Elisabet Casanovas

Elisabet Casanovas was born in Sabadell, Vallès Occidental in 1994. Her mother was an opera singer. She first performed as an actress at age 11. In 2017, her portrayal of Zerafina in stage play La senyora Florentina i el seu amor Homer won her a Butaca Award for Best Supporting Performance. Her small screen career consolidated with her credits in television series Merlí, Welcome to the Family, and, to a larger degree, Drama, in which she starred as África, a young woman living in Barcelona who gets pregnant but she does not know by whom.

After a minor work in Ardara, her first major role in a feature film came in Girlfriends (2021), playing Bea, a member of a foursome of female friends described by Casanovas as always remaining positive. Also in 2021, she appeared in Outlaws and Sounds Like Love. In 2022, she starred as fashion designer Nuria in Atresplayer drama series The Route. In 2023, she had a leading role in TV3 series Bojos per Molière, portraying Kàtia, a veterinary student who switches to acting. She also joined shooting of TVE original drama Las abogadas, set against the backdrop of the 1977 Atocha massacre, in which Casanovas will star as lawyer Cristina Almeida.