Elena Anaya


This Spanish actress probably best known for her prominent
performance Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In. The most popular,
beautiful and very talented actresses was born on 17th July, 1975 in
Palencia, Spain. The youngest of three children was the daughter of an
industrial engineer and a housewife. In her childhood her parents were
separated.

In her school age in spite of academics, she was deeply interested in
karate at the Okinawa Gymnasium, scuba diving, mountain climbing.
Mecano is one of her favorite band.

In 1996 she dropped out Cadiz School to enroll her name at Real
Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (RESAD).Her natural abilities have
been evident since her early age, which can be judged through her
highly praised performances in several school production.

Her performance:

In 1996, after passing the entrance exam at RESAD, director Fernando León de
Aranoa gave her opportunity to perform in the comedy, Familia that explore her
unique style of bold, no-bolds barred physical comedy.

Anaya initially received worldwide recognition in 2001 for her role in the sexually
explicit drama Sex and Lucía. This highly skilled actress was much in demand by
film-makers for her outstanding performances in Room in Rome, Point Blank,
Hierro, Cairo Time, Sole quiero caminar, Mesrine: L'Instinct De Mort, Savage
Grace, Miguel & William, In the Land of Women, Alatriste, Stage Kiss, Fragile,
Dead Fish.

Her roles as Aleera in Van Helsing, Ana in Ana y Manuel, as Esther in Rencor, as
Ángela in Hable con ella, as Belén in Lucía y el sexo won her huge recognition and,
of course, fame come behind.

Her participation as narrator in Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony gave her fame
in other way.

Anaya’s fame also lands her in a sticky situation, when photographs of her kissing
female director Beatriz Sanchís at a naturist beach in Menorca, published in
Spanish tabloid magazine Cuore. Later she was widely speculated through the
media that she was romantically linked with him.

Her achievements:

Throughout her career, she got several nominations and won awards. Her film Sex
and Lucia got nine nominations at the Goya Awards and gave her a nomination
for Best Supporting Actress. In 2006, she was nominated for her film Fragile as
Best Actress at Barcelona Film Awards and her performance as Best Actress in The
Skin I Live In won her Goya Awards.

She is now filmdom’s hottest properties and most sought-after actress.

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