Popular characters from the big screen, the music scene, social networks or the media have risen to the top since their origins in the beautiful coastal “corner” that occupies A coruña within the peninsula. Many of them will have been classmates, university or even neighbors of acquaintances and close friends and often the general public is unaware of their origins.
Today, from Fifteen thousand, we remember some people from A Coruña who are on the front line of national and international panorama.
1. Mario Casas
Born in A Coruña on June 12, 1986 and in 2006 he got his big break on television thanks toto juvenil SMS series and since then he has not stopped working. He is a mass youth idol, especially thanks to roles such as H in the film adaptation of the novel Three meters above the sky and many will remember him for the popular series Paco’s men. He escapes to Galicia whenever he can with his family and is declared fan of Deportivo.
His interpretations are very numerous: from series like Boat, even movies like The Mule (thanks to the one that won the Silver Biznaga for the best leading actor at the Malaga Film Festival), All 33 (where he acted with Antonio Banderas), Palm Trees in Snow, Toro (with Luis Tosar), The bar from the director Álex de la Iglesia or The Mauthausen Photographer (where he lost about 12 kilos to play Francesc Boix).
2. Wismichu
Was born in A Coruña neighborhood of Monte Alto in October 1993, is one of the best known people in the world of youtubers nationals due to its broad community of subscribers on this platform: more than nine million. In 2008 he started uploading videos to YouTube, mostly about games and today they consist of videoblogs, jokes or parodies.
In 2014 he had a cameo in the movie Torrent 5: Operation Eurovegas and tried his luck on the big screen with his controversial film Snack.
3. Xoel López
The singer was born in the Herculine city in August 1977 and it is one of the main references of Galicia in the music scene and also at the national level. Lives in Madrid, where he moved when he was 20 years old, and also lived in Buenos Aires, apart from the fact that whenever he returns to the origins he tries to take a walk through his favorite beach, Orzán. He is a supporter of football from A Coruña and suffers with the adventures and misadventures of the blue and white whenever his commitments allow him.
He’s in luck lately, as his songs will put the soundtrack to the Galicia tourism campaign for 2021 and its theme ‘The thorn of the flower in your side’, Header melody from the Netflix series shot in the community ‘The mess you leave’, has been the second most wanted in Shazam worldwide. He has published four albums, the last in this atypical 2020 under the title “If my lightning struck you.”
4. Cristina Saavedra
The journalist was born in A Coruña in November 1975 and at 45 years old is one of the best known faces on television thanks to its facet of news presenter in La Sexta. He was trained at the University of Santiago de Compostela and at the beginning of his career was a reporter at Televisión de Galicia (TVG) and news anchor.
The jump to national television was thanks to the program of heart Now and one of the curiosities about the communicator is that has appeared in several chapters of the hit Netflix series La Casa de Papel doing of herself giving different information about the robbery to the Casa de la Moneda de Madrid or the Bank of Spain.
5. Sés
The Galician singer-songwriter, whose real name is María Xosé Silvar, was born in A Coruña in November 1982 and has become one of the most successful artists in Galicia, for his charisma and speech, as well as for the strength and quality of his songs. Has published seven albums in just nine years and has sold thousands of copies.
In 2020 crossed the pond on a tour that took him to countries such as Argentina, Uruguai or Paraguay and he makes music very much in line with the songwriter, folk and blues. A very personal and different style that has led him to sell out concert tickets throughout the community and also in large Spanish cities such as Madrid.
6. Alejandra Silva
La coruñesa Born in the city in February 1983, she is a publicist, businesswoman and activist and daughter of Ignacio Silva, known for being vice president of Real Madrid and Paola García-Baquero. Is the current partner of the world-famous American actor Richard Gere.
In 2007 he promoted the Beautiful Life Foundation, with the goal of raising awareness about the situation of minors and women in need, refugees or victims of war and has participated in the Real Madrid Club de Fútbol Foundation with a project in West Africa consisting of the creation of soccer leagues as a means of integrating low-income children into their local communities.
7. Nadia Calvin
The Minister of Economy and Economic Vice President of the Government of Spain, Nadia Calvin, born in A Coruña in October 1968 and it is also closely related to the European institutions because From 2014 to 2018 she was Director General of Budgets of the European Commission.
She has a degree in Economics and Law and has held other important positions such as general director of the National Competition Commission and belongs to the Superior Corps of Commercial Technicians and State Economists. At the end of June 2020, he presented his candidacy for the presidency of the Eurogroup but ultimately she was not chosen.
8. Sofia Toro
The laureate athlete Born 30 years ago in A Coruña and is one of the great sailing companies in Spain. Got a Gold medalist at the London 2012 Games, she was European champion in Helsinki in 2011 and world champion in Busan (South Korea), apart from champion of Spain and Ibero-American in 2010. Currently compete in the 470 sailing class and she has a degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences from the UCAM of Murcia.
9. Manuel Rivas
Is a natural Galician writer from A Coruña (October 1957), member of the Real Academia Galega, whose work has been translated into dozens of languages. He has received multiple awards for both his writing and journalistic work and some of his novels have come to life on the big screen.
It started with poetry and his style is unique, since he is committed to the recreation of reality in powerful images that metaphorize the world. Some of his most outstanding works are: O lapis do carpinteiro, A million cows, Books burn badly, The last day of Newfoundland. What do you want me love? o Living without permission and other stories from the West (whose television adaptation has starred veteran actor José Coronado).
10. Maria Pujalte
The actress was born in A Coruña in December 1966 and is a well-known face to television audiences, especially for jobs like the one he played in series such as The mysteries of Laura or the mythical Seven lives. He also has experience and boards in fields such as film and theater, something that his roles in film projects such as “Qlet the ugly die ”,“ The night my mother killed my father ”or“ It’s for your good ”. One of his most recent interventions has been in Merlin: Sapere Aude, a spinoff of the successful series.
11. Luis Piedrahita
In 1977 came to the world this Coruña who is currently one of the most popular faces in the world of humor, which is also illusionist, writer and film director. He works as collaborator and scriptwriter of El Hormiguero de Antena 3, where he performs monologues and magic, has participated in the Comedy club and as a magician on the television show Nada por here.
In cinema, he has directed the feature film Fermat’s room, is the author of seven humor books and it has revolutionized theaters throughout Spain with its functions such as: It is my word against mine, The tonsils of my tonsils are my tonsils and Spanish is a commendable language, whoever speaks it.
12. Jesus Mariñas
He was born 78 years ago in A Coruña and his maternal grandfather was the owner of three theaters in the city. In the beginning he worked as a journalist in local newspapers such as The Galician Ideal and then make the leap to national publications of great circulation such as Ready week. He is a face known for his participation in television programs alongside well-known television figures such as María Teresa Campos and in programs with a large audience that mainly deal with issues of the heart and pink press like Save me on Saturday Deluxe, in addition to collaborating previously in other different formats such as Public mirror.
Other famous people from A Coruña
The list of renowned popular characters that hail from the Herculean city is much broader and other big names are:
- Fernando Romay
- Xosé Ramón Gayoso
- Antonio Pernas
- Cañita Brava
- Nancho Novo
- Nacho Carretero
- Gala Gonzalez
- Diego Gonzalez Rivas
- Carolina Iglesias (on YouTube and social networks Barnacles and turnip greens)
- Marina Castaño
