Carolina Herrera Bang (born 21 September 1985) is a Spanish actress and film producer. She was nominated for the Goya Award for Best New Actress in 2010.

Carolina Bang
Born
Carolina Bang Herrera

(1985-09-21) 21 September 1985 (age 39)
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
EducationInstituto del Cine Madrid
Occupation(s)Actress, model, media producer
Years active2005–present
Spouse
(m. 2014)
Children1

Career

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Carolina Bang was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on 21 September 1985, into a family with a Norwegian mother and a Spanish father. As a child, her family moved to Madrid, where she graduated in technical architecture at the Polytechnic University while concurrently studying acting at the Film Institute.[1]

Her early endeavors in entertainment were as a member of the theater company Proyecto Katharis — where she remained for six years — and as a TV host on La Sexta's program "El Intermedio". In 2008, she transitioned to television acting with her first leading role in the series "Plutón BRB Nero," portraying Lorna.[2]

In 2010, she received a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress for her performance in The Last Circus. In 2011, she joined the cast of the Telecinco series The Land of Wolves. In 2013, Bang starred in the film Witching & Bitching, directed by Álex de la Iglesia. A year later, she appeared in the Antena 3 series Velvet, and in the film Shrew's Nest. In 2016, participated in the second season of the series Víctor Ros, and in 2017, she was part of the cast of the film Skins directed by Eduardo Casanova, and starred in the Playz series Dorien, marking one of her last works as an actress.[3]

Carolina Bang's most prestigious facet is as a film producer, with over twenty credits in feature films and television series, most of them originated in her own company: Pokeepsie Films, founded in 2014 with her husband, film director and producer Álex de la Iglesia. She has produced notable titles in recent Spanish cinema, generally encompassing the horror, comedy, thriller, and film noir genres. Among the most prominent films are The Heroes of Evil, Errementari, Perfect Strangers, Four's a Crowd, Shrew’s Nest, 70 Big Ones as well as the HBO Max series 30 Coins. For HBO Max, Carolina Bang also served as executive producer for Headless Chickens a comedy series set in the world of elite football.

Additionally, she produced the successful first installment of the film trilogy My Fault that became the most-watched non-English language film in the history of Prime Video worldwide.[4] Carolina Bang is also the producer of comedian Eva Hache's directorial debut, Un mal día lo tiene cualquiera.

In 2020, it was announced that Pokeepsie Films partnered with Sony Pictures and Amazon Prime Video to create "The Fear Collection [es]",[5] a label of full-length horror films with worldwide distribution. The first two movies of "The Fear Collection" were Venicephrenia, directed by Álex de la Iglesia and released in April 2022, and Venus by Jaume Balagueró. The third, Anatema [es] by Jimina Sabadú [es], is slated for release in 2024. That same year, the Pokeepsie Films series for Netflix titled 1992 will be launched.

Recently, she received the S.S. Venture lifetime achievement award[6] at the Isla Calavera festival in Tenerife, an award that seeks to recognize the trajectory of those Canarians who have taken their talent from the archipelago to the boundaries of the genre.

