María Romanillos (born 2004) is a Spanish film and television actress.
Early life Romanillos was born in 2004 in Madrid, training at theatre school Cuarta Pared and film school Primera Toma.
Career In 2020, she made her television debut, featuring in a minor role in Riot Police. She made her film debut in Claudia Pinto's The Consequences (2021), playing a girl arriving in an isolate island alongside her parents. For two seasons (2021–22), she starred in speculative fiction teen drama series Paradise. In 2022, she featured in thriller drama film Staring at Strangers, based on a novel by Juan José Millás; she portrayed a girl living with her parents in a home disturbed by the presence of a stranger who unintendedly arrived to their home hidden in an wardrobe. She also starred in supernatural horror film 13 Exorcisms (2022), portraying the protagonist, a young girl 'diagnosed' with suffering a demonic possession. In 2024 she played a teenager dreaming on being able to write as her uncle, a noted writer, in La casa. She also played the gender-fluid granddaughter of Luis Bermejo's Norberto, a woman trapped in a man's body, in Norberta.
In 2024, she wrapped shooting the thriller film El cuento del lobo (in the role of a cleaning woman) and joined the cast of Netflix sports teen drama series Olympo.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Las consecuencias (The Consequences) Gabi Feature film debut No mires a los ojos (Staring at Strangers) María 13 exorcismos (13 Exorcisms) Laura Villegas La casa Ema Norberta Paula El cuento del lobo Lucía V/H/S/Halloween Vicky Segement: "Ut Supra Sic Infra"
Television Year Title Role Notes Antidisturbios (Riot Police) Lucía Osorio Maricón perdido (Queer You Are) Historias para no dormir (Stories to Stay Awake) Episode: "El doble" Paraíso (Paradise) Bea Seasons 1–2 2025 Olympo Nuria Bórges
Accolades Year Award Category Work Result 24th Málaga Film Festival Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actress The Consequences 36th Guadalajara International Film Festival Best Actress 4th Berlanga Awards Best Supporting Actress 7th Lola Gaos Awards Best Supporting Actress La casa
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