Ester Expósito

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Expósito and the second or maternal family name is Gayoso.
Ester Expósito
Expósito in January 2020
Born (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000 (age 24)
Madrid, Spain
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2013–present
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[1]

Ester Expósito Gayoso[2][3] (born 26 January 2000) is a Spanish actress and model.[4] She is best known for her starring role as Carla Rosón Caleruega in the Netflix teen drama series Élite.[5][6][7]

Early life and acting career[edit]

Expósito was born on 26 January 2000 in Madrid.[8][9] She became interested in the artistic world at a very young age. After completing her studies at the age of 16, she took acting courses. Expósito won Best Actress at the Madrid Theater Awards in 2013 and 2015.[10] She first appeared on television as Rosa Martín in an episode of the docudrama series Centro Médico in 2016.[11] Later that year, Expósito played Fernando's daughter in a season two episode of Vis a Vis on Antena 3. She reprised her role for a season three episode released in 2018.

Expósito's first recurring television role was as Ruth in the first season of the TVE series Estoy vivo, which aired in 2017.[12] She then gained international fame for her role in the 2018 Netflix teen drama series Élite, in which she portrayed Carla Rosón Caleruega until 2020.[6] After the success of the series, she starred in leading roles in the 2018 films Cuando los ángeles duermen, as Silvia, and Tu hijo, as Andrea, also distributed through Netflix.[13]

In 2019, Expósito appeared in the TVE series La caza. Monteperdido, where she played Lucía Castán Grau, one of the disappeared girls. She then starred in the 2020 Netflix limited series Someone Has to Die, portraying Cayetana Aldama. Later that year, Expósito had a recurring role in the limited television series, Veneno, on Atresplayer Premium, playing Machús Osinaga, a journalist from the talk show Esta noche cruzamos el Mississippi. In December 2020, she appeared in the role of Claudia in the film Mamá o papá directed by Dani de la Orden, and starring Paco León and Miren Ibarguren. In 2021, she briefly returned to Élite, reprising her role as Carla in three short story episodes.[14]

Expósito will star in the upcoming horror film Venus in a "very physical" role.[15]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2018 Cuando los ángeles duermen (When Angels Sleep) Silvia [16]
2018 Tu hijo (Your Son) Andrea [17]
2021 Mamá o papá (You Keep the Kids!) Claudia [18]
2022 Venus Lucía [19]
2022 Rainbow Model Cameo [20]
2023 Perdidos en la noche (Lost in the Night) Mónica [21]
TBA El llanto (The Wailing) Andrea [22]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Centro Médico Rosa Martín 1 episode
2016; 2018 Vis a Vis (Locked Up) Fernando's daughter 2 episodes
2017 Estoy vivo Ruth 8 episodes
2018–2020 Elite Carla Rosón Caleruega Main cast (season 1-3); 24 episodes
2019 La caza. Monteperdido Lucía Castán Grau 7 episodes
2020 Veneno Machús Osinaga [es] 2 episodes
Someone Has to Die Cayetana Aldama Main role; 3 episodes
2021 Élite historias breves: Carla Samuel Carla Rosón Caleruega lead role; 3 episodes
2024 Bandidos [es] Lilí
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References[edit]

  1. ^ "El SHOW de ÁLVARO RICO Ep 4 | ÉLITE | Netflix España". Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. ^ "MAMÁ O PAPÁ". Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  3. ^ "TU HIJO". Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Ester Expósito". seriesycine.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Ester Expósito, la chica guapa de Élite: así se fraguó su 'boom'". merca2.es (in Spanish). 21 March 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Why Ester Expósito, Who Plays Carla on Netflix's Élite, Is Becoming a Star". oprahmag.com. 13 March 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  7. ^ "El secreto de Ester Expósito ('Élite') para triunfar en los castings". diezminutos.es (in Spanish). 24 October 2018. Archived from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  8. ^ "'Élite': los papeles de Ester Expósito antes y después de ser famosa". 20minutos.es. 20 May 2020. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  9. ^ Cabrices, Sebastián (15 September 2020). "Ester Expósito: su biografía, sus mejores papeles y su gran estilo". Vogue. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Elite on Netflix cast: Who is Ester Exposito? Who plays Carla?". express.co.uk. 9 October 2018. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  11. ^ Coca, Laura (28 April 2020). "La aparición de Ester Expósito en una conocida serie española recorre las redes sociales" [The appearance of Ester Expósito in a well-known Spanish series travels through social networks]. los40.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Reparto Estoy Vivo" [Cast I'm Alive]. formulatv.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Ester Expósito, imparable. Tras 'Élite', estrena película con Coronado". Diez Minutos (in European Spanish). 7 November 2018. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Elite Short Stories: Here's what happens to Carla and Samuel". PopBuzz. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  15. ^ "Ester Expósito inaugurará Sitges 2022 con 'Venus', el nuevo filme de Jaume Balagueró". Cinemanía. 18 August 2022. Archived from the original on 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
  16. ^ Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (5 September 2018). "Los estrenos del 7 de septiembre. 'Cuando los ángeles duermen'. Pesadilla en la carretera". Aisge. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  17. ^ "Ester Expósito, imparable. Tras 'Élite', estrena película con Coronado". Diez Minutos. 7 November 2018. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  18. ^ Zamora, Andrea (9 December 2021). "De Ester Expósito a Berto Romero. Descubre en PRIMICIA las sorpresas de la comedia navideña 'Mamá o papá'". SensaCine. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  19. ^ "Ester Expósito protagonizará la "desmesuradamente sucia" "Venus" de Balagueró". EFE. 12 October 2021. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  20. ^ Silvestre, Juan (15 July 2022). "'Rainbow': primer cartel y sinopsis de la cinta de Paco León para Netflix". Fotogramas. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  21. ^ Rooney, David (23 May 2023). "'Lost in the Night' Review: Amat Escalante's Class-Inequality Mystery Has Potent Elements Without Much Genre Heat". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  22. ^ Rivera, Alfonso (6 March 2023). "El llanto de Pedro Martín-Calero ya se escucha en Madrid y Buenos Aires". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  23. ^ Osco, Nelly (14 March 2024). "Final explicado de "Bandidos": qué pasó con Miguel y su grupo, quién encontró el tesoro y quién murió". mag – via El Comercio.

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