Almudena Amor

Almudena Parejo Amor (born 30 March 1994), artistically known as Almudena Amor, is a Spanish actress. She has starred in the films The Good Boss and The Grandmother.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Parejo and the second or maternal family name is Amor.
Almudena Amor
Born
Almudena Parejo Amor

(1994-03-30) 30 March 1994
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActress

Biography

Almudena Parejo Amor was born on 30 March 1994 in Madrid.[1][2] Part of her family comes from Lagartera (Toledo), a village in which she spent many summers and weekends during her youth.[3] Raised in the Concepción neighborhood,[4] she developed an interest in acting during some theatrical courses organised in her high school in Ciudad Lineal.[3] She trained her acting chops in Carabanchel at the Mar Navarro acting school.[4] She earned a degree in publicity and a master's degree in design.[3] She worked for a time as a model afterwards.[3] Determined to develop an acting career,[5] she performed in some short films, commercials and music videos.[2] After performing in a teaser video by Gonzaga Manso titled Millones de años, she was inked by agent Diana Ellerker, and she ensuingly landed the leading role in Paco Plaza's The Grandmother,[3] playing the role of Susana, a young model who has to return home to take care of her grandmother.[4][2] She also made a minor appearance in the Plaza-directed episode "Freddy" from the anthology television series Stories to Stay Awake.[3] Her breakthrough role as Liliana (a young company intern from a well-off family infatuated with the boss)[1] in Fernando León de Aranoa's The Good Boss earned her a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress and a nomination to the Feroz Award for Best Supporting Actress.[6][7]

Filmography
Film
Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2021El buen patrón (The Good Boss)Liliana[8]
La abuela (The Grandmother)Susana[9]
2023Hermana Muerte (Sister Death)Hermana Socorro[10]
TBALa mujer dormida (The Sleeping Woman)Ana[11]
Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2023El silencio (Muted)Ana Dussuel[12]

Accolades
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
20229th Feroz AwardsBest Supporting Actress (film)The Good BossNominated[13]
77th CEC MedalsBest New ActressWon[14]
36th Goya AwardsBest New ActressNominated[15]
30th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest New ActressWon[16]
9th Platino AwardsBest Supporting ActressNominated[17][18]

References
  1. Zurro, Javier (13 October 2021). "¿Quién es Almudena Amor? Así es la actriz española de la que todo el mundo habla". El Español.
  2. García, Julián (17 October 2021). "Almudena Amor: así es la joven actriz revelación del año". El Periódico.
  3. Cuesta Torrado, Sara (16 September 2021). "Almudena Amor, la actriz de la que todo el mundo va a hablar". El País Semanal. El País.
  4. Pardillos, David (22 September 2021). "Almudena Amor, la actriz revelación de la que no podrás olvidarte". Cinemanía (in Spanish). 20minutos.es.
  5. Fernández, Noemí (23 October 2021). "Descubre a Almudena Amor, la gran revelación del cine español tras su papel en 'El buen patrón'". ¡Hola!.
  6. Silvestre, Juan (30 November 2021). "Premios Goya 2022: 'El buen patrón' y 'Maixabel' arrasan en las nominaciones". Fotogramas.
  7. Delfín, Cristina (25 November 2021). "Estas son las mejores pelis y series españolas de 2021, según las nominaciones de los Feroz". Woman. El Periódico de Catalunya.
  8. Bunbury, Stephanie (22 September 2021). "San Sebastian Review: Javier Bardem In 'The Good Boss'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  9. Pardillos, David (22 September 2021). "Almudena Amor, la actriz revelación de la que no podrás olvidarte". Cinemanía (in Spanish). 20minutos.es. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  10. Romero, Miguel Ángel (28 May 2022). "Así es el monasterio en el que Paco Plaza rueda 'Hermana Muerte', la precuela de 'Verónica' para Netflix". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
  11. "La mujer dormida". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. 26 October 2022.
  12. "Netflix lanza el teaser de 'El silencio' de Aitor Gabilondo y Aron Piper, que ya tiene mes de estreno". Vertele!. 27 February 2023 – via eldiario.es.
  13. "Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz Zaragoza 2022". Cinemanía. 30 January 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
  14. "'El amor en su lugar' arrasa en las Medallas CEC con hasta seis premios, todos los principales". Cine con Ñ. 10 February 2022.
  15. Gajewski, Ryan (12 February 2022). "Spain's Goya Awards: Javier Bardem's 'The Good Boss' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter.
  16. "El buen patrón' triunfa en la gala de la Unión de Actores". El Mundo. 14 March 2022.
  17. ""El buen patrón" y la serie argentina "El reino", los más nominados a los Premios Platino". Telam. 31 March 2022.
  18. "'El buen patrón' reina en los Premios Platino del cine iberoamericano". rtve.es. 2 May 2022.
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