Ana Torrent

Ana Torrent Bertrán de Lis (born 12 July 1966) is a Spanish film actress. She featured as a child actress in pictures such as The Spirit of the Beehive, and Cría cuervos (1976), Elisa, vida mía (1977) and The Nest (1980). In reference to her recruitment for this first film, Torrent stated: "I remember meeting Victor for the first time. He was standing around during recess at my school, taking pictures of me and other girls. He was traveling around many schools to find a young girl to cast. I remember telling my parents that some man is taking pictures of me at school. Then they called on me one day while I was in class and mentioned the movie. I also remember some things from the shoot: the atmosphere, the sounds, the lights. It wasn't a difficult process because it wasn't acting. I never considered myself an actress. I was just playing myself, a child, and they gave me instructions. I remember my character in the film was even supposed to have a different name, but at that age, I didn't understand why they weren't calling me my name, so Victor changed it to Anna. I wasn't conscious of acting at all, and I didn't understand what I was doing. It was just like a big mysterious game." After The Spirit of the Beehive, she played a character with the same name in Cría Cuervos (Raise Ravens) (1976) by director Carlos Saura. Despite her success in film as a young child, she later recounted how it was not until her teens that she began to consider herself to really be an actress: "It was much later. My role in The Spirit of the Beehive was a coincidence. I would have never chosen to be an actress myself. And my family had nothing to do with the film world. I was a shy and reserved person. I wasn't like the other kids that wanted to perform in the theatre. I began to understand what acting was, and I began to enjoy it when I was 17 or 18. Again it was thanks to Victor. We kept in touch after The Spirit of the Beehive, and when I was around 16, we were speaking, and he asked me what I wanted to do career-wise. I wasn't sure, and he asked if I thought about acting and recommended I take some acting classes. I began classes around 17, and that's when I knew I wanted to do this for a living." In the film, she portrayed Ana Arenas, the daughter of long-disappeared actor Julio Arenas. Also in 2023, she starred in Foremost by Night, which debuted in the Venice Days.

In March 2025, she debuted in the play The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (a Rakel Camacho's adaptation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's play) at Nave 10 Matadero.

Filmography YearFilmRoleNotes 1973 El espíritu de la colmena Ana 1976 Cría cuervos Ana 1977 Elisa, vida mía Niña Elisa 1979 Ogro Niña vasca 1980 El nido (The Nest) Goyita 1985 Los paraísos perdidos (The Lost Paradise) Andrea 1989 Sangre y arena Carmen Espinosa 1992 Vacas Catalina 1992 Amor e Dedinhos de Pé Victorina Vidal 1994 Entre rojas La Tacatún 1995 Puede ser divertido Carmen 1995 El palomo cojo (The Lame Pigeon) Adoración 1996 Tesis (Thesis) Ángela 1998 El grito en el cielo (Shoot Out) Yoli Adelina 2000 Yoyes Yoyes 2001 Sagitario Luisa 2001 Juego de Luna (Luna's Game) Luna Younger versions of the character played by Dafne Fernández and Gara Muñoz 2003 Una preciosa puesta de sol Elena 2004 Iris Magdalena 2008 14, Fabian Road Vega Galindo 2008 The Other Boleyn Girl Catherine of Aragon 2009 NO-DO (The Haunting) Francesca 2011There Be Dragons Doña Dolores 2017 Verónica (Veronica) Ana 2020 It Snows in Benidorm Lucía 2023 Cerrar los ojos (Close Your Eyes) Ana Arenas Sobre todo de noche (Foremost by Night) Cora La furia (Fury) Directora teatral de Medea ('stage director of Medea)

Accolades Year Award Category Work Result 11th Goya Awards Best Actress Thesis 11th Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Film Close Your Eyes 16th Gaudí Awards Best Supporting Actress 79th CEC Medals Best Supporting Actress 38th Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress 11th Platino Awards Best Supporting Actress