Ana Duato

Ana Consuelo Duato Boix (born 18 June 1968) is a Spanish actress, who is best known for portraying Mercedes Fernández in the television series Cuéntame cómo pasó.

Biography Ana Consuelo Duato Boix was born on 18 June 1968, in Valencia. She has one older sister, named Zulema Duato Boix. She is the sister of business executive Joaquín Duato and cousin of famous dancer and choreographer Nacho Duato.

Personal life In 1989, she married the television producer Miguel Ángel Bernardeau Maestro. On 12 December 1996, she gave birth to the couple's first child, a boy, whom they called Miguel Bernardeau. In 2004, she gave birth to the couple's second child, a girl, whom they called María Bernardeau Duato, was born in Madrid, Spain.

Lawsuits On 7 April 2016, Ana Duato was accused of Tax evasion and Money laundering crimes together with the actor, Imanol Arias and her husband, Miguel Ángel Bernardeau, in the Panama Papers scandal as the owner of an offshore company, Trekel Trading Limited, based on the island nation of Niue that held a bank account under his complete control at the Swiss bank Banque Franck SA. In May 2016, a judicial investigation was opened for the alleged crimes.

Career Ana Duato first role was with the Spanish director Basilio Martín Patino in 1987.

Between 2001 and 2023, she starred in the Televisión Española prime-time series Cuéntame cómo pasó as Mercedes Fernández, the mother of a Spanish middle-class family during the years of the rule of Francisco Franco, the transition to democracy, and the current democracy.

UNICEF As part of her charity work, Ana Duato has been one of the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors since December 2000.

Filmography Film

Television Year Title Character Network Notes 1989–1990 Brigada Central Virginia Televisión Española 14 episodes 1993 Celia María del Pilar Gálvez de Montalbán Televisión Española 6 episodes1993 Para Elisa Televisión Española 1 episode 1993 Mother Antena 3 1 episode 1994 Bibi Telemadrid 1 episode 1994–1995 Villarriba y Villabajo Paulina Televisión Española 25 episodes 1995–1997 Médico de familia Irene Cerezo Telecinco 29 episodes 1997–1998 Lola Telecinco 22 episodes 1999–2000 Clara Salgado Telecinco 13 episodes 2000 Estudio 1 Televisión Española 1 episode 2001 Carmen Covián Televisión Española 2 episodes 2001–2023 Cuéntame cómo pasó Mercedes Fernández López Televisión Española 413 episodes