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Blanca Portillo
Born
Blanca Portillo Martínez de Velasco

(1963-06-15) 15 June 1963 (age 60)
Madrid, Spain
EducationRESAD
Occupations
  • Actress
  • theatre director
  • theatre producer

Blanca Portillo Martínez de Velasco (born 15 June 1963) is a Spanish film, television, and stage actress. She has also worked as theatre director and producer.[1][2] She made her feature film debut in Entre rojas (1995). She became popular for her portrayal of Carlota in sitcom television series Siete vidas.[3] Portillo is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Goya Award for Best Actress.

Life and career

Blanca Portillo Martínez de Velasco was born in Madrid on 15 June 1963.[4][5]

Portillo started as an actress in several small theater productions. She earned a degree in drama from the RESAD.[6]

One of her most important performances afterwards was her role of Carol in Oleanna by David Mamet, directed by Joaquín Kremel in 1994.

She made her feature film debut in Entre rojas (1995).[7] In 1996, Luis San Narciso cast her for the hit Telecinco series 7 vidas,.[8] The series lasted for ten years and ran for 204 episodes. Portillo played the role of Carlota, an insecure but brassy hairdresser who married Gonzalo, the owner of a bar which functioned as the central set of the show.

She played a mother in The Color of the Clouds (1997).[9] Her performance in the film earned her a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress.[9] She also participated in the European Spanish dubbing of Finding Nemo. In spite of her success in film and television, she has continued taking part in stage plays both as an actress and as a director.

In 2004, she left 7 vidas to undertake a theatrical project in Argentina named La hija del aire (The daughter of Air) based on a book by Calderón de la Barca. She combined her work on this play with the film Elsa y Fred (2005) in which she plays a woman suspicious of the relationship between her elderly father and his Argentinian neighbor.

In the 2005 film Alatriste, based on a book by Arturo Pérez Reverte,[10] she played a male role, specifically that of a member of the Spanish inquisition. She shaved her head for the role. The following year, Pedro Almodóvar cast her in his 2006 film Volver. She played Agustina, a friend of the central family who is terminally ill and looking for her missing mother.

She then appeared in Goya's Ghosts by Miloš Forman, playing 18th-century consort Maria Luisa of Parma, and landed her first starring role in a movie in Gracia Querejeta's film Seven Billiard Tables. Here she played the lover of the owner of a billiard club and the daughter of Amparo Baró, her former co-star from 7 Vidas. In 2009, she featured again in a film by Pedro Almodóvar, Broken Embraces playing the role of Judit.

Her work in recent years has seen a return to Spanish television, including a role in Hospital Central, and directing roles in the theater. She had a small role in the 2011 film As Luck Would Have It, starring alongside Salma Hayek.

She starred in the 2016 film Missing Boy.

Filmography

Film

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1995
 Entre rojas Manuela Feature film debut
[11]
1996
 Eso Marta
[12]
El perro del hortelano (The Dog in the Manger) Dorotea
[13]
1997
 El color de las nubes (The Color of the Clouds)
[9]
1999
 Entre las piernas (Between Your Legs)
[9]
2001
 Solo mía (Mine Alone)
[9]
2003
 Finding Nemo Peach Voice in the European Spanish track
[14]
2005
 Elsa y Fred (Elsa & Fred) Cuca
[15]
2006
 Volver Agustina
[16]
Alatriste Fray Emilio Bocanegra
[17]
Goya's Ghosts Queen Maria Luisa
[18]
2007
 Siete mesas de billar francés (Seven Billiard Tables) Charo
[19]
2008
 El patio de mi cárcel (My Prison Yard) Adela
[20]
2009
 Los abrazos rotos (Broken Embraces) Judit García
[21]
2011
 La chispa de la vida (As Luck Would Have It) Mercedes
[22]
2016
 Secuestro (Boy Missing) Patricia de Lucas
[23]
2020
 Invisibles (The Invisible) Mara
[24]
Retrato de mujer blanca con pelo canoso y arrugas (Portrait of White Woman with Grey Hair and Wrinkles) Julia
[25]
2021
 Maixabel Maixabel Lasa [es]
[26]
2023
 Teresa Teresa
[27]
TBD
 Escape †
[28]

Television

Theatre credits

Actress

Portillo and Anna Moliner [es] during a staging of Mrs. Dalloway at the Teatro Español in 2019.

Director

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
1998
 7th Actors Union Awards Best Stage Performance in a Secondary Role Eslavos Won
[32]
12th Goya Awards Best New Actress The Colour of the Clouds Nominated
[33]
2004
 13th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Stage Actress in a Secondary Role Como en las mejores familias Won
[34]
2005
 14th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Stage Actress in a Leading Role La hija del aire Won
[35]
2006
 58th Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Volver Won
[36]
2007
 21st Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
[33]
16th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role Won
[37]
2008
 17th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Stage Actress in a Leading Role Barroco Nominated
[38][39]
2010
 19th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role Broken Embraces Nominated
[40][41]
Best Television Actress in a Leading Role Acusados Nominated
2013
 22nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Stage Actress in a Leading Role Life Is a Dream Won
[42]
2014
 23rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Television Actress in a Leading Role Stolen Children Nominated
[43][44]
2008
 22nd Goya Awards Best Actress Seven Billiard Tables Nominated
[33]
2018
 5th Feroz Awards Best Main Actress in a Series Sé quién eres Nominated
[45]
27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Stage Actress in a Leading Role El cartógrafo Nominated
[46][47]
2021
 27th Forqué Awards Best Actress in a Film Maixabel Won
[48]
2022
 36th Goya Awards Best Actress Won
[49]
30th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actress in a Leading Role Nominated
[50]
10th Platino Awards Best Actress in a Film Won
[51]
2023
 29th Forqué Awards Best Actress in a Film Teresa Nominated
[52]
2024
 79th CEC Medals Best Actress Pending
[53]

Candidatura al premio de Mejor Actriz Revelación (1997). Unión de Actores

Fotogramas de Plata

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