Elena Anaya

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In this Spanish name , the first or paternal surname is Anaya and the second or maternal family name is Gutierrez .
Elena Anaya
Anaya in 2018
Born
Elena Anaya Gutierrez

( 1975-07-17 ) 17 July 1975 (age 48)
Palencia , Spain
Occupation Actress
Years active 1995?present
Partner Tina Afugu Cordero
Children 1

Elena Anaya Gutierrez (born 17 July 1975) is a Spanish actress.

She garnered public recognition in Spain for her performance in Sex and Lucia (2001), [1] which also earned her a nomination to the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress . She starred in The Skin I Live In (2011), for which she won the Goya Award for Best Actress . [2] [3] She is also known for her roles as one of Dracula 's brides in Van Helsing (2004), the Spanish tourist in Room in Rome (2010) and Doctor Poison in Wonder Woman (2017).

Early life [ edit ]

Anaya was born in Palencia , Spain. [2] She is the youngest of three children. Her mother, Elena (Nena), is a housewife who later owned a boarding house in Palencia. Her father, Juan Jose Anaya Gomez (1934?2011), was an industrial engineer. [4]

Career [ edit ]

Anaya moved to Cadiz to train as an actress, after which she landed roles in Africa and Familia . [5]

She first received international attention in 2001 for her role in the sexually explicit drama Sex and Lucia . [6] She also had a small part the year after in Almodovar's Talk to Her . [7]

Her best-known Hollywood film role was as Aleera, one of Dracula 's brides in 2004's Van Helsing . That same year, Anaya was named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion .

In 2006, Anaya appeared in Justin Timberlake 's music video for his single, " SexyBack ". [8]

Anaya at the 2010 Malaga Film Festival

After some "quiet" years playing supporting roles in international films such as Savage Grace (2007) and Cairo Time (2009), Anaya roared back into prominence with a starring role in 2010's Room in Rome , and then a return to Almodovar in 2011's The Skin I Live In .

In 2017, Anaya appeared as Doctor Poison in the superhero blockbuster film, Wonder Woman . [9]

Personal life [ edit ]

Anaya and director Beatriz Sanchis  [ es ] were reportedly in a relationship from 2008 to 2013. [10] [11] [12] [13]

In November 2016, it was announced that Anaya was expecting her first child with her partner, Tina Afugu Cordero, a costume designer. [14] [15] [16] In February 2017, Anaya gave birth to their son. [17]

Filmography [ edit ]

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1996 Africa Africa [18]
1997 Familia Luna [19]
1998 Grandes ocasiones Susy [20]
Lagrimas negras ( Black Tears ) Alicia [21]
Finisterre, donde termina el mundo Laura [22]
1999 Las huellas borradas ( Fading Memories ) Rosa [23]
2000 El arbol del penitente Sonsoles
El invierno de las anjanas ( The Winter of the Fairies ) Adelaida [24]
2001 Lucia y el sexo ( Sex and Lucia ) Belen [25]
Sin noticias de Dios ( Don't Tempt Me ) Pili
2002 La habitacion azul ( The Blue Room ) Ana [26]
Hable con ella ( Talk to Her ) Angela [27]
Rencor ( Rencor ) Esther [28]
2003 Dos tipos duros ( Two Tough Guys ) Tatiana
2004 Van Helsing Aleera [29]
Ana y Manuel Ana
2005 Fragile Helen Perez
Dead Fish Mimi
2006 Alatriste Angelica de Alquezar [30]
Stage Kiss Natalia
2007 Savage Grace Blanca
Miguel & William Leonor
In the Land of Women Sofia Bunuel
2008 Solo quiero caminar Ana [31]
Mesrine: L'Instinct De Mort Sofia
2009 Hierro Maria [32]
Cairo Time Kathryn
2010 Habitacion en Roma ( Room in Rome ) Alba [33]
Point Blank Nadia Pierret
2011 La piel que habito ( The Skin I Live In ) Vera Cruz [34]
2012 Hijos de las nubes, la ultima colonia ( Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony ) Narrator
2013 Pense que iba a haber fiesta Ana
2014 Todos estan muertos ( They Are All Dead ) Lupe [35]
2015 Lejos del mar Marina
La memoria del agua ( The Memory of Water ) Amanda [36]
Swung Alice
2016 The Infiltrator Gloria Alcaino [37]
Zipi y Zape y la isla del capitan ( Zip & Zap and the Captain's Island ) Miss Pam
2017 La cordillera ( The Summit ) Claudia Klein [38]
Wonder Woman Isabel Maru / Doctor Poison [39]
2020 Rifkin's Festival Jo Rojas [40]
2022 Jaula ( The Chalk Line ) Paula [41]
2023 Fatum Comisaria Costa [42]

