Ana Torrent

Ana Torrent Bertrán de Lis from Madrid was born on July 12, 1966. She made her film debut at the age of 2, as she appeared in the film A Day After August . At the age of 7, she was selected by Víctor Erice to star inThe spirit of the Beehive , where he left for the memory above all the sequence in which he discovers the figure of Frankenstein fascinated in the cinema. Erice captured that moment of reality, since he had not rehearsed the sequence before, and he limited himself to capturing the girl’s reaction to the film projection on camera. Her large black eyes expressed genuine fascination with the movie she was watching. “Children tend to mix reality and fiction. Little Ana did not understand why the actors were called one way and when we started shooting, they had another name. I decided to change the names of all the characters to the real names of the interpreters,” recalls Erice.

Carlos Saura took advantage of the talent of little Torrent, to whom he gave important roles inraise crows andElisa, my life . Despite the good results, the girl’s parents were very worried about her having a normal childhood, so they decided that she should not do too much in the movies. “My parents wanted me to make movies, but that it didn’t affect the way I grew up too much,” recalls the actress. In this way, she always remained active, but choosing few roles. At the age of 13, she was the teenager who captivated the eccentric widower, played by Héctor Alterio , inthe nest She also appeared in some television series likeGolden Rings , Second Teaching , and The Garden of Venus .

Although when he finished school, he was not very sure if he wanted to continue in the world of cinema, he ended up studying acting with Cristina Rota . “I discovered her trade with her, and I liked it,” she recalls. After sharing the screen with Sharon Stone in the disastrousBlood and sand (1989) , decides to bet on first works by talented young filmmakers. This is how he ends up interpretingCows , by Julio Medem , andThesis , by Alejandro Amenábar , a great box office success in which she was Ana, the young student who was writing a thesis on ‘snuff’ movies. Perhaps it was the only role for which she was able to stop being typecast as the girl from The Spirit of the Hive . “It’s not fair that they remember me for that, because I work a lot,” she recalls on numerous occasions.She also excelled playing a real character inYoyes , feature debut by Helena Taberna . Another of his first films by young filmmakers wasEntre rojas , by Azucena Rodríguez , although she also had time to return to the command of Jaime de Armiñán , in a brief role inThe lame pigeon .

Despite the fact that he always puts in great acting efforts, the film is not always up to his standards. He has been in unsuccessful tapes like El grito en el cielo ,The Tulse Luper Suitcases , by Peter Greenaway ,Iris (2004) orNo-Do . She did a great job in the role of Catalina de Aragón, inThe Boleyn Sisters , starring Natalie Portman , Scarlett Johansson and Eric Bana . “I like the approach that is made of the Spanish queen. She was a woman of character and strong convictions, very religious and strict,” she said at the time.

Ana Torrent flees from parties and the frivolity of the world of cinema. “When I finish filming, I just want to go to New York to walk and read,” she says, referring to the fact that she has lived in New York for about twenty years. She there she gave birth to her first daughter, although she has always been very reserved in relation to her private life.