Cristina Mediero

Cristina Mediero Pérez (born 8 July 1984) is a Spanish actress and director who works in theatre, film, and television. Born in Madrid and raised in Córdoba, she graduated from the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático y Danza de Córdoba and later trained at the Instituto del Cine de Madrid. Based in Jaén, she co-founded the production company Loklaro Producciones with director Carlos Aceituno.

Early life and education

Mediero was born in Madrid and moved to Córdoba at the age of ten. She graduated with a degree in Acting from the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático y Danza de Córdoba.

Mediero returned to Madrid to study on-camera acting at the Instituto del Cine de Madrid (NIC), where she trained with instructors including Esteban Roel and Carla Carparsolo. She has continued her professional development through workshops with theatre directors Andrés Lima and Benito Zambrano, among others.

Career

Theatre

Theatre has been a central part of Mediero's career since 2009, when she performed in La casa de Bernarda Alba in Andalusia. After relocating to Madrid, she co-starred in Trenes de Cine (2012), directed by Tamzin Townsend, and subsequently appeared in the musical La vida es una tómbola and a stage adaptation of El otro lado de la cama.

In 2016, she portrayed Barbara Fordham in the Spanish adaptation of Tracy Letts's August: Osage County, directed by Carlos Aceituno at the Teatro Infanta Leonor in Jaén during the XVII Festival de Otoño, drawing over 600 spectators.

Her 2019 production of El Ascensor, based on Alfonso Zurro's text 100 viajes en ascensor and directed by Carlos Aceituno, received nominations at the Premios Lorca de las Artes Escénicas de Andalucía for Best Author and Best Male Performer, and was selected for the Certamen Nacional de Artes Escénicas at Teatros Luchana in Madrid.

In 2020, she starred alongside Chema del Barco in Ushuaia by Alberto Conejero, and in 2021 she performed in ¡Ay, Carmela! by José Sanchis Sinisterra and in an adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children, both directed by Carlos Aceituno through Loklaro Producciones.

Film

Mediero's first major film role was in Asesinos inocentes (2015), directed by Gonzalo Bendala, which was included in the Official Selection of the Málaga Film Festival.

In 2021, she starred in El hilo dorado, a social drama directed by Tomás Aceituno and set in Linares, alongside Loles León and Eva Pedraza. The film was broadcast on Canal Sur in 2022. Her performance earned her a nomination for Best Lead Actress at the inaugural Premios Carmen of the Academia de Cine de Andalucía, alongside Paz Vega and Petra Martínez.

Her most awarded film is Septiembre (2023), the debut feature of director Carlos Aceituno. The film won Mediero the Best Lead Actress award at the Granada International Film Festival – Premios Lorca in 2024.

Mediero made her directorial debut with the short film Night Show (2023), shot in English and addressing sexual violence and corporate abuse. It won the AAMMA Prize for Best National Short Film on Equality at the Mairena Internacional Film Festival.

Television

Mediero's television debut came in 2010 with La isla de los nominados (Cuatro), a comedy series parodying reality shows in which she played Sara Leal across eleven episodes. She subsequently appeared in the medical series Centro Médico (TVE) and the thriller El accidente (Telecinco).

She appeared in two seasons of the digital comedy-musical Mambo on RTVE's Playz platform. In 2019, she appeared as Azucena in the crime thriller Toy Boy (Antena 3/Netflix).

Awards and recognition

Year Award Category Work Result 2017 Semana de Jaén Audiovisual Best Actress Las sobrinas de Valerie 2020 IX Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival Best Actress El Secreto de Lucía 2021 Equilibrium Film Festival (Palermo) Best Actress Mamá 2022 Premios Carmen (Academia de Cine de Andalucía) Best Lead Actress El hilo dorado 2023 Premio Argentaria Performing Arts Career 2023 AAMMA – Mairena Internacional Film Festival Best National Short Film on Equality Night Show 2024 Granada International Film Festival – Premios Lorca Best Lead Actress Septiembre 2025 Premios Grajo (Jaén) Grajo de Cine – Best Actress Career

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Notes 2015 Asesinos inocentes Gonzalo Bendala 2016 La Ama Arantxa Ibarra, Luisje Moyano 2016 Salpicados por el desastre Juan Antonio Anguita 2017 Doce días de mierda Juan Antonio Anguita 2020 Unfollow Arturo Montenegro 2021 El hilo dorado Tomás Aceituno 2021 Mandylion Luisje Moyano 2023 Septiembre Carlos Aceituno

Television

Year Title Channel Role Notes 2010 La isla de los nominados Cuatro Sara Leal 11 episodes 2015 BYB Telecinco 2016 Centro Médico TVE Elisa Jiménez 2016 LAG Flooxer (Atresmedia) 2017 El accidente Telecinco Reporter 2 episodes 2018 Mambo Playz (RTVE) Amaia 2019 Toy Boy Antena 3/Netflix Azucena 2 episodes 2023 La cuarta bestia Pilot

Short films (selected)

Year Title Director Notes 2015 Las sobrinas de Valerie Carlos Aceituno 2017 Stanbrook Carlos Aceituno 2020 El secreto de Lucía Raquel Toledo 2021 Mamá Carlos Aceituno 2023 Night Show Cristina Mediero Directorial debut

Theatre (selected)

Year Title Director Notes 2009 La casa de Bernarda Alba Manuel Chalana 2012 Trenes de Cine Tamzin Townsend 2014 El otro lado de la cama José Manuel Pardo Musical 2014 Salvajes Carlos Aceituno Based on God of Carnage 2016 August: Osage County Carlos Aceituno As Barbara Fordham 2019 El Ascensor Carlos Aceituno Based on Alfonso Zurro 2020 Ushuaia Carlos Aceituno Text by Alberto Conejero 2021 ¡Ay, Carmela! Carlos Aceituno Text by José Sanchis Sinisterra 2021 Mother Courage and Her Children Carlos Aceituno