Celia Monedero Carrasco (born April 27, 2000) is a Spanish actress, best known for her main role as Elvira "Viri" Gómez Garcia in Skam España, the Spanish adaptation of Skam.
Early and personal life
Celia Monedero Carrasco was born and raised in Madrid, Spain. Since Monedero was a small child, she was interested in acting, eventually attending the Juan Codina Studio for acting classes.[1] It was through these classes that she became aware of the casting process for Skam España, her first professional project.[2]
Besides acting, Monedero is also studying psychology at a university. She has a close relationship with her father, and is a fan of the Call of Duty video games.[3]
Career
Skam España officially premiered on September 16, 2018, on Movistar+ to positive reception and popularity. The third season of the show revolved around Monedero's character of Viri, and Nicole Wallace's character, Nora. In a break from the traditional Skam, which usually only focuses on one central character at a time, España was unique in featuring a concurrent storyline with the two characters, and featuring the central viewpoint of Viri to such an extent that had never been explored in other iterations of Skam.[2] The counterpart of Viri's character in the original Norwegian version, Vilde Hellerud Lien, only had one clip where she was the central focus in the series finale of the show. Viri's clips were originally only shown in the full episodes of season 3, but then became available clip-by-clip after the season finished airing on Movistar's official YouTube channel.[4]
Nora and Viri's season was then awarded the "Cima TV Award for Equality" from the FesTVal de Vitoria for how it promoted themes of feminism and empowerment to a youth audience.[5] Celia continued to appear on the show in a main role, until the show's ending on October 24, 2020.
In 2021, she appeared in two short films, Fomo and Chicas, as well as the Tutto Durán music video "El Momento."[1]
She then went on to reunite with her Skam España co-star, Alba Planas, with a guest role on Prime Video's TV series, Días mejores, in 2022.[1][6] That same year, she appeared in a recurring role as Ruth in I Don't Like Driving, which premiered exclusively in the US on HBO Max, and TNT in Spain.[1][7]
In 2023, Monedero guest-starred on a season 3 episode of Netflix's Valeria as Valeria Joven.[8]
