Asia Ortega

Asia Ortega Leiva (Barcelona, May 18, 1995) is a Spanish film and television dancer and actress who became known for her participation in the series Les de l'hoquei (2019-2020) as Flor Vilamayor. Later, she starred in the series El internado: Las Cumbres (2021-2022) in the role of Amaia Torres.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ortega and the second or maternal family name is Leiva.
Asia Ortega
Born
Asia Ortega Leiva

(1995-05-18) 18 May 1995[1]
Barcelona, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active2004-present

Biography

First years

Asia Ortega Leiva was born on May 18, 1995, in Barcelona (Spain). She is descendant of an Argentinian father, a circus clown by profession, and a Spanish mother and actress. Always rooted in the world of art, she has a great passion for flamenco, so from a very young age she began with this type of dance.[3]

Professional career

In 2017 she made her film debut with the movie Cuando los ángeles duermen, directed by Gonzalo Bendala and produced by Áralan Films. In 2018 she played Sara, daughter of José Coronado, in the film Tu hijo, directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas and produced by Apache Films. In April 2019 she premiered on TV3 the series Les de l'hoquei, where she played Flor Vilamayor during the two seasons. In addition, she signed for the second season of + de 100 mentiras on Atresmedia's Flooxer platform[4]

In 2020 she participated in the feature film Malnazidos, directed by Alberto de Toro and Javier Ruiz Caldera.[5] She also starred in Hasta el cielo, a film by Daniel Calparsoro, alongside Miguel Herrán and Carolina Yuste.[6] In 2021 she starred in the series El Internado: Las Cumbres, adaptation of the successful Antena 3 El Internado: Laguna Negra, where she played Amaia Torres, a conflictive student looking for her boyfriend.[7] After the broadcast of the first season in February 2021, the renewal of the series for a second season was announced, again with Asia as the main character, along with Albert Salazar.[8] In April 2021 she participated episodically in the Netflix series El Inocente, playing Cassandra.[9]

In February 2022, it was announced that she would star in the TV series Hasta el cielo on Netflix, based on the 2020 film of the same name, in which she already participated in a supporting role.[10]

Filmography

Cinema
Year Title Character Directed by
2018 Cuando los ángeles duermen Gloria Gonzalo Bendala
Tu hijo Sara Miguel Ángel Vivas
2020 Hasta el cielo Sole Daniel Calparsoro
2021 Malnazidos Novia Pueblo Alberto de Toro and Javier Ruiz Caldera

Television
Year Title Character Channel Duration
2017 Centro médico Silvia TVE 1 episode
2019 Más de 100 mentiras Carlota Flooxer 5 episodes
2019 - 2020 Les de l'hoquei Florencia «Flor» Vilamayor TV3 26 episodes
2021 El Inocente Cassandra Netflix 4 episodes
2021 - 2023 El Internado: Las Cumbres Amaia Torres Amazon Prime Video 19 episodes
2022 Hasta el cielo Sole Netflix 8 episodes

References
  1. "Asia Ortega". FórmulaTV (in Spanish).
  2. "Asia Ortega en eCartelera". eCartelera (in Spanish).
  3. "Asia Ortega Leiva: biografía y trayectoria". Elisabeth Arana (in Spanish).
  4. "Flooxer renueva 'Más de 100 mentiras' por una última temporada" (in Spanish). Cine y tele. 9 July 2019.
  5. "Fotos del rodaje de Malnazidos, película de guerra y zombies que rueda Javier Ruiz Caldera". Diario de Venusville (in Spanish).
  6. "Hasta el cielo: Miguel Herrán, Carolina Yuste, Asia Ortega y Luis Tosar" (in Spanish). Moobys. 29 May 2020.
  7. "'El Internado: Las Cumbres': las nuevas caras que protagonizan el 'reboot'". SensaCine (in Spanish). 18 February 2020.
  8. "'El Internado: Las Cumbres' y 'ByAnaMilán' anuncian el comienzo de rodaje de sus nuevas temporadas" (in Spanish). Vertele. 30 March 2021.
  9. "El Inocente: la próxima miniserie de Netflix que debes ver si te gustó ¿Quién mató a Sara?" (in Spanish). Spoiler. 28 April 2021.
  10. "Netflix ya rueda la serie de 'Hasta el cielo', que continúa la historia de la película" (in Spanish). Formula TV. 18 February 2022.
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