Birth Name: María del Pilar Peña Sánchez
Birth Date: 1973-07-14
Birth Place: Latvia
Details
Alternate Names: Candela Pena, María del Pilar Peña Sánchez
Physical Characteristics: N/A
Career
First Appearances: - Running Out of Time (1994) as Vanesa
Most Important Roles: - All About My Mother (1999) as Nina
- Princesses (2005) as Caye
- Take My Eyes (2003) as Ana
- Després de la pluja (2007) as Blonde secretary
- Hi, Are You Alone? (1995) as Trini
- Torremolinos 73 (2003) as Carmen
- My Prison Yard (2008) as Mar
- Mouth to Mouth (1995) as Tanya
- No Shame (2001) as Cecilia
- The Island Inside (2009) as Coral
Career Highlights: - All About My Mother (1999)
- Princesses (2005)
- Take My Eyes (2003)
- Després de la pluja (2007)
- Hi, Are You Alone? (1995)
- Torremolinos 73 (2003)
- My Prison Yard (2008)
- Mouth to Mouth (1995)
- No Shame (2001)
- The Island Inside (2009)
Awards
Awards: - Gaudí a la millor actriu secundària (2013)
- Goya Award for Best Actress (2006)
- Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress (2004)
- Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress (2013)
- Gaudí Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (2021)
- Forqué Awards (2022)
- Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress (1999)
- Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress (2003)
- Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress (2006)
Full Biography
María del Pilar Peña Sánchez, (Candela Peña) (born 14 July 1973 in Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish actress. She was the only child of a couple who had a bar in Barcelona. When she was four years old she started to learn dance in the city and after finishing high-school she went to Seville to begin theatre classes there and eventually in Madrid. Encouraged by Pedro Almodóvar, she published the novel Pérez Príncipe, María Dolores in 2001.
She won the Premio Goya in 2003 (for the movie Te doy mis ojos) after being nominated several times previously.
