Ariadna Gil

Born on January 23, 1969, Ariadna Gil from Barcelona is the daughter of a prestigious lawyer and sister of two rockers who make up the Brighton 64 group. She has always been passionate about music, which is why as a child she received violin, singing and classical dance. Graduated in Dramatic Art from the Theater Institute in her hometown, director Bigas Luna was the first to decide to trust her by offering her a small role inlola .

She played her first important role in the film I love your rich bed , by Emilio Martínez Lázaro , where she played Sara, a “femme fatale” who had affairs with everyone who came within range, which brought Pedro ( Pere Ponce ), in love with her to the core. She would also fall in love with the actress of the film’s screenwriter, David Trueba , with whom she married and had two children. However, what Trueba wrote in the film turned out to be prescient, as she eventually left with another.

Another Trueba, Fernando, her husband’s older brother, gave her the role that would mean her consecration, inBelle Epoque , where she was Violeta, the lesbian daughter of Fernando Fernán Gómez , who has a torrid sexual encounter with the protagonist because she feels attracted to him when he has dressed up as a woman at local festivals. The film won the Oscar for best foreign film –second for a Spanish production– while Ariadna Gil won the Goya for best leading actress that year, even though her character was not very leading.

Yes, she was the protagonist of El columpio , a curious short by Álvaro Fernández Armero where two characters met on the subway and although it is heard in off-screen in their thoughts that they feel attracted, they do not dare to take the step of saying it to the other out loud high. Armero again gave him a role, secondary, inEverything is a lie .

Ariadna has lavished herself in the theater, in works such as “La gaviota” and “Salvados” and has sometimes sung with her two aforementioned musician brothers, with whom she forms the Matamala musical ensemble. In the cinema, she has been the great muse of her ex-husband, who returned to work as a screenwriter for Emilio Martínez Lázaro, inThe worst years of our lives , where the character of Ariadna became the object of desire of two brothers, the attractive one ( Jorge Sanz ) and the ugly but ingenious one ( Gabino Diego ). Now a director, David Trueba turned her into a kidnapped actress inMasterpiece – whose title cannot be applied to the film itself – and gave him one of his best roles, that of a journalist who investigates an event from the Civil War, inSalamis Soldiers . She also gave him a small role inWelcome home , while her brother-in-law Fernando turned to her again for The Shanghai Haunting andThe victory dance .

Some of his films have been largely disappointing, such asLibertarians ,Tram to Malvarrosa ,Malena is a tango name ,Don Juan (1998) ,Ants in the mouthI just want to walkOut of tune –one of the biggest fiascos in the history of Spanish cinema– and to a certain extentBlack Tears , Ricardo Franco ‘s posthumous dramafrom which much more was expected. But he also worked with Alberto Lecchi on the interestingNuts for love , she rocked the role of a drug addict inAntarctica , and was the mother of the leading girl in the outstandingPan’s Labyrinth .

InAlatriste played María de Castro, the character’s great love, which ended up becoming a reality, since the actress ended up having an affair in real life with the protagonist, Viggo Mortensen , for which she abandoned David Trueba. Mortensen even managed to get a supporting role inAppaloosa , a Hollywood western that marks an important step in his career.