María Galiana Medina (born 31 May 1935) is a Spanish actress. She won the

Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress The Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación femenina de reparto'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. Since its inception, the award has been given to 31 actresses. ...

for her portrayal of the mother in '' Alone''. She owes much of her popularity to her performance as Herminia in ''

Cuéntame cómo pasó ' (), usually shortened to ''Cuéntame'' and also known in English as ''Remember When'', is a Spanish prime-time television historical drama series that originally ran on La 1 (Spanish TV channel), La 1 of Televisión Española for twenty-three ...

''.

Biography

Born in

Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...

on 31 May 1935, Galiana earned a licentiate degree in Philosophy and Letters and has worked as a high school teacher on history and

art history Art history is the study of Work of art, artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Tradit ...

in addition to her acting career. She made her film debut as an actress in ''Pasodoble'' (1988). Appearances in ', ''

Belle Époque The Belle Époque () or La Belle Époque () was a period of French and European history that began after the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 and continued until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Occurring during the era of the Fr ...

'', '' Así en el cielo como en la tierra'', ''

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 ...

'', and '' Yerma'' followed.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Galiana, Maria 1935 births Living people Actresses from Seville Spanish film actresses Best Supporting Actress Goya Award winners