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Icíar Bollaín

Icíar Bollaín

Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez (born June 12, 1967; Madrid) 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.

Personal information

Birthday

1967-06-12

Birth Place

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Movies and TV shows :

Al acecho

Al acecho

1987

0.0

Movie
Baja corazón

Baja corazón

1992

2.8

Movie
poster

Cuéntame cómo pasó

2001

7.2

TV
Dime una mentira

Dime una mentira

1993

0.0

Movie
Doblones de a ocho

Doblones de a ocho

1990

0.0

Movie
El Mejor de los Tiempos

El Mejor de los Tiempos

1989

0.0

Movie
El Sur

El Sur

1983

7.7

Movie
Hi, Are You Alone?

Hi, Are You Alone?

1995

5.1

Movie
Land and Freedom

Land and Freedom

1995

7.3

Movie
Las dos orillas

Las dos orillas

1987

2.0

Movie
Leo

Leo

2000

6.8

Movie
Malaventura

Malaventura

1988

5.5

Movie
Menos que cero

Menos que cero

1996

0.0

Movie
Mientras haya luz

Mientras haya luz

1987

5.0

Movie
Niño nadie

Niño nadie

1997

4.8

Movie
poster

No sé bailar

1999

0.0

TV
Rage

Rage

2009

5.6

Movie
Subjúdice

Subjúdice

1998

5.0

Movie
Sublet

Sublet

1992

6.0

Movie
The Critic

The Critic

2022

6.4

Movie
The Night of the Brother

The Night of the Brother

2005

4.2

Movie
The Stone Raft

The Stone Raft

2002

5.2

Movie
They're Watching Us

They're Watching Us

2002

5.4

Movie
Tocando fondo

Tocando fondo

1993

5.0

Movie
Un paraguas para tres

Un paraguas para tres

1992

0.0

Movie