# Marta Nieto

Marta Nieto Martínez (born 31 January 1982) is a Spanish actress and film director.

## Life and career

Marta Nieto Martínez was born on 31 January 1982 in Murcia to parents from Cartagena. She developed a vocation for acting at the Maristas School in her native Murcia. She trained her acting chops at Murcia's Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático [es] (ESAD-Murcia). She also studied a degree on Spanish philology but did not finish it.
Her directorial debut feature Becoming Ana (2024) was selected to compete at the 69th Valladolid International Film Festival.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Original title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | Face of Terror | Face of Terror | Lola | |
| 2004 | Art Heist | Art Heist | Héctor's Girl | |
| 2006 | Summer Rain | El camino de los ingleses | La Cuerpo | |
| 2007 | Love Expresso | Café solo o con ellas | María | |
| 2008 | 8 Dates | 8 citas | María | |
| 2012 | The Crypt | La cripta | Leonor | |
| 2013 | Combustion | Combustión | Carla | |
| 2014 | The Farewell | La despedida | Monica | |
| 2017 | Mother | Madre | Marta | Short film |
| 2019 | Litus | Litus | Su | |
| 2019 | Mother | Madre | Elena | Nominated - Goya Award for Best Actress |
| 2020 | A Perfect Enemy | A Perfect Enemy | Isabelle | |
| 2020 | The Crypt, The Last Secret | La cripta, el último secreto | Leonor |
| 2021 | Breaking Up in Rome | Lasciarsi Un Giorno A Roma | Zoe |
| 2021 | Out of Sync | Tres | C. | |
| 2022 | | La manzana de oro | La Nívea | |
| 2022 | | Edén | Lidia | |
| 2023 | | Visions | Anna | |
| 2023 | Jump! | ¡Salta! | Elena | |
| 2023 | Summer in Red | Verano en rojo | María Ruiz | |
| TBD | | Tropiques | | |
| 2024 | Becoming Ana | La mitad de Ana | | Also director-writer |

### Television

| Year | Title | Original title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Central Hospital | Hospital Central | Fátima | Episode: "Mundos paralelos" |
| 2005 | Personal Reasons | Motivos personales | Rita | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Table For Five | Mesa para cinco | Nina | 4 episodes |
| 2006–2015 | Remember When | Cuéntame cómo pasó | Estefanía / Mónica | 16 episodes |
| 2007 | Quart | Quart | | Episode: "Tritonus" |
| 2007–2009 | Brothers and Detectives | Hermanos y detectives | Carmen | 26 episodes |
| 2008 | Generation DF | Generación DF | Mar | 5 episodes |
| 2009 | Paco's Men | Los hombres de Paco | Marga | 4 episodes |
| 2010 | Karabudjan | Karabudjan | Ana | 6 episodes |
| 2013 | The Gift of Alba | El don de Alba | | Episode: "La novia blanca" |
| 2013 | Fragile | Frágiles | Marta | Episode: "El mendigo herido" |
| 2014 | Blind Date | Ciega a citas | Natalia Valdecantos | 137 episodes |
| 2015 | Ours | Los nuestros | Marta | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Plastic Sea | Mar de plástico | Jueza | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | El Caso | El Caso. Crónica de sucesos | Elvira | Episode: "Garrote vil" |
| 2016 | The Ministry of Time | El ministerio del tiempo | Isabella of Portugal | Episode: "Cambio de tiempo" |
| 2016 | The Man of Your Life | El hombre de tu vida | Luz | Episode: "Desafíos" |
| 2018 | Spanish Shame | Vergüenza | Andrea | 6 episodes |
| 2019 | Locked Up | Vis a vis | Adoptive mother | Episode: "Traición" |
| 2019 | Pescaíto | Pescaíto | | 8 episodes |
| 2019 | Secrets of State | Secretos de Estado | Elena Llanos | 8 episodes |
| 2020 | Caronte | Caronte | Cleo Torres-Soler | Episode: "Inmarcesible" |
| 2020 | At Home | En casa | Sara | Episode: "Una situación extraordinaria" |
| 2022 | Feria: The Darkest Light | Feria: La luz más oscura | Elena | 8 episodes |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2020 | 25th Forqué Awards | Best Actress | Mother | Won |
| 2020 | 7th Feroz Awards | Best Actress (film) | Mother | Nominated |
| 2020 | 34th Goya Awards | Best Actress | Mother | Nominated |
| 2020 | 29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actress in a Leading Role | Mother | Nominated |
| 2020 | 33rd European Film Awards | Best Actress | Mother | Nominated |
| 2021 | 27th Forqué Awards | Best Film Actress | Out of Sync | Nominated |
| 2022 | 9th Feroz Awards | Best Actress (film) | Out of Sync | Nominated |