Itziar Ituño Martínez is a Spanish actress and singer, known mainly for playing inspector Raquel Murillo in the series “La Casa de Papel” on Antena 3 and Netflix. In addition to her role as Nekane Beitia? in Goenkale, the longest-running soap opera in the Basque Country.

Lisboa, as it was popularly known in the Netflix series, was born in Basauri. She is there, specifically at the Basauri Theater School, where she studies acting. Ituño also has a degree in urban-industrial and political sociology from the University of the Basque Country, which makes her a fully qualified professional.

Her first job on television was at the age of 19, in 1993 for Antena 3 in the program “What you need is love” then followed by the TV movie Agur Olentzero, agur (in Spanish ‘Goodbye Olentzero, goodbye’) in 1997 respectively. In 2017, her work went beyond the Basque Country and made the national and international leap with La Casa de Papel, an Antena 3 series that was later acquired by the Netflix platform.

In the aforementioned television strip, Itziar gave life to Raquel Murillo in the series she was an inspector of the National Police Corps and was put in charge of the investigation before being forced to resign for not stopping the robbery at the Royal Mint. However, during the negotiations, she meets the Professor, who introduces himself to her in a bar under the name of Salvador Martín, and embarks on an adventure. her relationship with him. She falls in love with him to the point of choosing to follow him instead of arresting him, encouraged by her when her colleagues embarrass and reject her for the poor decisions she made for her while she was in charge of the investigation. A year after freeing the professor, she follows him to the Philippines and becomes a member of the gang. Like the rest of the gang members, she takes the name of a city (Lisbon) to hide her identity.

Ituño described Raquel as a “strong and powerful woman in a world of men, but also sensitive in her private life.” She was inspired by The Silence of the Lambs character Clarice Starling, an FBI student with a messy family life who develops sympathies for a criminal.

Thanks to this great role, Lisboa has great popularity on social networks, since every time she shares a photo, her followers react instantly with thousands of likes and hundreds of comments. She recently posted on her profile on her Instagram account a series of photos where you can see how beautiful she currently looks at 47 years old. These photos belong to the red carpet of the event “Gaur gauean TIME 100 impact awards. Dublin 2022an.”