Cayetana Guillén Cuervo

Cayetana Guillén Cuervo (born 13 June 1969) is a Spanish screen and stage actress, journalist and television presenter.

Early life and background Born on 13 June 1969 in Madrid, both of her parents, Fernando Guillén and Gemma Cuervo as well as her brother, Fernando are also actors. She studied Communication Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid and, since 1998, she has been the presenter of a weekly program on Televisión Española, , where a Spanish-language movie is shown and discussed.

Professional career Cayetana began her acting career at the end of the 1980s, first in television and in theatre soon after. She debuted in 1986 with a small role in the television series Segunda enseñanza, written by Ana Diosdado and directed by Pedro Masó.

In 1987, she played a small role in the theatre production Coqueluche by Roberto Romero. During the following years, Cayetana dedicated herself to theatre but with occasional appearances in television programmes as well as series from the 1990s onwards. Her first appearance on the big screen was in 1989 in La luna negra, directed by Imanol Uribe.

At the beginning of the 1990s, she starred in four different theatre plays: Entre bobos anda el juego (1991) and (1992) were both produced by the theatre company Strion; later on she would also appear in La gran sultana (1993) and Fuenteovejuna (1993), produced by the Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico.

Her appearances in theatre lessened in the second half of the 1990s, and she devoted herself to the film industry. In this successful period, Cayetana worked on the well-known films All About My Mother, The Wound of Light and The Grandfather where she worked with her father. Thanks to her role in The Grandfather, which was nominated for the Academy Award, she was nominated for the Spanish Goya Award for Best Actress.

She made her debut as a TV presenter in 1998 in the national television channel Televisión Española. She also works as a presenter in culture programmes on this channel, or more specifically, Seventh-Art programmes like Versión Española, running from 1998, where she interviewed the members of the technical and artistic team of a film that had been displayed before.

In the 2000s and 2010s, she works both as a TV presenter and actress (film industry and theatre), as well as a journalist in the Spanish newspaper El Mundo.

From 2015 to 2020, she played the main role of Irene Larra in the successful television series El Ministerio del Tiempo.

In 2016, she participated in the worldwide known show MasterChef Celebrity, in the first edition. Miguel Ángel Muñoz was the winner and Guillén Cuervo the runner-up.

In 2018, she participated in Cero en Historia, TV show hosted by Joaquín Reyes.

The general assembly of the (AAEE) elected her as the new president of the organization in January 2022.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Dependienta Amo tu cama rica Lola La marrana (The Sow) Putilla Los hombres siempre mienten Cristina Historias del Kronen (Stories from the Kronen) Hermana de Carlos Corsarios del chip Vicky Más que amor, frenesí (Not Love, Just Frenzy) Mónica La herida luminosa (The Wound of Light) Sor María Atómica Victoria Hazlo por mí (Do It for Me) Isabel Velasco El abuelo (The Grandfather) Doña Lucrecia Richmond Candela La mirada violeta (The Violet Look) Violeta Sandra Las huellas que devuelve el mar Laura Una pistola en cada mano (A Gun in Each Hand) Sara La maldición del guapo Catalina

Television

Stage

Awards Year Award Category Work Result Mostra de València Best Actress Do It for Me 54th CEC Awards Best Actress The Grandfather 13th Goya Awards Best Actress 4th Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Series El ministerio del tiempo 5th Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Series