Clara Segura

Clara Segura
Segura in 2024
Born	Clara Segura Crespo (1974-05-06) 6 May 1974 (age 50) Sant Just Desvern, Spain
Education	Institut del Teatre
Occupations	Actress theatre director

Clara Segura Crespo (born 6 May 1974) is a Catalan actress and theatre director. She is a prolific performer in the Catalan stage scene. ^[1]

Life and career

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]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	Excuses!	Begoña		[16]
2004	Mar adentro (The Sea Inside)	Gené		[17]
2009	Les dues vides d'Andrés Rabadán  [ ca ]	Sara		[18]
2012	Una pistola en cada mano (A Gun in Each Hand)	Elena		[19]
2013	Tots volem el millor per a ella (We All Want What's Best for Her)	Glòria		[20]
2018	Durante la tormenta (Mirage)	Hilda Weiss		[21]
2023	Creatura	Diana		[13]
2024	El 47 (The 47)	Carmen		[22]

References

1. Gomila, Andreu. "L'amistat és això". Ara . Retrieved 23 December 2023.
2. Francàs, Ramon (14 September 2019). "No entendería la vida sin amor, ni sin música". La Vanguardia .
3. Maneja, Guillem (29 January 2023). "Clara Segura: "Vivim en una societat masclista i que exalta la joventut"". Nació.
4. Navarro, Núria (17 July 2016). "Clara Segura: "Escuchar las mismas palabras, juntos, nos hace fuertes"". El Periódico de Catalunya . Prensa Ibérica.
5. Capdevila, Carles (20 January 2023). "Clara Segura: "El teatre va directe al fetge i al cor"". Ara .
6. Medina, Guillem (21 November 2004). "Clara Segura, l´actriu que no vol ser estrella" (PDF). Avui .
7. "´Excusas!´, la dificultad de ser verdaderamente feliz". El Periódico de Aragón . Prensa Ibérica. 19 November 2003.
8. Aguado Díaz, Antonio-León; González González, Meni; Rozada Rodríguez, Cristina; Alcedo Rodríguez, María Ángeles (2010). "Mar adentro (2004). Una visión diferente seis años después del Óscar". Revista de Medicina y Cine. 6 (2). Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca: 42.
9. Mata, Toni (3 February 2010). "La protesta no va aigualir la festa dels premis Gaudí". Regió7. Prensa Ibérica.
10. Escudero, Mònica (3 February 2014). "Nora Navas y José Sacristán ganan los Gaudí a los mejores actores principales". Aisge.
11. "Clara Segura guanya el Premi Butaca a Millor Actriu per "La bona persona de Sezuan"". El Baix. 15 July 2019.
12. Colàs, Joan (13 September 2022). "Clara Segura: "Desafortunadamente todavía necesitamos que se expliquen muchas historias de mujeres"". Crónica Global– via El Español.
13. Dry, Jude (25 May 2023). "'Creatura' Review: A Boldly Lyrical Excavation of Lifelong Sexual Desire". IndieWire .
14. ""Creatura" i "Saben aquell", màximes favorites als Premis Gaudí: totes les nominacions". 3/24 . 12 December 2023.
15. Sánchez de Castro, David (30 November 2023). "Lista completa de nominados a los Premios Goya 2024: candidatos y favoritos por categoría". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2023.
16. Vall, Pere (29 May 2008). "¡Excusas!". Fotogramas .
17. Aguado Díaz et al. 2010, p. 42.
18. "Alex Brendemühl a "Les dues vides d'Andrés Rabadán"". 10 July 2020 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
19. Torreiro, Mirito (8 November 2012). "Una pistola en cada mano". Fotogramas .
20. "Nora Navas protagonitza "Tots volem el millor per a ella"". TV3 . 3 December 2018 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
21. Pérez, Leila (10 July 2023). "Netflix: cuál es el thriller español que es todo un fenómeno y promete atraparte". Minuto AR.
22. Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (1 September 2024). "Los estrenos del 6 de septiembre. 'El 47'. Derecho al respeto".