| Nathalie Poza | |
| Birth Name: | Nathalie Poza Maupain |
| Birth Date: | 7 March 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation: | Actress |
Nathalie Poza Maupain (born 7 March 1972) is a Spanish film, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades including two Goya Awards, one Platino Award, and five Actors and Actresses Union Awards.
In the 1990s, Poza combined a stage career with roles in television series.[1] She made her feature film debut in musical comedy The Other Side of the Bed (2002).[2] Poza's performance in comedy Football Days (2003) earned her a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress.
She has since featured in films such as Hard Times (2005), All the Women (2013), Can't Say Goodbye (2017), While at War (2019), and Rosa's Wedding (2020).
Nathalie Poza Maupain was born on 7 March 1972 in Madrid,[3] the daughter of a French mother and a Spanish father.[4] She studied at a British bilingual school in Madrid.[5] She reportedly suffered from severe eating disorders in her teenage years. From a young age, she learned to play the piano and practiced ballet.
She trained her acting chops under Cristina Rota.[6] In 1996, alongside fellow actors Alberto San Juan, Guillermo Toledo, and Ernesto Alterio, Poza founded the theatre group 'Ración de Oreja', which later became .[7]
In television she has had many secondary roles since the mid 1990s, including appearances in , , , Periodistas, , and El comisario, the last of which she has appeared in several episodes. In her first fixed television role in 2001, she played Nerea in Policías, en el corazón de la calle.Later, she appeared in Hospital Central, and, in more permanent roles, in (2003) and Maneras de sobrevivir (2005). Her first cinematographic works were the short films Abierto (El eco del tiempo) (1997), by Jaime Marques; No sé, no sé (1998), by Aitor Gaizka and Ruth está bien (1999), by Pablo Valiente.
In 2002, she filmed the television movie Entre cien fuegos under the orders of and that same year premiered The Other Side of the Bed, by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, one of the most successful Spanish films in recent years. The next year, Maria Ripoll directed her in . She also acted in Football Days, by and The Weakness of the Bolshevik, by Manuel Martín Cuenca. She acted again in movies with both directors, filming with Cuenca in 2005, and Cinema Days with Serrano in 2007.
She then filmed (2007), directed by Álvaro Fernández Armero; (2007), by ; and the thriller Un buen hombre (2009), directed by . During those years, she acted in television, in series such as (2008), Hispania, la leyenda (2010-2012)[8] and its spin-off Imperium (2012). In 2013, the film premiered, directed by Mariano Barroso, for which she received her third Goya nomination, for best supporting actress. In 2015 she joined the series Carlos, rey emperador, where she plays Germaine of Foix.[9]
| Year | Title | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Abierto (El eco del tiempo) | Jaime Marques | |
| 1998 | No sé, no sé | Aitor Gaizka |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | El otro lado de la cama (The Other Side of the Bed) | Lucía | [10] | |
| 2003 | Días de fútbol (Football Days) | Patricia | [11] | |
| 2003 | La flaqueza del bolchevique (The Weakness of the Bolshevik) | Eva | [12] | |
| 2005 | Malas temporadas (Hard Times) | Ana | [13] | |
| 2007 | Días de cine (Cinema Days) | Silvia Conde | [14] | |
| 2007 | Yolanda | [15] | ||
| 2009 | Un buen hombre (A Good Man) | Paula | [16] | |
| 2012 | Lo mejor de Eva (Dark Impulse) | Berta | [17] | |
| 2013 | Todas las mujeres (All the Women) | Andrea | [18] | |
| 2016 | Julieta | Juana | [19] | |
| 2017 | No sé decir adiós (Can't Say Goodbye) | Carla | [20] | |
| 2018 | 70 binladens (70 Big Ones) | Lola | [21] | |
| 2019 | Mientras dure la guerra (While at War) | Ana Carrasco | [22] | |
| 2020 | Invisibles (The Invisible) | Amelia | [23] | |
| La boda de Rosa (Rosa's Wedding) | Violeta | [24] | ||
| Rifkin's Festival | ||||
| Honeymoon | Eva | [25] | ||
| Laura |
| Year | Title | Channel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Éste es mi barrio | Antena 3 | |
| 1998 | Hermanas | Telecinco | |
| 1998 | Periodistas | Telecinco | |
| 1998 | Señor alcalde | Telecinco | |
| 1999 | El comisario | Telecinco | |
| 2001 | Policías, en el corazón de la calle | Antena 3 | |
| 2003 | Un lugar en el mundo | Antena 3 | |
| 2004 | Hospital Central | Telecinco | |
| 2005 | Maneras de sobrevivir | ||
| 2005 | Motivos personales | Telecinco | |
| 2008 | LEX | Antena 3 | |
| 2010 | La princesa de Éboli | ||
| 2010-2012 | Hispania, la leyenda | Antena 3 | |
| 2012 | Imperium | Antena 3 | |
| 2015 | Carlos, Rey Emperador | TVE | |
| 2017 | La catedral del mar | Antena 3 | |
| 2017 | Traición[26] | La 1 | |
| 2020 | La unidad[27] | Movistar+ |
| Year | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| El fin de los sueños | ||
| Pornografía barata | ||
| El libertino | ||
| 2001 | Dulce pájaro de juventud | |
| 2003 | Como en las mejores familias | |
| 2005 | Hamelín | |
| 2007 | Marat-Sade | |
| 2009 | Tito Andrónico | |
| 2010 | Penumbra | |
| 2013 | A cielo abierto | |
| 2013 | Fuegos | |
| 2014 | Desde Berlín (tribute to Lou Reed) |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Football Days | [28] | |||
| Best Film Actress in a Minor Role | [29] [30] | ||||
| Best New Actress | |||||
| 2006 | Hard Times | [31] | |||
| Best Film Actress in a Leading Role | [32] [33] | ||||
| 2008 | Best Stage Actress in a Secondary Role | Marat Sade | [34] [35] | ||
| 2009 | Best Television Actress in a Leading Role | Lex | [36] [37] | ||
| 2010 | Best Stage Actress in a Secondary Role | Titus Andronicus | [38] | ||
| 2014 | All the Women | [39] | |||
| 2016 | Best Television Actress in a Minor Role | Carlos, rey emperador | [40] [41] | ||
| 2017 | Best Film Actress in a Minor Role | Julieta | [42] [43] | ||
| Best Actress | Can't Say Goodbye | [44] | |||
| 2018 | Best Actress | [45] | |||
| [46] | |||||
| Best Actress | [47] | ||||
| [48] | |||||
| Best Film Actress in a Leading Role | [49] | ||||
| 2020 | While at War | [50] | |||
| Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role | [51] | ||||
| Best Supporting Actress | Rosa's Wedding | [52] | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | [53] [54] | ||||
| 2021 | [55] | ||||
| [56] | |||||
| [57] | |||||
| 2022 | Best Stage Actress in a Leading Role | Prostitución | [58] | ||
| 2023 | La unidad | [59] | |||
| Best Television Actress in a Leading Role | [60] [61] |