Bárbara Goenaga Bilbao (born 20 July 1983) is a Spanish actress from the
Basque Country. She was nominated to the
Goya Award for Best New Actress
The Goya Award for Best New Actress () is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.
Since its inception, the award has been given to 30 actresses. At the 9th Goya Awards ceremony held in 1995, Ruth Gabriel was the first winn ...
for her performance in the 2007 comedy-drama film ''
Oviedo Express''.
Biography
Barbara Goenaga was born in
San Sebastian,
Gipuzkoa
Gipuzkoa ( , ; ; ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiqu ...
, on 20 July 1983.
She is the daughter of painter and the niece of actress, writer and film director
Aizpea Goenaga. She started her acting career in her homeland, appearing in series like ''Bai Horixe!'', ''Beni eta Marini'' and ''Duplex'' along with her aunt
Aizpea Goenaga. In 1994, she started working in long-running, popular
Basque language
Basque ( ; ) is a language spoken by Basques and other residents of the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country, a region that straddles the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of northern Spain and southwestern France. Basque ...
television
soap opera
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ...
''
Goenkale
''Goenkale'' (in English ''High Street'') was a Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque soap-opera, produced by Pausoka Entertainment and EITB, ETB, which was broadcast every Monday and Tuesday on Basque Radio-television's first channel, ET ...
'' where she spent six years interpreting Ainhoa.
She moved to
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
at age 16,
where she participated in series like ''
El Comisario
''El comisario'' is a Spanish police drama television series that originally aired for twelve seasons from 1999 to 2009 on Telecinco. Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso and starring an ensemble cast with the likes of Tito Valverde, Juanj ...
''. She also featured in the series ''El grupo''. In 1992 she made her feature film debut in Arantxa Lazkano's ''
Urte ilunak''. From year 2000 onwards, she featured in many projects, both in cinema and television: ''
Silvia's Gift'' (2002), directed by Dionisio Pérez, ''
Amor en defensa propia'' (2004), by Rafa Russo, ''La luna en botella'' (2006) under the direction of Grojo or ''
Oviedo Express'' (2007), directed by Gonzalo Suárez. In television, she has taken part of popular series like ''
Vientos de agua'', ''At the Edge of the Law'' (2005) or ''A medias'' (2002).
In 2008, her work in ''
Oviedo Express'' nominated her for a
Goya Award
The Goya Awards () are Spain's main national annual film awards. They are presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain.
The first ceremony was held in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academy of Cinematographic Ar ...
in the category
Best New Actress.
She has a son from her relationship with actor
Óscar Jaenada
Óscar Jaenada Gajo (born 4 May 1975) is a Spanish actor. He portrayed Camarón de la Isla in '' Camarón: When Flamenco Became Legend'' (2005) and Cantinflas in ''Cantinflas'' (2014).
Career
Óscar Jaenada was born on 4 May 1975 in Esplugue ...
.
She has had two sons with politician
Borja Sémper.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Spanish film actresses
Actresses from San Sebastián
1983 births
Spanish television actresses
Living people
20th-century Spanish actresses
21st-century Spanish actresses
Basque-language actors