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Laia Costa

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Laia Costa

Born February 18, 1985 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain19 films

Laia Costa (Catalan: [ˈlajə ˈkɔstə]; born February 18, 1985) is a Spanish actress from Catalonia. She earned a degree in advertising, public relations and marketing, as well as a PhD in political science and media studies, before beginning her acting career at the age of 26. She is best known for starring in the critically acclaimed one-shot German thriller Victoria (2015), for which she received several accolades, including a German Film Award for Best Actress, becoming the first foreign actress to win a Lola and a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination. After initial minor television roles in Spain, including an appearance in Polseres vermelles (2013), she went on to star in the romantic dramas Newness (2017) and Only You (2018), the horror thriller Piercing (2018), the romantic comedy Duck Butter (2018), and the multi-narrative drama Life Itself (2018).

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Costa featured in the romance series Foodie Love (2019), the financial drama Devils (2020), and the science fiction anthology Soulmates (2020). She gained widespread acclaim in Spain for her portrayal of Amaia in Lullaby (2022), becoming the most acclaimed performance of the awards season, winning the Goya Award for Best Actress, along with a Feroz Award, a Forqué Award, and a Platino Award. She later starred in the rural drama Un amor (2023), earning her a second Platino Award, and portrayed Moghedien in the Amazon Prime Video high fantasy series The Wheel of Time (2023–2025). She starred in the supernatural horror Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026).

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Lee Cronin's The Mummy posterFirst watchLee Cronin's The Mummy20267.8as Larissa CannonThe young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
I Want You poster7.5I Want You2012Victoria poster7.6Victoria2015Life Itself poster7.2Life Itself2018Palm Trees in the Snow poster7.4Palm Trees in the Snow2015Newness poster6.1Newness2017The Teacher Who Promised the Sea poster7.8The Teacher Who Promised the Sea2023Lullaby poster7.2Lullaby2022Only You poster6.6Only You2019

Filmography

19 films as actor
  1. 2026Collision Course
  2. 2026Lee Cronin's The MummyLarissa Cannon
  3. 2023Un amorNat
  4. 2023The Teacher Who Promised the SeaAriadna
  5. 2023The EnchantedIrene
  6. 2022LullabyAmaia
  7. 2019Only YouElena Aldana
  8. 2019PiercingMona
  9. 2018MaineBluebird
  10. 2018Life ItselfIsabel Díaz
  11. 2018Duck ButterSergio
  12. 2017NewnessGabi Silva
  13. 2017Black SnowLaura
  14. 2015Palm Trees in the SnowDaniela
  15. 2015Don't Leave MeLaura
  16. 2015VictoriaVictoria
  17. 2014Fort Ross: In Search of AdventureLyusiya
  18. 2013Y otro año, perdicesClaudia
  19. 2012I Want YouChica serpiente