Elite (; stylized as E L I T Ǝ) is a Spanish thriller teen drama television series created for Netflix by Carlos Montero and Darío Madrona. The series is set in Las Encinas, a fictional elite secondary school and revolves around the relationships between three working-class teenage students enrolled at the school through a scholarship program and their wealthy classmates. The series features an ensemble cast. Many of the cast previously featured in other Netflix works produced or distributed in Spain and Latin America.
Overview
Legend = Main cast (credited) = Recurring cast (actor appears in two or more episodes that season) = Guest cast (actor appears in one episode that season) CharacterPortrayed bySeasons12345678 Marina Nunier María Pedraza colspan="2" colspan="5" Samuel "Samu" García Itzan Escamilla colspan="5" colspan="3" Guzmán Nunier Miguel Bernardeau colspan="4" colspan="4" Christian Varela Miguel Herrán colspan="2" colspan="6" Nano García Jaime Lorente colspan="2" colspan="5" Polo Benavent Álvaro Rico colspan="3" colspan="5" Ander Muñoz Arón Piper colspan="4" colspan="4" Nadia Shanaa Mina El Hammani colspan="4" colspan="3" Carla Rosón Ester Expósito colspan="3" colspan="5" Omar Shanaa Omar Ayuso colspan="5" colspan="1" colspan="2" Lucrecia "Lu" Montesinos Danna Paola colspan="3" colspan="5" Valerio Montesinos Jorge López colspan="2" colspan="5" Rebeka "Rebe" Parrilla Claudia Salas colspan="4" colspan="3" Cayetana "Caye" Grajera Georgina Amorós colspan="4" colspan="3" Malick Diallo Leïti Sène colspan="2" colspan="5" Yeray Engonga Sergio Momo colspan="2" colspan="5" Ariadna "Ari" Blanco Carla Díaz colspan="3" colspan="3" colspan="2" Mencía Blanco Martina Cariddi colspan="3" colspan="3" colspan="2" Patrick Blanco Manu Ríos colspan="3" colspan="3" Phillipe von Triesenberg Pol Granch colspan="3" colspan="2" colspan="3" Armando de la Ossa Andrés Velencoso colspan="3" colspan="2" colspan="3" Benjamín Blanco Diego Martín colspan="3" colspan="3" colspan="2" Isadora Artiñán Valentina Zenere colspan="4" colspan="4" Iván Carvalho André Lamoglia colspan="4" colspan="4" Cruz Carvalho Carloto Cotta colspan="4" colspan="3" Bilal Ibrahim Adam Nourou colspan="4" colspan="2" colspan="2" Dídac Álvaro de Juana colspan="5" colspan="2" Nico Fernández Ander Puig colspan="5" colspan="3" Sara Carmen Arrufat colspan="5" colspan="5" Raúl Alex Pastrana colspan="5" colspan="2" Hugo Múler Guillermo Campra colspan="4" colspan="1" Javier Ignacio Carrascal colspan="4" colspan="2" Álex Díaz Marc Bonnin colspan="4" colspan="2" Rocío Ana Bokesa colspan="5" colspan="2" Sonia Nadia Al Saidi colspan="5" colspan="2" Joel Fernando Líndez colspan="6" colspan="2" Chloe Mirela Balić colspan="6" colspan="2" Eric Gleb Abrosimov colspan="6" colspan="2" Luis Marín Alejandro Albarracín colspan="6" colspan="2" Dalmar Iván Mendes colspan="5" colspan="1" colspan="2" Carmen Maribel Verdú colspan="6" colspan="2" Jessica Anitta colspan="6" colspan="1" Fikile Bhele Khosi Ngema colspan="6" colspan="1" Martín Leonardo Sbaraglia colspan="6" colspan="2" Héctor Krawietz