Almudena Amor
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| Born | Almudena Parejo Amor 30 March 1994 Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Actress |
Almudena Parejo Amor (born 30 March 1994) is a Spanish actress. She has starred in the films The Good Boss and The Grandmother.
Early life and education
[edit]Almudena Parejo Amor was born on 30 March 1994 in Madrid.[1][2] Part of her family comes from Lagartera (Toledo), a village in which she spent many summers and weekends during her youth.[3]
Raised in the Concepción neighborhood,[4] she developed an interest in acting during some theatrical courses organised in her high school in Ciudad Lineal.[3] She trained her acting chops in Carabanchel at the Mar Navarro acting school.[4] She earned a degree in publicity and a master's degree in design.[3]
Career
[edit]She worked for a time as a model afterwards.[3] Determined to develop an acting career,[5] she performed in some short films, commercials and music videos.[2] After performing in a teaser video by Gonzaga Manso titled Millones de años, she was inked by agent Diana Ellerker, and she ensuingly landed the leading role in Paco Plaza's The Grandmother,[3] playing the role of Susana, a young model who has to return home to take care of her grandmother.[4][2] She also made a minor appearance in the Plaza-directed episode "Freddy" from the anthology television series Stories to Stay Awake.[3] Her breakthrough role as Liliana (a young company intern from a well-off family infatuated with the boss)[1] in Fernando León de Aranoa's The Good Boss earned her a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress and a nomination to the Feroz Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Film.[6][7]
Filmography
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- Film
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | El buen patrón (The Good Boss) | Liliana | [8] | |
| La abuela (The Grandmother) | Susana | [9] | ||
2023 | Hermana Muerte (Sister Death) | Hermana Socorro | [10] | |
2024 | La mujer dormida (The Sleeping Woman) | Ana | ||
2025 | V/H/S/Halloween | Abogada | Segment: "Ut Supra Sic Infra" | |
| Pose | Jemima | |||
TBA | Ancestral † | TBA |
- Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | El silencio (Muted) | Ana Dussuel | Main role | [14] |
Accolades
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actress (film) | The Good Boss | Nominated | [15] |
| 77th CEC Medals | Best New Actress | Won | [16] | ||
| 36th Goya Awards | Best New Actress | Nominated | [17] | ||
| 30th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best New Actress | Won | [18] | ||
| 9th Platino Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [19][20] |
References
[edit]- 1 2 Zurro, Javier (13 October 2021). "¿Quién es Almudena Amor? Así es la actriz española de la que todo el mundo habla". El Español.
- 1 2 3 García, Julián (17 October 2021). "Almudena Amor: así es la joven actriz revelación del año". El Periódico.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cuesta Torrado, Sara (16 September 2021). "Almudena Amor, la actriz de la que todo el mundo va a hablar". El País Semanal. El País.
- 1 2 3 Pardillos, David (22 September 2021). "Almudena Amor, la actriz revelación de la que no podrás olvidarte". Cinemanía (in Spanish). 20minutos.es.
- ↑ Fernández, Noemí (23 October 2021). "Descubre a Almudena Amor, la gran revelación del cine español tras su papel en 'El buen patrón'". ¡Hola!.
- ↑ Silvestre, Juan (30 November 2021). "Premios Goya 2022: 'El buen patrón' y 'Maixabel' arrasan en las nominaciones". Fotogramas.
- ↑ Delfín, Cristina (25 November 2021). "Estas son las mejores pelis y series españolas de 2021, según las nominaciones de los Feroz". Woman. El Periódico de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021.
- ↑ Bunbury, Stephanie (22 September 2021). "San Sebastian Review: Javier Bardem In 'The Good Boss'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ↑ Pardillos, David (22 September 2021). "Almudena Amor, la actriz revelación de la que no podrás olvidarte". Cinemanía (in Spanish). 20minutos.es. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ↑ Romero, Miguel Ángel (28 May 2022). "Así es el monasterio en el que Paco Plaza rueda 'Hermana Muerte', la precuela de 'Verónica' para Netflix". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ↑ "La mujer dormida". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 26 October 2022.
- ↑ Roxborough, Scott (4 November 2023). "AFM: Despite Strike Slowdown, Market Boasts New Projects With James McAvoy, Naomie Harris, Guy Pearce". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ Kay, Jeremy (3 November 2023). "Genre film 'Ancestral' shooting in Spain, Outsider Pictures engaging AFM buyers (exclusive)". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ↑ "Netflix lanza el teaser de 'El silencio' de Aitor Gabilondo y Aron Piper, que ya tiene mes de estreno". Vertele!. 27 February 2023 – via eldiario.es.
- ↑ "Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz Zaragoza 2022". Cinemanía. 30 January 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
- ↑ "'El amor en su lugar' arrasa en las Medallas CEC con hasta seis premios, todos los principales". Cine con Ñ. 10 February 2022.
- ↑ Gajewski, Ryan (12 February 2022). "Spain's Goya Awards: Javier Bardem's 'The Good Boss' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ "El buen patrón' triunfa en la gala de la Unión de Actores". El Mundo. 14 March 2022.
- ↑ ""El buen patrón" y la serie argentina "El reino", los más nominados a los Premios Platino". Telam. 31 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023.
- ↑ "'El buen patrón' reina en los Premios Platino del cine iberoamericano". rtve.es. 2 May 2022.
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