Blanca Portillo

Born in Madrid in 1963, she studied at the Higher Royal School of Dramatic Art where she began a successful theatre career. This has earned her such recognition as the La Celestina and Max awards for “Madre, el drama padre”, the Max, Union of Actors and Teatro de Rojas wards for “Como en los mejores familias” or the Miguel Mihura and Union of Actors awards for “La hija del ire”, by the prestigious director Jore Lavelli.

Very popular thanks to the TV series “Siete Vidas”, Blanca has also worked in fifteen films, with directors such as Milos Forman (“Goya’s Ghost”), Agustín Diaz Yanes (“Alatriste”), elén Macías (“My Prison Yard”) and Gracia Querejeta (“Siete mesas de billar francés”). In 2005, she began her collaboration with Pedro Almodóvar in “Volver”.

She was nominated for a Goya as Best Newcomer for “El color de las nubes” (Mario amus) and as Best Supporting Actress for “Volver”. She won the Union of Actors award in that category for the film.

At the Cannes Festival, she received the Best Actress award ex aequo with the rest of the ctresses for “Volver” and the Silver Conch for Best Actress at the San Sebastian Festival or “Siete mesas de billar francés”.

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