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Aitana Sánchez-Gijón is a Actor Italienne born on 5 november 1968 at Rome (Italie)

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
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Birth name Aitana Sánchez-Gijón de Angelis
Nationality Italie
Birth 5 november 1968 (55 years) at Rome (Italie)

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (born 5 November 1968 in Rome, Italy) is a Spanish film actress.

She was born Aitana Sánchez-Gijón de Angelis in Rome, to father Ángel Sánchez-Gijón Martínez, a history professor, and Italian mother, Fiorella de Angelis, a mathematics professor. She grew up in Spain.

Best known for playing dramatic roles in Spain, Sánchez-Gijón first became known internationally 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).

Biography

Elle est née à Rome en Italie, d'un père espagnol professeur d'histoire et d'une mère italienne professeur de mathématiques, elle fait ses débuts à 16 ans dans la série de Pedro Masó, Segunda Enseñanza, puis au cinéma à 18 ans dans Romanza Final de José María Forqué. Elle tourne dans de nombreuses séries télévisées, fait du cinéma et du théâtre.

En France, elle est surtout connue pour avoir joué dans la série télévisée Velvet, de 2014 à 2016.
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (24 films)

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Actress

Velvet : Un Noël pour se souvenir
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama
Actors Paula Echevarría, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Marta Hazas, Cecilia Freire, Asier Etxeandia, Adriana Ozores
Roles Blanca Soto Fernández
Rating71% 3.579923.579923.579923.579923.57992
Alors que Clara et Ana ainsi que toute leurs équipes aient tout fait pour propulsé la marque Velvet à l'internationale, la prestigieuse maison de haute-couture est sous le point d'être racheter par une autre compagnie, au grain dain des personnes ayant travaillés pour elle. Alors que cette nouvelle plonge dans le désarrois les membres de la maison de couture : Ana et Clara décident d'organisés un dernier grand Noël dans la maison mère de Velvet, à Madrid. L'occasion de se souvenirs des personnes qu'ont aiment et de renouer les liens avec des histoires qu'ont pensées oubliées.
Drifters
Drifters (2011)

