Pilar López de Ayala
Pilar López de Ayala Arroyo (born 18 September 1978) is a Spanish actress. She won a Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance playing Joanna of Castile in 2001 film Mad Love.
Pilar López de Ayala | |
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| Born | Pilar López de Ayala Arroyo 18 September 1978 Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Actress |
Family
Born in Madrid, López de Ayala has an older brother named Rodrigo López de Ayala Arroyo (b. 1975). Their parents are Rodrigo López de Ayala Sánchez-Arjona (b. Fregenal de la Sierra, 4 July 1944) and wife Pilar Arroyo Gallego.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | El niño invisible | [1] | ||
| 1999 | Cuando vuelvas a mi lado (By My Side Again) | [1] | ||
| 2000 | Báilame el agua (Fill Me with Life) | María | [2] | |
| 2000 | La gran vida (Living It Up) | [1] | ||
| 2000 | Besos para todos (Kisses for Everyone) | Rocío | [3] | |
| 2001 | Juana la Loca (Mad Love) | Juana | [4] | |
| 2004 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | La Perichole | [5] | |
| 2005 | Obaba | Maestra | [6] | |
| 2006 | Bienvenido a casa (Welcome Home) | Eva | [7] | |
| 2006 | Alatriste | Mujer de Malatesta | [8] | |
| 2007 | En la ciudad de Sylvia (In the City of Sylvia) | Ella | [9] | |
| 2007 | Las 13 rosas (13 Roses) | Blanca Brisac | [10] | |
| 2008 | Comme les autres (Baby Love) | Fina | [11] | |
| 2008 | Sólo quiero caminar (Just Walking) | Paloma | [12] | |
| 2010 | O Estranho Caso de Angélica (The Strange Case of Angelica) | Angélica | [13] | |
| 2010 | Lope (Lope: The Outlaw) | Elena Osorio | [14] | |
| 2011 | Buenas noches España | [15] | ||
| 2011 | Intruders | Luisa | [16] | |
| 2011 | Medianeras (Sidewalls) | Mariana | [17] | |
| 2014 | Night Has Settled | Luna | [18] | |
| 2016 | Rumbos (Night Tales) | Lucía | [19] | |
| 2017 | Agadah | [20] |
Other
- Yo, una mujer (2 episodes, "El adiós" and "#1.3", 1996) .... Arancha
- Menudo es mi padre (1 episode, "Un tranvía llamado deseo", 1996) ....
- Vida y sainete (1 episode, "El tiro por la culata", 1998) ....
- Al salir de clase (387 episodes, 1997–2001) .... Carlota Chacón
- El paraíso perdido (short film) (1999) ....
- Aviso de bomba (short film) (2000) .... Natalia
- Hospital Central (1 episode, "Relaciones dificiles", 2000) .... Mamen
- Vértigo (1 episode, "10 August 2000", 2000) .... Herself
- La gran ilusión (1 episode, "Más allá del jardín", 2001) .... Herself
- Lo + plus (1 episode, "27 September 2001", 2001) .... Herself
- XVI premios Goya (TV special) (2002) .... Herself - Winner: Best Lead Actress
- XI premios unión de actores (TV show) (2002) .... Herself
- XVIII premios Goya (TV special) (2004) .... Herself - Presenter: Best Lead Actor & Best Cinematography
- 50 y más (2005) (TV) .... Juana la Loca archive footage
- Ceremonia de apertura (TV show) (2005) .... Herself
- Ceremonia de clausura (TV show) (2005) .... Herself archive footage
- Magacine (1 episode, "16 September 2005", 2005) .... archive footage
- XX premios Goya (TV special) (2006) .... Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress & Presenter
- Versión española (2 episodes, "15 April 2005" and "#8.34", 2005–2006) .... Herself
- Corazón de... (4 episodes, "19 September 2005", "29 September 2005" (as Maestra archive footage (uncredited)), "16 January 2006", "20 March 2006" and "30 May 2006", 2005–2006) .... Herself
- San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (TV movie) (2005) .... Maestra archive footage
- 50 y más (TV movie) (2005) .... Juana la Loca archive footage
- La imagen de tu vida (1 episode, "...", 2006) .... archive footage
- La mandrágora (1 episode, "5 July 2006", 2006) .... Herself
- Hécuba, un sueño de pasión (Documentary) (2006) .... Herself (also archive footage)
- Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood (2007) (TV documentary) .... Herself archive footage
- Sexo en el plató (2007) (TV documentary) .... Juana la Loca archive footage
- XXII Premios Anuales de la Academia (2008) (TV special) .... Blanca Brisac Vázquez archive footage
- 2008 Le grand journal de Canal+ (1 episode, "2 September 2008", 2008) .... Herself
- Cartelera (1 episode, "13 December 2008", 2008) .... Herself
- Ceremonia de inauguración - 57º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV movie) (2009) .... Herself
- Premio Donostia a Ian McKellen (TV movie) (2009) .... Herself - Audience Member
- Ceremonia de clausura - 57º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV movie) (2009) .... Herself - Presenter: Best Actress
- 23 premios Goya (TV special) (2009) .... Paloma Molina archive footage (uncredited)
- España, plató de cine (TV documentary) (2009) .... Blanca Molina archive footage (uncredited)
- XXIV Premios Anuales de la Academia (TV movie) (2010) .... Herself
- Días de cine (1 episode, "20 May 2010", 2010) .... Herself
- Cinema 3 (1 episode, "22 May 2010", 2010) .... Herself
- Gala 20 aniversario (TV movie) (2010) .... Carlota Chacón archive footage
Awards and nominations
In 2001 she won the Best Actress award of the Toulouse Cinespanish for Báilame el agua (2000), was nominated for the Newcomer Award of the Actors and Actresses Union Awards for Besos para todos (2000), won the Sant Jordi Award for Best Spanish Actress (Mejor Actriz Española) for Báilame el agua (2000), won the Silver Seashell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for Best Actress for Juana la Loca (2001) and was nominated for a Goya at the Goya Awards for Best New Actress (Mejor Actriz Revelación) for Besos para todos (2000).
