Paloma Baeza

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Paloma Baeza
Born (1975-05-01) 1 May 1975 (age 50)
London, England, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Actress, director
Years active1994–present
Spouse Alex Garland [1]
Children2

Paloma Baeza (born 1 May 1975) is a Mexican-British actress and director. Her 2017 film Poles Apart won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation in 2018. [2] [3]

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Biography

Baeza was born in London and spent her childhood in Mexico. [4] Her Mexican father and her British mother were musicians who met in the UK. [5] In 1975, when Baeza was five months old, her parents married in London and they moved to Mexico City. They divorced nine years later.[ citation needed ]

She returned to the UK with her mother in 1985, when she was nine. She began taking acting classes and appeared very early in the London theatres and British television productions. She studied English and Performing Arts at the University of Bristol. [4]

Baeza has acted in a number of films and television programmes, including the 1998 film Far from the Madding Crowd playing the leading role of Bathsheba Everdene, [5] and the 2008 BBC production The Passion as Mary Magdalene. [4] She has also performed on stage, including Navy Pier in 2000 and The Flight Into Egypt in 1996. [4]

Baeza directed a short feature film Watchmen in 2001, which she wrote with actor Cillian Murphy, who also starred. [6] She directed the TV film The Window in 2006. Baeza decided to study animation at the National Film and Television School. [7] For her graduation project, she made the stop-motion short film Poles Apart, which won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation in 2018. [2] [8] In 2018, she began directing a CG/live-action film, The Toymaker's Secret, written by her husband Alex Garland. [9] She is also working on a project on the life of Frida Kahlo. [10]

Personal life

Baeza is married to screenwriter, novelist, and film director Alex Garland; they have a son and a daughter. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
1995 A Kid in King Arthur's Court Princess Katey [11]
1997The Longest MemoryLydiaTV film [12]
1998 Far from the Madding Crowd Bathsheba EverdeneTV film [13]
1999Like ClockworkHelenShort film [14]
Sunburn Aideen Higgins [15]
2001All ForgottenMashenkaAlternative title: "Lover's Prayer"
That Sinking FeelingGirlShort film
2002 The Escapist Valerie Hopkins
The Project Irene LloydTV film
2006 Scars SophiaTV film
2007 Sunshine Capa's Sister [16]
2022 The House N/A Directorial debut; Segment: III - Listen again and seek the sun

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Mud PhillipaSeries regular, 6 episodes
Screen Two PaulaEpisode: "Look Me in the Eye"
1995Joseph Dinah Miniseries, 2 episodes
1996 No Bananas Rose GrantSeries regular, 10 episodes
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Rose MarkhamMiniseries, 2 episodes
1997 The Odyssey Melanthe Miniseries, 2 episodes
Bramwell Emmaline O'NeillRecurring role, 2 episodes
1998 The Vanishing Man Helen NeathEpisode: "Spooks"
The Magical World of Disney SandyEpisode: "A Knight in Camelot"
1999 A Touch of Frost Rachel DarrowEpisode: "Private Lives"
2000 Anna Karenina KittyMiniseries, 4 episodes
2001 Rebel Heart Ita FeeneyMiniseries, 4 episodes
Waking the Dead Anna MaitlandEpisode: "Every Breath You Take"
The Way We Live Now Hetta CarburyMiniseries, 4 episodes
2008 The Passion Mary Magdalene Miniseries
Spooks Elizaveta StarkovaRecurring role, 3 episodes

Directing credits

*Paloma Baeza only directed the third and last part of The House’s collection of short stories.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Alex Garland on Ex Machina: 'I feel more attached to this film than to anything before'". The Guardian. 11 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Animation Magazine's Rising Stars of 2018". Animation Magazine. 30 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bafta Film Awards 2018: The winners in full". BBC News . 18 February 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Paloma Baeza - Mary Magdelene". BBC.
  5. 1 2 "A Woman of Independent Means". The Washington Post. 10 May 1998. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019.
  6. 1 2 "The Lisa Richards Agency". Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "10 Animators to Watch 2018". Variety.
  8. ↑ "BBC News at 6 Feature on graduate Paloma Baeza – 16 March 2018". NFTS.
  9. ↑ "Alex Garland's New Project 'The Toymaker's Secret' Finds Home at TriStar". Variety. 10 April 2018.
  10. ↑ Clarke, Stewart (30 April 2019). "Frida Kahlo Animated Feature in the Works, Paloma Baeza Set to Direct". Variety.
  11. ↑ British Film Institute. "A Kid in King Arthur's Court". Collections Search BFI. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  12. ↑ British Film Institute. "The Longest Memory". Collections Search BFI. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  13. ↑ British Film Institute. "Far from the Madding Crowd[06/07/98] (Original)". Collections Search BFI. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  14. ↑ British Film Institute. "Like Clockwork". Collections Search BFI. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  15. ↑ British Film Institute. "Sunburn". Collections Search BFI. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  16. ↑ British Film Institute. "Sunshine". Collections Search BFI. London: British Film Institute. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  17. ↑ "Film | British Short Animation in 2018". BAFTA. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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