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Candela Peña

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Candela Peña

Born July 14, 1973 in Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain39 films

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. María del Pilar Peña Sánchez, (Candela Peña) (born 14 July 1973 in Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish actress. She was the only child of a couple who had a bar in Barcelona. When she was four years old she started to learn dance in the city and after finishing high-school she went to Seville to begin theatre classes there and eventually in Madrid. Encouraged by Pedro Almodóvar, she published the novel Pérez Príncipe, María Dolores in 2001.

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She won the Premio Goya in 2003 (for the movie Te doy mis ojos) after being nominated several times previously. Description above from the Wikipedia article Candela Peña, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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All About My Mother posterFirst watchAll About My Mother19997.6as NinaFollowing the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Skins poster6.4Skins2017Take My Eyes poster7.2Take My Eyes2003Kiki: Love to Love poster6.1Kiki: Love to Love2016Princesses poster6.9Princesses2005Empowered poster5.9Empowered2018Rosa's Wedding poster6.2Rosa's Wedding2020Torremolinos 73 poster6.2Torremolinos 732003The Marked Woman poster5.6The Marked Woman2026

Filmography

39 films as actor
  1. 2026LupeLupe
  2. 2026The Marked WomanAnna Ripoll
  3. 2020Black BeachAle
  4. 2020So My Grandma's a Lesbian!Perla
  5. 2020Rosa's WeddingRosa
  6. 2019Enterrados
  7. 2018EmpoweredConductora
  8. 2017SkinsAna
  9. 2017Alto riesgo
  10. 2016Age of MonsterAndrea
  11. 2016Kiki: Love to LoveCandela
  12. 2015Llevo cartasCartera
  13. 2015Latin LoverSegunda
  14. 2015SidetrackedSara
  15. 2014The Last Hammer BlowMaria
  16. 2014The ChangeElvira
  17. 2013Yesterday Never EndsC.
  18. 2012A Gun in Each HandMamen
  19. 2009The Island InsideCoral
  20. 2008My Prison YardMar
  21. 2008Rated RSandra Valle
  22. 2008En el lado de la vidaMadre de Ana
  23. 2007Després de la plujaBlonde secretary
  24. 2005PrincessesCaye
  25. 2004With Good ReasonTaxista (segment "Libre")
  26. 2003Take My EyesAna
  27. 2003Chill Out!Iris
  28. 2003Torremolinos 73Carmen
  29. 2002God Is on AirEspe
  30. 2001No ShameCecilia
  31. 2001Salad DaysMaría Francisca
  32. 1999NoviosCristal
  33. 1999All About My MotherNina
  34. 1998Sleepless in MadridAlba
  35. 1997What Makes Women Laugh?Graci
  36. 1996La CelestinaElicia
  37. 1995Mouth to MouthTanya
  38. 1995Hi, Are You Alone?Trini
  39. 1994Running Out of TimeVanesa