Clara Lago

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Lago and the second or maternal family name is Grau.
Clara Lago

Clara Lago in 2010.
Born Clara Lago Grau
6 March 1990
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Occupation Actress
Years active 2000–present
Partner(s) Dani Rovira (2014-...)

Clara Lago Grau (born March 6, 1990 in Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish actress.

Career

Born in Madrid, Lago made her film debut at the age of 9 with the Spanish film Terca Vida (2000) (she had previously appeared in a Spanish TV series) and in the same year joined the cast of Compañeros (Antena 3).

In 2002 she starred in Carol's Journey, a film directed by Imanol Uribe for which Lago was nominated for a Goya Award for Best New Actress.

She won the award for 'Best New Talent in Spanish Cinema', awarded by L'Oreal in the 2008 56th San Sebastian Film Festival.

Clara won the Shooting Stars Award by the ICAA for the European Film Academy and the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011 for her role in the film The Hidden Face.

In 2014, Lago starred in Spanish Affair. The film broke Spanish box-office records, becoming the top-grossing Spanish title of all time with more than $75 million in sales and sitting.[1]

Lago appears in the 2015 film Welcome to Harmony[2] along with Matthew Fox and Jeffrey Donovan, in an adaptation of Juan de Dios Garduño's bestseller book Y pese a todo.

Personal life

Lago was in a relationship with actor Ferran Vilajosana from 2011 to 2014. In April 2014, Clara began dating Spanish comedian Dani Rovira.

Filmography

Films
Year Title Directed by Role
2000 Terca vida Fernando Huertas Bea
2002 Carol's Journey Imanol Uribe Carol
2004 La vida que te espera Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón Genia
2006 Arena en los Bolsillos César Martínez Herrada Elena
2007 El club de los suicidas (2007)|El club de los suicidas Roberto Santiago Laura
2008 El juego del ahorcado Manuel Gómez Pereira Sandra
2009 For the good of others Óskar Santos Ainhoa
2011 Primos Daniel Sánchez Arévalo Clara
2011 The Hidden Face Andrés Baiz Belén
2012 Tengo ganas de ti Fernando González Molina Gin
2012 The End[3] Jorge Torregrossa Eva
2012 Hotel Transylvania Genndy Tartakovsky Mavis (voice)
2013 Eltern Robert Thalheim Isabel
2013 ¿Quién mató a Bambi? Santi Amodeo Mati
2014 Spanish Affair[4] Emilio Martínez-Lázaro Amaia
2015 Extinction Miguel Ángel Vivas Anne

Notes

  1. "“Spanish Affair” Becomes the Top-Grossing Spanish Title of All Time"
  2. "Jeffrey Donovan, Matthew Fox to Star in Post-Apocalyptic Horror Movie ‘Welcome to Harmony"
  3. Trailer Premiere for Jorge Torregrosa's Fin (The End)
  4. 'Spanish Affair' Breaks Box Office Records in Spain)

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