Irene Visedo

Irene Visedo Herrero (born 16 July 1978) is a Spanish actress who became popular in Spain for her performance as Inés Alcántara in the TV series Cuéntame cómo pasó. Biography Born in Madrid on 16 July 1978. She started training as an actress when she was 14 years old, although her first chance at a feature film did not come until she was 18, with a performance in El ángel de la Guarda (1996). Visedo's first leading role in a film came with Cascabel (2000), a coming-of-age story of two friends (Cascabel and Luz) who want to leave their past behind and succeed in the world of music. Her performance won her the Best New Actress Award at the Toulouse's Cinespaña Film Festival. She starred in Guillermo del Toro's El Espinazo del Diablo (The Devil's Backbone), a 2001 Spanish-Mexican gothic horror film where she played Conchita, a young teacher. She also played the role of Mónica Erigaray in Los pasos perdidos (The Lost Steps), a Spanish-Argentine production also released in 2001.