Antonia San Juan

Antonia San Juan Fernández (born 22 May 1961) is a Spanish actress, director and screenwriter.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is San Juan and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.
Antonia San Juan
Antonia San Juan campaigning with PACMA in 2013
Born (1961-05-22) 22 May 1961
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present
Spouse(s)Luis Miguel Seguí (m. 2009; div. 2015)

Biography

She was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. At 19 she went to Madrid, where she started working as a professional theatre actress and also as a cabaret act in pubs and bars. She became known thanks to her role as Agrado in Todo sobre mi madre by Pedro Almodóvar. She is well known in Spain not only because of her film career but also for her humorous monologues on television and theatre . Since 2009 she has been acting in the popular Spanish TV series La que se avecina, where her role of Estela Reynolds is one of the most acclaimed roles in the show. She is an atheist and is highly critical of religion, calling it a "cancer to society."[1]

Filmography

Film
  • La vida siempre es corta – 1994
  • Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí – 1997
  • La primera noche de mi vida – 1998
  • El grito en el cielo – 1998
  • Ataque verbal – 1999
  • Manolito Gafotas – 1999
  • All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) – 1999
  • Hongos – 1999
  • El pan de cada día, El – 2000
  • Asfalto – 2000
  • V.O. – 2001
  • Octavia – 2002
  • La balsa de piedra – 2002
  • Amnèsia – 2002
  • Piedras – 2002
  • Venganza – 2002
  • 238 – 2003
  • Colours – 2003
  • Mela y sus hermanas – 2004
  • Te llevas la palma – 2004
  • La china – 2005
  • Un buen día – 2005
  • Un dulce despertar – 2005
  • El hambre – 2005
  • La maldad de las cosas – 2005
  • La nevera – 2005
  • La caja – 2006
  • Del lado del verano – 2012
  • The Platform (El Hoyo) – 2019

Television
TV series
yearTitleRoleNetworkEpisodes
2009 – 2010;
2013 – 2014		 La que se avecina Estela Reynolds Telecinco 40 episodes
2012 Frágiles Julia Telecinco 1 episode
2014 Fantasmagórica Clara web series 2 episodes
2014–2015 Gym Tony Berta Palomero Cuatro 110 episodes
2019 Hierro Samir Movistar 3 episodes

References
  1. M, Javi (5 November 2009). "Antonia San Juan: "Las religiones son el auténtico cáncer de todas las culturas"". AmbienteG (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2018.

Bibliography

Alfaro, Luis (7 December 1999). "Nearly all about Antonia". The Advocate (USA). pp. 88–89. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2007.

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