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Daniela Santiago
Daniela Santiago in 2020
Born	Daniela Santiago Villena (1982-04-01) 1 April 1982 (age 42) Malaga, Spain
Occupation(s)	Actress and model

Daniela Santiago Villena (Málaga, April 1, 1982) is a Spanish transgender model and actress, known for playing Cristina "La Veneno" in the biopic series Veneno (2020), for which she was awarded an Ondas Award.

Biography

Daniela Santiago Villena was born on April 1, 1982, in Málaga, España. Shortly before she turned 18, she settled in Madrid and began her career as a model. Later, she lived in Malaga, working as a professional makeup artist until a friend encouraged her to apply for the casting of the series about La Veneno.

Her first television job was a leading role in Veneno, an Atresmedia series created by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo about the life of "La Veneno". She found out about the casting call for this television project through a friend in Barcelona. She was discovered in the casting opened by Eva Leira and Yolanda Serrano, who selected her for the great physical resemblance she had with "La Veneno" at the time she became famous in the program Esta noche cruzamos el Mississippi on Telecinco. In the series, she played Cristina in the middle years of her life, sharing the starring role with actresses Jedet and Isabel Torres. For this television role, she received the Ondas 2020 Award in the category of best female performer in national fiction, as well as a nomination for best leading actress in a series at the Feroz Awards and another for best female performance in a series at the Forqué Awards. Subsequently, she participated in two episodes of the series ByAnaMilán.

In support of trans visibility, she starred in the short film Julia, written and directed by Miguel Ángel Olivares, in January 2021. In April of the same year, it was announced that she was cast in Madres paralelas, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, which was released in theaters in September of the same year.

In 2022, she participated as a guest in an episode of the second season of Drag Race España. In the same year, she participated in the talent show Masterchef Celebrity 7.

Filmography

Cinema

Television

Television series

Television programs

Awards and nominations

References

1. "Daniela Santiago". FórmulaTV (in Spanish).
2. "Quién es Daniela Santiago, la actriz que dio vida a Cristina Ortiz en 'Veneno' y musa de Roberto Cavalli". Marie Claire (in Spanish). 31 March 2021.
3. "6 datos desconocidos sobre Daniela Santiago". Los 40 (in Spanish). 26 October 2020.
4. "Isabel Torres, Daniela Santiago y Jedet protagonizarán 'Veneno'". Fotogramas (in Spanish). 20 November 2019.
5. "King Jedet, Daniela Santiago e Isabel Torres darán vida a 'La Veneno' en la nueva serie de los Javis". El Plural (in Spanish). 20 November 2019.
6. "Primeras imágenes de Daniela de Santiago como la 'Veneno'". ElEspanol (in Spanish). 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
7. "'Veneno': La comparativa entre los personajes ficticios y los reales". FormulaTV (in Spanish). 19 March 2020.
8. Vegas, Valeria (16 March 2020). "Así es 'Veneno', la serie que España se merecía". Vogue (in Spanish).
9. ^ "'MasterChef', las actrices de 'Veneno' y 'Patria', entre los premios Ondas 2020" (in Spanish). FormulaTV. 28 October 2020.
10. "Kiti Mánver, Daniela Santiago y Marina Parés, nominadas a los premios Feroz". Diario Sur (in Spanish). 10 December 2020.
11. "Daniela Santiago hace historia: "Es la primera vez que una chica como yo está nominada a los Forqué"". Europa Press (in Spanish). 17 January 2021.
12. "Daniela Santiago y Ana Milán, juntas de nuevo en 'By Ana Milán'". Aquí televisión (in Spanish). 25 November 2020.
13. "'Julia', el nuevo cortometraje de Daniela Santiago ('Veneno') a favor de la visibilidad trans". El Periódico (in Spanish). 28 January 2021.
14. "Daniela Santiago, de 'Veneno' a nueva chica Almodóvar en 'Madres paralelas'". Cosmopolitan (in Spanish). 6 April 2021.
15. "Las redes celebran la presencia de Daniela Santiago y concursantes de 'Drag Race' en 'Maestros de la costura'". 20minutos (in Spanish). 16 March 2022.
16. "'MasterChef Celebrity 7' comienza sus grabaciones con 15 famosos aspirantes". RTVE (in Spanish). 9 May 2022.
17. "Isabel Torres y Daniela Santiago, 'Mejores actrices del año 2020'". Hoy Magazine (in Spanish). 8 January 2021.
18. "Nominaciones a los Premios Forqué". 20minutos (in Spanish). 27 November 2020.
19. "'Patria', 'Antidisturbios' y '30 monedas' encabezan las nominaciones de los Premios Feroz 2021" (in Spanish). Vertele. 10 December 2020.

• Spanish female dancers
• Spanish female models
• Spanish transgender actresses
• Transgender female models
• Spanish television actresses
• 21st-century Spanish actresses
• Living people
• 1982 births
• LGBTQ female dancers
• Spanish LGBTQ dancers
• Transgender dancers