# Victoria Luengo

Victoria Luengo Saez (born 7 April 1990), also known as Vicky Luengo, is a Spanish film, television and stage actress. She gained recognition for her performance in the television series Riot Police (2020).
She has since featured in films such as Girlfriends (2021), The Replacement (2021), Cork (2022), The Room Next Door (2024), and Family Affairs (2024), as well as in television series such as Red Queen.

## Life and career
### Early life and education

Victoria Luengo Saez was born on 7 April 1990 in Palma de Mallorca, but after four years she moved with her mother and brother to Barcelona, where she was raised. She took an interest in acting at a young age, and she got her first role in a stage play at barely 14 years old. She studied acting, dance and singing at the Barcelona's Memory School.

### Career beginnings

She made her television debut as a background actress in Rumors (2006), later obtaining larger television roles in Hospital Central and La pecera de Eva. In 2013, she joined the theatrical cast of Una historia catalana, a play staged at the National Theatre of Catalonia.
She starred as lead character in the French TV movie Carmen [fr] (2011), directed by Jacques Malaterre, also appearing in films such as La Trinca: la biografía no autorizada [es] (2011), Born (2014; for which she won a Best Actress Award at the 2015 New York City International Film Festival), Barcelona, noche de invierno [es] (2015), The Laws of Thermodynamics (2018) and I'm Being Me (2020).

### Breakthrough and consolidation

She had a breakout performance in the television series Riot Police, aired in 2020 on Movistar+. She portrayed Laia Urquijo, an Internal Affairs police officer who must investigate the potential misbehaviour committed by a squad of riot police officers during an eviction.
On 31 August 2023, Luengo debuted with the single-role of Tessa in monologue play Prima Facie at Madrid's Teatros del Canal, clinching an Actors and Actresses Union Award and a Talía Award for the role. During an interview to Cadena SER, she expressed her preference to be known to the public by her real name, Victoria, rather than Vicky, which she adopted in her early career because she felt back then that Victoria was a name for an old person.
Luengo starred as high-IQ investigator Antonia Scott in the Prime Video thriller series Reina Roja, based on the novel by Juan Gómez-Jurado. Released in February 2024, the series received mixed reviews, but Luengo landed an Iris Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance and the series was renewed for a third season before the release of season 2.
In September 2024, she was reported to have signed on to star alongside Javier Bardem in Rodrigo Sorogoyen's The Beloved.

## Filmography
### Film

Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Born [ca] | Marianna | |
| 2015 | Barcelona, noche de invierno [es] | Olga | |
| 2017 | Blue Rai | Lola | |
| 2018 | Las leyes de la termodinámica (The Laws of Thermodynamics) | Eva | |
| 2020 | Hogar (The Occupant) | Natalia | |
| 2021 | Chavalas (Girlfriends) | Marta | |
| 2021 | El sustituto (The Replacement) | Eva Vidal | |
| 2022 | Suro (Cork) | Elena | |
| 2024 | The Room Next Door | Fred's wife | |
| 2024 | Verano en diciembre (Family Affairs) | Paloma | |
| TBA | El ser querido † (The Beloved) | | Filming |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | El pacto [es] | Merche | Aired as miniseries |
| 2010 | La pecera de Eva | Ari | |
| 2011 | Carmen [fr] | | TV movie |
| 2011 | Homicidios | María Losada | |
| 2013–2017 | La Riera [ca] | Míriam Ambrós Santacana | |
| 2019 | Secretos de Estado [es] | Raquel | 13 episodes |
| 2020 | Madres. Amor y vida | Natalia | |
| 2020 | Antidisturbios (Riot Police) | Laia Urquijo | |
| 2021 | Historias para no dormir (Stories to Stay Awake) | Eva | Episode: "El doble" |
| 2024 | Reina Roja (Red Queen) | Antonia Scott | |
| 2024 | Yo, adicto (I, Addict) | | |

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2021 | 26th Forqué Awards | Best Actress in a Series | Riot Police | Nominated |
| 2021 | 8th Feroz Awards | Best Main Actress in a Series | Riot Police | Nominated |
| 2021 | 68th Ondas Awards | Best Actress in Spanish Fiction (TV) | Riot Police | Won |
| 2021 | 71st Fotogramas de Plata | Best Television Actress | Riot Police | Won |
| 2022 | 14th Gaudí Awards | Best Actress | Girlfriends | Nominated |
| 2023 | 15th Gaudí Awards | Best Actress | Cork | Won |
| 2023 | 37th Goya Awards | Best Actress | Cork | Nominated |
| 2024 | 32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Stage Actress in a Leading Role | Prima Facie | Won |
| 2024 | 2nd Talía Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Text Theater | Prima Facie | Won |
| 2024 | 27th Max Awards | Best Actress | Prima Facie | Nominated |
| 2025 | 26th Iris Awards | Best Actress | Red Queen | Nominated |
| 2025 | 33rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actress in a Leading Role | Red Queen | Nominated |
| 2025 | 33rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actress in a Minor Role | The Room Next Door | Nominated |