Acting

Esther Cañadas

Born

1977-03-01 (49)

Place of birth

Alicante, Costa Blanca, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

7 titles

Known for

El hormiguero poster
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El Hormiguero is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and politics running since September 2006. It is hosted and produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos. The show aired on Spain's Cuatro channel from launch until June 2011 and is now broadcast on Antena 3. Recurring guests on the show include Luis Piedrahita, Raquel Martos, Marron & "The Man in Black", and puppet ants Trancas and Barrancas. It has proved a ratings success, and has expanded from a weekly 120-minute show to a daily 40-minute show in its third season, which began on September 17, 2007. The show won the Entertainment prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.

El hormiguero

2006

The Thomas Crown Affair poster
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Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover as he’s fallen in love.

The Thomas Crown Affair

1999

Torrente for President poster
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Years have passed since his last adventure, but José Luis Torrente, the most politically incorrect former cop in Spain, still sees himself as a national hero.

Torrente for President

2026

Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella poster
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For this second film in the cult comedy series Torrente takes our fat police officer from Madrid to Marbella in Spain to investigate a villain’s plot to destroy the city with a missile. This James Bond style slapstick comedy became the most successful box-office film in Spanish film history beating out only the first Torrente film.

Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella

2001

Misión imposible, no... lo siguiente poster
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A short film with which the Spanish television program El Hormiguero begins its season.

Misión imposible, no... lo siguiente

2026

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble poster
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Fanny Kemble is a famous star of the English stage, but while touring the United States, she gives up her career to marry wealthy American Pierce Butler. Moving with him from Philadelphia to his Georgia plantation, Fanny sees slavery firsthand, and her outrage leads her to help the family's slaves in open defiance of her spouse. Undaunted by the consequences, Fanny eventually writes a book that strengthens the anti-slavery movement.

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

2000

Film credits

2000s · 3 titles

Series credits