Nuno Gallego colspan="7" colspan="1" Emilia Krawietz Ane Rot colspan="7" colspan="1" Portrayed byCharacterSeasonsTotal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Omar Ayuso Omar Shanaa 55 Itzan Escamilla Samuel "Samu" García colspan="3" 40 Miguel Bernardeau Guzmán Nunier colspan="4" 32 Arón Piper Ander Muñoz colspan="4" 32 Mina El Hammani Nadia Shanaa colspan="3" 31 Ester Expósito Carla Rosón colspan="5" 24 Álvaro Rico Polo Benavent colspan="5" 24 Danna Paola Lucrecia "Lu" Montesinos colspan="5" 24 Jaime Lorente Nano García colspan="5" 14 Miguel Herrán Christian Varela colspan="6" 9 María Pedraza Marina Nunier colspan="7" 8 Claudia Salas Rebeka "Rebe" Parrilla colspan="3" 32 Georgina Amorós Cayetana "Caye" Grajera colspan="3" 31 Jorge López Valerio Montesinos colspan="5" 16 Leïti Sène Malick Diallo colspan="2" colspan="5" 8 Carla Díaz Ariadna "Ari" Blanco colspan="3" colspan="2" 24 Martina Cariddi Mencía Blanco colspan="3" colspan="2" 24 Manu Ríos Patrick Blanco colspan="3" colspan="2" 24 Diego Martín Benjamín Blanco colspan="3" colspan="2" 19 Pol Granch Phillipe von Triesenberg colspan="3" colspan="3" 15 Andrés Velencoso Armando de la Ossa colspan="3" colspan="3" 10 Valentina Zenere Isadora Artiñán colspan="4" 32 André Lamoglia Iván Carvalho colspan="4" 32 Carloto Cotta Cruz Carvalho colspan="4" 11 Adam Nourou Bilal Ibrahim colspan="4" colspan="2" 11 Guillermo Campra Hugo Múler colspan="4" colspan="2" 10 Ignacio Carrascal Javier colspan="4" colspan="2" 10 Marc Bonnin Álex Díaz colspan="4" colspan="2" 10 Ander Puig Nico Fernández colspan="5" 24 Carmen Arrufat Sara colspan="5" 23 Álvaro de Juana Dídac colspan="5" 16 Alex Pastrana Raúl colspan="5" 16 Ana Bokesa Rocío colspan="5" 14 Nadia Al Saidi Sonia colspan="5" 20 Iván Mendes Dalmar colspan="5" 16 Maribel Verdú Carmen colspan="6" 16 Fernando Líndez Joel colspan="6" 16 Mirela Balić Chloe colspan="6" 16 Gleb Abrosimov Eric colspan="6" 16 Alejandro Albarracín Luis colspan="6" 15
Main characters Marina Nunier
Marina Nunier Osuna (portrayed by María Pedraza) a wealthy student attending Las Encinas along with her adoptive brother, Guzmán and love interest of Nano and Samuel. Marina's life is troubled and — along with her HIV diagnosis — she has problems following the rules outlined by her parents.
In season one, Marina is quick to become friends with Samuel, a new arrival at Las Encinas. The two grow closer and develop romantic feelings for each other; despite this, the two largely remain friends, with evidence that the relationship could develop into something more. Marina begins to spiral out of control when she is invited to a party Samuel is throwing at his house. She befriends Nano, his older brother, and the two hook-up when Marina is drunk. Little does she know, Nano is scheming to steal money from Marina's wealthy family. After learning that she is HIV-positive, Nano confronts Marina who assures him that her medication prevents her from infecting others. Nano tells Marina to stop toying with Samuel, who has feelings for her, however, Marina later kisses Samuel.
