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Icíar Bollaín

Icíar Bollaín

Director · Born 1967-06-12 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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Biography

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 Fi…

Directed

  1. Even the Rain (2011) — Director
  2. Take My Eyes (2003) — Director
  3. The Olive Tree (2016) — Director
  4. Maixabel (2021) — Director
  5. Yuli (2018) — Director
  6. Rosa's Wedding (2020) — Director
  7. I Am Nevenka (2024) — Director
  8. Kathmandu Lullaby (2011) — Director
  9. Hi, Are You Alone? (1995) — Director
  10. Flowers From Another World (1999) — Director
  11. Mataharis (2007) — Director
  12. With Good Reason (2004) — Director
  13. En tierra extraña (2014) — Director
  14. Baja corazón (1992) — Director
  15. A Love That Kills (2000) — Director
  16. 1,2,3...Casa (2012) — Director
  17. Friendly Dead (1994) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Land and Freedom (1995) — Maite
  2. El Sur (1983) — Estrella - 15 años
  3. Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001) — Rosa
  4. Hi, Are You Alone? (1995) — Cantante en karaoke
  5. Rage (2009) — Marimar Torres
  6. They're Watching Us (2002) — Julia
  7. The Stone Raft (2002) — Maria
  8. The Critic (2022) — Self
  9. The Night of the Brother (2005) — Julia
  10. Leo (2000) — Leo
  11. Niño nadie (1997) — Asun
  12. Mientras haya luz (1987) — María
  13. Las dos orillas (1987) — Icíar
  14. Tocando fondo (1993) — Araceli
  15. Misadventure (1988) — Rocío
  16. Subjúdice (1998) — Paula
  17. Sublet (1992) — Laura
  18. Sara, una estrella (2002)
  19. Un paraguas para tres (1992) — Alicia
  20. El Mejor de los Tiempos (1989)
  21. Dime una mentira (1993) — María
  22. Al acecho (1987)
  23. Menos que cero (1996) — Amaya
  24. Doblones de a ocho (1990) — Anita
  25. Borau y el cine (2025)
  26. Venecias (1989)
  27. No sé bailar (1999)
  28. Al cotxe! (2017) — Self - Interviewee