Scène de Bosque de sombras (2006)

Noms alternatifs: Aitana Sanchez Gijo, Aitana Sanchez Gijon, Aitana Sánchez Gijón, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón de Angelis, Айтана Санчес-Хихон, 埃塔娜·桑切斯·吉永

Caractéristiques physiques: N/A

Premières apparitions:

• Romanza final (Gayarre) (1986) comme Alicia

Rôles les plus importants:

• Something Is About to Happen (2023) comme Roberta
• The Machinist (2004) comme Marie
• The Nautical Chart (2007) comme Tánger Soto
• A Walk in the Clouds (1995) comme Victoria Aragón
• The Backwoods (2006) comme Isabel
• Survivor's Day (2023) comme Elena Paz
• Mouth to Mouth (1995) comme Amanda
• The Frost (2009) comme Rita
• La Regenta (1995) comme
• Maktub (2011) comme Beatriz

Points forts de carrière:

• Something Is About to Happen (2023)
• The Machinist (2004)
• The Nautical Chart (2007)
• A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
• The Backwoods (2006)
• Survivor's Day (2023)
• Mouth to Mouth (1995)
• The Frost (2009)
• La Regenta (1995)
• Maktub (2011)

Récompenses:

• Nominated for 1 Silver Condor - Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) (1999)
• Nominated for 1 Silver Condor - Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) (1996)
• Won CEC Award - Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) (1994)
• Nominated for 1 Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) (2000)
• Nominated for 1 Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) (1999)
• Nominated for 1 Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) (1998)
• Nominated for 1 Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) (1996)
• Won Fotogramas de Plata - Best TV Actress (Mejor Actriz de TV) (1996)
• Won Honorary Goya (2025)
• Nominated for 1 Goya - Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de Reparto) (2022)
• Nominated for 1 MTV Movie Award - Best Kiss (1996)
• Won Silver Seashell - Best Actress (1999)
• Nominated for 1 Award of the Spanish Actors Union - Film: Supporting Performance, Female (Secundario Cine - Categoría Femenina) (2024)
• Nominated for 1 Award of the Spanish Actors Union - Film: Supporting Performance, Female (Secundario Cine - Categoría Femenina) (2022)
• Nominated for 1 Award of the Spanish Actors Union - Film: Lead Performance (Protagonista Cine) (1996)
• Won Award of the Spanish Actors Union - Television: Lead Performance (Protagonista TV) (1996)
• Won Premio ACE - Cinema - Best Actress - Drama (1998)
• Won Turia Award - Best Actress (1998)
• Won Almería Tierra de Cine Award (2022)
• Won Zapping Award - Best Actress (Millor actriu) (2020)

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).

Noms alternatifs: Virginie Fernández, ヴィルジニー・ルドワイヤン, Βιρζινί Λεντουαγέν, Βιρζινί Φερνάντεζ, ویرژینی لدواین

Caractéristiques physiques: N/A

Premières apparitions:

• Exploits of a Young Don Juan (1986) comme Berthe

Rôles les plus importants:

• Shall We Kiss? (2007) comme Julie
• La Ceremonie (1995) comme Melinda
• The Beach (2000) comme Françoise
• 8 Women (2002) comme Suzon
• House of Voices (2004) comme Anna Jurin
• The Valet (2006) comme Emilie
• Army of Crime (2009) comme Mélinée Manouchian
• Jeanne and the Perfect Guy (1998) comme Jeanne
• The Backwoods (2006) comme Lucy
• The Soul Eater (2024) comme Élisabeth Guardiano

Points forts de carrière:

• Shall We Kiss? (2007)
• La Ceremonie (1995)
• The Beach (2000)
• 8 Women (2002)
• House of Voices (2004)
• The Valet (2006)
• Army of Crime (2009)
• Jeanne and the Perfect Guy (1998)
• The Backwoods (2006)
• The Soul Eater (2024)

Récompenses:

• Officer of Arts and Letters (2007)
• European Film Award for Best Actress (2002)
• Prix Suzanne Bianchetti (1998)

Virginie Ledoyen (born Virginie Fernandez; 15 November 1976) is a French actress. At the age of 2, she was already shooting advertisements for television. At 9, she started going to the École des Enfants du Spectacle, and made her film debut at 10 in Les exploits d'un jeune Don Juan (1986). She was then nominated for the César (the French equivalent of an Oscar) for most promising actress in 1993, 1994 and 1995.

Her international breakthrough was in 1999, when she became ambassador for the cosmetics L'Oréal; this led to her casting in The Beach (2000), with Leonardo DiCaprio.