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Candela Peña

Candela Peña

Spanish actress


María del Pilar Peña Sánchez (born 14 July 1973), professionally known as Candela Peña, is a Spanish actress.[1] Since her film debut in the 1994 thriller Running Out of Time,[2] she has had a lengthy film career. She won the Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance in Princesses (2005) whereas she won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress for Take My Eyes (2003) and A Gun in Each Hand (2012).

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Biography

María del Pilar Peña Sánchez (her real name; she took the artistic name of Candela reportedly upon joining the theatre school),[3] was born on 14 July 1973 in Gavà,[4] province of Barcelona, daughter to a mother from Murcia and a father from Lora del Río who had a bar in Barcelona.[5][6]

When she was four years old she started to learn dance in the city and after finishing high-school she went to Seville to begin theatre classes there and eventually in Madrid.

She made her first television appearance in the TV3 show Sputnik [ca],[7] making her film debut with a performance in the 1994 thriller Running Out of Time, which earned her two Goya Award nominations (New Actress and Supporting Actress).[8][7]

Encouraged by Pedro Almodóvar, she published the novel Pérez Príncipe, María Dolores in 2001.

She won the Goya Award in 2003 (for the movie Te doy mis ojos) after being nominated several times previously.[9]

Filmography

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References

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  2. "Candela Peña, nuestra protagonista de marzo". 8MadridTV. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  3. Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 212. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.
  4. Cuadros Muñoz, Roberto (2001). "Algunas notas sobre la comedia de Manuel Gómez Pereira". Cine español: situación actual y perspectivas: actas del I Congreso de Cine Español, Granada, del 3 al 5 de noviembre de 2000. pp. 207–209. ISBN 84-8491-131-4.
  5. Utrera Macías, Rafael (2007). "La Celestina". Literatura y cine. Adaptaciones del teatro al cine. Padilla Libros. p. 35. ISBN 978-84-8434-427-8 via Universidad de Sevilla.
  6. Holland, Jonathan (14 May 2002). "God Is On Air". Variety.
  7. López-Soriano, María Jesús (2018). "Torremolinos 73 (Torremolinos 73) (2003)". In Jimenez Murguía, Salvador; Pinar, Alex (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 376. ISBN 9781442271333.
  8. Siurana, Elvira (2011). "Princesas, un filme de Fernando León de Aranoa". Revista Surco Sur. 2 (4): 83. doi:10.5038/2157-5231.2.4.26.
  9. Pacheco Jiménez, Laura; Durán Manso, Valeriano (2021). "Del thriller a la cárcel: mujeres criminales en la obra cinematográfica de Isabel Coixet y Belén Macías" (PDF). Fotocinema (23): 108. ISSN 2172-0150.
  10. Holland, Jonathan (29 June 2010). "The Island Inside". Variety.
  11. Torreiro, Mirito (8 November 2012). "Una pistola en cada mano". Fotogramas.
  12. "Ayer no termina nunca" (PDF). berlinale.de. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  13. Bouvier, Francoise (11 March 2015). "Laval. Le dernier coup de marteau". Courrier de la Mayenne.
  14. Alonso i Cassadó, Gerard (13 February 2017). "'Pieles': La parada (rosa) de los monstruos". Fotogramas.
  15. García Catalán, Shaila; Morales Roig, Lledó (2023). "Gag, tabú y tijera. Guardar las formas o Salir del ropero" [Gag, taboo and scissors. Keeping formalities or Salir del ropero]. Fotocinema (26). Málaga: UMA Editorial: 253. doi:10.24310/Fotocinema.2023.vi26.15509. hdl:10234/203076. ISSN 2172-0150.
  16. "Candela Peña Filmography". www.fandango.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-13.
  17. "Candela Peña Credits | Movies, TV Shows | Hollywood.com". www.hollywood.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2022.



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