Macarena Gómez Explained

Birth Name:	Macarena Gómez Traseira
Birth Date:	2 February 1978
Birth Place:	Córdoba, Spain
Occupation:	Actress
Alma Mater:	Rose Bruford College
Years Active:	1994–present

Macarena Gómez Traseira (born 2 February 1978) is a Spanish actress. She became known for her many roles in fantasy and horror films.^[1] From 2007 to 2020, she played the iconic role of Lola in the television series La que se avecina.^[2]

Career

Born on 2 February 1978 in Córdoba, she joined the Maruja Caracuel's Ballet School at a young age. She completed her secondary education in the United States. She trained for three years at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in London, moving to Madrid afterwards.^[3]

After some minor roles in television starting in 1999 (Raquel busca su sitio, El comisario),^[4] her film debut was the 2001 cosmic horror movie Dagon,^[5] portraying mermaid-like priestess Uxía Cambarro. She also starred in the 2008 comedy-horror film Sexykiller.^{[6] [7]} By the end of 2013, right after the beginning of the new season of the soap opera La que se avecina, Macarena Gómez starts presenting TV commercials for the Spanish banking group Bankia.

In 2018 she played Dolores in the biography drama historical film El fotógrafo de Mauthausen along with Mario Casas and Alain Hernández.^[8]

Private life

In June 2013, Macarena Gómez married musician and film director Aldo Comas.^[9]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Dagon, la secta del mar (Dagon)	Uxía		^[10]
2003	Platillos volantes (Flying Saucers)	María		^[11]
2005	El Calentito	Leo		^[12]
	20 centímetros (20 Centimeters)	Rebeca
2006	La dama boba (The Idiot Maiden)	Nise		^[13]
2008	Sexykiller	Bárbara		^[14]
2010	Carne de neón (Neon Flesh)	La Canija
2011	Verbo	Prosak		^[15]
2012	Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days	Berna		^[16]
2013	Las brujas de Zugarramurdi (Witching & Bitching)	Silvia		^[17]
2014	Musarañas (Shrew's Nest)	Montse		^[18]
	Los héroes del mal (The Heroes of Evil)	Prostituta
2016	Secuestro (Boy Missing)	Raquel		^[19]
2017	Pieles (Skins)	Laura
	The Black Gloves
2018	El fotógrafo de Mauthausen (The Photographer of Mauthausen)	Dolores		^[20]
2019		Luisa
		Natalia
2021	Y todos arderán (Everyone Will Burn)	María José		^[21]
	El hombre del saco (The Boogeyman: The Origin of the Myth)	Claudia

• The Game of the Cheetah (2022), by Dan Pero Manescu
• La Déesse du Crépuscule (2021), by Dan Pero Manescu
• Confinamiento Incluido (2021), by Miguel Martí
• Nadie muere en Ambrosía (2020), by Héctor Valdez
• 75 días (2020), by Marc Romero
• Quiero contarte algo (2020), by J.K. Álvarez
• The Rodriguez and the Beyond (2019), by Paco Arango
• Instant Love (2019), by Suso Imbernón and Juanjo Moscardó Rius
• The Crack: Inception (2019), by José Luis Garci
• Trivial (2019), by Sandra Reina and Fran Menchón
• El Cerro de los Dioses (2019), by Daniel M. Caneiro
• Boi (2019), by Jorge M. Fontana
• Camisa de fuerza (2018), by Ivan Mulero
• Affection (2018), by Ángel Gómez Hernández
• Up Among the Stars (2018), by Zoe Berriatúa
• Black Label (2018), by David Vergés
• Bicho (2018), by Christopher Cartagena González
• Ma Belle (2017), by Antoni Caimari Caldés
• Killing God (2017), by Caye Casas and Albert Pintó
• Relaxing Cup of Coffee (2016), by José Semprún
• 249. La noche en que una becaria encontró a Emiliano Revilla (2016) by Luis María Ferrández
• El desconcierto (2016), by Alberto Carpintero
• Behind (2016), by Ángel Gómez Hernández
• It's My Closet and I Cry If I Want To (2016), by Inés de León
• Void Chair (2016), by Xavier Miralles
• Hijas (2015), by J. Prada and K. Prada
• The Horror Network Vol. 1 (2015), by: Brian Dorton, Joseph Graham, Manuel Marín, Lee Matthews, Douglas Conner and Ignacio Martín Lerma
• Vostok (2015), by Miquel Casals
• Una mañana cualquiera (2015), by Miguel Martí
• Witch Girl (2014), by Ricardo Uhagon Vivas
• Vibraciones (2014), by Miguel Martí and Alberto Ros
• Bath Time (2014), by Eduardo Casanova
• Blink (2013), by Diego Latorre
• (2013), by: David Galán Galindo, Roberto Pérez Toledo, Pablo Vara, Javier Botet and Javier Fesser
• Las cinco crisis del Apocalipsis (2013), by Manu Ochoa
• La niña (2012), by Alberto Carpintero
• Papá te quiere mucho (2012), by Lucía Valverde
• Ratas (2012), by Jota Linares
• Y la muerte lo seguía (2012), by Ángel Gómez Hernández
• (2012), by Antonia San Juan
• The Curse (2012), by Aldo Comas
• Intereses Mundanos Bar Mut (2011), by Christian Molina and Serpico Ramses Albiñana
• The Norm (2011), by J. Prada and K. Prada
• La última víctima (2011), by Ángel Gómez Hernández
• Merry Little Christmas (2011), by Manuel Marín and Ignacio Martín Lerma
• Cementerio de elefantes (2011), by Darío Paso
• Mi primer amanecer (2011), by Chus Gutiérrez
• Quédate conmigo (2010), by Zoe Berriatúa
• Miedo (2010), by Jaume Balagueró
• Esto no es amor (2010), by Javier San Román
• Carlota (2009), by Jorge Mañes and Nilo Mur
• Un suceso neurasténico en la vida de Ernesto Cadorna (2009), by Fernando Ronchese
• Marisa (2009), by Nacho Vigalondo
• Epílogo (2008), by Zoe Berriatúa
• Vámonos de aquí (2008), by Nydia García
• (2008) by Richard Jordan
• La noche que dejó de llover (2008), by Alfonso Zarauza
• Mejor que nunca (2008), by Dolores Payás
• Acción reacción (2008), by David Ilundain
• Sr. Rosso (2007), by Jaume Balagueró
• (2006), by Jaume Balagueró
• (2005) by Eduardo Chapero-Jackson
• Luminaria (2005), by Álvaro Giménez Sarmiento
• (2005), by Jacobo Rispa
• (2005), by Ricardo Bofill
• Rapados (2004), by Román Parrado
• Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt (2004), by Paco Plaza
• Aurora Borealis (2004), by Lisbeth Dreyer
• Nieves (2003), by Alberto Palma
• Un mystique determinado (2003), by Carles Congost
• S Club Seeing Double (2003), by Nigel Dick
• Una pasión singular (2003), by Antonio Gonzalo
• O'Donnell 21 (2002), by Yoel Dahan
• Rosas rotas (2001), by Aleix Masferrer López

