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









