Pilar López de Ayala Arroyo (born 18 September 1978) is a Spanish actress. She won a

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 ...

for her performance playing

Joanna of Castile Joanna (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555), historically known as Joanna the Mad ( es, link=no, Juana la Loca), was the nominal Queen of Castile from 1504 and Queen of Aragon from 1516 to her death in 1555. She was married by arrangement to P ...

in 2001 film '' Mad Love''.

Family

Born in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

, López de Ayala has an older brother named Rodrigo López de Ayala Arroyo (b. 1975). Their parents are Rodrigo López de Ayala Sánchez-Arjona (b. Fregenal de la Sierra, 4 July 1944) and wife Pilar Arroyo Gallego.

Filmography

Film

Other

* '' Yo, una mujer'' (2 episodes, "El adiós" and "#1.3", 1996) .... Arancha * '' Menudo es mi padre'' (1 episode, "Un tranvía llamado deseo", 1996) .... * '' Vida y sainete (1 episode, "El tiro por la culata", 1998) .... * ''

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'' (387 episodes, 1997–2001) .... Carlota Chacón * '' El paraíso perdido'' (

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) (1999) .... * '' Aviso de bomba'' (short film) (2000) .... Natalia * ''

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'' (1 episode, "Relaciones dificiles", 2000) .... Mamen * ''Vértigo'' (1 episode, "10 August 2000", 2000) .... Herself * '' La gran ilusión'' (1 episode, "Más allá del jardín", 2001) .... Herself * '' Lo + plus'' (1 episode, "27 September 2001", 2001) .... Herself * '' XVI premios Goya'' (

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) (2002) .... Herself - Winner: Best Lead Actress * '' XI premios unión de actores'' (

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) (2002) .... Herself * '' XVIII premios Goya'' (TV special) (2004) .... Herself -

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: Best Lead Actor & Best Cinematography * '' 50 y más'' (2005) (TV) .... Juana la Loca

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* '' Ceremonia de apertura'' (TV show) (2005) .... Herself * '' Ceremonia de clausura'' (TV show) (2005) .... Herself archive footage * '' Magacine'' (1 episode, "16 September 2005", 2005) .... archive footage * '' XX premios Goya'' (TV special) (2006) .... Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress & Presenter * '' Versión española'' (2 episodes, "15 April 2005" and "#8.34", 2005–2006) .... Herself * '' Corazón de...'' (4 episodes, "19 September 2005", "29 September 2005" (as Maestra archive footage (uncredited)), "16 January 2006", "20 March 2006" and "30 May 2006", 2005–2006) .... Herself * '' San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero'' (

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) (2005) .... Maestra archive footage * '' 50 y más'' (TV movie) (2005) .... Juana la Loca archive footage * '' La imagen de tu vida (1 episode, "...", 2006) .... archive footage * '' La mandrágora'' (1 episode, "5 July 2006", 2006) .... Herself * '' Hécuba, un sueño de pasión'' ( Documentary) (2006) .... Herself (also archive footage) * '' Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood'' (2007) (TV documentary) .... Herself archive footage * '' Sexo en el plató'' (2007) (TV documentary) .... Juana la Loca archive footage * '' XXII Premios Anuales de la Academia'' (2008) (TV special) .... Blanca Brisac Vázquez archive footage * '' 2008 Le grand journal de Canal+'' (1 episode, "2 September 2008", 2008) .... Herself * '' Cartelera'' (1 episode, "13 December 2008", 2008) .... Herself * '' Ceremonia de inauguración - 57º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián'' (TV movie) (2009) .... Herself * '' Premio Donostia a Ian McKellen'' (TV movie) (2009) .... Herself - Audience Member * '' Ceremonia de clausura - 57º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián'' (TV movie) (2009) .... Herself - Presenter: Best Actress * '' 23 premios Goya'' (TV special) (2009) .... Paloma Molina archive footage (uncredited) * '' España, plató de cine'' (TV documentary) (2009) .... Blanca Molina archive footage (uncredited) * '' XXIV Premios Anuales de la Academia'' (TV movie) (2010) .... Herself * ''

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'' (1 episode, "20 May 2010", 2010) .... Herself * '' Cinema 3'' (1 episode, "22 May 2010", 2010) .... Herself * '' Gala 20 aniversario'' (TV movie) (2010) .... Carlota Chacón archive footage

Awards and nominations

In 2001 she won the Best Actress award of the Toulouse Cinespanish for '' Báilame el agua'' (2000), was nominated for the Newcomer Award of the

Actors and Actresses Union Awards The Actors and Actresses Union Awards ( es, Premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices, links=no) is an annual award ceremony organised by the Spanish Actors and Actresses Union, recognising the best performances in Spanish cinema, television ...

for '' Besos para todos'' (2000), won the

Sant Jordi Award The Sant Jordi Awards ( ca, Premis Sant Jordi, links=no; es, Premios Sant Jordi, links=no) are film prizes awarded annually by the Catalonia, Catalan branch of the Spanish public radio network Radio Nacional de España (RNE), Ràdio 4. The award ...

for Best Spanish Actress (Mejor Actriz Española) for '' Báilame el agua'' (2000), won the Silver Seashell at the

San Sebastián International Film Festival The San Sebastián International Film Festival ( SSIFF; es, Festival Internacional de San Sebastián, eu, Donostia Zinemaldia) is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in ...

for Best Actress for '' Juana la Loca'' (2001) and was nominated for a Goya at the

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for Best New Actress (Mejor Actriz Revelación) for '' Besos para todos'' (2000). In 2002 she won both the Newcomer Award and the Award to Best Film Leading Actress of the Actors and Actresses Union Awards, the Premio ACE at the

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for Cinema – Best Actress, the Goya at the

for Best Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz Principal), the Fotogramas de Plata of the

Fotogramas de Plata Fotogramas de Plata are a series of Spanish annual film, theatre and television awards awarded by ''Fotogramas'' film magazine since 1951. On 5 February 1951, ''Fotogramas'' magazine awarded their first Placa de San Juan Bosco award to actor Jes� ...

for Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine), the CEC Award of the Cinema Writers Circle Awards for Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) and the ADIRCAE Award at the ADIRCAE Awards for Best Performance in a Leading Role, all of them for ''Juana la Loca'' (2001). In 2006 she was nominated for the Actors and Actresses Union Awards (Film actress, secondary performance), the Goya at the Goya Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de Reparto), the Fotogramas de Plata for Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) and the CEC Award of the Cinema Writers Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz Secundaria), and won the Premio ACE at the

for Cinema – Best Actress, all of them for ''

Obaba ''Obaba'' is a 2005 Spanish-German drama film directed by Montxo Armendáriz based on Bernardo Atxaga's novel ''Obabakoak''. It features Pilar López de Ayala, Juan Diego Botto, Bárbara Lennie, Eduard Fernández, and Peter Lohmeyer. ''Obaba'' ...

'' (2005).

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez De Ayala, Pilar Spanish film actresses 1978 births Living people Spanish untitled nobility Goya Award winners Actresses from Madrid 20th-century Spanish actresses 21st-century Spanish actresses