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Icíar Bollaín
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez (born June 12, 1967; Madrid) is a Spanish actress, director and writer. Her father was an aeronautical engineer and her mother was a music teacher. Sh…
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Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez (born June 12, 1967; Madrid) is a Spanish actress, director and writer. Her father was an aeronautical engineer and her mother was a music teacher. She made her début when she was 15 years old. She is a member of the Academia Española de Cinematografía. She began her work in cinema at the age of fourteen as part of the cast in Victor Erice's film El Sur (1983). Since then she has acted in fourteen films. Hola, estas sola? (Hi, are you alone? in English) (1995) was her first feature film as director, a story about two young girls who dream of finding an earthly paradise, and undertake a long trip towards the sea. Flores de otro mundo (Flowers from another world in English) (1999) was her second feature film, which she co-wrote with Julio Llamazares. It is the story of four women who travel to rural Spain with the hopes of finding love. Her latest film as writer and director is Te Doy Mis Ojos (I'll give you my eyes in English) (2003) which won seven Goya awards including Best Film. The movie is about the abusive marriage relationship between Pilar and Antonio. Her 2010 film Even the Rain was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. In January 2011, the film made the final nine shortlist.
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2025
Borau y el cine
Movie
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2024
I Am Nevenka
Movie Director
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2022
The Critic
Movie Self
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2021
Maixabel
Movie Director
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2020
Rosa's Wedding
Movie Director
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2018
Yuli
Movie Director
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2017
Al cotxe!
TV show Self - Interviewee
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2016
The Olive Tree
Movie Director
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2014
En tierra extraña
Movie Director
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2012
1,2,3...Casa
Movie Director
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2011
Kathmandu Lullaby
Movie Director
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2011
Even the Rain
Movie Director
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2009
Rage
Movie Marimar Torres
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2007
Mataharis
Movie Director
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2005
The Night of the Brother
Movie Julia
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2004
With Good Reason
Movie Director
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2003
Take My Eyes
Movie Director
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2002
The Stone Raft
Movie Maria
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2002
Poniente
Movie Writer
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2002
They're Watching Us
Movie Julia
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2002
Sara, una estrella
Movie
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2001
Cuéntame cómo pasó
TV show Rosa
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2000
A Love That Kills
Movie Writer
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2000
Leo
Movie Leo
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1999
No sé bailar
TV show
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1999
Flowers From Another World
Movie Director
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1998
Subjúdice
Movie Paula
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1997
Niño nadie
Movie Asun
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1996
Menos que cero
Movie Amaya
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1995
Hi, Are You Alone?
Movie Cantante en karaoke
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1995
Land and Freedom
Movie Maite
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1994
Sexo oral
Movie Assistant Director
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1994
Friendly Dead
Movie Director
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1993
Tocando fondo
Movie Araceli
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1993
Dime una mentira
Movie María
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1992
Baja corazón
Movie Director
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1992
Sublet
Movie Laura
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1992
Un paraguas para tres
Movie Alicia
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1990
Doblones de a ocho
Movie Anita
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1989
El Mejor de los Tiempos
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