Ingrid García-Jonsson

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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]

Born
Ingrid García Jonsson

(1989-09-06) 6 September 1989 (age 36)
Skellefteå, Sweden
Yearsactive1995–present
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Ingrid García-Jonsson
Born
Ingrid García Jonsson

(1989-09-06) 6 September 1989 (age 36)
Skellefteå, Sweden
Years active1995–present
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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! [es] (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 [es].[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

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011OkupadosFeature film debut[19]
2014
Eryka's EyesEryka[20]
Hermosa juventud (Beautiful Youth)Natalia[21]
Todos tus secretos[22]
2015Sweet HomeAlicia[23]
BerserkerMireia[24]
2016ToroEstrella[25]
Acantilado (The Cliff)Cordelia[26]
Gernika (Guernica)Marta[27]
2017Zona hostil (Rescue Under Fire)Cabo Sánchez ('Corporal Sánchez')[28]
2018En las estrellas [ca][29]
Ana de día (Ana by Day)Ana / Nina[30]
2019Love Me Not [ca]Salomé[31]
Taxi a Gibraltar (Taxi to Gibraltar)Sandra Sánchez[32]
La pequeña Suiza (The Little Switzerland)Nathalie[33]
Salir del ropero [es] (So My Grandma's a Lesbian!)Eva[14]
Yo, mi mujer y mi mujer muerta (Me, Myself and My Dead Wife)Amalia[34]
2020El arte de volver (The Art of Return)Ana[35]
Explota, explota (My Heart Goes Boom!)María[36]
2021Veneciafrenia (Venicephrenia)Isa[15]
2022Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas (We Won't Kill Each Other with Guns)Blanca[37]
Camera Café, la película [es]Déborah[38]
2023The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must DieBrand[39]
Un amorLara
2024
Una ballena (A Whale)Ingrid[41]
2026 Bonded Anna heller [42]
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TV series

  • Rafaela Y Su Loco Mundo (2025) as Rafaela[43]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2015
20th Forqué AwardsBest ActressBeautiful YouthNominated
2nd Feroz AwardsBest Main Actress in a FilmNominated
7th Gaudí AwardsBest ActressNominated
29th Goya AwardsBest New ActressNominated
2024
32nd Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Film Actress in a Minor RoleUn amorNominated
2025
31st Forqué AwardsBest Actress in a SeriesSuperstarNominated
2026
13th Feroz AwardsBest Main Actress in a SeriesNominated
34th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Television Actress in a Leading RoleWon
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