Clara Segura

Clara Segura Crespo was born in Sant Just Desvern on 6 May 1974.^[2][3] Despite entering a degree on art history, she graduated instead from Barcelona's Institut del Teatre in 1996.^[4] She also took studies on solfeggio, singing and piano.^[2] She made her debut onstage in La bona gent, which was followed by appearances in Antígona, L'espera, Ets aquí?, Madame Melville and El somni d'una nit d'estiu.^[5] She made her feature film debut as an actress in Joel Joan's Excuses! (2003),^[6] portraying Begoña, the hysterical wife of Jesús (Jordi Sánchez).^[7] It was followed by an appearance in The Sea Inside (2004),^[6] portraying Gené, an acquaintance of Ramón Sampedro and pro-euthanasia activist who introduces lawyer Julia to the former.^[8] She won a Gaudí Award for Best Supporting Actress for Les dues vides d'Andrés Rabadán [es].^[9] She won another Gaudí Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2014 for We All Want What's Best for Her.^[10] Segura won back-to-back Butaca Awards for Best Actress in 2018 and 2019 for her performances in the plays Les noies de Mossbank Road and La bona persona de Sezuan.^[11]

She made her solo directorial debut in a stage play in La trena (2022).^[12] She also featured as Diana in Elena Martín Gimeno's drama film Creatura (2023), portraying Diana, the mother of protagonist Mila, who was played among others by Martín Gimeno herself.^[13] Her performance earned her Gaudí^[14] and Goya award nominations for Best Supporting Actress.^[15]