Antonia San Juan

Antonia San Juan Fernández (born 22 May 1961) is a Spanish actress, director and screenwriter.

Biography Antonia San Juan was born in Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands. At 19 she established in Madrid, where she worked as a professional theatre actress and also as a cabaret act in pubs and bars. She became known for her role as Agrado in Todo sobre mi madre by Pedro Almodóvar. She is well known in Spain not only because of her film career but also for her humorous monologues on television and theatre . Since 2009 she has been acting in the popular Spanish TV series La que se avecina, playing the part of Estela Reynolds, the eccentric mother of Lola.

She is an atheist and is highly critical of religion, calling it a "cancer to society."

In September 2025, she announced she had been diagnosed with cancer and that she would temporarily retire from the stage to undergo treatment.

Filmography Film La vida siempre es corta – 1994 Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí – 1997 La primera noche de mi vida – 1998 El grito en el cielo – 1998 Ataque verbal – 1999 Manolito Gafotas – 1999 All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) – 1999 Hongos – 1999 El pan de cada día, El – 2000 Asfalto – 2000 V.O. – 2001 Octavia – 2002 La balsa de piedra – 2002 Amnèsia – 2002 Piedras – 2002 Venganza – 2002 238 – 2003 Colours – 2003 Mela y sus hermanas – 2004 Te llevas la palma – 2004 La china – 2005 Un buen día – 2005 Un dulce despertar – 2005 El hambre – 2005 La maldad de las cosas – 2005 La nevera – 2005 La caja – 2006 Del lado del verano – 2012 The Platform (El Hoyo) – 2019

Television TV series year Title Role Network Episodes 2009 – 2010;2013 – 2014 La que se avecina Estela Reynolds Telecinco 40 episodes 2012 Frágiles Julia Telecinco 1 episode 2014 Fantasmagórica Clara web series 2 episodes 2014–2015 Gym Tony Berta Palomero Cuatro 110 episodes 2019 Hierro Samir Movistar 3 episodes