Ángela Molina

Ángela Molina Tejedor (born 5 October 1955) is a Spanish actress. Aside from her performances in Spanish films, she has starred in multiple international productions, particularly in a number of Italian films and television series.

Family Molina was born in Madrid on 5 October 1955, the daughter of singer Antonio Molina and Ángela Tejedor. Another of her siblings, , is a composer.

Career She studied dance and theatre art in the Escuela Superior de Madrid. She made her film debut in 1975 with César Fernández Ardavín's No matarás. Another early major credit is her performance as Rosa (a sexually provocative woman and unwed mother) in Black Brood (1977), a film portraying fascist violence in post-Francoist Spain. Ridley Scott, Lina Wertmüller, Luigi Comencini, Sergio Castellitto and Jaime de Armiñán.

In 1985, she became the first foreign actress to win the Italian cinematographic David di Donatello prize for her role in Lina Wertmüller's Camorra. She was awarded the prize for Best Actress at the Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival in 1987 for her role in Half of Heaven. She was also repeatedly nominated for the Goya Awards (Spanish cinematographic awards).

In 1999, she was the Head of the Jury at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.

She was awarded with the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts in 2002 and the Spanish in 2016.

Selected filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1974 No matarás 1975 1975 Las protegidas 1976 La ciutat cremada (The Burned City) Roser Palau 1976 Las largas vacaciones del 36 (The Long Vacation of '36) Encarna 1977 Viva/muera Don Juan Tenorio 1977 (It's Never Too Late) 1977 Camada negra (Black Brood) Rosa 1977 Ese oscuro objeto del deseo (That Obscure Object of Desire) Conchita Character also played by Carole Bouquet 1977 A un dios desconocido (To an Unknown God) Soledad 1978 (The Prodigious Life of Father Vincent) María 1978 El hombre que supo amar (The Man Who Knew Love) Jazmin 1979 El corazón del bosque (Heart of the Forest) Amparo 1979 Operación Ogro (Ogro) Amaiur 1979 L'ingorgo, una storia impossibile (Traffic Jam) Martina 1979 Buone notizie (Good News) Fedora 1979 La Sabina Pepa 1980 Kaltgestellt (Put on Ice) Franziska 1982 Gli occhi, la bocca (The Eyes, the Mouth) Wanda 1982 Demonios en el jardín (Demons in the Garden) Ángela 1983 Xima 1985 Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti (Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)) Annunziata 1985 Fuego eterno (Eternal Fire) Gabrielle 1986 La sposa era bellissima (The Bride Was Beautiful) Maria 1986 Streets of Gold Elena 1986 Laura 1986 Lola Lola 1986 La mitad del cielo (Half of Heaven) Rosa Young Rosa played by Mónica Molina 1987 Laura 1988 Luces y sombras (Lights and Shadows) Charo 1988 Via Paradiso Giulia 1989 Barroco Sefardita 1989 Esquilache Fernandita 1989 Las cosas del querer (The Things of Love) Pepita 1989 (Sabina) Pepa 1990 Volevo i pantaloni Zia Vannina 1990 Los ángeles (Angels) Natacha 1990 Sandino Teresa Villatoro 1991 Le voleur d'enfants (The Children Thief) Despossoria 1992 Una mujer bajo la lluvia (A Woman in the Rain) Mercedes 1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise Beatriz Enríquez de Arana Mal de amores Carmen 1994 El baile de las ánimas Adela Con gli occhi chiusi (With Closed Eyes) Rebecca Pepita Reprise of role in Las cosas del querer 1996 Edipo alcalde (Oedipus Mayor) Yocasta 1997 Carne trémula (Live Flesh) Clara 1998 (Wind with the Gone) Doña María 2000 One of the Hollywood Ten Rosaura Revueltas 2000 El mar (The Sea) Carmen Onaindia 2001 Malefemmene (Bad Women) Nunzia 2002 Piedras (Stones) Isabel 2002 Carnages (Carnage) 2003 Al sur de Granada (South from Granada) Doña Felicidad 2006 Chata 2006 Los Borgia (The Borgia) Vanozza Cattanei 2006 La sconosciuta (The Unknown Woman) Lucrezia 2006 La caja (The Wooden Box) Eloisa 2007 La masseria delle allodole (The Lark Farm) Ismene 2008 14, Fabian Road Palmira 2008 Diario de una ninfómana (Diary of a Nymphomaniac) Cristina 2009 Baarìa Sarina 2009 Los abrazos rotos (Broken Embraces) Madre de Lena 2009 Barbarossa Hildegard von Bingen 2010 The Way Angelica 2010 Carne de neón (Neon Flesh) Pura Vidas pequeñas (Small Lives) Celeste 2012 Blancanieves (Snow White) Doña Concha 2012 Miel de naranjas (Orange Honey) María 2012 Memoria de mis putas tristes Casilda (old) Young version of Casilda Armenia played by Olivia Molina 2015 Nessuno si salva da solo (You Can't Save Yourself Alone) Lea 2016 Tini: El gran cambio de Violetta (Tini: The Movie) Isabella 2017 El otro hermano (The Lost Brother) Marta 2017 El último traje (The Last Suit) María 2018 El árbol de la sangre (The Tree of Blood) Julieta 2018 The Man Who Bought the Moon Teresa 2019 Me llamo Gennet Pilar Gómez 2021 Charlotte Charlotte 2022 La piedad (Piety) Libertad 2023 The Order of Time Yo no soy esa The Return Eurycleia Polvo serán (They Will Be Dust) Claudia Le Dernier Souffle (Last Breath) Estrella Other

Tre giorni di Natale (2019) Nowhere (2002) Anna's Summer (2001) Sagitario (2001) Jara (2000) Daughter of Her Son (2000) Trouble in Love (1993) Poor Jorge (1993) Krapatchouk (1992) The Man Who Lost His Shadow (1991) Drums of Fire (1990) Black River (1990) The Savage (1989) (1985) Dies rigorose Leben (1983) The Remains from the Shipwreck (1978)

Television

Year Title Role Notes 1985 Quo Vadis? Acte Miniseries 2006 The Holy Family 2010–2013 Gran Reserva Sofía Ruiz de Reverte 2020 La valla (The Barrier) Emilia Noval 2022 A Private AffairDoña Asuncion

Awards and nominations

Year Award ceremony Category Work Result 1986 31st David di Donatello Awards Best Actress Camorra 1989 3rd Goya Awards Best Actress Luces y sombras 1990 4th Goya Awards Best Actress The Things of Love 1998 12th Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress Live Flesh 5th Gaudí Awards Best Actress Snow White Best Supporting Actress 27th Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress 22nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role 2021 35th Goya Awards Honorary Goya Award 52nd International Film Festival of India IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) Charlotte 2022 9th Platino Awards Best Actress 2023 2nd Carmen Awards Best Actress Piety 19th Rome Film Festival Best Actress They Will Be Dust Best Actress