Carmen Machi is a Spanish actress.

Biography

Born María del Carmen Machi Arroyo in Madrid, she gew up in Getafe

Getafe

Getafe is a city in the southern zone of the Madrid metropolitan area, Spain, and one of the most populated and industrialized cities in the municipality. The city is home to one of the oldest Spanish military air bases, as well as the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid...

. Her father's family comes from Genoa

Genoa

Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....

. After several years as a theatre actress, she became popular thanks to her character Aída first in the TV series 7 Vidas

7 Vidas

7 Vidas is a Spanish sitcom which aired on Telecinco from 1999 to 2006. Its title translates as "7 lives" and the symbol of the sitcom is a cat, in reference to the belief that cats have 7 lives...

, and later in a TV series made for this character, Aída

Aída

Aída is a Spanish comedy sitcom set in Madrid, that spun off from another sitcom called 7 Vidas. The show first aired on January 16, 2005 and is produced by Globomedia for the Spanish network Telecinco...

.

She has also worked in movies like Hable con ella (2002), Descongélate (2003) or Volver

Volver

Volver is a 2006 Spanish dramatic comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Headed by actress Penélope Cruz, the film features an ensemble cast starring Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave...

(2006).

Filmography

• "Pájaros de papel"
• "Que se mueran los feos
• "La mujer sin piano
• "Los abrazos rotos"
• "(voice)"
• Lo mejor de mí (2007)
• Lo que sé de Lola (2006)
• Volver
  Volver
  Volver is a 2006 Spanish dramatic comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Headed by actress Penélope Cruz, the film features an ensemble cast starring Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave...
  
  (2006)
• El sueño de una noche de San Juan (2005)
• Un rey en la Habana
  Un rey en la Habana
  Un rey en la Habana is a film produced in 2005 starring Alexis Valdés.- Plot :Papito is a young actor grown up in "El Mamey", the most dangerous marginal district of La Habana, which he dreams to leave someday along with his small theater group.Don Arturo arrives in Cuba full of promises and...
  
  (2005)
• Vida y color (2005)
• Escuela de seducción (2004)
• Torremolinos 73
  Torremolinos 73
  Torremolinos 73 is a 2003 Spanish/Danish comedy film directed by Pablo Berger.-Plot:The protagonist, Alfredo López, is an exasperated encyclopedia salesman for the Montoya Publishing House and lives with his faithful wife Carmen in 1973 Spain...
  
  (2003)
• Descongélate (2003)
• El caballero Don Quijote (2002)
• Hable con ella (2002)
• Sin vergüenza (2001)
• Para pegarse un tiro (2000)
• Shacky Carmine (1999)
• Lisa (1998)

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