# Ángela Molina

Ángela Molina Tejedor (born 5 October 1955) is a Spanish actress. Aside from her performances in Spanish films, she has starred in multiple international productions, particularly in a number of Italian films and television series.

## Family

Molina was born in Madrid on 5 October 1955, the daughter of singer Antonio Molina and Ángela Tejedor. Her siblings Paula [es], Mónica and Miki [es] have also pursued an acting career. Another of her siblings, Noel [es], is a composer.

## Career

She studied dance and theatre art in the Escuela Superior de Madrid. She made her film debut in 1975 with César Fernández Ardavín's No matarás. Another early major credit is her performance as Rosa (a sexually provocative woman and unwed mother) in Black Brood (1977), a film portraying fascist violence in post-Francoist Spain. She rose to international prominence after starring in Luis Buñuel's last film That Obscure Object of Desire (1977).
She has worked with such directors as Luis Buñuel, the Taviani brothers, Jaime Chávarri, Pedro Almodóvar, Fernando Colomo, Jaime Camino, José Luis Borau, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, Giuseppe Tornatore, Bigas Luna, Alain Tanner, Julio Medem, Ridley Scott, Lina Wertmüller, Sergio Castellitto and Jaime de Armiñán.
In 1985, she became the first foreign actress to win the Italian cinematographic David di Donatello prize for her role in Lina Wertmüller's Camorra. She was awarded the prize for Best Actress at the Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival in 1987 for her role in Half of Heaven. She was also repeatedly nominated for the Goya Awards (Spanish cinematographic awards).
In 1999, she was the Head of the Jury at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.
She was awarded with the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts in 2002 and the Spanish National Prize of Cinematography [es] in 2016.

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1974 | No matarás | | |
| 1975 | No quiero perder la honra [es] | | |
| 1975 | Las protegidas | | |
| 1976 | La ciutat cremada (The Burned City) | Roser Palau | |
| 1976 | Las largas vacaciones del 36 (The Long Vacation of '36) | Encarna | |
| 1977 | Viva/muera Don Juan Tenorio | | |
| 1977 | Nunca es tarde [ca] (It's Never Too Late) | | |
| 1977 | Camada negra (Black Brood) | Rosa | |
| 1977 | Ese oscuro objeto del deseo (That Obscure Object of Desire) | Conchita | Character also played by Carole Bouquet |
| 1977 | A un dios desconocido (To an Unknown God) | Soledad | |
| 1978 | La portentosa vida del padre Vicente [ca] (The Prodigious Life of Father Vincent) | María | |
| 1978 | El hombre que supo amar (The Man Who Knew Love) | Jazmin | |
| 1979 | El corazón del bosque (Heart of the Forest) | Amparo | |
| 1979 | Operación Ogro (Ogro) | Amaiur | |
| 1979 | L'ingorgo, una storia impossibile (Traffic Jam) | Martina | |
| 1979 | Buone notizie (Good News) | Fedora | |
| 1980 | Kaltgestellt (Put on Ice) | Franziska | |
| 1982 | Gli occhi, la bocca (The Eyes, the Mouth) | Wanda | |
| 1982 | Demonios en el jardín (Demons in the Garden) | Ángela | |
| 1983 | Bearn o la sala de las muñecas [es] | Xima | |
| 1985 | Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti (Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime)) | Annunziata | |
| 1985 | Fuego eterno (Eternal Fire) | Gabrielle | |
| 1986 | La sposa era bellissima (The Bride Was Beautiful) | Maria | |
| 1986 | Streets of Gold | Elena | |
| 1986 | El río de oro [ca] | Laura | |
| 1986 | Lola | Lola | |
| 1986 | La mitad del cielo (Half of Heaven) | Rosa | Young Rosa played by Mónica Molina |
| 1987 | Laura a la ciutat dels sants [ca] | Laura | |
| 1988 | Luces y sombras (Lights and Shadows) | Charo | |
| 1988 | Via Paradiso | Giulia | |
| 1989 | Barroco | Sefardita | |
| 1989 | Esquilache | Fernandita | |
| 1989 | Las cosas del querer (The Things of Love) | Pepita | |
| 1989 | La Sabina [es] (Sabina) | Pepa | |
| 1990 | Volevo i pantaloni | Zia Vannina | |
| 1990 | Los ángeles (Angels) | Natacha | |
| 1991 | Sandino | Teresa Villatoro | |
| 1991 | Le voleur d'enfants (The Children Thief) | Despossoria | |
| 1992 | Una mujer bajo la lluvia (A Woman in the Rain) | Mercedes | |
| 1992 | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Beatriz Enríquez de Arana | |
| 1993 | Mal de amores | Carmen | |
| 1994 | El baile de las ánimas | Adela | |
| 1994 | Con gli occhi chiusi (With Closed Eyes) | Rebecca | |
| 1995 | Las cosas del querer 2 [es] | Pepita | Reprise of role in Las cosas del querer |
| 1995 | ¡Oh, cielos! [es] | Silvia | |
| 1995 | Gimlet [es] | Julia | |
| 1996 | Edipo alcalde (Oedipus Mayor) | Yocasta | |
| 1997 | Carne trémula (Live Flesh) | Clara | |
| 1998 | El viento se llevó lo qué [it] (Wind with the Gone) | Doña María | |
| 2000 | One of the Hollywood Ten | Rosaura Revueltas | |
| 2000 | El mar (The Sea) | Carmen Onaindia | |
| 2001 | Malefemmene (Bad Women) | Nunzia | |
| 2002 | Piedras (Stones) | Isabel | |
| 2002 | Carnages (Carnage) | | |
| 2003 | Al sur de Granada (South from Granada) | Doña Felicidad | |
| 2006 | El triunfo [ca] | Chata | |
| 2006 | Los Borgia (The Borgia) | Vanozza Cattanei | |
| 2006 | La sconosciuta (The Unknown Woman) | Lucrezia | |
| 2006 | La caja (The Wooden Box) | Eloisa | |
| 2007 | La masseria delle allodole (The Lark Farm) | Ismene | |
| 2008 | 14, Fabian Road | Palmira | |
| 2008 | Diario de una ninfómana (Diary of a Nymphomaniac) | Cristina | |
| 2009 | Baarìa | Sarina | |
| 2009 | Los abrazos rotos (Broken Embraces) | Madre de Lena | |
| 2009 | Barbarossa | Hildegard von Bingen | |
| 2010 | The Way | Angelica | |
| 2010 | Carne de neón (Neon Flesh) | Pura | |
| 2012 | Blancanieves (Snow White) | Doña Concha | |
| 2012 | Miel de naranjas (Orange Honey) | María | |
| 2012 | Memoria de mis putas tristes | Casilda (old) | Young version of Casilda Armenia played by Olivia Molina |
| 2015 | Nessuno si salva da solo (You Can't Save Yourself Alone) | Lea | |
| 2016 | Tini: El gran cambio de Violetta (Tini: The Movie) | Isabella | |
| 2017 | El otro hermano (The Lost Brother) | Marta | |
| 2017 | El último traje (The Last Suit) | María | |
| 2018 | El árbol de la sangre (The Tree of Blood) | Julieta | |
| 2018 | The Man Who Bought the Moon | Teresa | |
| 2019 | Me llamo Gennet | Pilar Gómez | |
| 2021 | Charlotte | Charlotte | |
| 2022 | La piedad (Piety) | Libertad | |
| 2023 | The Order of Time | | |
| 2024 | Yo no soy esa | | |
| 2024 | The Return | Eurycleia | |
| 2024 | Polvo serán (They Will Be Dust) | Claudia | |
| 2024 | Le dernier souffle [eu] (Last Breath) | | |

