Patricia Segura In ‘Breathless’ Actress Name: Breathless, or Respira on Netflix is a Spanish-language medical drama revolving around the lives of doctors and their patients in a public hospital in Valencia. The 8-part series traces the professional as well as personal ups and downs of the doctors and how that affects both their lives and those of their patients.
A brainchild of creator and showrunner Carlos Montero Castiñeira, it is produced by El Desorden Crea, and directed by David Pinillo and Marta Font.
Patricia Segura In Breathless
Patricia Segura, the President of Valencia is one of the primary patients of Dr Néstor Moa, the oncologist. While being tested after an accident, Biel de Felipe the intern, detects a lump in her breast. She is then diagnosed with breast cancer which later escalates to metastasis. She decides to get treatment at the Joaquín Sorolla Public Hospital and not any private hospital of her choice to be under the expert care of Dr Moa, whom she trusts despite their ideological differences.
Even though she is inflicted by a life-threatening disease her unwavering dedication to her position as the President remains noteworthy. She makes it a point to always look, if not feel healthy and fit for the media. While her colleagues wish to remove her from the throne, she overcomes each challenge posed to her by them.
A member of the far-right sect of the government, her family was a meagre leftist working-class group. However, she rose above her class and rank and went on to become the president of Valencia.
Untrusting of Dr Moa after her unsuccessful surgery, she continues to be under his supervision to receive the best of care. Their suspicion for each other however, soon turns into love as the two begin to develop feelings for each other. But, she does not let her personal emotions get in the way of her professional career as she continues her mission of privatising the public hospitals of Valencia, despite opposition from Dr Moa.
Najwa Nimri as Patricia Segura
Spanish actress Najwa Nimri has been well-known worldwide for her role as Alicia Sierra, the cop who finally indicted the criminals in Netflix’s hit TV show ‘Money Heist’. Additionally, she has also acted in ‘Open Your Eyes’ (1997),’ Sex and Lucia’(2001), ‘The Tree of Blood’ (2018) etc.
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