Birth Date: | 19 December 1990 |
Birth Place: | Linares, Andalusia, Spain |
Occupation: | Actress |
Relatives: | Celia de Molina (sister) |
Natalia de Molina (born 19 December 1990) is a Spanish actress from Andalusia. Since her film debut in the 2013 dramedy Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed, she has featured in films such as Food and Shelter (for which she won the Goya Award for Best Actress), Quién te cantará, Bye, Schoolgirls and Undercover Wedding Crashers.
Natalia de Molina was born on 19 December 1990 in Linares,[1] [2] in the province of Jaén, although she was raised in Granada since age 2 with her mother and her three elder sisters.[3] [4] Her uncle is an actor and theatre director and her elder sister Celia is also an actress.[5] She studied at the IES Cervantes in the neighborhood and the Granada's Art School, where she took the Spanish Baccalaureate with specialisation in arts. She moved to Málaga when she was 18 years old to study performing arts (musical specialisation) at the local Spanish; Castilian: Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático, later moving to Madrid before finishing her degree.[6]
She made her feature film debut in David Trueba's 2013 comedy-drama Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed,[7] [8] portraying Belén, an unmarried pregnant woman in Francoist Spain. Her breakout performance earned her the Goya Award for Best New Actress. She was recognised among the recipients of the 2015 Shooting Stars Award presented by European Film Promotion at the 65th Berlinale.[9] In 2016, she won the Goya Award for Best Actress for her role as unemployed single mother in Food and Shelter, thereby becoming the youngest actress to win two Goya awards.[10] [11]
In 2018, she was invited to membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[12]
Year | Title | Original title | Role | Notes | |
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2013 | Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed | Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados | Belén | ||
Temporal | Temporal | Sara | |||
2015 | Girl's Night Out | Cómo sobrevivir a una despedida | Nora | ||
Food and Shelter | Techo y comida | Rocío | |||
Just a Little Chemistry | Sólo química | Melanie | |||
Pozoamargo | Pozoamargo | Gloria | |||
2016 | Kiki, Love to Love | Kiki, el amor se hace | Natalia | ||
The Tunnel Gang | Los del túnel | Miriam | |||
2018 | You Shall Not Sleep | No dormirás | Cecilia | ||
Quién te cantará | Quién te cantará | Marta | |||
Unbridled | Animales sin collar | Nora | |||
2019 | 522. A Cat, a Chinese Guy and My Father | 522. Un gato, un chino y mi padre | George | ||
Elisa & Marcela | Elisa y Marcela | Elisa Sánchez Loriga | |||
Bye | Adiós | Triana | |||
2020 | Schoolgirls | Las niñas | Adela | ||
2021 | Undercover Wedding Crashers | Operación Camarón | Luci | ||
2022 | One Year, One Night | Un año, una noche | Julia | ||
Unfinished Affairs | La maniobra de la tortuga | Cristina | |||
Counting Sheep | Contando ovejas | Paola | |||
Mirror, Mirror | Espejo, Espejo | Paula | |||
2023 | Siege | Asedio | Dani | ||
May I Speak with the Enemy? | ¿Es el enemigo? La película de Gila | Rosa | |||
Dismantling an Elephant | Desmontando un elefante | Blanca |
Year | Title | Original title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | El Gran Día de los Feos | El Gran Día de los Feos | Sheila | |
2015 | Bajo sospecha | Bajo sospecha | Leti | |
2016 | Web Therapy | Web Therapy | María del Mar | |
2017 | The Light of Hope | La llum d'Elna | Carmen | TV movie |
2017 | The End of Comedy | El fin de la comedia | Natalia | |
2018 | Cathedral of the Sea | La catedral del mar | Francesca | |
2019 | Foodie Love | Foodie Love | Natalia | |
2022 | Simple | Fácil | Marga | |
2024 | Iron Reign | Mano de hierro | Rocío | |
Superstar | Loly Álvarez | [13] | ||
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | ||
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2014 | Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed | [14] | ||||
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2016 | Best Actress | Food and Shelter | [16] | |||
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Best Film Actress in a Leading Role | [19] [20] | |||||
2019 | Quién te cantará | [21] | ||||
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Best Actress in an International Production | You Shall Not Sleep | [23] [24] | ||||
2020 | Bye | [25] | ||||
2021 | Schoolgirls | [26] | ||||
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Best Supporting Actress | [28] | |||||
2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Undercover Wedding Crashers | [29] | |||
Best TV Actress | Simple | [30] | ||||
2023 | Best Actress | Unfinished Affairs | [31] |