Candela Peña

Candela Peña
Born María del Pilar Peña Sánchez
14 July 1973
Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Occupation Actress

María del Pilar Peña Sánchez (born 14 July 1973), better known as Candela Peña, is a Spanish actress.[1]

She is 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.

She won the Premio Goya in 2003 (for the movie Te doy mis ojos) after being nominated several times previously.[2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Le Dernier Coup de marteau Maria
2009 La isla interior
2008 En el lado de la vida
El patio de mi cárcel
The Three Ages of the Crime
Los años desnudos. Clasificada S
2006 Després de la pluja
2005 Princesas Caye
2004 ¡Hay motivo!
2003 Take My Eyes
Descongélate!
Torremolinos 73
Los muertos van deprisa
2002 No somos nadie
2001 Sin vergüenza
Desaliñada
1999 Novios
All About My Mother
1998 Insomnio
1997 ¿De qué se ríen las mujeres?
Un, dos, tres, ¡Taxi!
1996 La celestina
1995 Boca a boca
Hola, ¿estás sola?
1994 Dias contados

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