Awards and nominations [ edit ]

Year Awards Group Film Result
2001 Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress Lucia y el sexo Nominated
Spanish Actors Union Film: Supporting Performance Won
2005 Barcelona Film Awards Best Actress Fragile Nominated
2009 Sitges Film Festival Best Actress Hierro Won
2010 Goya Awards Best Actress Room in Rome Nominated
2011 The Skin I Live In Won
2014 Todos estan muertos Nominated
2015 Premios Platino Best Actress La memoria del agua Nominated

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Pazos, Pablo (28 January 2015). "Elena Anaya, enganosa fragilidad" . La Verdad . Grupo Vocento .
  2. ^ a b Lewis, Tim (14 August 2011). "Elena Anaya: Almodovar's new leading lady" . London: guardian.co.uk . Retrieved 15 August 2011 .
  3. ^ "Lista de ganadores de los premios Goya 2012" . ABC.es. 20 February 2012 . Retrieved 20 February 2012 .
  4. ^ "Despiden en la intimidad al padre de Elena Anaya, fallecido ayer en Palencia" [Father of Elena Anaya died yesterday in Palencia]. ABC.es . Spain. 17 December 2011 . Retrieved 17 December 2011 .
  5. ^ Sanchez, Mayka (5 May 2004). "Elena Anaya: de Africa a Hollywood" . Metropoli – via El Mundo .
  6. ^ Chang, Kee (14 October 2011). "New York Film Festival Exclusive: Elena Anaya" . Retrieved 15 October 2011 .
  7. ^ Koenig, Gillian (14 October 2011). "Elena Anaya on Almodovar's 'The Skin I Live In' " . Retrieved 16 October 2011 .
  8. ^ "Justin Timberlake Featuring Timbaland - Making Of SexyBack" . 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 . Retrieved 1 May 2011 .
  9. ^ Emily Casalena (20 September 2016). "Wonder Woman: Elena Anaya Confirms She's Playing a Villain" . Screen Rant . Retrieved 5 July 2017 .
  10. ^ Parrado, A. (31 August 2011). "Elena Anaya y Beatriz Sanchis, una relacion consolidada a lo largo de los anos" . Archived from the original on 10 November 2011 . Retrieved 1 September 2011 .
  11. ^ "Elena Anaya y Beatriz Sanchis, fin a cinco anos de amor" [Elena Anaya and Beatriz Sanchis end five years of love]. 1 September 2013. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013 . Retrieved 1 September 2013 .
  12. ^ "El desnudo de Elena Anaya" . August 25, 2011. Archived from the original on September 8, 2011 . Retrieved August 27, 2011 .
  13. ^ "Elena Anaya confirma los rumores sobre su homosexualidad besando a su novia en la playa" [Elena Anaya confirms the rumors about her homosexuality, kissing her girlfriend on the beach]. 25 August 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011 . Retrieved 26 August 2011 .
  14. ^ "En ¡HOLA!, la actriz Elena Anaya sorprende presumiendo de embarazo" . 9 November 2016 . Retrieved 11 November 2016 .
  15. ^ "Elena Anaya, embarazada de su primer hijo a los 41 anos" . 9 November 2016 . Retrieved 11 November 2016 .
  16. ^ "Jon Kortajarena desvela el secreto de Elena Anaya: el sexo de su bebe" . 16 November 2016 . Retrieved 17 November 2016 .
  17. ^ "Elena Anaya y su novia, Tina Afugu Cordero, ya son mamas" . 9 February 2017 . Retrieved 12 February 2017 .
  18. ^ Benavent, Francisco Maria (2000). Cine espanol de los 90. Diccionario de peliculas, directores y tematico . Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 49. ISBN   84-271-2326-4 .
