|lt=Pasaje de vida}}'' (''Safe Passage'') || Ariadna || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a19448893/pasaje-de-vida-19448893/|website=Fotogramas|title=Pasaje de vida. Para amantes del thriller político intimista|date=18 October 2017|first=Fausto|last=Fernández}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sede.mcu.gob.es/CatalogoICAA/Peliculas/Detalle?Pelicula=212511|website=Catálog de Cinespañol|publisher=ICAA|access-date=6 August 2022|title=Pasaje de vida}}</ref> |- | ''Francisco, el padre Jorge'' (''Francis: Pray for Me'') || Ana || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariopopular.com.ar/espectaculos/trailer-se-viene-la-primera-pelicula-francisco-n236137|website=Diario Popular|title=Tráiler {{!}} Se viene la primera película de Francisco|date=3 September 2015}}</ref> |- | ''Ma ma'' || Enfermera || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.es/2015/09/10/presentacion-ma-ma_n_8114586.html|website=HuffPost|title=Preestreno de 'Ma ma': las fotos de Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, Mónica Cruz...|date=10 September 2015}}</ref> |- | ''Truman'' || Mónica || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ccma.cat/324/truman-al-castell-de-montjuc/noticia/2834742/|website=Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals|title="Truman", al Castell de Montjuïc|date=28 June 2016}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2022 || ''Asombrosa Elisa'' (''Amazing Elisa'') || Úrsula || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite journal|date=October 2021|journal=Fotogramas|page=40|issue=2136|volume=74|title=Superheroína insospechada|issn=1889-9706}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/cultura/2022/07/27/polemica-as-bestas-sorogoyen-esperadas-sitges/00031658932918936646997.htm|website=La Voz de Asturias|date=1 August 2022|title=La polémica "As Bestas", de Sorogoyen, entre las más esperadas en Sitges}}</ref> |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes || {{Abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}} |- | align = "center" | 1995 || ''Pepa y Pepe'' || Clarita || || align = "center" | <ref name=ossorno /> |- | align = "center" | 1999–2000 || ''El comisario'' || || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1999/06/19/radiotv/929743201_850215.html|website=El País|title="El comisario", la serie que protagoniza Tito Valverde, ampliada con 26 capítulos|date=19 June 1999}}</ref><ref name="yahoo" /> |- | align = "center" | 2002 || ''Viento del pueblo: Miguel Hernández'' || Josefina Manresa || Miniseries || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2002/02/28/radiotv/1014850803_850215.html|website=El País|date=28 February 2002|title=TVE-1 estrena 'Viento del pueblo', miniserie sobre Miguel Hernández|first=Techu|last=Baragaño}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2009 || ''Acusados'' || Laura Nieto || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/10125/acusados-aterriza-la-proxima-semana-en-el-prime-time-del-miercoles/|website=FormulaTV|title='Acusados' aterriza la próxima semana en el prime time del miércoles|date=23 January 2009}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2011 || ''Piratas'' || Blanca Díaz de Andrade || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/verteletv/actualidad/Piratas-proyecto-ambicioso-historia-Telecinco_0_1240375969.html|website=Vertele!|publisher=eldiario.es|title="Piratas es el proyecto más ambicioso en la historia de Telecinco"|date=28 April 2011}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2018 || ''La catedral del mar'' (''Cathedral of the Sea'') || Elionor || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/series-tv/2016-11-23/conoce-personajes-la-catedral-del-mar_1294475/|website=El Confidencial|title=Conoce a los personajes de 'La catedral del mar'|date=23 November 2016|first=A|last=Funes}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2021 || ''La cocinera de Castamar'' (''The Cook of Castamar'') || Reina Isabel de Farnesio || || align = "center" | <ref name=marratxi>{{Cite web|url=http://www.diariodemarratxi.com/la-cocinera-de-castamar-estreno-atresplayer/|date=18 February 2021|title='La cocinera de Castamar' se estrena este domingo en AtresPlayer|website=Diario de Marratxí}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2021 || ''Cuéntame cómo pasó'' || María Alcántara || Introduced in season 21.{{Clear}}Younger versions portrayed by Esmeralda García, Celine Peña, {{ill|Paula Gallego|es}}, and Carmen Climent || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/actrices-maria-alcantara-cuentame-como-paso-106557/|website=FormulaTV|title=Las 5 actrices que han dado vida a María Alcántara en 'Cuéntame cómo pasó'|date=13 February 2021|first=Azucena|last=Pereira}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2022 || ''¡García!'' (''García!'') || Catalina Bellido || || align = "center" | <ref name="chamorro">{{Cite journal|journal=Fotogramas|volume=76|issue=2149|year=2022|issn=1889-9706|first=Coral|last=Chamorro|title=¡García! Superagente 1961|page=86}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2023 || ''Montecristo'' || Mercedes Herrera || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lasexta.com/series/william-levy-rueda-madrid-serie-montecristo-version-moderna-clasico_2022062162b17f6c5955720001e89348.html|website=LaSexta|title=William Levy ya rueda en Madrid la serie 'Montecristo', una versión moderna del clásico|date=21 June 2022}}</ref> |- | {{center|2025}} || ''Asuntos internos'' || Ana Villacastín || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/rtve/20250122/rtve-presenta-serie-policiaca-del-ano-asuntos-internos/16417775.shtml|website=rtve.es|title= RTVE presenta la serie policiaca del año: 'Asuntos internos'|date=22 January 2025}}</ref>}} |}
