Paula Echevarría

Paula Echevarría Colodrón (Candás, Carreño, Asturias, 7 August 1977) is a Spanish model and actress.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Echevarría and the second or maternal family name is Colodrón.

Paula Echevarría
Paula Echevarría at the Goya Awards in 2017
Born	Paula Echevarría Colodrón (1977-08-07) 7 August 1977 Carreño, Asturias, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Spouse(s)	David Bustamante ​ ( m. 2006; Div.  2018)
Partner(s)	Miguel Torres Gómez (2018-)
Children	Daniella Bustamante Echevarría (2008)

Biography

In the year 2000 she made her television debut on series such as Al salir de clase, Policías, and Compañeros.[1] During that year she also worked as a reporter of the summer Telecinco news show Emisión Imposible.

In 2002 she participated as an actress on the Spanish version of Agatha Christie's mystery novel And Then There Were None.[2]

In 2003 she was part of the cast of the television series London Street by Antena 3-[1] and made an appearance in the movie Carmen by Vicente Aranda.

In 2004 she was part of the cast of the movie El chocolate del loro of Ernesto Martín and became part of the regular cast of the Telecinco's series El Comisario.[1] until the end of 2007.

In 2005 she made an appearance in the documentary Las locuras de Don Quijote.

In 2006 she was part of the main cast of the thriller Rojo intenso of Javier Elorrieta.

In 2007 she starred along with Álex González in the drama Luz de domingo of José Luis Garci. The film got 5 nominations to the Premios Goya of the Spanish film academy and was one of the three Spanish candidates for nomination to the Oscar Awards.

In 2008 she worked again for José Luis Garci in Sangre de mayo. This film celebrated the bicentenary of the Dos de Mayo Uprising. It received seven nominations to the Premios Goya and was also one of the three Spanish candidates for nomination to the Oscar Awards.[3]

From 2010 to 2013 she was one of the main characters of the TVE-1 series Gran Reserva, filmed in the Spanish region of rioja about wine business and family feuds. Other actors included Ángela Molina and Emilio Gutiérrez Caba.

Since 2010 Echevarría writes the blog Tras la pista de Paula for Elle magazine.[4] She is the Spanish person with the highest number of followers in Instagram[5][6] In 2012 she was the person with the highest growth in Google searches in Spain.[7] In 2015 Echevarria has been the mosth searched person in Bing in Spain for two consecutive years.[8][9]

in 2012 she starred in Vulnerables of Miguel Cruz.

From 2014 to 2016 Echevarría is one of the main characters of Velvet, the prime-time series of Antena 3, together with Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Aitana Sánchez Gijón, Marta Hazas, José Sacristán, and Amaia Salamanca. The series takes place at the end of the 1950s and is centered around the love between a seamstress and the wealthy heir of a department store.[10]

In 2017 she filmed Ola de crímenes together with Juana Acosta and Maribel Verdú. The movie premiere on 5 October 2018.[11]

Personal life

On 22 July 2006 Paula Echevarría married singer David Bustamante in the Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga in Asturias.[12] On 17 August 2008 Echevarría and her husband became the parents of a daughter, Daniella, who was born in Madrid.[13] They broke up in 2017 after ten years of matrimony.[14][15]

In March 2018 she began dating with the Málaga CF football player Miguel Torres Gómez.[16][17]

Filmography

Film

Year	Movie	Director	Character
2002	Peor imposible, ¿qué puede fallar?	José Semprún
	Machín, toda una vida	Nuria Villazán
2003	Carmen	Vicente Aranda	Marisol
2004	El chocolate del loro	Ernesto Martín	Patricia
2005	Las locuras de Don Quijote	Rafael Alcázar	Altisidora
2006	Rojo intenso	Javier Elorrieta	Ana
2007	Luz de domingo	José Luis Garci	Estrella
2008	Sangre de mayo	José Luis Garci	Inés
2012	Vulnerables	Miguel Cruz	Carla

