Sandra Escacena

Sandra Escacena (born March 30, 2001)[1][2] is a Spanish actress, known for her starring role in the movie Veronica, a 2017 Spanish horror thriller film directed by Paco Plaza.

Sandra Escacena
Escacena at the 2018 Goya Awards
Born
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationActress
Years active2017-Present
Known forVeronica (2017)
Height5.7 ft (170 cm)
AwardsGoya Awards 2017 Nomination

Career

Between 2009 and 2012 Escacena studied theater at the School S.V. Performing Productions of Villaviciosa de Odón and between 2012 and 2014 in the Municipal School of Dramatic Art of Madrid. Since 2015 she has attended theater classes at the Primera Toma school in Madrid.[3] During these years she has participated in various plays.

In 2016, at the suggestion of the casting director Arantza Velez, she auditioned to play Veronica in the film directed by Paco Plaza, and was finally chosen for the role.[4] In December 2017 she was nominated for the Goya Award for the Best New Actress and for the Feroz Award for the Best Main Actress in a Film for her performance.[5][6]

Filmography

Cinema
Films
Year Title Director
2017 Verónica Paco Plaza
The Same (short) Paco Plaza & Portsmouth FC

Theater
Plays
Year Title Role
2010 La otra historia de Caperucita Roja Madre de Caperucita
2011 Blancanieves Blancanieves
2012 Nunca un Príncipe Azul Don Quijote de la Mancha
2013 La muy fogosa historia de Miguel Costilla Flor y Comadre
2014 Romeo y Julieta Julieta

Awards
YearPrizeCategoryProductionResult
2017Cinepocalypse FestivalBest ActressVeronicaWon
2018Goya AwardsBest New ActressVeronicaNominated
2018Premios FerozBest Main Actress in a FilmVeronicaNominated

References
  1. Imparcial, El. "Paco Plaza: "Hay algo que nos empuja a tener miedo por diversión"". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  2. Belinchón, Gregorio (2018-01-31). "La primera candidata a los Goya nacida del siglo XXI". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  3. "Sandra Escacena - Maydel Manager". Maydel Manager (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  4. "Entrevista a Ana Torrent y Sandra Escacena por la película "Verónica"". LosInterrogantes.com (in European Spanish). 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  5. "Los Goya 2018 - 'Handia' y 'La librería' lideran las nominaciones - RTVE.es". RTVE.es (in European Spanish). 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  6. "Nominados a los Premios Feroz 2018". Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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