Catalina Sopelana

Catalina Sopelana (born 1992) is a Spanish actress.

Life and career Born on 30 October 1992 in Madrid, she earned a degree in Psychology, deciding to join an amateur theatre group in her senior year. She's later trained her acting chops at Juan Carlos Corazza's attelier. She starred as "empowered" gig worker Clau in Playz webseries Riders. She played the girfriend of Lali Espósito's Wendy in the last season of action thriller series Sky Rojo, aired in 2023.

Her supporting performance in The Blue Star portraying a friend of rock musician Mauricio Aznar (2023) earned her an Actors and Actresses Union Award nomination for Best Film Female Performance in a Minor Role. In season four of crime series Wrong Side of the Tracks, Sopelana portrayed unexperienced yet ambitious police agent Camila. Also in 2024, she featured in university-set psychological thriller Fraternity, In 2025, she starred opposite to Álvaro Rico and Cecilia Suárez in the romantic thriller series The Gardener (2025), portraying "sweet and kind" pre-school teacher Violeta. She also wrapped shooting El cuco de cristal, another Netflix thriller series in which she played the protagonist, a young doctor who, upon receiving a heart transplant, digs into the identity of the donor in the countryside.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes Quién te cantará Diana Feature film debut Mantícora (Manticore) La estrella azul (The Blue Star) Mara El aspirante (Fraternity) Lau Que vienen los perros

Television Year Title Role Notes El vecino (The Neighbor) Julia Entrevías (Wrong Side of the Tracks) Camila Clara Merlo