Cristina Olea (born 28 November 1982) is a Spanish journalist.
Olea did her initial training at the University of Santiago de Compostela where she graduated in Journalism in 2004. She also earned a Master's degree in Television Journalism from the RTVE Institute, and a Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) in Humanities from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Since 2006, she has worked for Televisión Española as a parliamentary reporter and later, in the international section. She has served as a special envoy to various countries and covered major events, including the 2012 United States elections, when Barack Obama was re-elected, and the 2013 papal conclave, when Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope, taking the name Francis.
Since 2018 she has been a correspondent for Televisión Española in Washington D. C. (United States). In January 2021 she interviewed former US President Barack Obama for the program Informe Semanal.