Catalina Sopelana

Born on 30 October 1992 in Madrid,^[1][2] she earned a degree in Psychology, deciding to join an amateur theatre group in her senior year.^[3][4] She's later trained her acting chops at Juan Carlos Corazza's attelier.^[4] She made her feature film debut in Carlos Vermut's Quién te cantará (2018).^[4] After appearing in television series such as Velvet Colección, Matadero, Centro médico [es], and Inhibidos, her portrayal of Julia in Netflix superhero comedy series The Neighbor (2019–2021) advanced her career.^[5] She starred as "empowered" gig worker Clau in Playz webseries Riders.^[5] She also appeared in films Outlaws (2021), Manticore (2022), and Prison 77 (2022),^[6] and joined the cast of Julio Medem's Minotauro. Picasso y las mujeres del Guernica to portray Marie-Thérèse Walter.^{[7][n. 1]} She played the girfriend of Lali Espósito's Wendy in the last season of action thriller series Sky Rojo,^[9] aired in 2023.

Her supporting performance in The Blue Star portraying a friend of rock musician Mauricio Aznar (2023) earned her an Actors and Actresses Union Award nomination for Best Film Female Performance in a Minor Role.^[10][11] In season four of crime series Wrong Side of the Tracks, Sopelana portrayed unexperienced yet ambitious police agent Camila.^[6] Also in 2024, she featured in university-set psychological thriller Fraternity,^[12] and had a minor role in the television series I, Addict.^[13] In 2025, she starred opposite to Álvaro Rico and Cecilia Suárez in the romantic thriller series The Gardener (2025), portraying "sweet and kind" pre-school teacher Violeta.^[14] She also wrapped shooting El cuco de cristal, another Netflix thriller series in which she played the protagonist, a young doctor who, upon receiving a heart transplant, digs into the identity of the donor in the countryside.^[15]