ABOUT ME
PAULA VALIÑO "EP. #1"
Hello! I’m Paula Valiño. To my mum, I’ll always be Pauli; to my dad, Paulilla. Everyone else usually goes with Pau, Paulita or Paulis. You can call me whichever you prefer.
I am an actress.
I sing, dance, cook, write, compose, play paddle, ski, solve math problems, study psychology, play the guitar, play the piano, speak English and French, but in the end,
I’m just an actress.
I’m always doing something, so sometimes it can get a little confusing.
But I’ve always been told that an actress should know how to do many things.
And I don’t want to fall short ;). I also can’t imagine a quiet life.
I was born in Valencia three days before the grand première of Javier Fesser’s “The Great Adventure of Mortadelo and Filemón“, the same year that Isabel Coixet presented “My Life Without Me“, Pablo Berger directed “Torremolinos 73“, and Luis Tosar shone in “Take My Eyes“. I was determined to be the main character of my own story, in the peaceful family environment of the Valiño Andreu.
I was born to be an actress.
Because, for me, being an actress isn’t a job. It’s the way I choose to live life.
And, of course, this decision affects everyone who lives with me.
Imagine. (An anecdote is coming).
Paula, 10 years ago… (Besides being an actress, I was quite bossy. A lot).
INT. GRANDPARENTS´ HOUSE – NIGHT.
It‘s Christmas Eve, and Paula’s entire family has gathered at her paternal grandparents’ house.
Paula‘s mother is applying makeup to her, while her grandmother has been curling her hair for over two hours. Simultaneously, her brother records her with his mobile phone, asking her questions that she’s prepared about the play that all her cousins are going to perform that night, compelled by her.
The younger cousins are rehearsing scenes and songs in front of her, while she provides guidance.
Meanwhile, her father and uncles are covering all the room walls with black fabric, which she made them buy for the show. (This explains the bossy part).
ALBERTO (brother)
How long have you all been rehearsing for the play?
PAULA
Come on Alberto, say it with a little more charm.
Try it again.
And well… you can imagine how the scene continues.
Hint: my brother does NOT hate me. In fact, we love each other very much.
ACTRESS
I’ve been training and performing since I was a child.
My journey has taken me through theatre, musical theatre and screen acting, and I continue to train because that is probably one of the things I find most exciting about this job: constantly discovering new ways of telling a story.
I’m from Valencia and live in Madrid. I work in Spanish, English and French, as well as Valencian/Catalan.
AND THEN THERE´S MUSIC
I’ve been singing for years. I play piano and guitar, write and compose.
In 2022, I released Desenfreno, my first song, together with a music video that I approached almost like a short film.
I suppose mixing my two worlds was inevitable.