Emerging from Madrid’s public school system in Majadahonda, Pilar López de Ayada Arroyo entered the screen with a small part in the 1995 children’s movie El niño invisible. She quickly became a familiar face on Spanish television, portraying Carlota across 418 episodes of the teen series Al salir de clase between 1997 and 1999, and then moved to cinema with roles in Gracia Querejeta’s By My Side A…