Directed by Matteo Rovere
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Miriam Giovanelli, Claudio Santamaria, Michele Riondino, Asia Argento, Massimo Popolizio, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Roles Vima
Rating54% 2.7161952.7161952.7161952.7161952.716195
Mete doit lutter contre son attirance inappropriée pour sa demi-sœur de 17 ans, qui vient d'emménager dans son appartement à Rome.
Tell Me About Love, 1h55
Directed by Silvio Muccino
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Silvio Muccino, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Carolina Crescentini, Giorgio Colangeli, Geraldine Chaplin
Roles Nicole
Rating49% 2.4843352.4843352.4843352.4843352.484335
Distracted by taking her antidepressants, Nicole (Sanchez-Gijon) causes an accident with Sasha (Muccino), who's just left a communal home for the families of drug addicts. Despite the circumstances of their meeting, the pair become friends and Sasha seeks Nicole's help in pursuing his love interest, Bendetta (Crescentini). Despite her beauty, Bendetta is the spoiled daughter of Sasha's patron, Riccardo (Colangeli)
The Backwoods, 1h37
Directed by Koldo Serra
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror
Actors Gary Oldman, Virginie Ledoyen, Paddy Considine, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Lluís Homar, Yaiza Esteve
Roles Isabel
Rating56% 2.8488852.8488852.8488852.8488852.848885
Set in the summer of 1978, Lucy and Norman, a young married couple whose relationship is going through a rough patch, join Norman's boss, Paul, and his Spanish wife, Isabel, on holiday in Basque Country. Located in an isolated area in the middle of the forest, Paul's ancestral home seems the ideal spot for a quiet stay and the chance for Lucy and Norman to sort out their emotional problems. However, their peace is shattered when Paul and Norman discover a cabin in the forest in which a girl with ectrodactyly is imprisoned. Their attempts to take the girl to the police are hindered by the difficulties of the heavily wooded terrain and the intervention of a group of villagers who are determined to keep the girl locked away for good.
The Machinist, 1h42
Directed by Brad Anderson
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Sharian, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Michael Ironside, Lawrence Gilliard, Jr.
Roles Marie
Rating75% 3.7993353.7993353.7993353.7993353.799335
Trevor Reznik is a machinist whose insomnia has led to his becoming emaciated. His appearance and behavior keeps his coworkers away, and they eventually turn against him when he is involved in an accident that causes his coworker Miller to lose his left arm. Trevor, who was distracted by an unfamiliar coworker named Ivan, is blamed for the accident. No one at the factory knows of Ivan and there are no records of him. Trevor seems to find peace only with Stevie, a prostitute with genuine affection for him, and with Maria, a waitress at an airport diner he frequents. He is haunted by brief flashes of recurring imagery, and things such as his car cigarette lighter take on a menacing air. A mysterious series of post-it notes appear on his refrigerator, depicting a game of hangman.
I'm Not Scared, 1h48
Directed by Gabriele Salvatores
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about children
Actors Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Diego Abatantuono, Dino Abbrescia, Susi Sánchez
Roles Anna
Rating73% 3.691353.691353.691353.691353.69135
The action of the film takes place in 1978, in a fictional town called Acqua Traverse in Southern Italy, during the hottest summer of the century and the infamous Years of Lead. A nine-year-old boy named Michele Amitrano (played by Giuseppe Cristiano) and a group of his friends set out on a race across scorched wheat fields to a deserted farmhouse. Michele's sister tags along but falls over, breaking her glasses, and she calls out to Michele, who runs back to her. Michele quickly calms her worries about the glasses, and they continue running. They are the last of the group to arrive at the farmhouse, which means that she and Michele must pay a forfeit. However, the leader of the group, Skull, chooses the only girl in the group apart from Michele's sister to pay up instead. He instructs her to expose herself to the boys, and she looks to the others for help, but they refuse to meet her gaze. She reluctantly and hesitantly begins to take off her clothes, when Michele pipes up that he was the one to arrive last and he should be the one to pay.
A Real Man
A Real Man (2003)
, 2h
Directed by Arnaud et Jean-Marie Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Mathieu Amalric, Hélène Fillières, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Jocelyne Desverchère, Daniel Cohen, Eva Ionesco
Roles Dolores
Rating63% 3.1943753.1943753.1943753.1943753.194375
Boris, an apprentice film director, meets Marilyne, a young senior executive, during an evening in Paris and they declare their love for one another, despite their barely knowing each other. Five years later, during a business trip to the Balearic Islands, with Boris and their children, Marilyne runs away at the very moment when Boris is going to leave her. Five years down the road, Marilyne reappears at the other end of the Pyrenees mountains, with a group of Americans. The man who will be their guide is none other than Boris, who is unrecognisable.
Jealousy
Jealousy (1999)
, 1h45
Directed by Vicente Aranda
Genres Drama
Actors Daniel Giménez Cacho, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, María Botto, Luis Tosar
Roles Carmen
Rating60% 3.0475053.0475053.0475053.0475053.047505
Carmen and Antonio are a young couple in love, planning their upcoming wedding. Carmen works in an orange processing factory and Antonio is a long-distance truck driver for the same firm. While driving his truck on a stormy day, Antonio comes across an old picture of a group of people, among whom is Carmen looking friendly with a good-looking young man, who has his arm around her shoulder.
The Chambermaid on the Titanic, 1h39
Directed by Bigas Luna
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, RMS Titanic in fiction, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Romane Bohringer, Olivier Martinez, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Didier Bezace, Aldo Maccione, Jean-Marie Juan
Roles Marie
Rating65% 3.297743.297743.297743.297743.29774
In 1912, the protagonist, Horty, leads an uneventful life as a foundry worker in the Lorraine region of northern France with his wife, Zoe, "the most beautiful woman in town." The owner of the foundry where Horty works, Simeon, lusts after Zoe. When Horty wins a company athletic contest, Simeon's prize is a ticket to Southampton to see the sailing of the Titanic.
Love Walked In, 1h35
Directed by Juan José Campanella
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Denis Leary, Terence Stamp, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Michael Badalucco, Danny Nucci, J. K. Simmons
Roles Vicky Rivas
Rating53% 2.6595852.6595852.6595852.6595852.659585
Jack (Denis Leary) is a world-weary pianist and writer in a lounge named the Blue Cat. His wife, Vicki (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón), is a songstress who has a way with the pseudo-George Gershwin tunes her husband writes. (The film takes its title from the Gershwin song "Love Walked In".) The couple is desperately poor after 10 years of touring crummy clubs.
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health, 1h57
Directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira
Origin Espagne
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Ana Belén, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Penélope Cruz, Gabino Diego, Lola Herrera, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Roles Model
Rating64% 3.2456953.2456953.2456953.2456953.245695
Paris. King Juan Carlos I offers a diner at Hôtel Crillon. Diana (Ana Belén) meets Santi (Juanjo Puigcorbé), an old lover, who now is the King's bodyguard. They remember how they met each other, 30 years ago, in another hotel, in Madrid. Diana (Penélope Cruz) and Santi (Gabino Diego) met when The Beatles were going to play. He works in the hotel. She hides under John Lennon's bed because she's in love with the singer. But, what starts is an attraction between them. It is an impossible love because she wants to be rich and famous, and he is poor and has to join the Army. When they meet again as grown-ups, Diana has become a socialite, and Santi is a pilot. Both are married, but the love goes on.
A Walk in the Clouds, 1h42
Directed by Alfonso Arau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Giancarlo Giannini, Anthony Quinn, Angélica Aragón, Freddy Rodríguez
Roles Victoria Aragón
Rating67% 3.356413.356413.356413.356413.35641
In 1945, United States Army Sgt. Paul Sutton returns to San Francisco to reunite with his wife, Betty, whom he married, following a whirlwind courtship, the day before he departed for the Pacific. The war has left him with emotional scars, and he experiences flashbacks on a regular basis.