Ana Torrent
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Ana Torrent Bertrán de Lis (born 12 July 1966) is a Spanish
film
actress.
Torrent's debut came in 1973 with the starring role as "Ana" in the film El espíritu de la colmena (The Spirit of the Beehive) directed by Víctor Erice
, when she was seven years old. This was followed by another memorable role in which she played another character with the same name in Cría cuervos
(Raise Ravens) (1976) by director Carlos Saura
.
In 1989 Torrent performed with Sharon Stone
in the film Blood and Sand
directed by Javier Elorrieta.
In 1996 she received numerous awards and nominations, including a Goya Award nomination for her lead actress role in Alejandro Amenábar
's film Tesis
(Thesis). By the end of the 1990s, Torrent received critical acclaim when she played a Basque nationalist
murdered for quitting ETA
, in the film Yoyes
(1999) directed by Helena Taberna.
In 2008 Torrent portrayed Catherine of Aragon
in the film The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), starring Natalie Portman
and Scarlett Johansson
.
Goya Awards
Gramado Film Festival
Montréal World Film Festival
Premios ACE
Toulouse Cinespaña
Spain
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film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
actress.
Torrent's debut came in 1973 with the starring role as "Ana" in the film El espíritu de la colmena (The Spirit of the Beehive) directed by Víctor Erice
Víctor Erice
Víctor Erice Aras is a Spanish film director.He studied law, political science, and economics at the University of Madrid. He also attended the Escuela Oficial de Cinematografia in 1963 to study film direction...
, when she was seven years old. This was followed by another memorable role in which she played another character with the same name in Cría cuervos
Cria Cuervos
Cría cuervos is a 1976 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura. The film is an allegorical drama about an eight year old girl dealing with loss. Highly acclaimed, it received the Special Jury Prize Award at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...
(Raise Ravens) (1976) by director Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies...
.
In 1989 Torrent performed with Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone
Sharon Vonne Stone is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She achieved international recognition for her role in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct...
in the film Blood and Sand
Blood and Sand (1989 film)
Blood and Sand is a 1989 Spanish drama film directed by Javier Elorrieta and starring Chris Rydell, Sharon Stone, and Ana Torrent. It was based on the novel Blood and Sand of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, which had been made three times before in 1916, 1922 and 1941.-See also:* Blood and Sand Blood and...
directed by Javier Elorrieta.
In 1996 she received numerous awards and nominations, including a Goya Award nomination for her lead actress role in Alejandro Amenábar
Alejandro Amenábar
Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos is a Spanish- Chilean film director. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain just one year after his birth...
's film Tesis
Tesis
Tesis is a 1996 Spanish film. It is the feature debut of director Alejandro Amenábar, and was written by him and Mateo Gil. The movie won seven 1996 Goya Awards , including the award for Best Film. It stars Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez and Eduardo Noriega...
(Thesis). By the end of the 1990s, Torrent received critical acclaim when she played a Basque nationalist
ETA
ETA , an acronym for Euskadi Ta Askatasuna is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization. The group was founded in 1959 and has since evolved from a group promoting traditional Basque culture to a paramilitary group with the goal of gaining independence for the Greater Basque Country...
murdered for quitting ETA
ETA
ETA , an acronym for Euskadi Ta Askatasuna is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization. The group was founded in 1959 and has since evolved from a group promoting traditional Basque culture to a paramilitary group with the goal of gaining independence for the Greater Basque Country...
, in the film Yoyes
Yoyes
Yoyes is a 2000 Spanish film directed by Helena Taberna. The film is a political drama, a fictionalized reconstruction of the life of Dolores González Catarain , a woman member of ETA, who was targeted by that organization upon her return to the Basque Country.-Synopsis :In the early 1970s, during...
(1999) directed by Helena Taberna.
In 2008 Torrent portrayed Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon , also known as Katherine or Katharine, was Queen consort of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII of England and Princess of Wales as the wife to Arthur, Prince of Wales...
in the film The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), starring Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman
Natalie Hershlag , better known by her stage name Natalie Portman, is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was as an orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 French action film Léon, but major success came when she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel...
and Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson is an American actress, model and singer.Johansson made her film debut in North and was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in Manny & Lo . She rose to further prominence with her roles in The Horse Whisperer and Ghost World...
