Inma Cuesta

Inmaculada Cuesta Martínez (born 25 June 1980) is a Spanish actress. She has starred in films such as The Sleeping Voice, Three Many Weddings (2013), and The Bride (2015).

Some of her best known television credits include performances in Águila Roja and Arde Madrid.

Early life Inmaculada Cuesta Martínez was born in Valencia on 25 June 1980. Born to parents from Andalusia, Cuesta spent her childhood in Arquillos, province of Jaén (Andalusia). Her father was an upholsterer, and she used to collect the leftovers to make handbags and sell them to finance her studies. Aged 18, she moved to Córdoba to study at the School of Dramatic Art. After completing her studies, she continued her training in Seville. In 2005 she moved to Madrid and entered the Conservatory and School of Dance, a performing arts center run by Carmen Roche.

Career Once settled in the capital of Spain, Cuesta undertook her career in the world of the theater from the hand of Nacho Cano starring in the musical Hoy no me puedo levantar. Her first starring role in television was in the series Amar en tiempos revueltos, playing the role of Elisa, a humble girl who became a well-known singer of the time.

After three seasons and almost three years in the musical she signed for another television series, Plan América with Pepe Sancho (TVE 2008).

Very soon she got her first role in the cinema with the 2007 comedy Love Expresso, in which she featured alongside Asier Etxeandía, Alejo Sauras, Diego Paris, Terele Pávez and Elena Ballesteros, among others. Later, she starred together with Fele Martínez and Angel de Andrés the film El kaserón.

In 2009, she began to play the role of Margarita in the series Águila roja which was broadcast by the Spanish public television service TVE.

She shot Águila Roja: la película, the film version of the series, and starred in the film Cousinhood, a comedy by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, along with Quim Gutiérrez, Raúl Arévalo and Antonio de la Torre. On 21 October 2011 she premiered The Sleeping Voice, a film by Benito Zambrano, co-starring with María León.

At the beginning of 2012, she was a nominee for the Goya Awards as Best Actress thanks to her role in The Sleeping Voice. That year, she also participated in the shooting of the film Unit 7 (Alberto Rodríguez) with Mario Casas and Antonio de la Torre. Also, she played the role of Carmen de Triana in Blancanieves, a silent and black-and-white version of fairy tale Snow White, in which actresses Maribel Verdú, Ángela Molina and Macarena García also starred.

Almost at the same time, she starred in the short film by Rodrigo Atíza, Muchacha con paisaje and participated in Words with Gods (based on Guillermo Arriaga's idea) from the hand of Álex de la Iglesia in a project where directors from all around the world present an episode about religion.

Cuesta (sixth from the left) together with other crew and cast members of Everybody Knows at the 71st Cannes Film Festival (2018). In November 2012, she starred together with Alberto Ammann, Karra Elejalde and Antonio de la Torre on Daniel Calparsoro’s last film, Invader, for which she won the nomination for best supporting actress at the Mestre Mateo Awards.

In 2013 she played Ruth in Javier Ruiz Caldera's story Three Many Weddings, with Martiño Rivas, Paco León, Quim Gutiérrez, Rossy de Palma and Laura Sánchez, among others. She returned to musicals with Javier Gutiérrez and Marta Ribera with ¡Ay, Carmela!. In 2016, along with Argentine actor Ricardo Darín, she performed as a young girl from a small villa in Buenos Aires in the film Kóblic by Sebastián Borensztein.

Personal life In 2025, Cuesta married her long-term girlfriend, screenwriter and producer Ángeles Maeso. They have two children together.

Activism Inma Cuesta is considered one of the most committed feminist Spanish actresses and asserts that women, and actresses, can be the driving force behind stories, especially "when women get to a certain age, and seem to disappear from film and from the industry". She has also supported campaigns like "Tu silla, tu refugio" by the Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado (CEAR). "The photo on the right was taken on my phone directly from the computer during the photography session, me in full, without tricks, the complete Inma", the actress wrote in the caption under her photo, in which the differences in one of her arms and the outline of her hips were visible.

In January 2019 when she received the award for best television actress at the Feroz Awards she paid tribute to "all women, that they may never again tell us what to do".

Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes 2007 Café solo o con ellas (Love Expresso) Sonia 2009 El kaserón Eva 2011 Águila Roja: la película (Red Eagle, the Movie) Margarita Reprise of her role in the TV series Primos (Cousinhood) Martina La voz dormida (The Sleeping Voice) Hortensia 2012 Grupo 7 (Unit 7) Elena Blancanieves (Snow White) Carmen de Triana Invasor (Invader) Ángela 2013 3 bodas de más (Three Many Weddings) Ruth 2015 Las ovejas no pierden el tren (Sidetracked) Luisa La novia (The Bride) La novia Los miércoles no existen (Wednesdays Don't Exist) Mara 2016 Julieta Ava Nancy 2018 Todos lo saben (Everybody Knows) Ana 2019 Vivir dos veces (Live Twice, Love Once) Julia 2021 El páramo (The Wasteland) Lucía 2023 Los buenos modales (Good Manners) Manuela Todos los nombres de Dios (All the Names of God) Pilar Montero El favor (Just One Small Favor) Teresa Un funeral de locos Amaia

Television

Theater

Accolades Year Award Category Work Result 2010 Best Television Actress in a Secondary Role Red Eagle Best Actress in a Series 2012 Best Actress The Sleeping Voice Best Film Actress in a Leading Role 2013 Best Film Actress in a Minor Role Snow White 2014 Best Actress Three Many Weddings Best Actress Best Actress 2016 Best Actress The Bride Best Actress Best Actress Best Film Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress 2017 Best Actress 2019 6th Feroz Awards Best Main Actress in a Series Arde Madrid Best Television Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV series 2021 Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV series The Mess You Leave Behind 3rd Carmen Awards Best Actress Just One Small Favor