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

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on 5 October 1955, the daughter of singer Antonio Molina and Ángela Tejedor. Her siblings , Mónica and are also actors. 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. She rose to international prominence after starring in

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's last film ''

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'' (1977). She has worked with such directors as Luis Buñuel, the Taviani brothers,

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and

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. 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 ''

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''. She was also repeatedly nominated for the

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(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

;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) * ''

A Woman in the Rain ''A Woman in the Rain'' ( es, Una mujer bajo la lluvia, links=no) is a 1992 Spanish comedy film directed by Gerardo Vera which stars Ángela Molina, Antonio Banderas, and Imanol Arias. It is a remake of the 1945 film '' Life on a Thread''. Plot ...

'' (1992) * '' Krapatchouk'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1991) * '' Drums of Fire'' (1990) * '' Black River'' (1990) * '' The Savage'' (1989) * ' (1985) * '' Dies rigorose Leben'' (1983) * '' The Remains from the Shipwreck'' (1978)

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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