When Marina learns that Nano owes a large sum of money to thugs who protected him in prison, she promises to get him the money. Marina directs Nano to a collection of expensive watches belonging to Carla's father. Shortly after taking Samuel's virginity, Nano and Marina meet and hook up again. Marina's recklessness grows as the knowledge of her HIV spreads around the school and other students judge her. She recklessly smokes marijuana at school and is caught by her teacher Martín, but blackmails him by threatening to expose his deal with Lu to lift her grades. Later, at Samuel's house, Marina collapses and is taken to hospital where it is discovered she is four weeks pregnant. As she and Samuel had gotten together shortly afterwards, he asks her who the father is. Marina avoids the question, and Nadia gives her the number to an abortion clinic; Marina doesn't go through with the abortion, however. Instead, she and Nano plan to elope together with the money from the stolen watches. However, one of the watches contains sensitive information that implicates Carla and Marina's families, and Marina has second thoughts about running away with Nano. At the end of year celebration, Marina wins the trophy for the best student but claims she does not deserve it. Later, while she is alone beside the swimming pool, Marina is confronted by Samuel who wants her to stay. Marina denies his pleas, and Samuel walks away, but she is then confronted by Polo who tries to force her to give him the stolen watch in an attempt to please Carla. When Marina refuses and aggravates him, Polo grabs the trophy and hits her over the head with it, causing a large bleed. She collapses instantly but does not appear dead. Polo leaves her, taking the watch and the trophy to Carla and Christian, who help him cover up the crime. It is later made clear that Marina did not immediately die and that, if Polo had called an ambulance, she would've survived.
Samuel García
Samuel "Samu" García Domínguez (portrayed by Itzan Escamilla) one of three transfer students, who is the love interest of Marina and later falls for Carla. A hardworking, shy and kind-hearted guy. He always looks out for the people around him. He is justice-driven and will go to extreme lengths to ensure that everyone gets what they deserve.
In season one, following the collapse of his school, San Esteban, Samuel is injured and receives a scholarship — funded by Ventura Nunier, Marina's father — to attend the elite private school, Las Encinas. He is discriminated against due to his low-income background and those from wealthy families look down on him, particularly Guzmán. Despite Guzmán's disapproval, Samuel grows closer with his sister, Marina, and the two begin spending more and more time together; this is magnified when the two pair up for Martín's social media project. Tensions arise during the social media project, however, when Samuel finds out that Ventura and Teo — Carla's father — used cheap materials during the renovation of San Esteban, therefore insinuating that they were aware of the possibility of collapse. Furthermore, Marina is aware of documents and evidence that would incriminate her father. Samuel's relationship with Marina is tested when it is revealed that his brother owes a gang upwards of $60,000 for protection they provided while he was incarcerated. Nano learns of the incriminating evidence and asks Samuel to help in retrieving them in a bid to blackmail Marina's father for the money. Despite knowing it is morally incorrect, Samuel agrees to help Nano, and unsuccessfully attempts to obtain the documents.
Samuel eventually tells Nano that he can no longer help him. The relationship between them becomes strained when Samuel finds out that someone else slept with Marina and got her pregnant. While Samuel doesn't initially suspect that it was his own brother, Nano becomes wary and anxious that Samuel could find out at any moment. Eventually, Samuel finds out that it was Nano that slept with Marina and the two fight. He witnesses Nano running away from Marina's dead body the night she is murdered and tells the authorities that he believes Nano to be the killer.
In second season, Samuel tries to get closer to Carla to discover the real killer, but ends up falling in love with her. He befriends Rebe, who will help him with her investigations. At the end of the season, it is discovered that he and Guzmán faked kidnapping him to make Carla confess the truth. However, costing him the relationship they had built. During the third season, Samuel infiltrates Rebeka's house, by order of the inspector, to catch her mother. Also, he is expelled from Las Encinas for hitting Polo, being part of the cover-up of his murder after the party. Two months later, Samuel, Guzmán, Rebeka, Ander and Omar return to their last year in Las Encinas.
Guzmán Nunier
Guzmán Nunier Osuna (portrayed by Miguel Bernardeau) adopted brother of Marina, and Lu's ex-boyfriend, who falls for Nadia. A hot-headed popular guy at school. He believes his way is always the right way. He is extremely protective over his sister, and does not bond well with the transfer students. Guzmán is the adopted son of Laura and wealthy businessman Ventura Nunier. His biological parents died ten years ago from drug overdoses. Since he was a child, Guzmán has been best friends with Ander and Polo. He is regarded as the leader of this group and is loyal and supportive of his friends, but his actions can lean towards controlling at times.