# Itziar Castro

Itziar Castro i Rivadulla (14 February 1977 – 8 December 2023) was a Spanish actress known mainly for her role as Gоya Fernández in Locked Up and participating in films such as Champions or Skins, for which she was nominated to the Goya Award for Best New Actress.

## Biography

Itziar Castro i Rivadulla was born in Barcelona on 14 February 1977. Her professional career dates back to 2002, when she participated in the feature film Noche de fiesta. She landed her first role in a feature film in Unconscious (2003). Later, she participated in fictional roles for both television and cinema, including in El cor de la ciutat or Algo que celebrar on television and in Blancanieves or La sexta alumna in cinema. In 2017, she signed for the main cast of Eduardo Casanova's film Skins, for which she was nominated for a Goya Award for Best New Actress and won the Actors and Actresses Union award in the same category.
In 2018, she was part of the main cast of the television series Locked Up in the role of Goya Fernández, which earned her notoriety. In addition, she participates in the feature films Matar a Dios and Campeones, and made a cameo in the second season of Paquita Salas, portraying the stage manager of the Tarazona Festival. In July 2018, she signed on to play the acting teacher of the academy of Operación Triunfo 2018, replacing Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo. On October 31, just over a month after the edition started, it was learned that the actress was leaving her job in the program, apparently a decision taken unilaterally by the program's management.
In 2019, she participated in the feature films El cerro de los dioses by Daniel M. Caneiro and ¿Qué te juegas? by Inés de León. In 2020, she made a cameo in Woody Allen's film Rifkin's Festival and starred in the Fox España series Vis a vis: El Oasis, as well as having a recurring role in the HBO Spain series One Way or Another as Choni. She is also one of the protagonists of Historias lamentables, a film by Javier Fesser for Amazon Prime Video. In December 2020, her signing was announced as the main character for the first Netflix musical series in Spain Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After directed by Manolo Caro.
Castro died shortly after experiencing cardiorespiratory arrest at 2:00 a.m. on 8 December 2023, aged 46, in a municipal swimming pool of Lloret de Mar while rehearsing for a synchronised swimming performance.

## Filmography
### Film
#### Feature films

| Year | Title | Character | Directed by |
| 2002 | Noche de fiesta | Extra | Xavi Puebla |
| 2004 | Inconscientes | Wet nurse | Joaquín Oristrell |
| 2004 | Las maletas de Tulse Luper 3 | Frances Cotumely | Peter Greenaway |
| 2008 | Pretextos | Nurse | Sílvia Munt |
| 2008 | Sing for Darfur | Woman | Johan Kramer |
| 2010 | The Great Vazquez | Wi-fi saleslady | Óscar Aibar |
| 2011 | Águila Roja: la película | Maid | José Ramón Ayerra |
| 2012 | Rec 3: Génesis | Lady with Pamela | Paco Plaza |
| 2012 | Blancanieves | Tocinillo de cielo | Pablo Berger |
| 2013 | Las brujas de Zugarramurdi | 3D witch | Álex de la Iglesia |
| 2015 | Transeúntes | Woman | Luis Aller |
| 2016 | La sexta alumna | Anita | Benja de la Rosa |
| 2017 | Pieles (Skins) | Itziar | Eduardo Casanova |
| 2017 | Matar a Dios | Ana | Caye Casas and Albert Pintó |
| 2018 | Campeones | Jesus's mother | Javier Fesser |
| 2018 | Escape from Marwin | Ben's sister | Jordi Castejón |
| 2019 | El cerro de los dioses | Herself | Daniel M. Caneiro |
| 2019 | ¿Qué te juegas? [es] | Rosita | Inés de León |
| 2020 | Rifkin's Festival | Woman in the garden | Woody Allen |
| 2020 | Asylum: Twisted Horror and Fantasy Tales | Wife | Carlos Goitia |
| 2020 | Historias lamentables | Ingrid Müller | Javier Fesser |
| 2021 | ¡A todo tren! Destino Asturias | Asturian farmgirl | Santiago Segura |
| 2022 | La mesita del comedor | Super friend | Caye Casas |

#### Short films

* Los Bermejo (Dir. José Fernández-Ark, 2018), secondary role.
* Desaliento (Dir. Pinky Alonso, 2018), leading role.
* RIP (Dir. Caye Casas and Albert Pintó, 2017), leading role.
* Eat my shit (Dir. Eduardo Casanova, 2015), leading role.
* La Colleja (Dir. Sergio Morcillo, 2019), leading role.

### Television
#### Series

| Year | Title | Cadena | Character | Duration |
| 2004 | El cor de la ciutat | TV3 | Sandra Pi | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Hospital Central | Telecinco | Sara | 1 episode |
| 2006–08 | El cor de la ciutat | TV3 | Bea Billars | Secondary role |
| 2007 | Rumors | Canal Nou | Secretary | Television movie |
| 2009 | Otra ciudad | Canal Nou | Wig shop keeper | Television movie |
| 2009 | Xadom | Vimeo | Marta | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Algo que celebrar | Antena 3 | Louise | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Laia | TV3 | Lame woman | Television movie |
| 2017 | El crac | TV3 | Miriam Espinguet | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Paquita Salas | Netflix | Awards councillor | 1 episode |
| 2018–19 | Vis a vis (Locked Up) | FOX España | Goya Fernández | Introduced in season 3 |
| 2019 | Terror y feria | Flooxer | Montse | |
| 2019 | Vida perfecta | Movistar+ | Nurse | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Vis a vis: El Oasis | FOX España | Goya Fernández | 8 episodes |
| 2020 | Válidas | Flooxer | Lawyer | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Benidorm | Antena 3 | Hotel client | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Por H o por B (One Way or Another) | HBO España | Choni | |
| 2022 | Érase una vez... pero ya no (Once Upon a Time... Happily Never After) | Netflix | Eloísa / Candela | |

#### Programs

| Year | Title | Cadena | Role |
| 2018 | Operación Triunfo | TVE | Teacher |
| 2019 | Todo es mentira | Cuatro | Collaborator |
| 2019 | Viajando con Chester | Cuatro | Guest |

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2018 | 32nd Goya Awards | Best New Actress | Skins | Nominated |
| 2018 | 27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best New Actress | Skins | Won |
| 2018 | 2nd Fugaz Awards [es] | Best Actress | RIP | Nominated |