Ariadna Gil Giner (; born 23 January 1969) is a Spanish

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. She is known for her performances in films such as '' Belle Époque'' (for which she won the

Goya Award for Best Actress The Goya Award for Best Actress (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación femenina protagonista'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. Since its inception, the award has been given to 26 actresses. At the 1s ...

), '' Black Tears'' and ''

Pan's Labyrinth ''Pan's Labyrinth'' ( es, El laberinto del fauno, lit=The Labyrinth of the Faun, links=no) is a 2006 dark fantasy horror film written, directed and co-produced by Guillermo del Toro. A Spanish-Mexican(78% Spanish production, 22% Mexican productio ...

''.

Career

Film director

Bigas Luna José Juan Bigas Luna (19 March 1946 – 5 April 2013) was a Spanish film director, designer and artist. His films are typically characterised by a strong emphasis on the erotic, often related to food, something for which he admitted a strong pa ...

discovered her for the 1986 movie ''Lola''. After four films primarily in

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, though partly in Spanish and French, she took part in a movie exclusively in

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shot in 1991,

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's ''

Amo tu cama rica ''Amo tu cama rica'' is a 1992 Spanish romantic comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, which stars Ariadna Gil and Pere Ponce. The film helped to launch the acting career of a young Ariadna Gil. Plot The fiction tracks the up and do ...

'', and has gone on to play in myriad films and series in Catalan, Spanish, French and

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, among other languages. Between 1993 and 2007, she performed in more than thirty films, including ''

Libertarias ''Libertarias'' (English: ''Libertarians'') is a Spanish historical drama made in 1996. It was written and directed by Vicente Aranda. In 1936, Maria (Ariadna Gil), a young nun is recruited by Pilar (Ana Belén), a militant feminist, into an an ...

'', directed by

Vicente Aranda Vicente Aranda Ezquerra (; 9 November 1926 – 26 May 2015) was a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. Due to his refined and personal style, he was one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founding member ...

; ''

'', directed by Guillermo del Toro; and '' Soldados de Salamina'', directed by her former husband

David Trueba David Rodríguez Trueba (born 10 September 1969) is a Spanish filmmaker and author. Biography David Rodríguez Trueba was born on 10 September 1969 in Madrid, the youngest of 8 siblings. His elder brother Fernando is also a filmmaker. In 198 ...

Personal life

Gil was married to screenwriter, director, and novelist

with whom she has two children, Violeta (b. 1997) and Leo (b. 2003). Gil has been in a relationship with American actor

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since 2009.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

*1992:

Premio Ondas The Premios Ondas (Spanish language, Spanish: literally "wave awards", also known in English as the Ondas Awards or simply The Ondas) have been given since 1954 by Radio Barcelona, a subsidiary of Cadena SER, in recognition of professionals in t ...

a la mejor actriz, "

" *1992: Premio del Festival de

Peñíscola Peníscola () or Peñíscola (), anglicised as Peniscola, is a municipality in the Province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain. The town is located on the Costa del Azahar, north of the Serra d'Irta along the Mediterranean coast. It is a p ...

a la mejor actriz, "

" *1993: Premio Goya a la mejor actriz, "Belle Époque" *1993: Fotogramas de plata, "Belle Époque"

References

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