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Antonia San Juan
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Antonia San Juan at the 2019 Sitges Film Festival
Born (1961-05-22) 22 May 1961 (age 63)
Nationality Spanish
Occupation Actress
Years active 1994–present
Spouse(s) Luis Miguel Seguí (m. 2009; div. 2015)

Antonia San Juan Fernández (born 22 May 1961) is a Spanish actress, director and screenwriter.

Biography

She was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. At 19 she went to Madrid, where she started working as a professional theatre actress and also as a cabaret act in pubs and bars. She became known thanks to her role as Agrado in Todo sobre mi madre by Pedro Almodóvar. She is well known in Spain not only because of her film career but also for her humorous monologues on television and theatre . Since 2009 she has been acting in the popular Spanish TV series La que se avecina, playing the part of Estela Reynolds, the eccentric mother of Lola.

She is an atheist and is highly critical of religion, calling it a "cancer to society."

Filmography

Film

  • La vida siempre es corta – 1994
  • Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí – 1997
  • La primera noche de mi vida – 1998
  • El grito en el cielo – 1998
  • Ataque verbal – 1999
  • Manolito Gafotas – 1999
  • All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) – 1999
  • Hongos – 1999
  • El pan de cada día, El – 2000
  • Asfalto – 2000
  • V.O. – 2001
  • Octavia – 2002
  • La balsa de piedra – 2002
  • Amnèsia – 2002
  • Piedras – 2002
  • Venganza – 2002
  • 238 – 2003
  • Colours – 2003
  • Mela y sus hermanas – 2004
  • Te llevas la palma – 2004
  • La china – 2005
  • Un buen día – 2005
  • Un dulce despertar – 2005
  • El hambre – 2005
  • La maldad de las cosas – 2005
  • La nevera – 2005
  • La caja – 2006
  • Del lado del verano – 2012
  • The Platform (El Hoyo) – 2019

Television

TV series
year Title Role Network Episodes
2009 – 2010;
2013 – 2014
La que se avecina Estela Reynolds Telecinco 40 episodes
2012 Frágiles Julia Telecinco 1 episode
2014 Fantasmagórica Clara web series 2 episodes
2014–2015 Gym Tony Berta Palomero Cuatro 110 episodes
2019 Hierro Samir Movistar 3 episodes

See also

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