Person Details

Birthday: 1968-11-05 21:34:00

Aliases: Aitana Sanchez Gijo , Aitana Sanchez Gijon , Aitana Sánchez Gijón , Aitana Sanchez-Gijon , Aitana Sánchez-Gijón de Angelis

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

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Movie Involvements: 43

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (born 5 November 1968 in Rome, Italy) is a Spanish-Italian film actress. Best known for playing dramatic roles in Spain, Sánchez-Gijón is known in the United States for her portrayal of Victoria Aragon, a pregnant and abandoned Mexican-American winegrower's daughter who is helped by travelling salesman Paul Sutton (Keanu Reeves) in A Walk in the Clouds (1995). She has since built a reputation as an international star in films such as Manuel Gomez Pereira's Boca a Boca (1996), Bigas Luna's The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997), Jaime Chavarri's Sus Ojos Se Cerraron (1998), Gabriele Salvatores' adaptation of the Niccolò Ammaniti novel I'm not scared (2003) and Brad Anderson's The Machinist (2004). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Velvet
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6

Velvet

(2014) Blanca Soto
The Machinist
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8

The Machinist

(2004) Marie
Estoy vivo
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8

Estoy vivo

(2017) Comisaria Verónica "Vero" Ruiz
A Walk in the Clouds
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7

A Walk in the Clouds

(1995) Victoria Aragón
Parallel Mothers
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7

Parallel Mothers

(2021) Teresa
Under Her Control
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5

Under Her Control

(2022) Beatriz
The Backwoods
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5

The Backwoods

(2006) Isabel
I'm Not Scared
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7

I'm Not Scared

(2003) Anna

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 N/A
Self - Actress
N/A
Elena Paz
2022 Beatriz
2021 Julia Mesa
Carmen
Teresa
2020 Self - Narrator (voice)
Vera
Blanca Soto Fernández
2018 N/A
Herself
Elvira
2017 Blanca Soto
Comisaria Verónica "Vero" Ruiz
2015 Doña Jimena
N/A
2014 Madre de Valeria
Blanca Soto
2011 Beatriz
Vima
Blanca Lupino
2010 Leonarda
2009 Rita
2008 Nicole
2007 Mariola Mayo
Tánger Soto
2006 Isabel
N/A
Claudia
2004 N/A
Nuria Acosta
Marie
Vera
2003 N/A
Dolores
Anna
2001 N/A
Ángela
Ana
1999 Duquesa de Alba
Carmen
Yerma
N/A
1998 Juanita
1997 Marie
Model
Vicky Rivas
1996 Maria de Loffredo
1995 Amanda
Bárbara Miller Molina
Victoria Aragón
Ana Ozores
N/A
1994 N/A
1993 Klara
Amelia Roig
Nani
Bernadette
1992 N/A
Julia
1991 Yvette Romero
1990 Sister Ines
1989 Mer
Elena
1988 Charo
Teresa Guiccioli
Isabel
1987 Luisa Peña
1986 Alicia
N/A
N/A
Voiceover
Year Character Movie/Tv

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