=== Music videos === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="margin-right: 0;" ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Song ! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row" | 2007 | Diego Martín | "Puestos a Pedir" | style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{cite web |title=13 famosos que no recordarás que salieron en un videoclip |url=https://www.europafm.com/noticias/musica/13-famosos-que-recordaras-que-salieron-videoclip_2021053160b47fb0a760960001a06710.html |website=Europa FM |access-date=April 29, 2026 |date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> |}
== Theatre == * ''La gaviota'' (2010){{citation needed|date=August 2022}} * ''Días de vino y rosas'' (2009–10){{citation needed|date=August 2022}} * ''Gatas'' (2008){{citation needed|date=August 2022}} * ''Siglo XX... que estás en los cielos'' (2006){{citation needed|date=August 2022}} * ''Historia de una vida'' (2005){{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
==Awards and nominations== {| class = "wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Award !Category !Work !Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | align = "center" | 2000 | {{Sort|Goya 14|14th Goya Awards}} | Best New Actress | ''The Yellow Fountain'' | {{nom}} | align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|access-date=6 August 2022|title=La fuente amarilla|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|website=premiosgoya.com|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/la-fuente-amarilla/}}</ref> |- | rowspan = "2" align = "center" | 2005 | {{Sort|Goya 19|19th Goya Awards}} | Best Supporting Actress | rowspan = "2" | ''The Wolf'' |{{nom}} | align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|access-date=6 August 2022|title=El lobo|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|website=premiosgoya.com|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/el-lobo}}</ref> |- | {{Sort|Actors and Actresses Union 14|14th Actors and Actresses Union Awards}} | Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role |{{nom}} | align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fanzinedigital.com/cine/1223_1-El_Congreso_premiado_por_la_union_de_actores_por_aprobar_la_ley_contra_la_violencia_de_genero.html|website=Fanzine Digital|title=El Congreso premiado por la unión de actores por aprobar la ley contra la violencia de género|date=16 June 2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2005/06/21/cultura/1119312678.html|website=El Mundo|title='Aquí no hay quien viva', 'Mar adentro' y 'Yo Claudio' vencen en los Premios de la Unión de Actores|date=21 June 2005}}</ref> |- | rowspan = "2" align = "center" | 2006 | {{Sort|Actors and Actresses Union 15|15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards}} | Best Stage Actress in a Leading Role | ''Historia de una vida'' |{{nom}} | align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/videos/actualidad/belen-imanol-premios-union-actores_1_7783030.html|website=verTele!|via=eldiario.es|date=31 March 2006|title=Belén Rueda, Imanol Arias y José Luis Gil optan a los Premios Unión de Actores}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2006/05/30/actualidad/1148940001_850215.html?outputType=amp|website=El País|title=Manuel Alexandre y Candela Peña, premiados por la Unión de Actores en la categoría de cine|date=30 May 2006}}</ref> |- | {{Sort|Malaga Film Festival 09|9th Málaga Film Festival}} || Silver Biznaga for Best Actress || rowspan = "2" | ''The Idiot Maiden'' || {{won}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20060325/51262819770/biznaga-de-oro-en-el-festival-de-malaga-para-los-aires-dificiles-gerardo-herrero.html|website=La Vanguardia|title=Biznaga de Oro en el Festival de Málaga para 'Los aires difíciles', Gerardo Herrero|date=25 March 2006}}</ref> |- | align = "center" | 2007 | {{Sort|Goya 21|21st Goya Awards}} | Best Actress |{{nom}} | align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|access-date=6 August 2022|title=La dama boba|publisher=Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España|website=premiosgoya.com|url=https://www.premiosgoya.com/pelicula/la-dama-boba}}</ref> |}
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== External links== * {{official website|http://www.silviaabascal.com}} * {{IMDb name|0007711}}
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