Born in Madrid, Spain. The actress Carmen Santamaría started acting at a very young age, working in both amateur and professional theatre and also appearing in various tv shows. Trained in drama with a BA honours degree in performing arts from the university of kent (Canterbury) in 2002, she has worked under the directions of Vicente León on several plays such as “A doll's house” by Ibsen and “The seven seal” by Woody Allen, and also with Luis D´ors in “The playboy of the western world” and Carlos Marchena in “ Danzad, danzad malditos” (“They shoot horses, don't they?”). Appearing in the Calderon theatre (Madrid) and touring extensively through Spain with Luís Álvarez's production of “101 dalmatians”, opened the doors for Carmen to the world of children's musical theatre. Carmen has been seen performing in “Merlin el encantador” (“Merlin the magician”), “Oniria”, “Garfiel”, “¿Dónde está el Lobo Feroz? (“Where is the Ferocious Wolf?), "Sueño de una noche de verano"...
She has collaborated in tv series “ Los simuladores” or “Cuestión de sexo” (Cuatro), and in TV programs “La vuelta al mundo” (VEO TV) o “Tal cual” (Antena 3). Furthermore carmen has permormed in TV adverts.
Nowadays she´s continues working in theater linked to Quenval Artística s.l, combining it to her work as live & executive coach.
