Celebrity Biographies
Charo lopez
A pure Spanish beauty, reminiscent of those dark-haired women that Julio Romero de Torres painted, Charo López has amply demonstrated that she is a great actress, both in film, television and theater. She especially embroiders literary characters.
Born in Salamanca, on October 28, 1943, into a middle-class family, María del Rosario López Piñuelas studied at the Jesuitinas school. She later enrolled in the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. At the University, she discovered that she was very good at acting, so she participated in various productions with the Teatro Español Universitario group, from which prestigious actors such as Jesús Puente or Alfredo Landa have emerged over the years .
After getting married and moving to Madrid, where she finished her degree specializing in Romance Philology, she became a high school teacher. But she hopes to earn a living as an actress, so at the same time that she works, she studies at the Official Film School.
He made his film debut with Ditirambo , by Gonzalo Suárez , followed byEl hueso , by Antonio Giménez-Rico , for which she won the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos Award for best new actress.
In the 70s and 80s he lavished himself in the cinema, with titles such as The Legend of the Mayor of Zalamea , Las nuevas aventuras del Zorro ,epilogue orQuiet time . At the same time, he became a regular presence in the most successful television series, such as Camioneros , Ficciones , El pícaro , Cuentos y leyendas , etc.
Her unforgettable interpretation of Mauricia ‘la dura’, an alcoholic and single mother in Fortunata y Jacinta , an adaptation of the work by Benito Pérez Galdós , stands out, and especially her work as Clara Aldán, the woman brutally attacked by the cacique of a Galician town, inThe joys and the shadows , television version of the novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester . Filmed in an unrepeatable era, in which great literary works were adapted in Spain, the series has an enormous impact, and Clara Aldán is the role for which the bulk of the public remembers the actress. “It ranks first among the characters I have played in my career. I would not like to be unfair because I have played many very beautiful roles, which have driven me crazy and made me fall in love. But the repercussion, success and pleasure of Clara Aldán are unique” recalls the actress. “It’s a rare day that someone doesn’t come up and talk to me about the series.”
Another of the peaks of his career isLa colmena , another literary adaptation, in this case of the novel by Camilo José Cela . She did a great job as Nati Robles, the woman who meets up with Martín Marco, her old college classmate.
In the 90s, he reduced his activity a bit, but repeated with Gonzalo Suárez inDon Juan in hell andThe detective and death , embodies secondary characters inKika , by Pedro Almodóvar andPlenilunio , by Imanol Uribe , and embroiders the role of María, aunt of the main boy inSecretos del corazón , by Montxo Armendáriz , for which she won the Goya for Best Supporting Actress.
In recent years, Charo López has been very successful in the theater, with works such as “Let’s have sex in peace”, by Darío Fo and Franca Rame, with whom he has been on tour for many years. He has yet to premiere Windows to the Sea , by Jesús Mario Lozano, and will participate in the filming of A World for Julius , an adaptation of the famous work by Alfredo Bryce Echenique.