Cecilia Freire Peñas (born 17 November 1981) is a Spanish actress. She is best known for playing Blanca Román on Física o Química (2008–2009) and Rita Montesinos on Velvet (2014–2016).
Early life and education Cecilia Freire Peñas was born on 17 November 1981 in Madrid, Spain.
Career Freire has worked as a film, theatre, and television actress. In 2008 she became popular for her role in the film Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the Planet. She has also appeared in films such as No Shame in 2001 and 8 citas in 2008.
In theatre, she has worked in London in The Winter's Tale, while in Spain she has been in plays such as La katarsis del tomatazo and Pero ¿quién mató el teatro?, in addition to having taken her first steps in shorts like La habitación de los abrigos by Nerea Madariaga.
In television, she appeared in La vida de Rita on La 1 (2003), on the Telecinco series (2006), which was not very successful, and played Setefilla on Hospital Central on Telecinco (2007).
From 2008 to 2009, she was part of the Antena 3 series Física o Química in the role of Blanca, the Zurbarán Institute's literature professor, which made her known to the general public. She was one of its veterans, with a character who was always very prominent in stories, but left the series to focus on her theatrical career, having already been successful in the play Luz de gas.
In 2010, she starred in and appeared in the short film Perra. In 2011 she shot another short, Aunque todo vaya mal, the directing debut of the actress Cristina Alcázar, who had joined Física o Química to play Marina, the new philosophy professor, just after Freire left.
In 2012, she performed in on laSexta as a monologist.
From 2014 to 2016 she played Rita Montesinos in the Antena 3 series Velvet. Rita is a seamstress in the Galleries, who along with her friends Ana (Paula Echevarría) and Luisa (Manuela Vellés) and her sister Clara (Marta Hazas) are known as the "Velvet girls". Freire appeared in the first four seasons of the series. In October 2016 she won Best Female Performer at the 63rd edition of the Ondas Awards for her role as Rita Montesinos.
In November 2016 she played Inma in the film Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot, a comedy directed by Maria Ripoll based on Laura Norton's homonymous novel.
Since 2018 she has starred in the TVE series La otra mirada, where she shares the screen with actresses such as Macarena García, Patricia López Arnaiz, and Ana Wagener.
Filmography Movies Year Movie Character Director 2001No ShameLaraJoaquín Oristrell2005La habitación de los abrigosClaraNerea Madariaga2007Sobre las sábanasHerIván Cerdán Bermúdez2008Mortadelo and Filemon. Mission: Save the PlanetCNN correspondentMiguel Bardem20088 citasNuriaRodrigo Sorogoyen and Peris Romano2011rara 2011Aunque todo vaya malEmiliaCristina Alcázar2012PerraLola Parra2013SolsticioHelenaJuan Francisco Viruega2013Dragons High SchoolLola Parra2014El ilusoActressRodrigo Sorogoyen2015Los CárpatosCarolinaDaniel Remón2016Don't Blame the Karma for Being an IdiotInmaMaría Ripoll2017RevolutionThaisDavid Sousa Moreau2019El CumplePaulaPablo Alén and Breixo Corral2020Las grietasCarmenValentino R. Sandoli
Television Year Title Character Channel Notes2003La vida de RitaLa 113 episodes2006Tirando a darVioletaTelecinco7 episodes2007Hospital CentralSetefillaTelecinco1 episode2008ImparesLolaAntena 313 episodes2008-2011Física o QuímicaBlanca Román HernándezAntena 348 episodes2010Impares PremiumLolaNeox10 episodes2014-2016VelvetMargarita "Rita" Montesinos Martín de InfantesAntena 355 episodes2015Birlokus klubTelecinco1 episode2018-2019La otra miradaÁngela López CastañoLa 115 episodes2019Velvet ColecciónMargarita "Rita" Montesinos Martín de InfantesMovistar+1 episode2019-2020Justo antes de CristoValeriaMovistar+11 episodes
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref. 2014 Best Television Actress Velvet 2015 Actors Union Awards Best Supporting Television Actress Velvet 2016 Feroz Awards Best Supporting Television Actress Velvet 2016 Ondas Awards Best Female Performer in National Fiction Velvet 2016 Best Television Actress Velvet
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