---
name: "Adelfa Calvo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adelfa-calvo"
fi1m_id: "adelfa-calvo"
imdb_id: "nm2431367"
tmdb_id: 1331728
wikidata_id: "Q15864378"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 April 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T02:19:02.981328+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Adelfa Calvo

## Identity

Adelfa Calvo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adelfa-calvo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adelfa-calvo
- **IMDb ID:** nm2431367
- **TMDB ID:** 1331728
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15864378
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelfa_Calvo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15864378, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2431367/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1331728

Actor. Born 5 April 1962 in Málaga, Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 April 1962, Málaga, Spain
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Also known as:** Adelfa Calvo Soto, アデルファ・カルボ
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 63 (1), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelfa_Calvo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15864378, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2431367/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1331728

## Coming up

- *Pray for Us* (2026-11-06)

## Biography

Adelfa Calvo Soto is a Spanish actress born on 5 April 1962 in Málaga. She trained in theatre in Madrid and began appearing in television and film in the 2000s.

She is known for her long-running role as the servant Rosario in the series *El secreto de Puente Viejo* (2011–2017) and for supporting parts in films including *Biutiful* (2010), *Marshland* (2014), *The Motive* (2017), *Parallel Mothers* (2021) and *God's Crooked Lines* (2022). She received the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in *The Motive*.

Calvo has also appeared in series such as *Money Heist* (2017), *Toy Boy* (2019) and *A la deriva* (2026). She is the granddaughter of the singer La Niña de la Puebla.

*Sources: imdb.com, es.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Parallel Mothers* (2021), Fi1m 82, Actor — [page](https://film.one/film/parallel-mothers.md)
- *Biutiful* (2010), Fi1m 63, as Mujer Grande — [page](https://film.one/film/biutiful.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Pray for Us* (2026), Actor
- *A la deriva* (2026), series, Actor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-la-deriva.md)
- *A Son* (2026), as Señora Tranvía
- *Cool Books* (2026), as Andrea
- *Acuérdate de mí* (2026), as Adelfa Calvo
- *Aullar* (2025), Actor
- *May I Speak with the Enemy?* (2024), as Abuela
- *La sombra de la tierra* (2024), series, as Garibalda
- *Norbert(a)* (2024), as Pepa
- *La Singla* (2023), Actor
- *Lava* (2023), as Abuela
- *On the Fringe* (2022), as Teodora
- *God's Crooked Lines* (2022), as Doctor Bernardos
- *Alegría* (2021), Actor
- *Parallel Mothers* (2021), Actor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/parallel-mothers.md)
- *When Brooklyn Met Seville* (2021), as Directora
- *Undercover Wedding Crashers* (2021), as Mari
- *El verano que vivimos* (2020), as Mercedes
- *Hasta siempre, Puente Viejo* (2020), series, as Rosario Castañeda
- *Toy Boy* (2019), series, as Doña Benigna Rojas
- *Our Street* (2019), Actor
- *Journey to a Mother's Room* (2018), as Pili
- *The Motive* (2017), as Building Manager
- *Money Heist* (2017), series, as Madre de Tokio — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/money-heist.md)
- *Nothing in Return* (2015), as Madre Luismi
- *The Ministry of Time* (2015), series, as Aurelia
- *Marshland* (2014), as Fernanda
- *The Sleeping Voice* (2011), as La Legañosa
- *Old Bridge Secret* (2011), series, as Rosario Castañeda
- *Biutiful* (2010), as Mujer Grande — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/biutiful.md)
- *Veleta*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Adelfa Calvo en la alfombra roja de la ceremonia de entrega de los Premios Goya 2020 celebrada en Málaga](https://film.one/media/person/693678/gallery-4bf0f5002b55.jpg) Adelfa Calvo en la alfombra roja de la ceremonia de entrega de los Premios Goya 2020 celebrada en Málaga — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Premios_Goya_2020_-_Adelfa_Calvo.jpg/1280px-Premios_Goya_2020_-_Adelfa_Calvo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Adelfa Calvo at the 32nd Goya Awards, 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/693678/gallery-140214e56261.jpg) Adelfa Calvo at the 32nd Goya Awards, 2018. — Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Premios_Goya_2018_-_Adelfa_Calvo.jpg/1280px-Premios_Goya_2018_-_Adelfa_Calvo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Adelfa Calvo in the presentation of Casi todo bien at the Photocall at Muelle Uno during Málaga Film Festival 2026](https://film.one/media/person/693678/gallery-4672cd4dbf0b.jpg) Adelfa Calvo in the presentation of Casi todo bien at the Photocall at Muelle Uno during Málaga Film Festival 2026 — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/M%C3%A1laga_Film_Festival_2026_-_Adelfa_Calvo_-_1.jpg/1280px-M%C3%A1laga_Film_Festival_2026_-_Adelfa_Calvo_-_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![La actriz española Adelfa Calvo en la 73 edición de las Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, en la que estaba nominada al premio a mejor actriz  (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/693678/gallery-b1362f17c743.jpg) La actriz española Adelfa Calvo en la 73 edición de las Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, en la que estaba nominada al premio a mejor actriz  (2018) — Chamarasca, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Adelfa_Calvo_2018.jpg/1280px-Adelfa_Calvo_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Adelfa Calvo](https://film.one/media/person/693678/gallery-3026b5c608b9.jpg) Adelfa Calvo — Image via TMDB
- ![Adelfa Calvo en la presentación de la Academia del cine andaluz durante el Festival de Málaga 2020. Calle Alcazabilla](https://film.one/media/person/693678/gallery-aed99ca339b3.jpg) Adelfa Calvo en la presentación de la Academia del cine andaluz durante el Festival de Málaga 2020. Calle Alcazabilla — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Adelfa_Calvo.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Adelfa_Calvo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Adelfa Calvo](https://film.one/media/person/693678/gallery-e24b56777c02.jpg) Adelfa Calvo — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/M%C3%A1laga_Film_Festival_2026_-_Adelfa_Calvo_-_1_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-M%C3%A1laga_Film_Festival_2026_-_Adelfa_Calvo_-_1_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress 2018: Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *The Motive*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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