Elena Anaya
Elena Anaya (born July 17, 1975 in Palencia ) is a Spanish actress .
Life and accomplishments
Anaya has two older siblings, a brother and a sister, and her parents separated when she was a child. She interrupted her first studies and enrolled at the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Madrid . After accepting a role in the comedy Familia , she did not return to RESAD .
For her supporting role in the 2001 film drama Lucia and Sex , Anaya was nominated for the Goya Prize in 2002 and was awarded the Edición Premios Unión de Actores . In the thriller Dead Fish (2004) she was seen in one of the bigger roles alongside Gary Oldman . In the horror film Van Helsing (2004) she played one of the three brides Dracula ( Richard Roxburgh ) who fight against Van Helsing ( Hugh Jackman ) and Anna Valerious ( Kate Beckinsale ). In the film drama In the Land of Women (2006) she played a friend of the protagonist ( Adam Brody ), who breaks up with him, which motivates him to move and to change his previous life.
Anaya appeared in the 2006 music video SexyBack with Justin Timberlake . Elena Anaya lives mostly in Spain with her friend.
In 2012, Anaya won Spain's most important film award, Goya, for best actress for her performance in Pedro Almodóvar's melodrama The Skin I Live In (2011) .
In 2017 she was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.
Filmography (selection)
- 1995: Adiós Naboelk (short film)
- 1996: África
- 1996: Familia
- 1998: Grandes ocasiones
- 1998: Black Tears (Lágrimas negras)
- 1999: Wiped-Out Footprints (Las huellas borradas)
- 2000: El árbol del penitente
- 2000: El invierno de las anjanas
- 2001: Sin noticias de Dios
- 2001: Lucia and Sex (Lucía y el sexo)
- 2002: Talk to her (Hable con ella)
- 2002: Rencor
- 2002: The Blue Room (La habitación azul)
- 2003: Two tough professionals (Dos tipos duros)
- 2004: Van Helsing
- 2004: Ana y Manuel (short film)
- 2005: Fragile
- 2005: Dead Fish
- 2006: Alatriste
- 2006: In the Land of Women
- 2007: Miguel and William (Miguel y William)
- 2007: Wild Innocence (Savage Grace)
- 2008: Public Enemy No. 1 - Murder instinct (L'Instinct de mort)
- 2008: Las Bandidas - revenge can be beautiful! (Sólo quiero caminar)
- 2008: Walking Vengeance (Solo quiero caminar)
- 2009: Hierro - island of fear
- 2009: Cairo Time
- 2009: 9 (short film)
- 2010: Point Blank - From a short distance (À bout portant)
- 2010: One night in Rome (Habitación en Roma)
- 2011: The skin I live in (La piel que habito)
- 2013: Pensé que iba a haber fiesta
- 2015: Todos están muertos
- 2015: What remains is the memory (La memoria del agua)
- 2015: Far from the Sea (Lejos del mar)
- 2016: Swinger: Desire, Lust and Passion (Swung)
- 2016: The infiltrator
- 2016: Zipi y Zape y la Isla del Capitán
- 2017: Wonder Woman
- 2017: The Summit
- 2019: MotherFatherSon (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2019: Jett (TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2019: Three Days of Christmas (Miniseries, 3 episodes)
Awards
- 2002: Prize of the Spanish Unión de Actores for Lucia and Sex (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2009: Actor Award of the Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya for Hierro
- 2010: Directors' Week Award of the Festival Fantasporto for Hierro (best actress)
- 2011: Fotogramas de Plata for One Night in Rome (best actress)
- 2012: Goya for The Skin I Live In (Best Actress)
Web links
- Elena Anaya in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Elena Anaya in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beatrice Sartori: Elena Anaya Interview - Q & A. In: madeinatlantis.com (English).
- ↑ "Class of 2017". Accessed June 30, 2017. http://www.app.oscars.org/class2017/ .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anaya, Elena |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th July 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palencia |