Cayetana Guillén Cuervo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guillén and the second or maternal family name is Cuervo.
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Guillén Cuervo in 2025
Born
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo

(1969-06-13) 13 June 1969
Madrid, Spain
EducationComplutense University of Madrid
OccupationActress
Years active1986-present
Spouse
Omar Ayyashi Ramino
​
​
(m. 2005)​
Children1
Parents
RelativesFernando Guillén Cuervo (brother)

Cayetana Guillén Cuervo (born 13 June 1969) is a Spanish screen and stage actress, journalist and television presenter.

Early life and background

Born on 13 June 1969 in Madrid,[1] both of her parents, Fernando Guillén and Gemma Cuervo as well as her brother, Fernando are also actors.[2] She studied Communication Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid and, since 1998, she has been the presenter of a weekly program on Televisión Española, Versión española, where a Spanish-language movie is shown and discussed.

Professional career

Cayetana began her acting career at the end of the 1980s, first in television and in theatre soon after. She debuted in 1986 with a small role in the television series Segunda enseñanza,[3] written by Ana Diosdado and directed by Pedro Masó.

In 1987 she played a small role in the theatre production Coqueluche by Roberto Romero.[4] During the following years, Cayetana dedicated herself to theatre but with occasional appearances in television programmes as well as series from the 1990s onwards. Her first appearance on the big screen was in 1989 in La luna negra, directed by Imanol Uribe.

At the beginning of the 1990s she starred in four different theatre plays: Entre bobos anda el juego (1991) and Thriller imposible (1992)[5] were both produced by the theatre company Strion; later on she would also appear in La gran sultana (1993)[6] and Fuenteovejuna (1993),[7] produced by the Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico.

Her appearances in theatre lessened in the second half of the 1990s, and she devoted herself to the film industry. In this successful period Cayetana worked on the well-known films All About My Mother, The Wound of Light and The Grandfather where she worked with her father. Thanks to her role in The Grandfather, which was nominated for the Academy Award, she was nominated for the Spanish Goya Award for Best Actress.

She made her debut as a TV presenter in 1998 in the national television channel Televisión Española. She also works as a presenter in culture programmes on this channel, or more specifically, Seventh-Art programmes like Versión Española, running from 1998, where she interviewed the members of the technical and artistic team of a film that had been displayed before.[8]

In the 2000s and 2010s, she works both as a TV presenter and actress (film industry and theatre), as well as a journalist in the Spanish newspaper El Mundo.

From 2015 to 2020, she played the main role of Irene Larra in the successful television series El Ministerio del Tiempo.[9]

In 2016 she participated in the worldwide known show MasterChef Celebrity, in the first edition.[10] Miguel Ángel Muñoz was the winner and Guillén Cuervo the runner-up.[11][12]

In 2018 she participated in Cero en Historia, TV show hosted by Joaquín Reyes.[13]

The general assembly of the Academy of Performing Arts of Spain (AAEE) elected her as the new president of the organization in January 2022.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1992
 Un paraguas para tres Dependienta ('sales clerk')
[15]
Amo tu cama rica Lola
[16]
La marrana (The Sow) Putilla ('whore')
[17]
1995
 Los hombres siempre mienten Cristina
[18]
Historias del Kronen (Stories from the Kronen) Hermana de Carlos ('Carlos' sister')
[19]
1996
 Corsarios del chip Vicky
[20]
Más que amor, frenesí (Not Love, Just Frenzy) Mónica
[21]
1997
 La herida luminosa (The Wound of Light) Sor María
[22]
Atómica Victoria
[23]
Hazlo por mí (Do It for Me) Isabel Velasco
[24]
1998
 El abuelo (The Grandfather) Doña Lucrecia Richmond
[25]
1999
 Sí, quiero... Candela
[26]
2004
 La mirada violeta (The Violet Look) Violeta
[27]
Amor idiota Sandra
[28]
Las huellas que devuelve el mar Laura [29]
2012
 Una pistola en cada mano (A Gun in Each Hand) Sara
[30]
2020
 La maldición del guapo Catalina
[31]

Television

Year Series Role
1986 Segunda enseñanza Brigitte
1994 Historias de la puta mili
1994–1995 Colegio mayor
1996 Yo, una mujer Paula
1998–present Versión española Presenter
2000 Raquel busca su sitio Quela
2004 18th Goya Awards Host (with Diego Luna)
2005 Lobos Carmen Lobo
2007 D-calle Presenter
2008-2011 Días de cine Presenter
2009-2010 Amar en tiempos revueltos Estela del Val
2013–present ¡Atención obras! Presenter
2015–present El Ministerio del Tiempo Irene Larra
2016 Masterchef Celebrity Contestant Runner-up
2018 Cero en Historia

