Claudia Tomás Fuentes

Young Cuban actress recognized for various works in Cuban Television and Cinema. Lead actress of the film El Mayor.

Claudia was born in Marjabita, Pinar del Río. She lived there until she was five years old when she moved to San Cristóbal to attend secondary school. Since she was alone from a young age, it was difficult for her to relate to others when she started school. From age four she already knew how to read and write, so her teachers wanted to place her in higher grades. She didn't have many friends and found it very hard to open up.

It was at the National School of Art (ENA) where she gradually learned to relate to others. When she was in her first year of pre-university, she took the ENA entrance exams and later continued at the Institute of Higher Art. She was very hyperactive and theater was always part of her in one way or another. She is part of El Público Theater Group, directed by Carlos Díaz. There she completed her thesis with the work Twelfth Night.

Graduate of the National School of Art and the Institute of Higher Art.

The lead actors of El Mayor, Claudia Tomás and Daniel Romero, now spouses, were married in Camagüey, reliving the beautiful romance of Ignacio Agramonte and Amalia Simoni. « According to Daniel Romero: From Camagüey and its people I take their gift for language, their devotion to history, so many things… But also the birth of my love, of our love, that of my wife Claudia, who stole my heart, as Amalia did Ignacio's.

On television she performed in the teleplay "Wagner y los cabrones," a thesis from the Faculty of Media and Audiovisual Communication (Famca). She also starred in an episode of the series Rompiendo el silencio in the first season, directed by Chino Chiong, and later in the telenovela Más allá del límite directed by Miguel Brito, in which she plays Dayana, a young pre-university student with very interesting conflicts.

She came to cinema by chance. Actress Yaremis Pérez proposed her for the film Inocencia, by Alejandro Gil. She was delighted with the character of Lola and with the director.

In the film El Mayor she plays Amalia Simoni. They worked for four months in Camagüey. She had to gain weight, but it's a very beautiful love story. Amalia taught her what it means to love, so she couldn't refuse to play her. Unfortunately her director, Rigoberto López, passed away, which is why she wants good things to happen with the film, which he deserves.

Confessions from Claudia Tomás
About the character of Amalia in El Mayor: through the eyes and words of Ignacio I was able to see her so I could focus on Amalia's love and devotion to her husband and to Cuba. From her I learned that love is about giving more than receiving...

The most difficult thing about acting: Every time I face a character it's super difficult. I ask myself how I'm going to do it. I don't have a defined technique, but I do study a lot. Actors must have a bit of madness to transgress. I've played strong characters. I remember one when I was a student called "La hermana." It affected me psychologically and to understand it I suffered a lot...