Sandra Escacena (born 30 March 2001) is a Spanish actress, known for her starring role in the movie '' Veronica'', a 2017 Spanish horror thriller film directed by

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Career

Between 2009 and 2012 Escacena studied theater at the School S.V. Performing Productions of

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and between 2012 and 2014 in the Municipal School of Dramatic Art of Madrid. Since 2015 she has attended theater classes at the Primera Toma school in

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. During these years she has participated in various plays. In 2016, at the suggestion of the casting director Arantza Velez, she auditioned to play Veronica in the

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directed by

, and was finally chosen for the role. In December 2017 she was nominated for the

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for the Best New Actress and for the Feroz Award for the Best Main Actress in a Film for her performance.

Filmography

Cinema

Theater

Awards

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