Nome di nascita: Aitana Sánchez-Gijón de Angelis
Data di nascita: 1968-11-05
Luogo di nascita: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Dettagli
Nomi alternativi: Aitana Sanchez Gijo, Aitana Sanchez Gijon, Aitana Sánchez Gijón, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón de Angelis, Айтана Санчес-Хихон, 埃塔娜·桑切斯·吉永
Caratteristiche fisiche: N/A
Carriera
Prime apparizioni: - Romanza final (Gayarre) (1986) come Alicia
Ruoli più importanti: - Something Is About to Happen (2023) come Roberta
- The Machinist (2004) come Marie
- The Nautical Chart (2007) come Tánger Soto
- A Walk in the Clouds (1995) come Victoria Aragón
- The Backwoods (2006) come Isabel
- Survivor's Day (2023) come Elena Paz
- Mouth to Mouth (1995) come Amanda
- The Frost (2009) come Rita
- La Regenta (1995) come
- Maktub (2011) come Beatriz
Punti salienti della carriera: - Something Is About to Happen (2023)
- The Machinist (2004)
- The Nautical Chart (2007)
- A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
- The Backwoods (2006)
- Survivor's Day (2023)
- Mouth to Mouth (1995)
- The Frost (2009)
- La Regenta (1995)
- Maktub (2011)
Premi
Premi: - Nominated for 1 Silver Condor - Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) (1999)
- Nominated for 1 Silver Condor - Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) (1996)
- Won CEC Award - Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) (1994)
- Nominated for 1 Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) (2000)
- Nominated for 1 Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) (1999)
- Nominated for 1 Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) (1998)
- Nominated for 1 Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) (1996)
- Won Fotogramas de Plata - Best TV Actress (Mejor Actriz de TV) (1996)
- Won Honorary Goya (2025)
- Nominated for 1 Goya - Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de Reparto) (2022)
- Nominated for 1 MTV Movie Award - Best Kiss (1996)
- Won Silver Seashell - Best Actress (1999)
- Nominated for 1 Award of the Spanish Actors Union - Film: Supporting Performance, Female (Secundario Cine - Categoría Femenina) (2024)
- Nominated for 1 Award of the Spanish Actors Union - Film: Supporting Performance, Female (Secundario Cine - Categoría Femenina) (2022)
- Nominated for 1 Award of the Spanish Actors Union - Film: Lead Performance (Protagonista Cine) (1996)
- Won Award of the Spanish Actors Union - Television: Lead Performance (Protagonista TV) (1996)
- Won Premio ACE - Cinema - Best Actress - Drama (1998)
- Won Turia Award - Best Actress (1998)
- Won Almería Tierra de Cine Award (2022)
- Won Zapping Award - Best Actress (Millor actriu) (2020)
Biografia completa
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (born 5 November 1968 in Rome, Italy) is a Spanish-Italian film actress.
Best known for playing dramatic roles in Spain, Sánchez-Gijón is known in the United States 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 Chavarri'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).
