Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1968-11-05

Place of Birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Acting History

2026
Bitter Christmas
2025
The Low Land as Carmen Membrado
2024
La Revuelta as Self - Guest
2024
Breathless as Pilar Amaro
2024
The First Look as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Something Is About to Happen as Roberta
2023
The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite as Self - Actress
2023
My Other Jon
2023
Survivor's Day as Elena Paz
2022
Under Her Control as Beatriz
2022
Martínez y hermanos as Self - Guest
2021
El Corazón del Imperio as Julia Mesa
2021
Fish Bones as Carmen
2021
Parallel Mothers as Teresa
2020
Anatomy of a Dandy as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
Alex's Strip as Vera
2020
Velvet Colección: Grand Finale as Blanca Soto Fernández
2018
Volcánica
2018
Querido Fotogramas as Self
2018
Thi Mai as Elvira
2017
The Velvet Collection as Blanca Soto
2017
Estoy vivo as Comisaria Verónica "Vero" Ruiz
2015
Teresa as Doña Jimena
2015
Disco Inferno
2014
The Misfits Club as Madre de Valeria
2014
Velvet as Blanca Soto
2011
Maktub as Beatriz
2011
Drifters as Vima
2011
La muerte de Otilia Ruiz as Blanca Lupino
2010
The Widow from Valencia as Leonarda
2009
The Frost as Rita
2008
Tell Me About Love as Nicole
2007
Oviedo Express as Mariola Mayo
2007
The Nautical Chart as Tánger Soto
2006
The Backwoods as Isabel
2006
El genio tranquilo
2006
Wounded Animals as Claudia
2004
With Good Reason
2004
The Machinist as Marie
2004
Los 80 as Nuria Acosta
2004
The Whore and the Whale as Vera
2003
Carta mortal
2003
A Man, a Real One as Dolores
2003
I'm Not Scared as Anna
2001
Hombres felices as Ana
2001
Mi dulce as Ángela
2001
Without a Trace as Ana
1999
Volaverunt as Cayetana, Duquesa de Alba
1999
Jealousy as Carmen
1999
Yerma as Yerma
1999
Ruleta
1998
Tangos Are for Two as Juanita
1997
The Chambermaid on the Titanic as Marie
1997
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health as Model
1997
Love Walked In as Vicky Rivas
1996
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado as Maria de Loffredo
1995
Mouth to Mouth as Amanda
1995
The Frontier Law as Bárbara Miller Molina
1995
A Walk in the Clouds as Victoria Aragón
1995
La Regenta
1995
La Regenta as Ana Ozores
1994
La mujer impuntual
1994
Blind Man's Bluff as Bianca
1993
The Perfect Husband as Klara
1993
Havanera 1820 as Amelia Roig
1993
The Bird of Happiness as Nani
1993
The Greek Labyrinth as Bernadette
1992
Deseo Oculto
1992
Hidden Desire as Julia
1991
El crimen de Perpignan as Yvette Romero
1990
The Monk as Sister Ines
1989
The Sea and the Weather as Mer
1989
Going Down in Morocco as Elena
1988
No hagas planes con Marga as Charo
1988
Rowing with the Wind as Teresa Guiccioli
1988
Jarrapellejos as Isabel
1988
Viento de cólera
1987
Redondela as Luisa Peña
1986
Romanza final (Gayarre) as Alicia
1986
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