Bárbara Lennie Holguín (born 20 April 1984) is a Spanish actress,
hailed as an indie cinema star. She won the
Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 2014 neo-noir drama ''
Magical Girl
is a Genre#Subgenre, subgenre of primarily Japanese fantasy media (including anime, manga, light novels, and live-action media) centered on young girls who possess magical abilities, which they typically use through an ideal alter ego into wh ...
'', also scooping nominations for ''
Obaba'' (New Actress),
''
El niño
EL, El or el may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Fictional entities
* El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit
* Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things''
* El, fami ...
'' (Supporting Actress),
''
María (and Everybody Else)'' (Best Actress), and ''
God's Crooked Lines'' (Best Actress).
Biography
Born in
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
on 20 April 1984,
she is of Argentine and Irish descent.
She moved as a toddler with her family from the
Prosperidad neighborhood to
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
, where she lived for 6 years before returning to Madrid circa 1990.
She made her feature film debut at age 15 in ''
No Pain, No Gain''.
She graduated from the
Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (RESAD),
after which she started working professionally as an actress.
Her credits include ''
Magical Girl
is a Genre#Subgenre, subgenre of primarily Japanese fantasy media (including anime, manga, light novels, and live-action media) centered on young girls who possess magical abilities, which they typically use through an ideal alter ego into wh ...
'', ''
Obaba'' and ''
El Niño
EL, El or el may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Fictional entities
* El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit
* Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things''
* El, fami ...
'' and the television series ''
Isabel'' and ''El incidente''.
She gave birth to her first child, a daughter, with her partner Diego Postigo in 2022.
Filmography
Film
Television
Accolades
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lennie, Barbara
1984 births
Living people
Actresses from Madrid
Spanish film actresses
Spanish television actresses
21st-century Spanish actresses
Spanish stage actresses
Spanish people of Argentine descent
Spanish people of Irish descent