Television

Year	Series	Character	Episodes
2000	7 vidas	Rocío	2
	Compañeros	Paula	1
2001	Mi teniente	Paula	1
	Policías, en el corazón de la calle	Eva	1
	Al salir de clase	Berta	5
2003	London Street	Nuria	13
2003–2007	El comisario	Clara Osma	48
2010–2013	Gran Reserva	Lucía Reverte	42
2014–2017	Velvet	Ana Ribera Lopéz de Marquéz	55
2018	Los nuestros	Martina Ibáñez

Theater

Year	Play	Director	Character	Notes
2002	Diez negritos	Ricard Reguant	Vera Claythorne	During a year in different cities of Spain
2003	José	Nacho Carballo	Musa	Musical play in Candás (Asturias)

Other

Year	Title	Director	Character	Notes
2000	Emisión imposible	Varios	Presentadora reportera	Television program
2005	La dama blanca	Nacho Carballo	–	Short film
2008	Gala TP de Oro	Manel Iglesias	Presentadora de premio	Gala
2009	Gala X Edición de Pelo Pantene	Pantene	Jurado	Competition
	Saturday Night Live	Joaquin Zamora	Detective	Television program
2010	A contracorriente	Micropunto Films	Ella misma	Videoclip of David Bustamante
2011	El bizcocho	Lola Guerrero	Vecina	Short Film
	Festival de Cine de San Sebastián	Manuel Palacios	Presentadora de premio	Gala
2013	Premios Goya	Manel Iglesias, Luis Campoy	Presentadora de premio	Gala
2015	Gala 25 años emocionando: Antena 3	Álvaro García Moro	Presentadora de fragmento	Gala

References

1. "Los inicios de Paula Echevarría". TELVA (in Spanish). 21 October 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
2. "Paula Echevarría antes (y después) de que fuera Paula Echevarría". Zeleb (in Spanish). 7 August 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
3. Olabarrieta, Ane (23 December 2016). "El secreto de Paula Echevarría, que sin hacer nada bien del todo, lo que toca lo convierte en oro". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
4. EFE (5 February 2014). "Paula Echevarría: «David es más mimoso, yo soy más independiente»". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2018.
5. "Iker Casillas, Paula Echevarría o Bisbal, los españoles más seguidos en Instagram". Los 40 (in Spanish). 1 April 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
6. "Paula Echevarría, la reina de Instagram". El Economista (in Spanish). Editorial Ecoprensa, S.A. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
7. Martín del Barrio, Javier (12 December 2012). "Paula, la más buscada". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
8. "Los famosos más buscados en Bing en 2014: Paula Echevarría, Cristina Pedroche y Pilar Rubio". El Economista (in Spanish). Editorial Ecoprensa, S.A. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
9. "Cristiano Ronaldo, Paula Echevarría y Ciudadanos lideran las búsquedas de 2015 en Bing". ABC (in Spanish). 28 March 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
10. "Antena 3, Betafilm y Bambú Producciones se alían para la distribución internacional de 'Galerias Velvet'". Formula TV (in Spanish). Noxvo. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
11. "Paula Echevarría como nunca la habíamos visto en el cine". Hola! (in Spanish). 21 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
12. EFE (22 July 2006). "David Bustamante se casa con Paula Echevarría". El País (in Spanish). Prisa. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
13. "Paula Echevarría y David Bustamante, muy emocionados, presentan a su hija Daniela". Hola! (in Spanish). 20 August 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
14. "Paula Echevarría y David Bustamante se separan". El País (in Spanish). Madrid: Prisa. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
15. "CONFIRMADO: Paula Echevarría y David Bustamante firman el divorcio". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
16. Castellanos Onsurbe, Jesús (24 March 2018). "Paula Echevarría oficializa su relación con Miguel Torres con una foto en Instagram". AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2018.
17. "Paula Echevarría no desmiente su romance con un 'ex' del Madrid". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

External links

• Paula Echevarría – Official Blog on ELLE
• Paula Echevarría on IMDb