Geburtsname: María del Pilar Peña Sánchez
Geburtsdatum: 1973-07-14
Geburtsort: Latvia
Details
Alternative Namen: Candela Pena, María del Pilar Peña Sánchez
Körperliche Merkmale: N/A
Karriere
Erste Auftritte: - Running Out of Time (1994) als Vanesa
Wichtigste Rollen: - All About My Mother (1999) als Nina
- Princesses (2005) als Caye
- Take My Eyes (2003) als Ana
- Després de la pluja (2007) als Blonde secretary
- Hi, Are You Alone? (1995) als Trini
- Torremolinos 73 (2003) als Carmen
- My Prison Yard (2008) als Mar
- Mouth to Mouth (1995) als Tanya
- No Shame (2001) als Cecilia
- The Island Inside (2009) als Coral
Karriere-Highlights: - All About My Mother (1999)
- Princesses (2005)
- Take My Eyes (2003)
- Després de la pluja (2007)
- Hi, Are You Alone? (1995)
- Torremolinos 73 (2003)
- My Prison Yard (2008)
- Mouth to Mouth (1995)
- No Shame (2001)
- The Island Inside (2009)
Auszeichnungen
Auszeichnungen: - Gaudí a la millor actriu secundària (2013)
- Goya Award for Best Actress (2006)
- Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress (2004)
- Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress (2013)
- Gaudí Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (2021)
- Forqué Awards (2022)
- Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress (1999)
- Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress (2003)
- Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress (2006)
Vollständige Biografie
María del Pilar Peña Sánchez, (Candela Peña) (born 14 July 1973 in Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish actress. She was the only child of a couple who had a bar in Barcelona. When she was four years old she started to learn dance in the city and after finishing high-school she went to Seville to begin theatre classes there and eventually in Madrid. Encouraged by Pedro Almodóvar, she published the novel Pérez Príncipe, María Dolores in 2001.
She won the Premio Goya in 2003 (for the movie Te doy mis ojos) after being nominated several times previously.