.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Other Boleyn Girl | Catherine of Aragon Catherine of Aragon Catherine of Aragon , also known as Katherine or Katharine, was Queen consort of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII of England and Princess of Wales as the wife to Arthur, Prince of Wales... |
Justin Chadwick Justin Chadwick Justin Chadwick is an English actor and television and film director.Chadwick began acting at the age of eleven. He graduated from the University of Leicester and in 1991 made his screen debut in London Kills Me... |
| 2004 | Iris | Rosa Vergés | |
| 2003 | Una preciosa puesta de sol | Álvaro del Amo Álvaro del Amo -Sources:... |
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| 2001 | Juego de luna | Mónica Laguna | |
| 2001 | Sagitario | Vicente Molina Foix | |
| 1999 | Yoyes Yoyes Yoyes is a 2000 Spanish film directed by Helena Taberna. The film is a political drama, a fictionalized reconstruction of the life of Dolores González Catarain , a woman member of ETA, who was targeted by that organization upon her return to the Basque Country.-Synopsis :In the early 1970s, during... |
Yoyes | Helena Taberna |
| 1998 | El grito en el cielo | Félix Sabroso y Dunia Ayaso | |
| 1996 | Tesis Tesis Tesis is a 1996 Spanish film. It is the feature debut of director Alejandro Amenábar, and was written by him and Mateo Gil. The movie won seven 1996 Goya Awards , including the award for Best Film. It stars Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez and Eduardo Noriega... |
Angela | Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos is a Spanish- Chilean film director. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain just one year after his birth... |
| 1995 | El palomo cojo | Jaime de Armiñán | |
| 1995 | Puede ser divertido | Azucena Rodriguez | |
| 1994 | Entre rojas | Azucena Rodriguez | |
| 1992 | Vacas Vacas Vacas is a 1992 Spanish film, written and directed by Julio Médem. The film stars Carmelo Gómez, Emma Suárez, Ana Torrent, and Karra Elejade. An eerie family saga set in rural Basque Country, the cryptic film follows the intertwined story of three generations of two families from 1875 to 1936... |
Julio Médem Julio Medem Julio Médem is a Spanish writer and film director.Medem was born in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain and showed an interest in movies since childhood, when he would take his father's Super 8 camera and shoot at night, while nobody was paying attention... |
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| 1989 | Sangre y arena Blood and Sand (1989 film) Blood and Sand is a 1989 Spanish drama film directed by Javier Elorrieta and starring Chris Rydell, Sharon Stone, and Ana Torrent. It was based on the novel Blood and Sand of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, which had been made three times before in 1916, 1922 and 1941.-See also:* Blood and Sand Blood and... |
Javier Elorrieta | |
| 1985 | Los paraísos perdidos | Basilio Martín Patino Basilio Martín Patino Basilio Martín Patino is a Spanish film director, specializing in a creative approach to documentary works. He produced important pieces on the Spanish Civil War , the infamous dictator , or his executioners . He also produced fiction... |
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| 1980 | The Nest The Nest (film) The Nest is a 1980 Spanish film written and directed by Jaime de Armiñán, starring Héctor Alterio and Ana Torrent.The plot follows the emotionally intense relationship between an old widower and a precocious thirteen year old girl... |
Jaime de Armiñan | |
| 1977 | Elisa, vida mía Elisa, vida mía Elisa, vida mía is a 1977 Spanish drama film written and directed by Carlos Saura. The film stars Saura's long-term companion and frequent collaborator, Geraldine Chaplin... |
Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies... |
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| 1976 | Cría cuervos Cria Cuervos Cría cuervos is a 1976 Spanish film directed by Carlos Saura. The film is an allegorical drama about an eight year old girl dealing with loss. Highly acclaimed, it received the Special Jury Prize Award at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:... |
Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies... |
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| 1973 | El espíritu de la colmena The Spirit of the Beehive The Spirit of the Beehive is a 1973 Spanish drama film directed by Victor Erice. The film was Erice's debut and is considered a masterpiece of Spanish cinema... |
Víctor Erice Víctor Erice Víctor Erice Aras is a Spanish film director.He studied law, political science, and economics at the University of Madrid. He also attended the Escuela Oficial de Cinematografia in 1963 to study film direction... |
Accolades
Fotogramas de Plata- 1974 Won Fotogramas de Plata Award Best Spanish Movie Performer
Goya Awards
Goya Awards
The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards....
- 1997 Nominated Goya Best Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz Principal) for: TesisTesisTesis is a 1996 Spanish film. It is the feature debut of director Alejandro Amenábar, and was written by him and Mateo Gil. The movie won seven 1996 Goya Awards , including the award for Best Film. It stars Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez and Eduardo Noriega...
(1996)
Gramado Film Festival
- 1996 Won Golden Kikito Award Latin Competition: Best Actress for: TesisTesisTesis is a 1996 Spanish film. It is the feature debut of director Alejandro Amenábar, and was written by him and Mateo Gil. The movie won seven 1996 Goya Awards , including the award for Best Film. It stars Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez and Eduardo Noriega...
(1996)
Montréal World Film Festival
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
- 1980 Won Best Actress for: El Nido (1980)
Premios ACE
- 2004 Nominated Best Actress for: Una preciosa puesta de sol (2003)
- 1997 Won Best Actress for: TesisTesisTesis is a 1996 Spanish film. It is the feature debut of director Alejandro Amenábar, and was written by him and Mateo Gil. The movie won seven 1996 Goya Awards , including the award for Best Film. It stars Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez and Eduardo Noriega...
(1996)
Toulouse Cinespaña
- 2000 Won Best Actress for: YoyesYoyesYoyes is a 2000 Spanish film directed by Helena Taberna. The film is a political drama, a fictionalized reconstruction of the life of Dolores González Catarain , a woman member of ETA, who was targeted by that organization upon her return to the Basque Country.-Synopsis :In the early 1970s, during...
(2000)
External links
- Ana's memories of the shooting of The Spirit of the Beehive (in Spanish)
- Photo of Ana Torrent at FlickrFlickrFlickr is an image hosting and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community that was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo! in 2005. In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers to...
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