Blanca Marsillach

Born in Barcelona on 23 March 1966,^[1] daughter to Adolfo Marsillach and Teresa del Río, Blanca Marsillach del Río was raised in Madrid's neighborhood of El Viso.^[2][3] Her older sister Cristina is also an actress.^[3] She earned a degree in drama from the University of Southern California.^[4] She also studied economics.^[1] After making early stage appearances under his father's guidance, she featured in Pedro Masó's television series Segunda enseñanza (1986),^[2] and Paul Verhoeven's adventure film Flesh and Blood (1985).^[4]

She created a theatre company in the United States, and also starred in plays such as Fool for Love, The Trojan Women and A Midsummer Night's Dream,^[5] later returning to Spain, where she developed a career as a theatrical producer, bringing forward stagings of Las entretenidas, La noche al desnudo, and Con las alas cortadas.^[5] She also starred as Myrtle in the play El reino de la tierra (which was also adapted by her alongside Elise Varela).^[6][5]