[1] Yolanda Ríos broke onto the artistic scene at 19, playing a small role in Javier Aguirre's film Pierna creciente, falda menguante (1970), and a year later she appeared in the premiere of Antonio Buero Vallejo's play Llegada de los dioses [es].
After her brief experience as a TV presenter, and throughout the 1970s, she continued to play small roles in films such as El secreto inconfesable de un chico bien [es] (1976), La espada negra (1976) by Francisco Rovira Beleta, and Sesión continua (1984) by José Luis Garci.
[5] In 1986 she joined the Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico [es], directed by Adolfo Marsillach.
[1] After training as a set designer with Elena Kriukova, she worked in that role on Yo, Leonor (2006), performed by María Luisa Merlo.
[2] She was married to actor and stage director Juan Calot (son of actress Encarna Paso), the father of her two children Alicia and Edgar.