Stage

Year Play Role
1987 Coqueluche Girl
1993 Fuenteovejuna Pascuala
1993 La gran sultana Woman
2013 Fuegos Marguerite Yourcenar
2013-2014 The Misunderstanding Marta
2015 Hedda Gabler Hedda Gabler

Awards

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
1997
 Mostra de València Best Actress Do It for Me Won
[32]
1999
 54th CEC Awards Best Actress The Grandfather Won
[33]
13th Goya Awards Best Actress Nominated
[34]
2017
 4th Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Series El ministerio del tiempo Nominated
[35]
2018
 5th Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Series Nominated
[36]

References

  1. ^ "¡Vaya cambiazo! Las fotos de Cayetana Guillén Cuervo que no recordábamos". RTVE. 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Cayetana Guillén Cuervo - películas, fotos, noticias, vídeos". hoycinema.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  3. ^ Roi, Maribel Escalona. ""Soy una mujer pluriempleada"". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). Hearst Magazines International. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  4. ^ Harto Tecglen, Eduardo (2 June 1987). "Una debutante que prolonga una dinastía". El País (in Spanish). PRISA. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  5. ^ "La imposibilidad de un Thriller imposible en el Centro Cultural de la Villa". ABC (in Spanish). Vocento. 27 May 1992. p. 102. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  6. ^ Torres, Rosana (22 November 1993). "El teatro clásico despierta el interés de los jóvenes". El País (in Spanish). PRISA. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  7. ^ López Sancho, Loreno (20 January 1993). ""Fuente Ovejuna", al gusto de la Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico". ABC (in Spanish). Vocento. p. 86. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  8. ^ García Gómez, Rosario (25 September 1998). "Cayetana Guillén presentará el espacio de cine de La 2 'Versión española'". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: PRISA. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  9. ^ Arias, Maria José (31 May 2017). "Cayetana Guillén Cuervo: "El Ministerio es más una serie de aventuras en esta tercera entrega"". Público (in Spanish). Display Connectors, SL. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  10. ^ Rosado, Juan Carlos (12 December 2016). "Cayetana Guillén Cuervo: "'Masterchef' es lo más duro a lo que me he enfrentado"". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Grupo Zeta. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  11. ^ Moreno, Adrián (14 December 2016). "Miguel Ángel Muñoz, ganador de 'MasterChef Celebrity'". Cadena SER (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  12. ^ Pérez Ruiz de Elvira, Álvaro (14 December 2016). "Miguel Ángel Muñoz gana 'MasterChef Celebrity'". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: PRISA. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Cayetana Guillén Cuervo y Leticia Dolera serán jueces en lo nuevo de 'Cero en historia'". El Economista (in Spanish). Editorial Ecoprensa, S.A. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  14. ^ "Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, nueva presidenta de la Academia de las Artes Escénicas de España". ABC. 14 January 2022.
  15. ^ Benavent 2000, p. 444.
  16. ^ Benavent 2000, p. 65.
  17. ^ Benavent 2000, p. 371.
  18. ^ Benavent 2000, p. 296.
  19. ^ Benavent 2000, p. 292.
  20. ^ Benavent 2000, p. 170.
  21. ^ Benavent 2000, p. 377.
  22. ^ Benavent 2000, p. 286.
  23. ^ Benavent 2000, p. 93.
  24. ^ Benavent 2000, p. 285.
  25. ^ Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 43. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.
  26. ^ Benavent 2000, p. 527.
  27. ^ Holland, Jonathan (5 May 2004). "The Violet Look". Variety.
  28. ^ "Ventura Pons traza en «Amor idiota» una «parábola del mundo contemporáneo»". ABC. 10 February 2005.
  29. ^ "YO no me corto... en el Centro Cívico. Ciclo Del corto al largo". Diputación de Málaga. 2004.
  30. ^ "'Versión Española' estrena 'Una pistola en cada mano', un retrato irónico sobre los hombres de hoy". rtve. 15 June 2014.
  31. ^ García, Fernando (11 July 2020). "La ternura del estafador fanfarrón". La Vanguardia.
  32. ^ Martínez, D. (25 October 2016). "Cayetana Guillén Cuervo conducirá la gala de clausura del Festival de Cine". Diario de Almería. Grupo Joly.
  33. ^ "CEC: Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos". www.cinecec.com. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  34. ^ Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, p. 281, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8
  35. ^ "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2017". HuffPost. 23 January 2017.
  36. ^ Lázaro, Margarita (22 January 2018). "La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2018". HuffPost.
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