Filmography

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Acting roles

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Year English title Spanish title Format Role Notes
2007 Madrid – Moscow Madrid – Moscú Short film Girl
2008 Tell Me that I Dime que yo Short film Former girlfriend
The Storymaker El forjador de historias Short film Nurse
Pluto B.R.B. Nero Plutón B.R.B. Nero TV series Lorna 2008–09
2009 Paco's Men Los hombres de Paco TV series Maya Azcárate 1 episode
The Successful Pells Los exitosos Pells TV series Marina Fernández
2010 The Last Circus Balada Triste de Trompeta Film Natalia Nominated—Goya Award for Best New Actress
2011 036 036 Short film Susana
Rasputin's Dagger La daga de Rasputín Film Ludmila
Aida Aída TV series Herself 1 episode
The Land of Wolves Tierra de lobos TV series Inés 2011–14
As Luck Would Have It La chispa de la vida Film Pilar
2012 Pascal's Bet La apuesta de Pascal Short film Estefanía
2013 Witching & Bitching Las brujas de Zugarramurdi Film Eva
2014 Change of the Route Cambio de ruta Film Julia
Shrew's Nest Musarañas Film Elisa
Blind Dates Ciega a citas TV series Covadonga
Velvet Velvet TV series Verónica Lago 1 episode
Menu for Two Dos a la mesa Film Belén
2015 The Same Skin La misma piel Short film Woman
My Big Night Mi gran noche Film Cristina
2016 Yesterday and Tomorrow Ayer y mañana Short film Woman
The Future Is Not What It Once Was El futuro ya no es lo que era Film Luisa
Web Therapy Web Therapy TV series Isabel Valero
Víctor Ros Víctor Ros TV series Madame de Suberwick
2017 Skins Pieles Film Psychiatrist
Perfect Strangers Perfectos desconocidos Film
Dorien Dorien TV series Dorien[7] 2017–18

Producer

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Año Title Título Director Notas
2014 Shrew’s Nest Musarañas Juanfer Andrés y Esteban Roel Film
2015 The Heroes of Evil Los héroes del mal Zoe Berriatúa Film
2016 Yesterday and Tomorrow Ayer y mañana Rodrigo Ruiz-Gallardón Short film
2017 Skins Pieles Eduardo Casanova Film
The Bar El Bar Álex de la Iglesia Film
Errementari Errementari Paul Urkijo Film
Perfect Strangers Perfectos desconocidos Álex de la Iglesia Film
2018 Una vez en la vida Una vez en la vida Álex de la Iglesia Short film
En las estrellas En las estrellas Zoe Berriatúa Film
70 Big Ones 70 Binladens Koldo Serra Film
2019 What is happening coño? ¿Qué coño está pasando? Marta Jaenes y Rosa Marquéz Documentary
2022 Veneciafrenia Veneciafrenia Álex de la Iglesia Film
The chalk line Jaula Ignacio Tatay Film
La Pietà La Piedad Eduardo Casanova Film
Four’s a crowd El cuarto pasajero Álex de la Iglesia Film
Venus Venus Jaume Balagueró Film
2023 My Fault Culpa Mía Domingo González Film
2024 Anyone has a bad day Un mal día lo tiene cualquiera Eva Hache Film
Anatema Anatema Jimina Sabadú Film

Awards and nominations

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Award Edition Category Work Result
Goya Awards 2011 Best New Actress A Sad Trumpet Ballad Nominated[8]
YoGa Awards 2011 Worst Actress Won[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Carolina Bang". www.bekia.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  2. ^ "Carolina Bang: "Ser la musa de mi marido es un auténtico lujo"". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  3. ^ González, Miriam (2017-07-26). "'Dorien': Macarena Gómez ('LQSA'), Carolina Bang y Eduardo Casanova estarán en la nueva serie online de TVE". FormulaTV (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  4. ^ "Prime Video Scores Biggest International Audiences Ever For Non-English Language Originals". press.amazonstudios.com. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  5. ^ "Sony Pictures International Productions And Pokeepsie Films, In Association With Amazon Prime Video, Launch "The Fear Collection" | Sony Pictures Entertainment". www.sonypictures.com. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  6. ^ dani (2021-10-09). "CAROLINA BANG Y VÍCTOR MATELLANO, SERÁN GALARDONADOS EN ISLA CALAVERA". Festival de Cine Fantástico de Canarias - ISLA CALAVERA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  7. ^ "El impresionante cambio físico de Daniel Muriel en "Dorien"". abcplay. ABC. 14 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Estas son las nominaciones de los Premios Goya 2011". Goya Awards (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Elsa Pataky, la mejor entre las peores actrices". La voz libre (in Spanish). 3 February 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
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