In 2002 she won both the Newcomer Award and the Award to Best Film Leading Actress of the Actors and Actresses Union Awards, the Premio ACE at the Premios ACE for Cinema – Best Actress, the Goya at the Goya Awards for Best Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz Principal), the Fotogramas de Plata of the Fotogramas de Plata for Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine), the CEC Award of the Cinema Writers Circle Awards for Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) and the ADIRCAE Award at the ADIRCAE Awards for Best Performance in a Leading Role, all of them for Juana la Loca (2001).
In 2006 she was nominated for the Actors and Actresses Union Awards (Film actress, secondary performance), the Goya at the Goya Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de Reparto), the Fotogramas de Plata for Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) and the CEC Award of the Cinema Writers Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz Secundaria), and won the Premio ACE at the Premios ACE for Cinema – Best Actress, all of them for Obaba (2005).
References
- Álcazar, Isabel (May 2011). "Hacer de muerta fue un desafío" (PDF). El Siglo de Europa (927): 56.
- "Báilame el agua". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
- Holland, Jonathan (21 December 2000). "Kisses for Everyone". Variety.
- Alberich, Enric (2009). Peliculas Clave del Cine Historico. Barcelona: Ediciones Robinbook. p. 191. ISBN 978-84-96924-74-1.
- Bedoya, Ricardo (8 July 2018). El Perú imaginado. Representaciones de un país en el cine internacional (PDF). Lima: Universidad de Lima; Fondo Editorial. p. 292. ISBN 978-9972-45-407-3.
- Guimón, Pablo (23 October 2005). "Pilar vuelve a escena". El País.
- Urrero Peña, Guzmán (25 October 2006). "Bienvenido a casa". Rinconete. ISSN 1885-5008 – via Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.
- López López 2017, p. 399.
- Gonzalez, Ed (6 October 2007). "Review: In the City of Sylvia". Slant Magazine.
- ""Las 13 rosas´ no es un libro de historia, es una película"". El Periódico de Aragón. Prensa Ibérica. 24 October 2007.
- Marinero, Ismael (9 December 2008). "Como los demás". Metrópoli – via El Mundo.
- "'Sólo quiero caminar' estará en el 59 Festival de Cine de Berlín". Heraldo de Aragón. 3 January 2009.
- "Pilar López de Ayala protagoniza 'El Extraño Caso de Angélica', de Manoel de Oliveira". Europa Press. 16 May 2011.
- López López, Yolanda (2017). El Siglo de Oro en el cine y la ficción televisiva: Dirección artística, referentes culturales y reconstrucción histórica. Madrid: ACCI. p. 101. ISBN 978-84-16549-70-2.
- "El filme hispano-filipino 'Buenas noches, España' participará en la Sección Oficial del Festival de Locarno". Europa Press. 13 July 2011.
- Martín, Atala (22 September 2011). "Pilar López de Ayala: "Una mentira puede terminar en algo enorme"". Diario de Mallorca. Prensa Ibérica.
- "Pilar López de Ayala protagoniza "Medianeras"". Noticias de Gipuzkoa. Grupo Noticias. 17 November 2011.
- Bell, Mark (24 May 2014). "Night Has Settled". Film Threat.
- Salvà, Bernat (10 June 2016). "El meu retir no ha estat voluntari". El Punt Avui.
- Romo, Luis Fernando (26 July 2021). "La desaparición de Pilar López de Ayala, tras probar suerte en otros países y estudiar Historia del Arte". El Mundo.