(Madrid, 1988). Irene Escolar has acted in 23 films and 28 stage productions, working with some of the most acclaimed directors in Spain and Europe. Raised in a family deeply rooted in the performing arts, she has developed a distinct style built on discipline and talent. She studied at Cristina Rota’s school, Teatro de la Abadía, and the Venice Biennale, training with directors such as Declan Donnellan, Thomas Ostermeier, and Jan Lauwers. She also studied English philology, classical, and contemporary dance.

Her professional journey covers nearly all facets of the performing arts. In theater, she has collaborated with Pascal Rambert, Álex Rigola, Miguel del Arco, and Andrés Lima. In film, she has worked with Hugh Hudson, Carlos Saura, Jonás Trueba, José Luis Cuerda, and Lois Patiño. Her breakout leading role came in 2015 with An Autumn Without Berlin, for which she received multiple awards, including the Goya for Best New Actress and a Special Mention from the San Sebastián Film Festival jury.

She has been nominated three times for the Valle-Inclán Awards (El Público, Vania, Mammón) and received the Madrid Community Theater Prize in 2019. Key projects include Escenario 0, which she co-created, produced, and starred in alongside Bárbara Lennie, and the series Tell Me Who I Am, where she plays the lead, premiered in 2020 at the San Sebastián Film Festival.

More recently, she appeared in Official Competition by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat, You Have to Come and See It by Jonás Trueba, The Girls Are Alright by Itsaso Arana,and the play Finlandia by Pascal Rambert. Her 2024 releases include The Disney+ series The Long Shadows (dir. Clara Roquet); the film Ariel (dir. Lois Patiño); and the series The Lawyers, where she plays the Spanish lawyer Manuela Carmena. Looking ahead to 2025, she is set to appear in the main cast of the series La Ruta. Vol. 2: Ibiza.