Mireia Vilapuig (born September 2, 1997 in Sabadell, Spain) 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),[2] directed by Pau Freixas and written by Albert Espinosa, and in which Mireia herself has also taken part, in an episodic way.
Mireia Vilapuig | |
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| Born | Mireia Vilapuig Borrell September 2, 1997[1] Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2010–present |
Professional career
editAfter 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[3] 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[4]
The film, finally titled Herois , was shot (in Catalan and Spanish) in the summer of 2009[5] in various locations in Barcelona, Canyamars (Dosrius, Maresme), Gavà (Baix Llobregat), Palamós (Baix Empordà), the Sau reservoir (Vilanova de Sau) and Sant Pere de Vilamajor (Vallès Oriental). It premiered in April 2010 at the Málaga Spanish Film Festival.[6][7][8]
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.[9]
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, (Girona). 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.
Filmography
editFeature films
edit- Héroes (2010) by Pau Freixas / Character: Cristo
- Fènix 11:23 (November 9, 2012) by Joel Joan
- Le dernier coup de marteau (2014) Character: Luna
Television
edit- Polseres vermelles (Televisió de Catalunya, 2011–2013) / Character: Àlex (episodes 1x11, 1x12, 1x13, 2x11, 2x12, 2x13)
- Cuéntame cómo pasó Season 19 episode 10. Character: Lourdes[10]
- El inocente. Character: Carla Olenverg
- Selftape. Co-creator and co-protagonist.
Short films
edit- REM (2011) by Javier Ferreiro and María Sosa Betancor / Character: Eva
- Nadador (2011)
- La muerte dormida (2014)
References
edit- ^ "Mireia Vilapuig". FórmulaTV (in Spanish).
- ^ "Así han cambiado los actores de 'Pulseras rojas'". Antena3 (in Spanish). December 5, 2017.
- ^ "Pau Freixas, director de 'hFéroes': «no hay que tener vergüenza de jugar con las emociones»". Los Extras (in Spanish). October 22, 2010.
- ^ "Pau Freixas: "Ha sido un film terapéutico"". Fotogramas (in Spanish). October 18, 2010.
- ^ "Pau Freixas rueda en Barcelona su nuevo filme "Héroes", con guion de Espinosa". Mujer Hoy (in Spanish). July 24, 2009. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009.
- ^ "Pau Freixas hace llorar de emoción al Festival de Málaga con "Héroes", su viaje a la infancia". Diario Sur (in Spanish). April 22, 2010.
- ^ ""Héroes", infancia, verano y años 80 orquestados por Pau Freixas". La Información (in Spanish). October 19, 2010.
- ^ "Héroes". Premios Goya (in Spanish).
- ^ "«Unha curtametraxe do lucense Javier Ferreiro foi seleccionada para Sitges»". El Progreso (in Spanish). September 8, 2011. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013.
- ^ "'Cuéntame cómo pasó' retoma la temporada con un viaje a Sagrillas y Herminia como protagonista". RTVE (in Spanish). September 18, 2018.