Zoe Bonafonte | |
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![]() Bonafonte in 2025 | |
Born | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | 10 March 2004
Occupation | Actress |
Zoe Bonafonte (born 10 March 2004) is a Spanish actress. Her film debut in The 47 (2024) earned her an Actors and Actresses Union Award for Best New Actress and a nomination for the Goya Award for Best New Actress.
Bonafonte was born on 10 March 2004 in Barcelona. [1] [2] Her mother is Thai. [3] After displaying an interest for acting at a young age, she moved to the United States at age 14 thanks to a scholarship. [1] [4] At age 15, she settled in Madrid to pursue her acting career. [1] For her acting training, she studied at the Corazza school, the Juan Codina school, the company Dagoll Dagom, and the school operated by Clara Méndez-Leite and Alberto Ammann. [5] [6] Her career began with a role in over twenty episodes of the long-running soap opera Amar es para siempre (her screen debut) and a supporting role in the series Escándalo. Relato de una obsesión . [3] [7]
She made her feature film debut in the historical drama The 47 (2024) portraying the daughter of the characters played by Eduard Fernández and Clara Segura. [5] Her performance in the former film as a Catalan girl not much appreciative of life deprivations earned her nominations for the Goya Award for Best New Actress and for the CEC Award for Best New Actress. [7] [8] She then starred in the fantasy romantic drama The Goldsmith's Secret (2025), portraying the young version of Celia (portrayed by Michelle Jenner as an adult), and featured in the period dramedy series The Lady's Companion as the middle sister of the Mencía family who wants to join university and study medicine. [9] [10]
In July 2025, she was reported to have joined the shooting of Ruega por nosotras in a leading role. [11]
† | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2024 | El 47 (The 47) | Joana | Feature film debut | |
2025 | El secreto del orfebre (The Goldsmith's Secret) | Celia | ||
TBA | Ruega por nosotras † |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2022 | Amar es para siempre | Susi | Television debut | |
2023 | Escándalo. Relato de una obsesión | |||
2025 | Manual para señoritas (The Lady's Companion) | Sara Mencía |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2025 | 17th Gaudí Awards | Best New Performance | The 47 | Nominated | |
80th CEC Medals | Best New Actress | Nominated | |||
39th Goya Awards | Best New Actress | Nominated | |||
33rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best New Actress | Won |