Ingrid García-Jonsson
Spanish actress
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Ingrid García-Jonsson (born 6 September 1989) is a Swedish-Spanish actress. She was nominated to the Goya Award for Best New Actress for her performance in Beautiful Youth (2014).[1]
6 September 1989
Ingrid García-Jonsson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ingrid García Jonsson 6 September 1989 Skellefteå, Sweden |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Early life
Born in northern Sweden to a Spanish father and a Swedish mother, García-Jonsson moved with her parents to Seville in Spain at a young age. García-Jonsson studied architecture, and first worked as a waitress in a bar.[2]
Career
García-Jonsson made her film debut as in Okupados (2011).[3][4] She received her first major role in Beautiful Youth,[5] which premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and received good reviews.[6]
García-Jonsson became well known as an actress in independent films, and was nominated to Feroz Awards, Forqué Awards, Gaudí Awards, and Goya Awards.[7]
In the film Knight and Day (2010), García-Jonsson was the stuntwoman for Cameron Diaz.[8]
García-Jonsson played Amalia along Carlos Areces and Oscar Martínez in Me, Myself and My Dead Wife (2019), directed by Santiago Amodeo.[9] She also appeared in political satire comedy The Little Switzerland (2019), portraying Nathalie, a secretary of the ayuntamiento of Tellería (a Castilian municipality surrounded by the Basque Country) who is keen on the village joining the Swiss Confederation.[10][11] She featured as Eva alongside Verónica Forqué, Rosa Maria Sardà and David Verdaguer in So My Grandma's a Lesbian! (2019) by Ángeles Reiné.[12][13][14]
In October 2020, she began shooting Álex de la Iglesia's slasher Venicephrenia, portraying Isa, a Spanish tourist in Venice about to get married.[15][16] In July of the same year, she was reported to have joined the shooting of workplace comedy film Camera Cafe, la película.[17]
In 2024, she was announced to have been cast to portray singer Tamara (later known as Yurena) in the streaming series Superestar.[18]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Okupados | Feature film debut | [19] | |
2014 |
Eryka's Eyes | Eryka | [20] | |
| Hermosa juventud (Beautiful Youth) | Natalia | [21] | ||
| Todos tus secretos | [22] | |||
| 2015 | Sweet Home | Alicia | [23] | |
| Berserker | Mireia | [24] | ||
| 2016 | Toro | Estrella | [25] | |
| Acantilado (The Cliff) | Cordelia | [26] | ||
| Gernika (Guernica) | Marta | [27] | ||
| 2017 | Zona hostil (Rescue Under Fire) | Cabo Sánchez ('Corporal Sánchez') | [28] | |
| 2018 | En las estrellas | [29] | ||
| Ana de día (Ana by Day) | Ana / Nina | [30] | ||
| 2019 | Love Me Not | Salomé | [31] | |
| Taxi a Gibraltar (Taxi to Gibraltar) | Sandra Sánchez | [32] | ||
| La pequeña Suiza (The Little Switzerland) | Nathalie | [33] | ||
| Salir del ropero (So My Grandma's a Lesbian!) | Eva | [14] | ||
| Yo, mi mujer y mi mujer muerta (Me, Myself and My Dead Wife) | Amalia | [34] | ||
| 2020 | El arte de volver (The Art of Return) | Ana | [35] | |
| Explota, explota (My Heart Goes Boom!) | María | [36] | ||
| 2021 | Veneciafrenia (Venicephrenia) | Isa | [15] | |
| 2022 | Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas (We Won't Kill Each Other with Guns) | Blanca | [37] | |
| Camera Café, la película | Déborah | [38] | ||
| 2023 | The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die | Brand | [39] | |
| Un amor | Lara | |||
2024 | Una ballena (A Whale) | Ingrid | [41] | |
| 2026 | Bonded | Anna heller | [42] |
TV series
- Rafaela Y Su Loco Mundo (2025) as Rafaela[43]
- Superestar (2025) as Marimar Cuena Seisdedos 'Tamara'
- Un cuento perfecto (2023) as Candela[44]
- Instinto (2019) as Carol
- Limbo (2018) as Lidia Ronco
- Apaches (2015–2017) as Miranda
- Aliados (2014) as Bianca Rock
- Tierra de lobos (2013) as Pepi
- Con pelos en la lengua (2013) as Sara
- Los Cuervo: ¡Pillados! (2011) as Fan Pop4You
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 |
20th Forqué Awards | Best Actress | Beautiful Youth | Nominated | |
| 2nd Feroz Awards | Best Main Actress in a Film | Nominated | |||
| 7th Gaudí Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | |||
| 29th Goya Awards | Best New Actress | Nominated | |||
2024 |
32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actress in a Minor Role | Un amor | Nominated | |
2025 |
31st Forqué Awards | Best Actress in a Series | Superstar | Nominated | |
2026 | 13th Feroz Awards | Best Main Actress in a Series | Nominated | ||
| 34th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actress in a Leading Role | Won |