Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

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

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez-Gijón and the second or maternal family name is de Angelis.
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
At the 31st Goya Awards in 2017
Born (1968-11-05) 5 November 1968
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present
Spouse(s)
Guillermo Papim Luccadane
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(m. 2002)​
Children2

Biography

She was born in Rome on 5 November 1968,[1] to Spanish father Ángel Sánchez-Gijón Martínez, a history lecturer exiled from Francoism, and Italian mother, Fiorella de Angelis, a lecturer.[2] She was named after Aitana Alberti,[n. 1] Rafael Alberti's daughter.[2][3] The latter dedicated Aitana Sánchez-Gijón some verses upon her birth.[2] She and her parents moved to Madrid when she was 1 year old.[3]

She made her television debut as an actress at age 16 in the high school series Segunda enseñanza, playing Sisi, a lesbian teenager.[2][4][5]

Her breakthrough role as Elena in the 1989 film Bajarse al moro launched her career.[6][7]

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.[8]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role NotesRef
1986Romanza final (Gayarre)
1989Bajarse al moroElena[7]
1995A Walk in the Clouds
1996Boca a boca
1997La femme de chambre du Titanic (The Chambermaid on the Titanic)
1997Love Walked In
1998Sus ojos se cerraron
1999VolavéruntDuquesa de Alba[9]
1999Celos (Jealousy)
2001Mi dulce (My Sweet)
2003Io non ho paura (I'm Not Scared)
2004The Machinist
2004La puta y la ballena (The Whore and the Whale)
2006The Backwoods
2007The Nautical Chart
2007Oviedo ExpressAna OzoresAlready played Ana Ozores in La regenta[10]
2008Tell Me About Love
2009The Frost
2011Maktub
2018Thi Mai, rumbo a Vietnam
Television
Year Title Role NotesRef
1986Segunda enseñanzaSisi[11]
1995La regenta Ana Ozores[10]
2017Conquistadores: AdventvmIsabel de CastillaDocumentary series[12]
2017–19Velvet ColecciónDoña BlancaRecurring role. Seasons 1–3[13][14]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
19965th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Leading Performance (TV)La regentaWon[15]
199646th Fotogramas de PlataBest TV ActressWon[16]
199747th Fotogramas de PlataBest Stage ActressLa gata sobre el tejado de zinc calienteWon[16]
199947th San Sebastián International Film FestivalSilver Shell for Best ActressVolavéruntWon[17]
201666th Fotogramas de PlataBest Stage ActressMedeaWon[16]
201767th Fotogramas de PlataBest Stage ActressThe Rose TattooWon[18]
202171st Fotogramas de PlataBest Stage ActressJuanaNominated[19][20]

References
Informational notes
  1. In turn named after the Aitana mountain range.[2]
Citations
  1. Román, Manuel (29 November 2014). "Aitana Sánchez-Gijón: "Antes de rodar una escena de cama, duermes mal"". Chic. Libertad Digital.
  2. Sanguino, Juan (6 October 2021). "Aitana Sánchez-Gijón: "La barrera de los 35 en mi caso no pudo ser más elocuente: pasé de ser el objeto de deseo a la madre del objeto de deseo. El cine dejó de contar conmigo"". Vanity Fair.
  3. Vicent, Manuel (10 April 2017). "La nana de Alberti a la niña nueva". El País.
  4. Soto, Rosa (20 May 2018). "Clausura de la X Semana de Cine: Cinco grandes estrellas cierran una gala con nombre de mujer". El Faro de Melilla.
  5. González de Garay, Beatriz; Marcos Ramos, María; Sánchez González, Sofía (2019). "Maternidades lésbicas en la ficción televisiva española". Investigaciones Feministas. Madrid: Ediciones Complutense. 10 (2): 299. doi:10.5209/infe.66495.
  6. Sans, Elisabet (29 May 2013). "Dos damas de teatro". El País.
  7. Corroto, Paula (13 December 2021). "Las mejores películas de Verónica Forqué: sus cuatro premios Goya y una bola extra". El Confidencial.
  8. Rocío García (30 November 1998). "Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, elegida presidenta de la Academia de Cine por unanimidad". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  9. Mora, Miguel (21 January 1999). "Bigas Luna rueda en Madrid 'Volaverunt', una película de miradas". El País.
  10. Piquero, Alberto (11 February 2010). "«Siempre soñé con hacer de Ana Ozores»". El Comercio.
  11. González de Garay, Marcos Ramos & Sánchez González 2019, p. 299.
  12. "Aitana Sánchez Gijón reina en 'Conquistadores: Adventvm', la nueva gran apuesta documental de #0". Ecoteuve. El Economista. 8 September 2017.
  13. "Aitana Sánchez-Gijón regresa a 'Velvet Colección'". Diez Minutos. 4 May 2018.
  14. Hernández, Clara (9 October 2019). "Ya hay fecha para volver a ver a Paula Echevarría y Miguel Ángel Silvestre en 'Velvet'". Woman. El Periódico de Catalunya.
  15. "Ganadores de la 5ª edición de los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices". Unión de Actores y Actrices. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  16. "Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, mejor actriz de teatro por 'Medea'". Fotogramas. 5 March 2016.
  17. "El francés Francois Dupeyron gana la Concha de Oro". El Mundo. 25 September 1999.
  18. "Aitana Sánchez Gijón, Mejor Actriz de Teatro por 'La rosa tatuada'". Fotogramas. 6 March 2017.
  19. "Aitana Sánchez-Gijón confiesa qué ha significado ser 'chica Almodóvar' después de más de 30 años de carrera". Europa Press. 16 November 2021.
  20. "Fotogramas de Plata 2020 : ¡Ya tenemos ganadores!". Fotogramas. 15 November 2021.
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