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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

80

Gender

Female

Birthday

1968-11-05 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Also Known As

Aitana Sanchez Gijo

Aitana Sanchez Gijon

Aitana Sánchez Gijón

Aitana Sanchez-Gijon

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón de Angelis

Айтана Санчес-Хихон

埃塔娜·桑切斯·吉永

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (born 5 November 1968 in Rome, Italy) is a Spanish-Italian film actress. Best known for playing dramatic roles in Spain, Sánchez-Gijón is known in the United States for her portrayal of Victoria Aragon, a pregnant and abandoned Mexican-American winegrower's daughter who is helped by travelling salesman Paul Sutton (Keanu Reeves) in A Walk in the Clouds (1995). She has since built a reputation as an international star in films such as Manuel Gomez Pereira's Boca a Boca (1996), Bigas Luna's The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997), Jaime Chavarri's Sus Ojos Se Cerraron (1998), Gabriele Salvatores' adaptation of the Niccolò Ammaniti novel I'm not scared (2003) and Brad Anderson's The Machinist (2004). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

The Machinist

2004

The Machinist

as

Marie

The Nautical Chart

2007

The Nautical Chart

as

Tánger Soto

A Walk in the Clouds

1995

A Walk in the Clouds

as

Victoria Aragón

The Backwoods

2006

The Backwoods

as

Isabel

Survivor's Day

2023

Survivor's Day

as

Elena Paz

Mouth to Mouth

1995

Mouth to Mouth

as

Amanda

The Frost

2009

The Frost

as

Rita

Maktub

2011

Maktub

as

Beatriz

Volaverunt

1999

Volaverunt

as

Duquesa de Alba

Express Oviedo

2007

Express Oviedo

as

Mariola Mayo

Tell Me About Love

2008

Tell Me About Love

as

Nicole

Ruleta

1999

Ruleta

as

Fish Bones

2021

Fish Bones

as

Carmen

Jealousy

1999

Jealousy

as

Carmen

Wounded Animals

2006

Wounded Animals

as

Claudia

Love Walked In

1997

Love Walked In

as

Vicky Rivas

The First Look

2024

The First Look

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Tangos Are for Two

1998

Tangos Are for Two

as

Juanita

Under Her Control

2022

Under Her Control

as

Beatriz

Blind Man's Bluff

1994

Blind Man's Bluff

as

Bianca

The Misfits Club

2014

The Misfits Club

as

Madre de Valeria

La muerte de Otilia Ruiz

2011

La muerte de Otilia Ruiz

as

Blanca Lupino

Redondela

1987

Redondela

as

Luisa Peña

I'm Not Scared

2003

I'm Not Scared

as

Anna

Teresa

2015

Teresa

as

Doña Jimena

The Frontier Law

1995

The Frontier Law

as

Bárbara Miller Molina

Thi Mai

2018

Thi Mai

as

Elvira

El crimen de Perpignan

1991

El crimen de Perpignan

as

Yvette Romero

The Greek Labyrinth

1993

The Greek Labyrinth

as

Bernadette

Jarrapellejos

1988

Jarrapellejos

as

Isabel

The Monk

1990

The Monk

as

Sister Ines

Havanera 1820

1993

Havanera 1820

as

Amelia Roig

Drifters

2011

Drifters

as

Vima

Mi dulce

2001

Mi dulce

as

Ángela

Hidden Desire

1992

Hidden Desire

as

Julia

Rowing with the Wind

1988

Rowing with the Wind

as

Teresa Guiccioli

Yerma

1999

Yerma

as

Yerma

Alex's Strip

2020

Alex's Strip

as

Vera

Velvet Colección: Grand Finale

2020

Velvet Colección: Grand Finale

as

Blanca Soto Fernández

A Man, a Real One

2003

A Man, a Real One

as

Dolores

Anatomy of a Dandy

2020

Anatomy of a Dandy

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Parallel Mothers

2021

Parallel Mothers

as

Teresa

The Low Land

2025

The Low Land

as

Carmen Membrado

Velvet

Velvet

as

Blanca Soto

Breathless

Breathless

as

Pilar Amaro

La Regenta

La Regenta

as

Ana Ozores

Martínez y hermanos

Martínez y hermanos

as

Self - Guest

Los 80

Los 80

as

Nuria Acosta

Estoy vivo

Estoy vivo

as

Comisaria Verónica "Vero" Ruiz

La Revuelta

La Revuelta

as

Self - Guest

Production

Crew

Directing