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Clara Segura Crespo

(1974-05-06) 6 May 1974 (age 49)
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]

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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

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2003
Excuses!Begoña
2004
 Mar adentro (The Sea Inside)Gené
2009
 Les dues vides d'Andrés Rabadán  [ ca ]Sara
2012
 Una pistola en cada mano (A Gun in Each Hand)Elena
2013
 Tots volem el millor per a ella (We All Want What's Best for Her)Glòria
2018
 Durante la tormenta (Mirage)Hilda Weiss
2023
 Creatura Diana

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