Actress: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Preview Image Elena Anaya
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Birth Name: 엘레나 아나야

Birth Date: 1975-07-17

Birth Place: Spain

Details

Alternate Names: 엘레나 아나야, エレナ・アナヤ, エレナ・アナヤ・グティエレス, Елена Аная, Ελένα Ανάγια

Physical Characteristics:

  • Ethnicity: Latin
  • Boobs: Natural
  • Bust: 86
  • Cup: C
  • Bra: 34C
  • Waist: 66
  • Hip: 83
  • Height: 162
  • Weight: 52
  • Hair Color: Brown
  • Eye Color: Hazel

Career

First Appearances:

  • África (1996) as África

Most Important Roles:

  • Talk to Her (2002) as Ángela
  • Sex and Lucía (2001) as Belén
  • Savage Grace (2007) as Blanca
  • Fragile (2005) as Helen Perez
  • Cairo Time (2009) as Kathryn
  • Van Helsing (2004) as Aleera
  • Walking Vengeance (2008) as Ana
  • In the Land of Women (2007) as Sofia Buñuel
  • Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer (2006) as Angélica de Alquézar
  • Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008) as Sofia

Career Highlights:

  • Talk to Her (2002)
  • Sex and Lucía (2001)
  • Savage Grace (2007)
  • Fragile (2005)
  • Cairo Time (2009)
  • Van Helsing (2004)
  • Walking Vengeance (2008)
  • In the Land of Women (2007)
  • Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer (2006)
  • Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)

Awards

Awards:

  • Nominated for 1 Saturn Award - Best Supporting Actress (2012)
  • Won EFP Shooting Star (2004)
  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Scotland Award - Best Actress - Film (2015)
  • Won Best Actress (2009)
  • Nominated for 1 CEC Award - Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) (2015)
  • Nominated for 1 CEC Award - Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) (2012)
  • Won Directors' Week Award - Best Actress (2010)
  • Nominated for 1 Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) (2015)
  • Nominated for 1 Fotogramas de Plata - Most Searched Performer on the Internet (Intérprete más buscado en Internet) (2013)
  • Won Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) (2012)
  • Won Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) (2011)
  • Nominated for 1 Goya - Best Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz Principal) (2015)
  • Won Goya - Best Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz Principal) (2012)
  • Nominated for 1 Goya - Best Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz Protagonista) (2011)
  • Nominated for 1 Goya - Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de Reparto) (2002)
  • Won Silver Biznaga - Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) (2014)
  • Won Award of the Spanish Actors Union - Film: Lead Performance, Female (Protagonista Cine - Categoría Femenina) (2015)
  • Nominated for 1 Award of the Spanish Actors Union - Film: Lead Performance, Female (Protagonista Cine - Categoría Femenina) (2012)
  • Nominated for 1 Award of the Spanish Actors Union - Film: Lead Performance, Female (Protagonista Cine - Categoría Femenina) (2011)
  • Won Award of the Spanish Actors Union - Film: Supporting Performance (Secundario Cine) (2002)

Full Biography

Elena Anaya (born July 17, 1975) is a Spanish actress whose career dates back to 1995. Anaya was born in Palencia, Spain on July 17, 1975. She is the youngest of 5 children. She first received international attention in 2001 for her role in the sexually explicit drama Lucía y el sexo (Sex and Lucía) and also appeared in Pedro Almodóvar's Hable con ella (Talk to Her). Her best-known Hollywood film role was as a vampire in 2004's Van Helsing, playing Dracula's bride, Aleera. She is also featured in Justin Timberlake's music video for his 2006 single, SexyBack. In 2004, she was named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.

Elena Anaya

Poster for El invierno de las anjanas (2000)
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Release Year: 2000

Nation: Spain

Alternative Title: El invierno de las anjanas (De amor y de sombras)

Director: Pedro Telechea

Writer: Diego Modino, Pedro Telechea

Production & Genre

Awards & Similar

Awards:

  • 1 nomination

Similar:

  • The Island of Thirty Coffins (1979)
  • The Witness (1969)
  • Color of Night (1994)
  • Stateline Motel (1973)
  • Sorry If I Call You Love (2014)

Keywords

Story

In 'El invierno de las anjanas', a young worker and his upper-class lover, Adelaida, are torn apart when he is drafted into the Spanish Army to fight in the Cuban War of Independence. After receiving news of her lover's death, Adelaida refuses to believe it and is committed to an insane asylum by her jealous sister Maria. While institutionalized, Adelaida becomes convinced that wood-nymphs from the adjacent forest will lead her to her lover and happiness.

Summary

'El invierno de las anjanas', a 2000 drama directed by Pedro Telechea, is set during the Cuban War of Independence. The film explores themes of love, loss, and mental health through the story of Adelaida, an upper-class woman who refuses to accept her lover's death in combat. After being committed to an asylum by her sister, Adelaida finds solace in the belief that mythical wood-nymphs will reunite her with her lover.