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Laia Marull
Marull in 2018
Born
Laia Marull Quintana

(1973-01-04) 4 January 1973 (age 51)
Barcelona, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present

Laia Marull Quintana (born 4 January 1973) is a Spanish actress. She has won three Goya Awards — Best New Actress for Fugitives (2000), Best Actress for Take My Eyes (2003), and Best Supporting Actress for Black Bread (2010). She was also nominated for European Film Award for Best Actress for Take My Eyes.

Marull is known for her work on film, television and stage,[1][2] and has performed in Spanish, Catalan and French.

Biography

Laia Marull Quintana was born on 4 January 1973 in Barcelona. She began her career in an amateurish theatre.[2]

Marull studied acting at the Nancy Tuñón Theater School in Barcelona.[3] She made her acting debut in 1994 on the Catalan television channel TV3 series "Estació d'enllaç", which made her popular in Catalonia. Two years later, in 1996, she began her film career with "Razones sentimentales".

Marull has won three Goya Awards and a Donostia Zinemaldia Silver Shell.

She is fluent in Spanish, Catalan and French, and has performed in all these languages.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1996
 Razones sentimentales Tiffani
[4]
Asunto interno Teresa
[5]
1998
 Mensaka, páginas de una historia (Mensaka) Bea
[6]
1999
 Lisboa (Lisbon) Verónica
[7]
La sombra de Caín Patricia
[8]
2000
 El viaje de Arián (Arian's Journey) Isabel Ulloa
[9]
Pleure pas Germaine [ca] Catarina
[10]
Fugitivas (Fugitives) Tony
[11]
Café Ole Alicia
[12]
2003
 Te doy mis ojos (Te doy mis ojos) Pilar
[13]
Las voces de la noche (Voices in the Night) Elisa
[14]
2005
 Oculto (The Hidden) Beatriz
[15]
2007
 El Greco Jerónima de las Cuevas
[16]
2008
 Pretextos [ca] Eva
[17]
2010
 La herencia Valdemar (The Valdemar Legacy) Leonor Valdemar
[18]
Pa negre (Black Bread) Pauleta
[19]
2011
 La herencia Valdemar II: La sombra prohibida [es] (The Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow)
[20]
Las olas [es] (The Waves) Blanca
[21]
2016
 Quatretondeta Dora
[22]
La madre [es] Carmen
[23]
2017
 Brava [ca] Janine
[24]
2019
 La innocència (The Innocence) Soledad
[25]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1994–98
 Estació d'enllaç Esther Valls Canales
1997
 Primera jugada Núria
Nova ficció Lola
1998
 Pirata Àfrica TV movie
2011
 Ermessenda Ermessenda Miniseries
2015
 Los nuestros Montse
2016
 La Xirgu [ca] Margarita Xirgu TV movie
[26]

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Nominated Work Result
Gaudí Awards 2020 Best Supporting Actress La Innocència Won
ACE Awards 2005 Best Actress Take My Eyes Nominated
ADIRCAE Awards 2004 Best Performance in a Leading Role Take My Eyes Won
Butaca Awards 1998 Best Catalan Film Actress Mensaka Nominated
2004 Best Catalan Film Actress Take My Eyes Nominated
Cinema Writers Circle Awards 2004 Best Actress Take My Eyes Won
European Film Awards 2004 Best Actress Take My Eyes Nominated
Fotogramas de Plata 2004 Best Film Actress Take My Eyes Won
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival 2001 Best Actress Fugitives Won
Goya Awards[27] 2001 Best New Actress Fugitives Won
2004 Best Actress Take My Eyes Won
2011 Best Supporting Actress Black Bread Won
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2004 Best Actress Take My Eyes Won
Sant Jordi Awards 2004 Best Spanish Actress Take My Eyes Won
Turia Awards[28] 2004 Best Actress Take My Eyes Won

References

  1. ^ "Laia Marull protagoniza en el teatro Español el estreno de "Nina", de José Ramón Fernández". ABC (in Spanish). Julio Bravo. 31 May 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Me siento como un emigrante, ni soy actriz de cine ni de teatro". El Cultural (in Spanish). Liz Perales. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Premis". Escola Nancy Tuñón (in Catalan). Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  4. ^ Benavent 2000, p. 493.
  5. ^ Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 88. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.
  6. ^ Benavent 2000, p. 385.
  7. ^ Benavent 2000, p. 338.
  8. ^ Benavent 2000, p. 541.
  9. ^ Davies, Ann (2012). Spanish Spaces: Landscape, Space and Place in Contemporary Spanish Culture. Liverpool University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-84631-775-0.
  10. ^ "No ploris, Germaine". TV3. 16 October 2009 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
  11. ^ Reviriego, Carlos (27 September 2000). "Road Movie andaluz". El Cultural – via El Español.
  12. ^ Eisner, Ken (12 November 2000). "Café Ole". Variety.
  13. ^ Ingle, Zachary (2018). "Te doy mis ojos (Take My Eyes) (2003)". In Jimenez Murguía, Salvador; Pinar, Alex (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 368. ISBN 9781442271333.
  14. ^ Vidal, Nuria (29 May 2008). "Las voces de la noche". Fotogramas.
  15. ^ "Mujeres trastornadas". Metrópoli. 11 November 2005 – via El Mundo.
  16. ^ "Cultura La vida de "El Greco" llega a la gran pantalla". rtve.es. 4 November 2008.
  17. ^ Cacho, Nicole (11 April 2008). "'Pretextos', una cinta sobre la insatisfacción de vivir". La Opinión de Málaga. Prensa Ibérica.
  18. ^ ""La herencia Valdemar", el terrorífico mundo de Howard Phillips Lovecraft". La Información. 20 January 2010.
  19. ^ ""Pa negre", el gran clàssic català". TV3. 22 January 2018 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
  20. ^ Fernández, Fausto (30 December 2010). "La sombra prohibida". Fotogramas.
  21. ^ Holland, Jonathan (7 August 2011). "The Waves". Variety.
  22. ^ Pons, Joan (1 April 2016). "Quatretondeta". Fotogramas.
  23. ^ Rivera, Alfonso (31 August 2016). "La madre: la mirada del hijo". Cineuropa.
  24. ^ "'Brava' refleja "el viaje oscuro" de Laia Marull en un mundo impregnado por el machismo". Diario Sur. Grupo Vocento. 21 March 2017.
  25. ^ Estrada, Javier (9 January 2020). "Laia Marull: "La transmisión del machismo también corre a cargo de las mujeres"". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
  26. ^ "'La Xirgu': la tenacidad de una de las grandes". La Opinión de Málaga. Prensa Ibérica. 24 April 2016.
  27. ^ SEGOVIA, MARINA (6 March 2021). "Premios Goya 2021 | 35 curiosidades y anécdotas fascinantes". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2021. Laia Marull es la única mujer que ha ganado el Goya a mejor actriz principal, de reparto y revelación en los años 200, 2003 y 2010 por Fugitivas, Te doy mis ojos y Pa negre, respectivamente.
  28. ^ "XIiI PREMIS TURIA 2004 | Cartelera Turia" (in Spanish). 1 July 2004. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

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