Mireia Vilapuig
Mireia Vilapuig (Sabadell, Barcelona, on September 2, 1997) is a Spanish actress. She is the sister of actress Joana Vilapuig, who in 2011 was one of the protagonists of the successful TV series serie de televisión "Polseres vermelles (Pulseras rojas)", directed by Pau Freixas and written by Albert Espinosa, and in which Mireia herself has also taken part, in an episodic way. Professional career. After taking her first steps in the world of acting in amateur theater productions, in 2008 Mireia Vilapuig was selected in a casting with 800 children for a role in the film "La cabaña  de los héroes", based on a script by Albert Espinosa and Pau Freixas. Before filming began, Mireia and the other four children chosen, all of whom had no previous film experience, lived together for two weeks in a holiday camp to "make their friendship real", according to the film's director, Pau Freixas The film, finally titled "Herois" , was shot (in Catalan and Spanish) in the summer of 2009 in various locations in Barcelona, Canyamars (Dosrius, Maresme), Gavá (Bajo Llobregat), Palamós (Bajo Ampurdán), the Sau reservoir (Vilanova de Sau) and San Pedro de Vilamajor (Vallés Oriental). It premiered in April  2010 at the Málaga Spanish Film Festival. In this piece, the actress shares the leading role with her sister, Joana Vilapuig, and another young Catalan actress, Marina Comas, winner of a Goya award. The short film was selected to compete in the official section of the XLIV Edition of the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, which took place in early October 2011. Her most notable works have been in the short film "El nadador" and in the feature film "Fènix 11:23", whose shooting, in Catalan and under the direction of Joel Joan, began on November 23, 2011, in the town  of Lloret de Mar, (Gerona). The film, based on true events, narrates the experience of Eric Bertran, a teenager from Lloret de Mar who in 2004 was accused of terrorism as a result of a series of e-mails he sent to various companies demanding the labeling of products in Catalan. In the film, Mireia Vilapuig plays the girl with whom the protagonist, played by Nil Cardoner, falls in love.