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Icíar Bollaín

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez (Madrid, June 12, 1967) is a Spanish actress, director and writer. Her father was an aeronautical engineer and her mother was a music teacher. She made her début when she was 15 years old. She is a member of the Academia Española de Cinematografía. She began her work in cinema at the age of fourteen as part of the cast in Victor Erice's film El Sur (1983). Since then she has acted in fourteen films. Hola, estas sola? (Hi, are you alone? in English) (1995) was her first feature film as director, a story about two young girls who dream of finding an earthly paradise, and undertake a long trip towards the sea. Flores de otro mundo (Flowers from another world in English) (1999) was her second feature film, which she co-wrote with Julio Llamazares. It is the story of four women who travel to rural Spain with the hopes of finding love. Her latest film as writer and director is Te Doy Mis Ojos (I'll give you my eyes in English) (2003) which won seven Goya awards including Best Film. The movie is about the abusive marriage relationship between Pilar and Antonio. Her 2010 film Even the Rain was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. In January 2011, the film made the final nine shortlist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Icíar Bollaín, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Jun 12, 1967 In Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Movie/TV Credits:
23
First Appeared:
In the movie El Sur 1983-05-18
Latest Project:
Movie The Critic 2022-09-16
Known For
Poster of They're Watching Us
Poster of Menos que cero
Poster of Baja corazón
Poster of El Mejor de los Tiempos
Filmography
Movie The Critic Self 2022-09-16
Movie Rage Marimar Torres 2009-08-12
Movie The Night of the Brother Julia 2005-08-26
Movie They're Watching Us Julia 2002-09-08
Movie The Stone Raft Maria 2002-09-19
Movie Leo Leo 2000-09-01
Movie Subjúdice Paula 1998-06-19
Movie Niño nadie Asun 1997-04-04
Movie Menos que cero Amaya 1996-11-10
Movie Hi, Are You Alone? Cantante en karaoke 1995-10-28
Movie Land and Freedom Maite 1995-04-07
Movie Dime una mentira María 1993-04-16
Movie Tocando fondo Araceli 1993-08-26
Movie Un paraguas para tres 1992-04-03
Movie Sublet Laura 1992-09-20
Movie Baja corazón 1992-09-28
Movie Doblones de a ocho Anita 1990-01-01
Movie El Mejor de los Tiempos 1989-01-21
Movie Malaventura Rocío 1988-10-06
Movie Las dos orillas Icíar 1987-01-01
Movie Mientras haya luz María 1987-09-01
Movie Al acecho 1987-10-30
Movie El Sur Estrella - 15 años 1983-05-18