Paloma Baeza

Paloma Baeza (born 1 May 1975) is a Mexican-British actress and director. Her 2017 film Poles Apart won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation in 2018.

Biography Baeza was born in London and spent her childhood in Mexico. In 1975, when Baeza was five months old, her parents married in London and they moved to Mexico City. They divorced nine years later.

She returned to the UK with her mother in 1985, when she was nine. She began taking acting classes and appeared very early in the London theatres and British television productions. She studied English and Performing Arts at the University of Bristol. She directed the TV film The Window in 2006. Baeza decided to study animation at the National Film and Television School. For her graduation project, she made the stop-motion short film Poles Apart, which won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation in 2018. In 2018, she began directing a CG/live-action film, The Toymaker's Secret, written by her husband Alex Garland. She is also working on a project on the life of Frida Kahlo.

Personal life Baeza is married to novelist and filmmaker Alex Garland; they have a son and a daughter.

Filmography Film

Television

Directing credits Watchmen (short film, 2001)