Ana Fernandez

For the vast majority of movie fans, the actress Ana Fernández will always be María, the helpless woman of the filmAlone , cinematographic marvel directed by Benito Zambrano . Actually, that film was the practically debut on the big screen of Ana Fernández, because before she, she, only she, had worked in some television episode, in a short film, and in a very small role in the movie.Yerma (1998). After Zambrano’s film, the name Ana Fernández became known overnight, as she had known how to embody loneliness, pain and also the hope of her character like no other. Even Pedro Almodóvar himself was overwhelmed by this amazing film about motherhood, so he declared that it had been the best film he had seen in 1999. “What happened with Solas has been like a miracle,” declared the actress.

Little is known about her private life, except that she was born in Valencina de la Concepción, municipality of Seville, on May 19, 1963. In addition to dedicating herself to acting in front of the screen, she also worked in her early days lending her voice as a dubbing actress. . After the success of Solas , for which the actress won the Goya Award for Best New Actress, she began to be sought after by prestigious directors. She then shot another film of great interest, directed in 2000 by Patricia Ferreira . It’s all about the dramaI know who you are , in which he shared the leading role with the Argentine Miguel Ángel Solá . That same year she worked on the small screen, first for the unsuccessful telefilm María: madre de Jesús and later for the television seriesPolicemen, in the heart of the street , which had an acceptable audience.

But things changed course when he was called by José Luis Garci , one of the most prestigious Spanish directors, and he joined the cast of his remarkable melodrama.You’re the One (A Story of Then) . The Sevillian actress rocked the role of Pilara, so that she was nominated for a Goya award. The following year she worked in the Italian filmMalefemmene , also with a script by José Luis Garci and the leading role by Giovanna Mezzogiorno . Her idyll with the Madrid director came to fruition definitively in 2002, when he called her again to, this time, star in the romanticStory of a kiss Ana came out gracefully –with a new Goya nomination–, although it is true that her character was somewhat theatrical and her love with Alfredo Landa did not fit very well . That same year she dared with the criminal thrillerReflections (2002) , but above all he left his mark on two of the most important films of his filmography: the dramasTalk to her , by Pedro Almodóvar , andIn the city without limits , by Antonio Hernández . In 2004 she collaborated with Garci again by joining the highly varied cast ofcarousel c. 1950 and the following year he filmed with Laura Maña the rare comedyDying in San Hilario , imbued with magical realism.

From then on, Ana Fernández has not had much luck with the roles she has chosen, so her filmography has been diluted in supporting roles in series and TV movies without much push. Among her most recent works stand out from herLola, the movie , and the nice television seriesThe protégés , together with Angie Cepeda .