Laia Costa Bertrán () (born February 18, 1985) is a Spanish actress who has worked in Spain, Russia, Germany, Argentina, Italy, United Kingdom and the United States.
Life and career
Costa was born in Barcelona,
Spain
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. Costa obtained a degree in advertising, public relations, and marketing at the Blanquerna-
Ramon Llull University
University Ramon Llull ( ca, Universitat Ramon Llull, URL; ) is a private university located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain established in 1990. Currently it is formed by several different colleges specialized in different topics, most of which ar ...
's School of Communication and International Relations. She speaks fluent Catalan, Spanish, French, and English.
She starred in the critically acclaimed 2015 film ''
Victoria
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'', which was almost entirely improvised by the actors; the 134-minute film was shot in a single take. Costa won the
Lola
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for Best Actress and was nominated for a
European Film Awards
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for Best European Actress. Her performance also garnered her a nomination for the prestigious
BAFTA EE Rising Star Award. Prior to her big international breakthrough, she also starred in ''Cites'', the Catalan remake of the British TV series ''
Dates
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'', and ''
Polseres Vermelles
''Polseres vermelles'' (, literally "Red bracelets", known in English as ''The Red Band Society'') is a Catalan television show, created by Albert Espinosa. He and director-producer Pau Freixas had previously worked together on the film '.
The s ...
'', winner of the
International Emmy Award
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for Best Kids TV Series, adapted by
Steven Spielberg for North America as ''
Red Band Society
''Red Band Society'' is an American teen medical comedy-drama television series, developed by Margaret Nagle, that aired on Fox for the 2014–15 American television season. The series premiered on September 17, 2014.
Based on the Catalan d ...
''.
Costa starred alongside
Nicholas Hoult
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in
Drake Doremus
Drake Doremus (born March 29, 1983) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing the films ''Like Crazy'' (2011), which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, '' Douchebag'' (2010) which ...
' ''
Newness
''Newness'' is a 2017 American romantic drama film directed by Drake Doremus from a screenplay by Ben York Jones. It stars Nicholas Hoult, Laia Costa, Courtney Eaton, Danny Huston and Esther Perel.
The film had its world premiere at the Sund ...
'' (
Sundance Film Festival 2017). In addition to co-starring with
Mia Wasikowska
Mia Wasikowska ( ; born 25 October 1989) is an Australian actress. She made her screen debut on the Australian television drama '' All Saints'' in 2004, followed by her feature film debut in ''Suburban Mayhem'' (2006). She first became known to ...
and
Christopher Abbott in Nicolas Pesce's ''
Piercing
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'' (
Sundance Film Festival 2018), she is the lead of two films which premiered at the
Tribeca Film Festival
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2018,
Miguel Arteta's ''
Duck Butter
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'' with
Alia Shawkat
Alia Martine Shawkat ( ; ar, عليا مارتين شوكت; born April 18, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in '' The Old Man'', '' State of Grace'', Maeby Fünke in the Fox/Netflix television sitcom '' Arrested Devel ...
and ''
Maine
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'' with
Thomas Mann
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. Also in 2018, Costa co-starred in Amazon/
Dan Fogelman
Dan Fogelman (born February 19, 1976) is an American television producer and screenwriter whose screenplays include ''Cars'', ''Tangled'', and ''Crazy, Stupid, Love''. He also created the 2012 television sitcom '' The Neighbors'', the 2015 fairy ...
's drama film
''Life Itself'' with
Oscar Isaac
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and
Antonio Banderas.
Costa starred alongside
Josh O'Connor
Josh O'Connor (born in 1989/1990) is a British actor. He portrayed a young Charles III (Prince Charles) in the Netflix drama ''The Crown'' (2019–2020), for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and th ...
in
Harry Wootliff's critically acclaimed directorial debut
''Only You'', which premiered in competition at The London Film Festival, on 19 October 2018.
''
The New York Times
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'' includes her in 2015’s "Breakthrough Performances of the Fall Season".
In April 2019, it was announced that Costa had been cast alongside Guillermo Pfening in
Isabel Coixet's ''
Foodie Love'' series for
HBO Europe
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.
She then filmed the international co-produced Italian English language television series released in 2020
''Devils'' co-starring along
Patrick Dempsey
Patrick Galen Dempsey (born January 13, 1966) is an American actor and race car driver. He is best known for his role as neurosurgeon Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd in ''Grey's Anatomy''. He had early success as an actor, starring in a number of fi ...
based on the international bestseller novel of
the same name by Guido Maria Brera.
That same year, Costa starred alongside an ensemble cast in the American science fiction television anthology series
''Soulmates'', in the third episode of the first season titled "Little Adventures", directed by
Marco Kreuzpaintner
Marco Johann Kreuzpaintner (born 11 March 1977) is a German film director, executive producer and screenwriter.
Career
In 1999, he began his career in the role of German dubbing assistant for the Stanley Kubrick film ''Eyes Wide Shut''.
In t ...
and written by
Jessica Knappett
Jessica Amy Knappett (born 28 November 1984) is an English comedian, actress, and writer. She is best known as the creator, writer, executive producer, and star of the E4 sitcom '' Drifters'', as well as her role as Lisa in ''The Inbetweeners M ...
and
Brett Goldstein
Brett Goldstein (born 17 July 1980) is a British actor, comedian, and writer.
He is best known for writing and starring as Roy Kent in the Apple TV+ sports comedy series ''Ted Lasso'' (2020–present), for which he received the Primetime Emmy ...
& William Bridges.
Costa returned to the
Berlinale
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to premiere ''
Lullaby
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'' by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, which premiered in the Panorama section on February 11, 2022. Subsequently, the film premiered at the
Malaga Film Festival on March 20, 2022, where it was the grand winner of the edition with the Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Film, the Silver Biznaga for Best Screenplay, and the Silver Biznaga for Best Female Performance for Costa and
Susi Sánchez
Asunción Sánchez Abellán (born March 21, 1955), known as Susi Sánchez, is a Spanish theater, film, and television actress.
Career
Susi Sánchez is best known for her roles in the Vicente Aranda film '' Mad Love'', where she gives life to Qu ...
.
‘Cinco lobitos’, gran ganadora del Festival de Málaga
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Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
* ''Bright potential of the Human Body'', by Magdalena Barile Tandhomas Sauerteig (2014) Role: Calda. Festival Grec
* ''Killing, Beating and Death in Agbanaspach'', by Marcel Borràs and Nao Albet (2013) Role: Maria Kapravof. TNC
Accolades
References
External links
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Spanish film actresses
Spanish television actresses
Living people
Actresses from Barcelona
21st-century Spanish actresses
1985 births