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Raquel busca su sitio		Television debut	^[22]
2002	Hospital Central	Adela
2002		Susana Aguilar "la Susi"
2003	La vida de Rita	Lorena
2005		Gemma
2006		Pochi
2007–20	La que se avecina	Lola
2016		Ana María
2017	Sé quién eres	Natalia
2017–18	Dorien	Marta
2020−	30 monedas (30 Coins)	Mercedes Gandía
2022	Sagrada familia (Holy Family)	Blanca		^[23]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Macarena Gómez, el último grito. El Norte de Castilla. Francisco. García Griñán. 28 January 2015.
2. News: Macarena Gómez no se acuerda de 'La que se avecina'... . 21 April 2015 . 14 July 2018 . . Madrid . es.
3. Web site: Una actriz cordobesa con mucho coraje dramático. 30 September 2003. J.C. Reina. Diario de Córdoba.
4. Web site: Macarena Gómez lleva ´Sexy Killer´ al Festival de Toronto. Diario de Córdoba. Julia. García Higueras. 12 September 2008.
5. Web site: Entrevista a la actriz Macarena Gómez: "No tiene sentido que se valore más el drama que el terror". Espinof. 13 January 2015. Mikel. Zorrilla.
6. Web site: Macarena Gómez nell'horror The Black Gloves . Barbara . Torretti . 26 April 2017 . 14 July 2018 . DarkVeins.
7. News: "Sexykiller", una psicópata con el armario de Paris Hilton . EFE . EFE . 8 October 2008 . 14 July 2018 . . es.
8. News: . Alain Hernández y Macarena Gómez se suman a 'El fotográfo de Mauthausen' . 27 February 2018 . es . Pere . Vall . 18 October 2017 . Hearst Magazines International.
9. Macarena Gómez llega en paracaídas a su boda . es . . 5 July 2013 . 14 July 2018 . Hearst España S.L..
10. Book: Smith, Don G.. H.P. Lovecraft in Popular Culture: The Works and Their Adaptations in Film, Television, Comics, Music and Games. 111. McFarland & Company. Jefferson. 2006. 0-7864-2091-X.
11. Web site: Flying Saucers. The A.V. Club. 9 July 2023.
12. Web site: El Calentito. Goya 2006. Listado de películas nominadas. El Mundo. 15 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220115170017/https://www.elmundo.es/especiales/2006/01/cultura/goya/peliculas/calentito.html. 15 January 2022.
13. Rinconete. Lope de Vega y el cine español (5). La dama boba (Manuel Iborra, 2006). Rafael. Nieto Jiménez. 30 October 2005. Instituto Cervantes.
14. Web site: Sexykiller. Fotogramas. 29 September 2008. Fausto. Fernández.
15. Web site: Fotogramas. Las 15 mejores películas y series de Macarena Gómez. Juan. Silvestre. 10 June 2021.
16. Web site: Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days. 9 July 2023. The A.V. Club.
17. Efectos transculturales de las estrategias de doblaje y subtitulación para las películas de terror y de humor. Alex. Borio. Artifara. 1594-378X. 22. 2022. 10.13135/1594-378X/7096. 135.
18. News: Temblar en tiempos revueltos. El País. Jordi. Costa. 24 December 2014.
19. Web site: 'Secuestro': mentiras, tiroteos y Blanca Portillo al borde del precipicio. El Confidencial. Marta. Medina. 19 August 2016.
20. Análisis de los procesos de deshumanización dentro del totalitarismo nazi: El erotismo en El fotógrafo de Mauthausen (Mar Targarona, 2018). Francisco David. García Martín. Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona. Filmhistoria Online. 32. 1. 125. 2014-668X. 2022.
21. Web site: Jamón de Jabugo y terror apocalíptico, las claves de la gran noche de Macarena Gómez. El Día de Córdoba. Grupo Joly. Rocío. Górriz. 3 June 2023.
22. Web site: La trayectoria de Macarena Gómez en televisión, más allá de 'La que se avecina'. 2 February 2021. FormulaTV. Beatriz. Prieto.
23. Web site: La cordobesa Macarena Gómez es Blanca en la nueva serie de misterio de Netflix 'Sagrada Familia'. Córdoba. 3 October 2022. Lara. Peña. Prensa Ibérica.