Cecilia Freire

Cecilia Freire Peñas (born 17 November 1981) is a Spanish actress. She is best known for playing Blanca Román on Física o Química (2008–2009) and Rita Montesinos on Velvet (2014–2016).

Early life and education Cecilia Freire Peñas was born on 17 November 1981 in Madrid, Spain.

Career Freire has worked as a film, theatre, and television actress. In 2008 she became popular for her role in the film Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet. She has also appeared in films such as No Shame in 2001 and 8 citas in 2008.

From 2014 to 2016 she played Rita Montesinos in the Antena 3 series Velvet. Rita is a seamstress in the Galleries, who along with her friends Ana (Paula Echevarría) and Luisa (Manuela Vellés) and her sister Clara (Marta Hazas) are known as the "Velvet girls". Freire appeared in the first four seasons of the series. In October 2016 she won Best Female Performer at the 63rd edition of the Ondas Awards for her role as Rita Montesinos.

In November 2016 she played Inma in the film Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot, a comedy directed by Maria Ripoll based on Laura Norton's homonymous novel.

Since 2018 she has starred in the TVE series La otra mirada, where she shares the screen with actresses such as Macarena García, Patricia López Arnaiz, and Ana Wagener.

Filmography Movies

Television

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref. 2014 Best Television Actress Velvet 2015 Actors Union Awards Best Supporting Television Actress Velvet 2016 Feroz Awards Best Supporting Television Actress Velvet 2016 Ondas Awards Best Female Performer in National Fiction Velvet 2016 Best Television Actress Velvet