Elena Anaya Biography
Elena Anaya (Elena Anaya Gutiérrez) is a Spanish actress well known for starring alongside Antonio Banderas in Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In, for which she won the Goya award for Best Actress. She is also known for her roles in Van Helsing, Habitación en Roma (Room in Rome) and Wonder Woman.
Elena Anaya Age
Elena was born on the 17th of July, 1975, in Palencia Spain. She is 43 years old as of 2019.
Elena Anaya Family | Young
She was born to her father Juan Jose Anaya Gomez an industrial engineer and her mother Elena is a housewife and boarding house owner. She was raised in her native town with her brother who is three years older than her. She is of Spanish nationality and belongs to Caucasian ethnicity.
Elena Anaya Married | Husband
Anaya is currently an unmarried woman and is living her life happily with Tina Afugu Cordero. Before she was in a relationship with Tina Afugu Cordero, a costume designer. She announced her pregnancy in 2016 and finally, gave birth to a son in February 2017. She was also in an open relationship with Beatriz Sanchis with whom her kissing photographs were published by ‘Cuore’.
She was also in a relationship with Beatriz Sanchis in 2008 and continued her relationship for 5 years and but they later broke up. She was also in a relationship with Gustavo Salmerón(2001 – 2004) and María Villanueva. Thus, Elena Anaya is the mother of a baby boy and has partnered herself with the costume designer, Tina Afugu Cordero.
Elena Anaya Education
She was enrolled and later completed her primary education from a local high school in her hometown. She later took acting training at the Juan Carlos Corazza School of acting.
Elena Anaya Career
Anaya rose to international attention in 2001 for her role in the sexually explicit drama Sex and Lucía. She later got featured in Almodóvar’s Talk to Her. She is well known for her as Aleera, one of Dracula’s brides in 2004’s Van Helsing. She was then named as one of the European films’ Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.
Elena Anaya
She was also featured in Justin Timberlake’s music video for his single, “SexyBack”. After some “quiet” years playing supporting roles in international films such as Savage Grace and Cairo Time, Anaya roared back into prominence with a starring role in 2010’s Room in Rome, and then a return to Almodóvar in The Skin I Live In. She was also featured as Doctor Poison in Wonder Woman.
Elena Anaya Movies | Tv Shows
- 1995 Adiós
- 1996 África
- 1997 Grandes ocasiones
- 1998 Finisterre, donde termina el mundo
- 1999 Las huellas borradas
- 2000 El árbol del penitente
- 2002 Sin noticias de Dios
- 2003 Dos tipos duros
- 2004 Van Helsing
- 2005 Fragile Helen
- 2006 Alatriste
- 2007 Savage Grace
- 2008 Sólo quiero caminar
- 2009 Hierro
- 2010 Room in Rome Alba
- 2011 The Skin I Live In
- 2012 Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
- 2013 Pensé que iba a haber fiesta
- 2014 Todos están muertos
- 2015 Lejos del mar
- 2016 Zipi y Zape y la isla del capitán
- 2017 The Summit Claudia Klein
Elena Anaya Net Worth
Anaya has an estimated net worth of $14 million, her first popular movie Sex and Lucia earned $7.6 million at the Box Office in 2001. The next year, she was a part of the Spanish film, Talk to Her which collected $51million worldwide. She as well got featured in the American rom-com film In the Land of Women which earned $17.6 million worldwide. In 2017, she was a part of the hit film Wonder Woman which collected $821.9 million at the Box Office.
Elena Anaya | Height | Weight |Body Measurements
She stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches and a weight of 54 kg. Her figure details are 36-25-32 inches. Her hair and eyes are light tans in shading. Her feet or shoe measure is 8 US.
Elena Anaya Awards | Nominations
- 2001 Goya Award
- 2001 Spanish Actors Union
- 2005 Barcelona Film Awards Best Actress
- 2009 Sitges Film Festival
- 2010 Goya Awards
- 2011 The Skin I Live In
- 2014 Todos están muertos
- 2015 Premios Platino
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