Laura Mañá Alvarenga (born 12 January 1968) is an

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. She was born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

. As an actress, she has worked for directors such as

Bigas Luna José Juan Bigas Luna (19 March 1946 – 5 April 2013) was a Spanish film director, designer and artist. His films are typically characterised by a strong emphasis on the erotic film, erotic, often related to food, something for which he admitte ...

Vicente Aranda Vicente Aranda Ezquerra (; 9 November 1926 – 26 May 2015) was a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. Due to his refined and personal style, he was one of the most renowned Spanish filmmakers. He started as a founding member ...

. In 1997 she directed ''Paraules'', her first short film and in 2000 her first feature film, ''Sexo por compassion'', selected at the Sundance and Toronto film festivals and awarded at the Malaga Film Festival (Best Film and Audience Award) and at the Festival de Miami (Best Screenplay), among others.

Filmography

As a director and screen writer

*'' Paraules'', 1997 *'' Sexo por compasión'', 2000 *'' Killing Words'', 2003 *'' Morir en San Hilario'', 2005 * '' Te quiero, imbécil'', 2020 * '' Un novio para mi mujer'', 2022

As an actress

*'' Lolita al desnudo'', 1991 *'' La Teta y la luna'', 1994 *'' Pizza Arrabbiata'', 1995 *''

Libertarias ''Libertarias'' (English: ''Libertarians'') is a Spanish historical drama made in 1996. It was written and directed by Vicente Aranda. In 1936, Maria ( Ariadna Gil), a young nun is recruited by Pilar ( Ana Belén), a militant feminist, into an a ...

'', 1996 *'' Romasanta'', 2004

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* 1968 births Living people Actresses from Barcelona Spanish film directors Spanish women film directors Spanish women screenwriters 20th-century Spanish actresses 21st-century Spanish actresses {{Catalonia-writer-stub