Almudena Amor
Spanish actress
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Almudena Parejo Amor (born 30 March 1994) is a Spanish actress. She has starred in the films The Good Boss and The Grandmother.
Early life and education
Almudena Parejo Amor was born on 30 March 1994 in Madrid.[1][2] Part of her family comes from Lagartera (Toledo), a village in which she spent many summers and weekends during her youth.[3]
Raised in the Concepción neighborhood,[4] she developed an interest in acting during some theatrical courses organised in her high school in Ciudad Lineal.[3] She trained her acting chops in Carabanchel at the Mar Navarro acting school.[4] She earned a degree in publicity and a master's degree in design.[3]
Career
She worked for a time as a model afterwards.[3] Determined to develop an acting career,[5] she performed in some short films, commercials and music videos.[2] After performing in a teaser video by Gonzaga Manso titled Millones de años, she was inked by agent Diana Ellerker, and she ensuingly landed the leading role in Paco Plaza's The Grandmother,[3] playing the role of Susana, a young model who has to return home to take care of her grandmother.[4][2] She also made a minor appearance in the Plaza-directed episode "Freddy" from the anthology television series Stories to Stay Awake.[3] Her breakthrough role as Liliana (a young company intern from a well-off family infatuated with the boss)[1] in Fernando León de Aranoa's The Good Boss earned her a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress and a nomination to the Feroz Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Film.[6][7]
Filmography
- Film
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | El buen patrón (The Good Boss) | Liliana | [8] | |
| La abuela (The Grandmother) | Susana | [9] | ||
2023 | Hermana Muerte (Sister Death) | Hermana Socorro | [10] | |
2024 | La mujer dormida (The Sleeping Woman) | Ana | ||
2025 | V/H/S/Halloween | Abogada | Segment: "Ut Supra Sic Infra" | |
| Pose | Jemima | |||
TBA | Ancestral † | TBA |
- Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | El silencio (Muted) | Ana Dussuel | Main role | [14] |
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actress (film) | The Good Boss | Nominated | [15] |
| 77th CEC Medals | Best New Actress | Won | [16] | ||
| 36th Goya Awards | Best New Actress | Nominated | [17] | ||
| 30th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best New Actress | Won | [18] | ||
| 9th Platino Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [19][20] |
