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Laura Galán

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Laura Galán
Galán in 2024
Born (1986-01-01) 1 January 1986 (age 39)
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present

Laura Galán (born 1 January 1986) is a Spanish actress.

Life and career

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Galán was born in Guadalajara on 1 January 1986.[1][2] She dropped from a degree on Art History to study drama instead.[3] She earned a diploma in Dramatic Art from the Arte4 school of Madrid.[4] She developed her early career primarily on stage, not only as an actress but also in crew capacities such as assistant director.[5]

She made her feature film debut in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018).[6] She also appeared in Unknown Origins (2020).[7]

Her leading performance portraying Sara in Piggy (2022) earned her a Goya Award for Best New Actress. Another leading role as a street sweeper in revenge one-shot thriller One Night with Adela (2023) ensued.[8] She also joined the cast of historical drama series Beguinas.[9]

Accolades

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Galán holding her Goya Award for Best New Actress for Piggy at the 37th Goya Awards in 2023
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2022 28th Forqué Awards Best Actress Piggy Nominated [10]
2023 10th Feroz Awards Best Actress Nominated [11]
78th CEC Medals Best New Actress Won [12]
37th Goya Awards Best New Actress Won [13]
31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best New Actress Won [14]
10th Platino Awards Best Actress Nominated [15]
2024
32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Stage Actress in a Secondary Role Animales de compañía Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Gutiérrez, Inés (11 February 2023). "5 curiosidades para descubrir a Laura Galán, ganadora de un Goya por 'Cerdita': mamá reciente y un novio de cine". Vanitatis – via El Confidencial.
  2. ^ "Quién es Laura Galán, la actriz protagonista de 'Cerdita' que ha roto barreras en la gran pantalla". Las Provincias. Grupo Vocento. 11 February 2023.
  3. ^ Parra, Mari Carmen (11 October 2022). "Quién es Laura Galán, la actriz que lucha contra la gordofobia". ABC.
  4. ^ "Laura Galán inaugura este miércoles la Muestra de Cine Realizado por Mujeres". Diario del Alto Aragón. 20 March 2019.
  5. ^ "'El Relevo 2022': Laura Galán, a contrarreloj". Fotogramas. 2 January 2023.
  6. ^ Elices, Raquel (13 February 2023). "Laura Galán, la revolución de los cuerpos no normativos gana el Goya". rtve.es.
  7. ^ Retuerta, Beatriz (22 October 2022). "Laura Galán, actriz de 'Cerdita': "Gracias a mi cuerpo pude hacer la película"". Heraldo de Aragón.
  8. ^ Rivera, Alfonso (14 June 2023). "Review: One Night with Adela". Cineuropa.
  9. ^ "'Beguinas', lo nuevo de Antena 3, echa a rodar". Deia. 2 May 2023.
  10. ^ Cano, Jose A. (18 December 2022). "Unos Forqué más emotivos y familiares que nunca coronan a 'As bestas' y 'Apagón'". Cine con Ñ.
  11. ^ "Premios Feroz 2023: la lista completa de todos los ganadores". El Cultural. 29 January 2023 – via El Español.
  12. ^ ""As bestas", con siete premios, gran triunfadora de las Medallas CEC 2023". La Vanguardia. 7 February 2023. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Los ganadores de los Premios Goya 2023". eldiario.es. 11 February 2023.
  14. ^ "Las películas 'As Bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos' triunfan con tres premios cada una en la gala de la Unión de Actores". rtve.es (in Spanish). 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Premios Platino 2023: palmarés con todos los ganadores". Cinemanía. 22 April 2023 – via 20minutos.es.
  16. ^ "Todos los nominados de la 32 edición de los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices de España". Escribiendo Cine. 4 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Todos los ganadores de los 32 Premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices de España". Escribiendo Cine. 11 March 2024.
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