Maixabel and Goya Award Cerezuela made her feature film debut in
Maixabel (2021), directed by
Icíar Bollaín. The film tells the true story of
Maixabel Lasa, the widow of Basque politician Juan María Jáuregui, who was assassinated by
ETA in 2000 and who later agreed to meet some of her husband's killers as part of a restorative justice programme. The cast was headed by
Blanca Portillo and
Luis Tosar, with Cerezuela playing the couple's daughter and Olazabal as a former ETA member. At the
36th Goya Awards, held on 12 February 2022 at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Cerezuela won the
Goya for Best Actress Revelación, competing against Almudena Amor (
El buen patrón), Ángela Cervantes (
Chavalas), and Nicolle García (
Libertad). In her acceptance speech she dedicated the award to Maixabel Lasa, who was present in the audience, and to director Bollaín for "changing her life". She was the second consecutive year that an actress from the Basque Country won the prize, following
Jone Laspiur's win for
Ane the previous year.
Later work In 2022 she appeared in a supporting role in the Netflix series
Intimidad, a Basque-set thriller created by Verónica Fernández and Laura Sarmiento. In 2025 she took on her first lead role in television, playing a deaf private detective in
Romi, created by Iker Azkoitia and directed by Inés París, released on
Amazon Prime Video on 26 September 2025. To prepare for the role she spent around a month training in sign language with coach Sara Castro, alongside her co-star
Edurne Azkarate. == Accolades ==