  19. ^ Benavent 2000 , p. 256.
  20. ^ Benavent 2000 , p. 278.
  21. ^ Benavent 2000 , p. 326.
  22. ^ Benavent 2000 , p. 201.
  23. ^ Benavent 2000 , p. 301.
  24. ^ Santaolalla, Isabel (2005). Los "otros": etnicidad y "raza" en el cine espanol contemporaneo . Prensa Universitarias de Zaragoza . p. 237. ISBN   9788477337539 .
  25. ^ Stone, Rob (2007). Spanish and Latin American Filmmakers: Julio Medem . Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press . p. 218. ISBN   978-0-7190-7200-0 .
  26. ^ Garcia Tsao, Leonardo (4 May 2002). "Pueblo chico, tedio grande" . La Jornada .
  27. ^ Cueva, Laura de la (2014). " Hable con ella (P. Almodovar, 2002)" . Enfermeras en el cine. La profesion en imagenes . Barcelona: Publicacions i Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona . p. 179. ISBN   978-84-475-3869-0 .
  28. ^ Mendez-Leite, Fernando (29 May 2008). "Rencor" . Fotogramas .
  29. ^ Scott, A. O. (7 May 2004). "Film Review; Full Moon, Romance And a Demon Rustler" . The New York Times .
  30. ^ Lopez Lopez, Yolanda (2017). El Siglo de Oro en el cine y la ficcion televisiva: direccion artistica, referentes culturales y reconstruccion historica . Madrid: Asociacion Cultural y Cientifica Iberoamericana. p. 399. ISBN   978-84-16549-70-2 .
  31. ^ Costa, Jordi (9 October 2008). "Solo quiero caminar" . Fotogramas .
  32. ^ "Gabe Ibanez debuta con "Hierro", un thriller psicologico con madre coraje" . Heraldo de Aragon . 2 October 2019.
  33. ^ Gonzalez, Clarissa (2011). "Visibilidad y diversidad lesbica en el cine espanol. Cuatro peliculas de la ultima decada" . Icono14 . 9 (3): 232. doi : 10.7195/ri14.v9i3.110 . ISSN   1697-8293 .
  34. ^ "Elena Anaya, mejor actriz por 'La piel que habito' " . Heraldo de Aragon . 20 February 2012.
  35. ^ Holland, Jonathan (15 June 2014). " 'They Are All Dead' ('Todos estan muertos'): Film Review" . The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 14 March 2022.
  36. ^ " 'La memoria del agua' explora el amor tras la perdida de un hijo" . Cordoba . Prensa Iberica . 31 July 2016.
  37. ^ "Fotos exclusivas de la pelicula "The Infiltrator" con Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo y mas" . Telemundo . 8 June 2016.
  38. ^ Valdez, Maria (2022). "Helada, congelada, golpeada: mujer y politica en La cordillera (2017), de Santiago Mitre" (PDF) . Centro de Estudios en Diseno y Comunicacion . Buenos Aires: Universidad de Palermo : 197. ISSN   1668-0227 .
  39. ^ McMillan, Graeme (2 June 2017). " 'Wonder Woman': What You Need to Know About Its Mystery Villain" . The Hollywood Reporter .
  40. ^ Lemus, Yean (4 January 2022). " "Cuando yo leia el personaje de Mort, veia un vivo reflejo de Woody Allen": Elena Anaya habla sobre "Rifkin's Festival: un romance equivocado" " . Infobae .
  41. ^ "Trailer de 'Jaula', el filme protagonizado por Elena Anaya y producido por Alex de la Iglesia" . Cinemania . 4 August 2022 – via 20minutos.es .
  42. ^ "Asi es 'Fatum': atraco a una casa de apuestas con Luis Tosar, Alex Garcia, Aron Piper y Elena Anaya" . rtve.es . 1 February 2023.

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