Almudena Amor

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Almudena Amor
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Almudena Parejo Amor

(1994-03-30) 30 March 1994 (age 29)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActress

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

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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
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
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
TBA
Ancestral†
Turn Up The Sun! †
Television
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2023 El silencio (Muted)Ana Dussuel [14]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2022 9th Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actress (film) The Good BossNominated [15]
77th CEC Medals Best New ActressWon [16]
36th Goya Awards Best New Actress Nominated [17]
30th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best New ActressWon [18]
9th Platino Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated [19] [20]

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