Antonia San Juan
Antonia San Juan | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Antonia San Juan at the 2019 Sitges Film Festival | |
| Born | 22 May 1961 Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse | Luis Miguel Seguí (m. 2009; div. 2015) |
Antonia San Juan Fernández (born 22 May 1961) is a Spanish actress, director and screenwriter.
Biography
She was born in
Todo sobre mi madre by Pedro Almodóvar. She is well known in Spain not only because of her film career but also for her humorous monologues on television and theatre [citation needed]. Since 2009 she has been acting in the popular Spanish TV series La que se avecina
, playing the part of Estela Reynolds, the eccentric mother of Lola.
She is an
atheist and is highly critical of religion, calling it a "cancer to society."[1]
Filmography
Film
- La vida siempre es corta – 1994
- Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí– 1997
- La primera noche de mi vida – 1998
- El grito en el cielo – 1998
- Ataque verbal – 1999
- Manolito Gafotas – 1999
- All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) – 1999
- Hongos – 1999
- El pan de cada día, El – 2000
- Asfalto – 2000
- V.O. – 2001
- Octavia – 2002
- La balsa de piedra – 2002
- Amnèsia– 2002
- Piedras– 2002
- Venganza – 2002
- 238 – 2003
- Colours – 2003
- Mela y sus hermanas – 2004
- Te llevas la palma – 2004
- La china – 2005
- Un buen día – 2005
- Un dulce despertar – 2005
- El hambre – 2005
- La maldad de las cosas – 2005
- La nevera – 2005
- La caja – 2006
- Del lado del verano – 2012
- The Platform (El Hoyo) – 2019
Television
| TV series | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | Title | Role | Network | Episodes |
| 2009 – 2010; 2013 – 2014 |
La que se avecina | Estela Reynolds | Telecinco | 40 episodes |
| 2012 | Frágiles
|
Julia | Telecinco | 1 episode |
| 2014 | Fantasmagórica | Clara | web series | 2 episodes |
| 2014–2015 | Gym Tony | Berta Palomero | Cuatro | 110 episodes |
| 2019 | Hierro | Samir | Movistar | 3 episodes |
References
- ^ M, Javi (5 November 2009). "Antonia San Juan: "Las religiones son el auténtico cáncer de todas las culturas"". AmbienteG (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
Bibliography
- Alfaro, Luis (7 December 1999). "Nearly all about Antonia". The Advocate (USA). pp. 88–89. Archived from the originalon 5 May 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
External links
- Antonia San Juan at IMDb
- Official website
