Belén Cuesta

Belén Cuesta Llamas (born 24 January 1984) is a Spanish actress. She rose to prominence for her performance as Magüi in comedy series Paquita Salas. She won the Goya Award for Best Actress for her leading performance in drama film The Endless Trench (2019).

Early life
Belén Cuesta Llamas was born on 24 January 1984 in Seville, Spain. She moved to Málaga and her childhood and adolescence was spent in Fuengirola, where she studied at the Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático. She currently resides in Madrid.

Career
Cuesta is mostly known as a theatre actress. She has participated in both film and television productions as well as television commercials.

She made her television debut in Cazadores de hombres. After featuring in minor roles in television series such as Qué fue de Jorge Sanz?, Ángel o demonio, Palomitas and films such as Hierro, Operación Malaya and Perro flaco, she landed her first stable television role in 2012, when she joined period drama daily television series Bandolera to portray Elisa de Vega, a wealthy woman. She starred in comedy series Paquita Salas. Her role as Magüi Moreno, assistant to the title character in the aforementioned series, earned her great popularity with some of her lines becoming viral.

A cisgender woman, Cuesta featured in Money Heist as Manila (a transgender woman and Denver's cousin), initially passing as a hostage in the Bank of Spain, later disclosed to be a member of the band of robbers.

Personal life
From 2012 to early 2023, Cuesta was in a relationship with actor Tamar Novas, whom she met during the filming of Bandolera.