Irene Escolar

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Irene Escolar
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Irene Escolar. San Sebastian Festival. 2024
Born
Irene Escolar Navarro

(1988-10-19) 19 October 1988 (age 36)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present

Irene Escolar Navarro (born 19 October 1988) is a Spanish cinema, theatre, and television actress.

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Life and career

Irene Escolar Navarro was born in Madrid on 19 October 1988 to Lourdes Navarro (screenwriter) and José Luis Escolar  [ es ] (producer). [1] She belongs to a lineage of artists tracing back to her great-great-great grandfather Pascual Alba  [ es ], which also includes Julia Gutiérrez Caba (great-aunt) and Emilio Gutiérrez Caba (great-uncle). [2] Escolar received a Goya Award for Best New Actress in 2016, [3] and an Irizar Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for her critically acclaimed role of June in An Autumn Without Berlin . Escolar is fluent in Spanish, English, and French. Her professional life includes 17 films and 25 theatre plays. She is also well known for her theatre career. In 2019 she was picked to play the leading role in Movistar +'s first international series, Dime Quién Soy. The world premiere of the show was in 2020. Escolar is the creator and executive producer, alongside Bárbara Lennie, of Escenario 0 for HBO Europe.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleOriginal titleRoleNotes
2003 Imagining Argentina Imagining ArgentinaEurydice
2004 The 7th Day El 7º díaAntonia
2007 Lolita's Club Canciones de amor en Lolita's ClubJennifer
2008 The Blind Sunflowers Los girasoles ciegosElenita
2009 Road to Santiago Al final del caminoLaura [4]
2010 The Impossible Language El idioma imposibleElsa
2010Lock UpCruzando el límiteNuria
2013 People in Places Gente en sitios
2013 Inside Love PresentimientosSandra
2015 Sidetracked Las ovejas no pierden el trenNatalia
2015 An Autumn Without Berlin Un otoño sin BerlínJune Goya Award for Best New Actress
2016 The Broken Crown La corona partida Joanna of Castile
2016 Altamira AltamiraMaría
2016 Guernica GernikaCousin Isabel
2017 The Skin of the Wolf Bajo la piel de loboAdela
2018 The Laws of Thermodynamics Las leyes de la termodinámicaRaquel
2021 Official Competition Competencia oficialDiana Suárez
2022 You Have to Come and See It Tenéis que venir a verlaSusana [5]
2023 The Girls Are Alright Las chicas están bienIrene [6]
2024 Free Falling Caída libreClaudia
2024 Family Affairs Verano en diciembreNoelia [7]

Television

YearTitleOriginal titleRoleNotes
2005El comisarioEl comisarioEpisode: "Grito mudo"
2008LexLexEpisode: "Genéticamente infiel"
2014 Isabel Isabel Joanna of Castile 12 episodes
2019 Paquita Salas Paquita SalasIreneEpisode: "B-Fashion"
2020Stage 0Escenario 0Irene3 episodes
2020–2021 Tell Me Who I Am Dime quién soyAmelia Garayoa9 episodes
2024 Past Lies Las largas sombrasPaula Ríos [8] 6 episodes
2024 Las abogadas Manuela Carmena 6 episodes

References

  1. "Irene Escolar, ADN: actriz". Fotogramas . 7 August 2008.
  2. Clarós, Isabel (7 July 2020). "Irene Escolar, digna heredera de un clan de actores que se remonta al siglo XIX". La Vanguardia .
  3. Anita Busch (21 June 2016). "Irene Escolar Signs With ICM Partners". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  4. Caviaro, Juan Luis (9 April 2009). "Estrenos de cine | 8 de abril | Dragonball, Cage, Tejero... y cine francés". Espinof.
  5. Rivera, Alfonso (16 June 2022). "Review: You Have to Come and See It". Cineuropa .
  6. Lodge, Guy (8 July 2023). "'The Girls Are Alright' Review: A Gentle Study of Female Friendship That Blows in on a Warm Summer Breeze". Variety .
  7. Jiménez, Jesús (20 October 2024). "Carmen Machi: "La madre a la que interpreto en 'Verano en diciembre' es una madre universal"". rtve.es .
  8. Lyons, Margaret (2024-05-16). ""Past Lies' on Hulu Is a Swirly Spanish Mystery". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-06-14.