Eva Isanta

Eva María Isanta Foncuberta (Ceuta, June 19, 1971) is a Spanish actress known for playing Beatriz Villarejo in the television series No one lives here and Maite Figueroa in The one that is coming. In 2019, she was part of the judging panel for the fourth season of Got Talent España, Telecinco's talent show.

Biography

When she was very little, her parents moved to the town of Getafe in Madrid. She completed her first studies at the Jesús Nazareno school in Getafe. Her first steps in the world of acting were as an amateur at the age of 15, in the Ático Teatro de Getafe company under the direction of Eusebio Luna. After receiving a prize in a competition, she decided to study Dramatic Art. Thus, with her determination, she combined Image and Sound studies with the art of performing at the Cristina Rota School.

The official debut of the actress took place on October 31, 1990 in the Cervantes and Madrid town of Alcalá de Henares. That night, she impersonated Doña Inés in Don Juan Tenorio, along with Luis Merlo, who played Don Juan. In 1991 and for more than a year, Eva Isanta played the role of Sara, one of the main characters in the play 321, 322 by Ana Diosdado. Once again she shared the bill with Luis Merlo, in addition to María Luisa Merlo and Manuel Tejada. In 1997 Eva Isanta returned to the theater with the performance Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling and directed by Ricard Reguant. Later, and with the help of this director, Eva Isanta had the opportunity to become the "bad girl" of the film, a vital and energetic character, in the play Asesino (2000), along with to Ramón Langa and Paca Gabaldón.

But in between, Eva Isanta had the opportunity to make inroads into television. Farmacia de Guardia, a series that marked a milestone in Spanish television, offered her the role of Isabel, the eldest daughter of Concha Cuetos and Carlos Larrañaga, and perhaps this has been the role that has given her the most popularity. until his arrival at No one lives here. Later, Eva Isanta worked with the Catalan actress Rosa María Sardà in Villa Rosaura , and in Colegio Mayor alongside Jorge Sanz, playing Irene, her girlfriend.

Cinema has also knocked on Eva Isanta's doors. In 1994, she participated in Finally alone!, where she was accompanied by Alfredo Landa, Amparo Larrañaga, Juan Luis Galiardo and Luis Merlo, among others. Two years later, along with Paul Naschy, José María Caffarel and Amparo Muñoz, she played Kinga Daninsky in Lycanthrope, the killer of the full moon . Some time later, under the direction of César Vallejo de Castro, Eva Isanta starred in the short films El dolor y la rain and Amores circulares, the latter awarded with the highest award in Latin Cinema Festival (Lacinemafe) in New York.

Eva Isanta returned to the theater in 2001 with The Temptation Lives Above, directed by Verónica Forqué, becoming Elena, a character played on the big screen by Evelyn Keyes; This work garnered mixed reviews and became the theatrical performance of the year. Directed again by Verónica Forqué, she participated in the dramatized reading El caracol en elmirro, by Antonio Gala (2004). However, the actress has not only dedicated herself to acting, but has also acted as assistant director to Ricard Reguant (Misery, 1999) and Carles Sans (Familia, 2001) and also had some minor collaboration in Life and death of Pier Paolo Pasolini, by Roberto Cerdá. In this way, we arrive at La Serrana de la Vera , under the direction of María Ruiz, a work in which she collaborated in 2004, just before returning to “Desengaño 21” street.

Despite having acted in other series and having made sporadic appearances on television, No one lives here establishes a turning point in Eva Isanta's professional life. The character of Bea has allowed her to be a candidate for the Actors Union Awards. After more than two years playing Bea, Eva Isanta joined the cast of the series continuation of the previous one, La que se cerca, in which, since 2007, she has played to Maite Figueroa, also known as “La Cuqui”.

In recent years Eva Isanta has combined her work on television with the filming of some short films such as Penalty (2005), by Ana Martínez; Appointment at the Hotel (2010), by Gonzalo Baz; or Parents (2010), by Liz Lobato.

In 2011, and after more than seven years, Eva returned to the stage with the comedy Venice under the snow by Frenchman Gilles Dyrek, directed by Gabriel Olivares. In this play she shared the stage with Pablo Carbonell and Marina San José. The work premiered on August 5, 2011 in the city of Avilés with great critical and public success and remained on the Madrid billboard for several months before starting a tour to different places in Spain. Subsequently, in 2012 Eva Isanta had her first experience in Microteatro with the & # 34; microfunction & # 34; Tacones Enanos written by Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor (who was also Eva's stage partner in this same performance) and directed by Eduardo Recabarren.

In addition to the jobs mentioned above, she has also carried out others that are further removed from acting, such as being a teacher in the talent show on Antena 3 Actors studio i>. Likewise, he has directed the workshop "Interpretation in the cinema" of the III Short Film Week of Leganés and in July 2005 he offered a master class speaking on the topic "Actors versus the television script", of the summer course "How writing for television and accessing the television market” from the University of Córdoba.

Filmography

Cinema

• Finally aloneAntonio del Real (1994).
• Licanthropist, the full moon killerby Francisco Rodríguez Gordillo (1996).
• Pain and rain (cortometraje), by César Vallejo de Castro (2003).
• Circular loves (cortometraje), by César Vallejo de Castro (2003).
• Penalty Ana Martínez (2005).
• Guest at the hotel Gonzalo Baz (2010).
• Parents (hortometraje) by Liz Lobato (2010).
• All trains. Destination of Santiago Segura (2021).

Television

Television programmes

Theatre

Actress

(Incomplete list)

• Don Juan de Alcalá: Don Juan Tenorio, by José Zorrilla; direction of Francisco Ortuño (1990).
• Three hundred and twenty-one, three hundred and twenty-two; written and directed by Ana Diosdado - temporarily directed by Carlos Larrañaga- (1991).
• Magnolias de aceroRobert Harling; address of Ricard Reguant (1997).
• AssassinAnthony Shaffer; address of Ricard Reguant (2001).
• The temptation lives aboveby George Axelrod; address by Veronica Forqué (2001).
• Don Juan Tenorio, by José Zorrilla; direction of María Ruiz (2002).
• The snail in the mirrorAntonio Gala; address of Veronica Forqué (2004) -dramatic reading-.
• The Serrana of the Vera, by Luis Vélez de Guevara; direction of María Ruiz (2004).
• Venice under the snow, by Gilles Dyrek; direction of Gabriel Olivares (2011).
• Tacons dwarfs (Microteatro), Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor; direction of Eduardo Recabarren (2012).
• Dad's girlfriendof Paloma Bravo; direction of Joseph O'Curneen (2015).
• Ben-Hurby Lewis Wallace, version of Nancho Novo (2019).
• Trigo Sucio, by David Mamet, direction of Juan Carlos Rubio (2020).

Direction assistant

• MiseryStephen King; address of Ricard Reguant (1999).
• Familyby Fernando León de Aranoa; direction and adaptation of Carles Sans (2001).

Other jobs

• Director of the workshop "Interpretation in Film" - III Week of Short Film of Leganés (2003).
• Master class “The actors in front of the television screen” of the summer course How to write for television and access the television marketUniversity of Córdoba (2005).
• Jury in Got Talent Spain Telecinco in 2018.

Prizes

• MIM Series Festival Award for the best female comedy performance (2017).
• Nominated for the Union of Actors Awards as Best Dealer Actress for There's no one alive here. (2005).
• Nominated for the Gold Entrada Awards as Best Actress for Venice under the snow (2011).