Candela Peña

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María del Pilar Peña Sánchez , Candela Peña is a Spanish actress . She was born 14 July 1973 in Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

She was the only child of a couple who had a bar in Barcelona. When she was 4 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.

She won the Premio Goya in 2003 (for the movie Te doy mis ojos) after being nominated several times previously.

[edit] Filmography

• Princesas (2005)
• The Three Ages of the Crime (2005)
• ¡Hay motivo! (2004)
• Te doy mis ojos (2003)
• Descongélate! (2003)
• Torremolinos 73 (2003)
• Los muertos van deprisa(2003)
• No somos nadie (2002)
• Sin vergüenza (2001)
• Desaliñada (2001)
• Novios (1999)
• Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
• Insomnio (1998)
• ¿De qué se ríen las mujeres? (1997)
• Un, dos, tres, ¡Taxi! (1997)
• La celestina(1996)
• Boca a boca (1995)
• Hola, ¿estás sola? (1995)
• Días contados (1994)