Portrait of Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Acting

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.

Born: November 5, 1968

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Filmography

2025
The Low Land

as Carmen Membrado

2024
La Revuelta

as Self - Guest

2024
Breathless

as Pilar Amaro

2024
The First Look

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2023
Survivor's Day

as Elena Paz

2022
2022
Martínez y hermanos

as Self - Guest

2021
2021
Fish Bones

as Carmen

2021
2020
Anatomy of a Dandy

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2020
2020
Velvet Colección: Grand Finale

as Blanca Soto Fernández

2018
Thi Mai

as Elvira

2017
The Velvet Collection

as Blanca Soto

2017
Estoy vivo

as Comisaria Verónica "Vero" Ruiz

2015
Teresa

as Doña Jimena

2014
The Misfits Club

as Madre de Valeria

2014
Velvet

as Blanca Soto

2011
Maktub

as Beatriz

2011
Drifters

as Vima

2011
La muerte de Otilia Ruiz

as Blanca Lupino

2009
The Frost

as Rita

2008
2007
Oviedo Express

as Mariola Mayo

2007
The Nautical Chart

as Tánger Soto

2006
The Backwoods

as Isabel

2006
Wounded Animals

as Claudia

2004
2004
Los 80

as Nuria Acosta

2003
2003
2001
2001
Mi dulce

as Ángela

2001
1999
Volaverunt

as Cayetana, Duquesa de Alba

1999
Jealousy

as Carmen

1999
Yerma

as Yerma

1999
1998
1997
Love Walked In

as Vicky Rivas

1996
1995
1995
The Frontier Law

as Bárbara Miller Molina

1995
A Walk in the Clouds

as Victoria Aragón

1995
La Regenta

as Ana Ozores

1994
1993
Havanera 1820

as Amelia Roig

1993
The Greek Labyrinth

as Bernadette

1991
El crimen de Perpignan

as Yvette Romero

1990
The Monk

as Sister Ines

1988
Rowing with the Wind

as Teresa Guiccioli

1988
Jarrapellejos

as Isabel

1987
Redondela

as Luisa Peña