Mariona Ribas is a Spanish

Spain

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 actress.

Ribas received a musical education and studied dance

Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....

 and acting

Acting

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 before her debut on television at the age of 15. On the stage, Ribas made her debut with a starring role in Manuel Veiga's Tempesta de neu at Sala Muntaner, Barcelona

Barcelona

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, in 2003. Ribas also had a leading role in Ja en tinc 30!, in 2004. She has also played a role in Jugando con Molière (2005-2006) and El poema de Nadal (2007).

Ribas is a well-known face in her native Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

 due to the popularity of the long-running Catalan soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 El Cor de la Ciutat

El Cor de la Ciutat

El cor de la ciutat is a TVC television soap opera first broadcast on TV3 on 11 September 2000 and last broadcast on 23 December 2009....

, where she starred as Marta, specially during the first 5 seasons.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2008	El Internado El Internado El Internado Laguna Negra was a Spanish television drama thriller focusing on the students of a fictional boarding school in a forest, where teenagers are sent by their parents to study. The boarding school is situated in a forest far from the city, on the outskirts on which macabre events occur... (TV Series)	Nora
2007	Gominolas Gominolas Gominolas is a Spanish television series that follow the lifes of the members of Gominolas but as adults, 20 years later. It was aired on Cuatro from november to december 2007-External links:**... (TV Series)	Noelia
2007	M.I.R. (TV Series)	Paz Escandón
2006	Amistades peligrosas Amistades Peligrosas Amistades Peligrosas was a Spanish band formed in 1989 by singers Alberto Comesaña from Galicia and Cristina del Valle from Asturias. Their music blended two Spanish Music types such as Celtic and Arab which is part of Spanish history and culture. Bagpipes, flute and bouzouki are common... (TV Series)	Amanda
2005	Hospital central Hospital Central Hospital Central is a Spanish television series that follows the professional and personal lives of the staff of the fictitious Hospital Central in Madrid. New episodes are shown by Telecinco network in Spain, and cable/satellite channel Factoría de Ficción reruns them a couple of weeks later... (TV Series)	Ana
2005	Más que hermanos (TV)	Marta
2005	Gemidos
2000-2005, 2007	El cor de la ciutat El Cor de la Ciutat El cor de la ciutat is a TVC television soap opera first broadcast on TV3 on 11 September 2000 and last broadcast on 23 December 2009.... (TV Series)	Marta Vendrell

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