#### Other

* Tre giorni di Natale (2019)
* Nowhere (2002)
* Anna's Summer (2001)
* Sagitario (2001)
* Jara (2000)
* Daughter of Her Son (2000)
* Trouble in Love (1993)
* Poor Jorge (1993)
* Krapatchouk (1992)
* The Man Who Lost His Shadow (1991)
* Drums of Fire (1990)
* Black River (1990)
* The Savage (1989)
* Bras de fer [fr] (1985)
* Dies rigorose Leben (1983)
* The Remains from the Shipwreck (1978)

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985 | Quo Vadis? | Acte | Miniseries |
| 2006 | The Holy Family | | |
| 2010–13 | Gran Reserva | Sofía Ruiz de Reverte | |
| 2020 | La valla (The Barrier) | Emilia Noval | |
| 2022 | A Private Affair | Doña Asuncion | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award ceremony | Category | Work | Result |
| 1986 | 31st David di Donatello Awards | Best Actress | Camorra | Won |
| 1987 | 1st Goya Awards | Best Actress | Half of Heaven | Nominated |
| 1989 | 3rd Goya Awards | Best Actress | Luces y sombras | Nominated |
| 1990 | 4th Goya Awards | Best Actress | The Things of Love | Nominated |
| 1998 | 12th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Live Flesh | Nominated |
| 2013 | 5th Gaudí Awards | Best Actress | Snow White | Nominated |
| 2013 | 27th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Snow White | Nominated |
| 2013 | 22nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role | Snow White | Nominated |
| 2021 | 35th Goya Awards | Honorary Goya Award | — | Won |
| 2021 | 52nd International Film Festival of India | IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) | Charlotte | Won |
| 2022 | 9th Platino Awards | Best Actress | Charlotte | Nominated |
| 2023 | 2nd Carmen Awards | Best Actress | Piety | Nominated |
| 2024 | 19th Rome Film Festival | Best Actress | They Will Be Dust | Won |
| 2025 | 17th Gaudí Awards | Best Actress | They Will Be Dust | Nominated |