Almudena Amor

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Parejoand the second or maternal family name is Amor.

Almudena Amor
Amor in 2024
Born	Almudena Parejo Amor (1994-03-30) 30 March 1994 (age 30) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actress

Almudena Parejo Amor (born 30 March 1994) is a Spanish actress. She has starred in the films The Good Boss and The Grandmother .

Biography

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] 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

Key

†	Denotes films 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		[11]
TBA	Ancestral†			[12]
	Turn Up The Sun! †			[13]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2023	El silencio (Muted)	Ana Dussuel		[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]

References

1. Zurro, Javier (13 October 2021). "¿Quién es Almudena Amor? Así es la actriz española de la que todo el mundo habla". El Español .
2. García, Julián (17 October 2021). "Almudena Amor: así es la joven actriz revelación del año". El Periódico .
3. Cuesta Torrado, Sara (16 September 2021). "Almudena Amor, la actriz de la que todo el mundo va a hablar". El País Semanal. El País.
4. Pardillos, David (22 September 2021). "Almudena Amor, la actriz revelación de la que no podrás olvidarte". Cinemanía (in Spanish). 20minutos.es.
5. Fernández, Noemí (23 October 2021). "Descubre a Almudena Amor, la gran revelación del cine español tras su papel en 'El buen patrón'". ¡Hola! .
6. Silvestre, Juan (30 November 2021). "Premios Goya 2022: 'El buen patrón' y 'Maixabel' arrasan en las nominaciones". Fotogramas .
7. Delfín, Cristina (25 November 2021). "Estas son las mejores pelis y series españolas de 2021, según las nominaciones de los Feroz". Woman. El Periódico de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021.
8. Bunbury, Stephanie (22 September 2021). "San Sebastian Review: Javier Bardem In 'The Good Boss'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 26 September 2021.
9. Pardillos, David (22 September 2021). "Almudena Amor, la actriz revelación de la que no podrás olvidarte". Cinemanía (in Spanish). 20minutos.es . Retrieved 8 October 2021.
10. Romero, Miguel Ángel (28 May 2022). "Así es el monasterio en el que Paco Plaza rueda 'Hermana Muerte', la precuela de 'Verónica' para Netflix". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
11. "La mujer dormida". Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España . 26 October 2022.
12. Kay, Jeremy (3 November 2023). "Genre film 'Ancestral' shooting in Spain, Outsider Pictures engaging AFM buyers (exclusive)". ScreenDaily . Retrieved 3 November 2023.
13. Roxborough, Scott (4 November 2023). "AFM: Despite Strike Slowdown, Market Boasts New Projects With James McAvoy, Naomie Harris, Guy Pearce". The Hollywood Reporter .
14. "Netflix lanza el teaser de 'El silencio' de Aitor Gabilondo y Aron Piper, que ya tiene mes de estreno". Vertele!. 27 February 2023 – via eldiario.es.
15. "Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz Zaragoza 2022". Cinemanía . 30 January 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
16. "'El amor en su lugar' arrasa en las Medallas CEC con hasta seis premios, todos los principales". Cine con Ñ. 10 February 2022.
17. Gajewski, Ryan (12 February 2022). "Spain's Goya Awards: Javier Bardem's 'The Good Boss' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter .
18. "El buen patrón' triunfa en la gala de la Unión de Actores". El Mundo . 14 March 2022.
19. ""El buen patrón" y la serie argentina "El reino", los más nominados a los Premios Platino". Telam . 31 March 2022.
20. "'El buen patrón' reina en los Premios Platino del cine iberoamericano". rtve.es . 2 May 2022.