# Ana Duato

Ana Consuelo Duato Boix (born 18 June 1968) is a Spanish actress, who is best known for portraying Mercedes Fernández in the television series Cuéntame cómo pasó.

## Biography

Ana Consuelo Duato Boix was born on 18 June 1968, in Valencia. She has one older sister, named Zulema Duato Boix. She is the cousin of famous dancer and choreographer Nacho Duato.

## Personal life

In 1989, she married the television producer Miguel Ángel Bernardeau Maestro. On 12 December 1996, she gave birth to the couple's first child, a boy, whom they called Miguel Bernardeau. In 2004, she gave birth to the couple's second child, a girl, whom they called María Bernardeau Duato, was born in Madrid, Spain.

## Lawsuits

On 7 April 2016, Ana Duato was accused of Tax evasion and Money laundering crimes together with the actor, Imanol Arias and her husband, Miguel Ángel Bernardeau, in the Panama Papers scandal as the owner of an offshore company, Trekel Trading Limited, based on the island nation of Niue that held a bank account under his complete control at the Swiss bank Banque Franck SA. In May 2016, a judicial investigation was opened for the alleged crimes.

## Career

Ana Duato first role was with the Spanish director Basilio Martín Patino in 1987.
Between 2001 and 2023, she starred in the Televisión Española prime-time series Cuéntame cómo pasó as Mercedes Fernández, the mother of a Spanish middle-class family during the years of the rule of Francisco Franco, the transition to democracy, and the current democracy.

## UNICEF

As part of her charity work, Ana Duato has been one of the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors since December 2000.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Movie | Character | Director | Notes |
| 1987 | Madrid | | Basilio Martín Patino | |
| 1989 | Un negro con un saxo | Lidia | Francesc Bellmunt | |
| 1991 | Cómo levantar 1000 kilos | Sara | Antonio Hernández | |
| 1992 | Una estación de paso | Juan's mother | Gracia Querejeta | |
| 1993 | Y creó en el nombre del padre | | Óscar del Caz | Short film |
| 1994 | Los amigos del muerto | Friend | Icíar Bollaín | Short film |
| 1994 | Amor propio [es] | Judge's Assistant | Mario Camus | |
| 1996 | Adosados [es] | Paula | Mario Camus | |
| 1996 | The Dog in the Manger | Marcela | Pilar Miró | |
| 1997 | The Color of the Clouds | Tina | Mario Camus | |
| 1998 | La vuelta de El Coyote [es] | Joy | Mario Camus | |
| 1999 | Los Lobos de Washington | Tertuliana | Javier Bardem | |
| 2000 | Las razones de mis amigos [es] | Elena | Gerardo Herrero | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Character | Network | Notes |
| 1989–1990 | Brigada Central | Virginia | Televisión Española | 14 episodes |
| 1993 | Celia | María del Pilar Gálvez de Montalbán | Televisión Española | 6 episodes |
| 1993 | Para Elisa | | Televisión Española | 1 episode |
| 1993 | Lleno, por favor [es] | Mother | Antena 3 | 1 episode |
| 1994 | Colegio Mayor [es] | Bibi | Telemadrid | 1 episode |
| 1994–1995 | Villarriba y Villabajo | Paulina | Televisión Española | 25 episodes |
| 1995–1997 | Médico de familia | Irene Cerezo | Telecinco | 29 episodes |
| 1997–1998 | Querido maestro [es] | Lola | Telecinco | 22 episodes |
| 1999–2000 | Mediterráneo [es] | Clara Salgado | Telecinco | 13 episodes |
| 2000 | Estudio 1 | | Televisión Española | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Severo Ochoa. La conquista de un Nobel [es] | Carmen Covián | Televisión Española | 2 episodes |
| 2001–2023 | Cuéntame cómo pasó | Mercedes Fernández López | Televisión Española | 413 episodes |