[2] She made her stage debut at the age of 13,[3] and in the 1970s she formed her own theatrical company, La Barraca.

[1] She was also active in cinema, where she debuted in 1960 and worked with prominent directors such as José Luis Cuerda, Emilio Martínez-Lázaro and Jaime Chávarri, and on television, where she was best known for her roles in the long-running series Cuéntame cómo pasó and in Las chicas de oro [es], the Spanish remake of The Golden Girls.

[3][1] Beyond her career, she distinguished herself for strong left-leaning views and was a vocal supporter of the Cuban Revolution.

She also ran as a candidate to the 2009 European Parliament election in Spain with the Iniciativa Internacionalista-La Solidaridad entre los Pueblos electoral list.

[1] Hermida died on 9 February 2022, age 89, in the retirement home where she lived with her husband, the actor Jaime Losada.