Born July 14, 1973· Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Emerging from a Barcelona family that ran a local bar, María del Pilar Peña Sánchez adopted the stage name Candela Peña after enrolling in a theatre school. Early exposure to dance began at age four, and after completing secondary education she pursued acting courses first in Seville and later in Madrid, which led to her television debut on TV3’s program Sputnik.
Her cinematic breakthrough arri…
