Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
At the 31st Goya Awards in 2017
Born (1968-11-05) 5 November 1968 (age 54)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón de Angelis (born 5 November 1968) is a Spanish and Italian film actress.

Early life

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón was born in Rome on 5 November 1968, to a Spanish father Ángel Sánchez-Gijón Martínez [es], a history lecturer exiled from Francoism, and an Italian mother, Fiorella de Angelis, a lecturer. She was named after Aitana Alberti, Rafael Alberti's daughter. The latter dedicated Aitana Sánchez-Gijón some verses upon her birth. The family moved to Madrid when she was 1 year old.

Career

Sánchez-Gijón made her television debut as an actress at age 16 in the high school series Segunda enseñanza, playing Sisi, a lesbian teenager. She landed her film debut in Romanza final (1986).

Her breakthrough role as Elena in the 1989 film Bajarse al moro launched her career.

Together with Pedro Casablanc, Mario Vargas Llosa and Marta Poveda in Los cuentos de la peste at the Teatro Español (2015).

Best known for her career in Spanish cinema, Sánchez-Gijón first became known internationally for her portrayal of Victoria Aragon, a pregnant and abandoned Mexican-American winegrower's daughter who is helped by travelling salesman Paul Sutton (Keanu Reeves) in A Walk in the Clouds (1995)

She has since built a reputation as an international star in films such as Manuel Gomez Pereira's Boca a Boca (1996), Bigas Luna's The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997), Jaime Chávarri's Sus Ojos Se Cerraron (1998), Gabriele Salvatores' adaptation of the Niccolò Ammaniti novel I'm Not Scared (2003) and Brad Anderson's The Machinist (2004).

She served as the president of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain between 1998 and 2000.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1986 Romanza final (Gayarre) Alicia joven Elder version of the character played by Sydne Rome
1988 Jarrapellejos Isabel
1989 Bajarse al moro Elena
El mar y el tiempo (The Sea and Time) Mer
1990 The Monk Sor Inés
1993 Havanera 1820 [ca] Amèlia Roig
1993 El laberinto griego (The Greek Labyrinth) Bernadette
El pájaro de la felicidad (The Bird of Happiness) Nani
1995 La ley de la frontera [es] (The Law of the Frontier) Bárbara
Boca a boca (Mouth to Mouth) Amanda
A Walk in the Clouds Victoria
La leyenda de Balthasar el castrado María de Loffredo
1997 La femme de chambre du Titanic (The Chambermaid on the Titanic) Marie
1997 Love Walked In Vicki
1998 Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando (Tangos Are for Two) Juanita
1998 Yerma Yerma
1999 Volavérunt Duquesa de Alba
1999 Celos (Jealousy) Carmen
2001 Mi dulce (My Sweet) Ángela
Hombres felices [ca] (Happy Men) Ana
2003 Io non ho paura (I'm Not Scared)
2004 The Machinist Marie
2004 La puta y la ballena (The Whore and the Whale) Vera
2006 Animales heridos [es] Claudia
2006 The Backwoods Isabel
2007 La carta esférica [es] (The Nautical Chart) Tánger Soto
2007 Oviedo Express Mariola Mayo / Ana Ozores (La Regenta) Ana Ozores is played by Mariola Mayo in-fiction. Sánchez-Gijón already played Ana Ozores in La regenta
2008 Parlami d'amore (Talk to Me About Love) Nicole
2009 The Frost (La escarcha) Rita
2011 Gli sfiorati (Drifters) Virna
2011 Maktub Beatriz
2014 El club de los incomprendidos (The Misfits Club) Mara
2018 Thi Mai, rumbo a Vietnam [es] Elvira
2020 La cinta de Alex Vera
2021 Madres paralelas (Parallel Mothers) Teresa Ferreras
2022 La jefa (Under Her Control) Beatriz
2023 Que nadie duerma (Something Is About to Happen) Roberta

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
1986 Segunda enseñanza Sisi
1992 El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes Dorotea
1995 La regenta Ana Ozores
2015 Teresa Doña Jimena TV movie
2017 Conquistadores: Adventvm Isabel de Castilla Documentary series
2017–19 Velvet Colección Doña Blanca Recurring role. Seasons 1–3

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
1996 5th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Leading Performance (TV) La regenta Won
1996 46th Fotogramas de Plata Best TV Actress Won
1997 47th Fotogramas de Plata Best Stage Actress La gata sobre el tejado de zinc caliente Won
1999 47th San Sebastián International Film Festival Silver Shell for Best Actress Volavérunt Won
2016 66th Fotogramas de Plata Best Stage Actress Medea Won
2017 67th Fotogramas de Plata Best Stage Actress The Rose Tattoo Won
26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Theatre Actress in a Leading Role Nominated
2021 71st Fotogramas de Plata Best Stage Actress Juana Nominated
2022 9th Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actress (film) Parallel Mothers Won
36th Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
9th Platino Awards Best Supporting Actress Won

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