# Laia Marull

Laia Marull Quintana (born 4 January 1973) is a Spanish actress. She has won three Goya Awards — Best New Actress for Fugitives (2000), Best Actress for Take My Eyes (2003), and Best Supporting Actress for Black Bread (2010). She was also nominated for European Film Award for Best Actress for Take My Eyes.
Marull is known for her work on film, television and stage, and has performed in Spanish, Catalan and French.

## Biography

Laia Marull Quintana was born on 4 January 1973 in Barcelona. She began her career in an amateurish theatre.
Marull studied acting at the Nancy Tuñón Theater School in Barcelona. She made her acting debut in 1994 on the Catalan television channel TV3 series "Estació d'enllaç", which made her popular in Catalonia. Two years later, in 1996, she began her film career with "Razones sentimentales".
Marull has won three Goya Awards and a Donostia Zinemaldia Silver Shell.
She is fluent in Spanish, Catalan and French, and has performed in all these languages.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1996 | Razones sentimentales | Tiffani |
| 1996 | Asunto interno | Teresa |
| 1998 | Mensaka, páginas de una historia (Mensaka) | Bea |
| 1999 | Lisboa (Lisbon) | Verónica |
| 1999 | La sombra de Caín | Patricia |
| 2000 | El viaje de Arián (Arian's Journey) | Isabel Ulloa |
| 2000 | Pleure pas Germaine [ca] | Catarina |
| 2000 | Fugitivas (Fugitives) | Tony |
| 2000 | Café Ole | Alicia |
| 2003 | Te doy mis ojos (Te doy mis ojos) | Pilar |
| 2003 | Las voces de la noche (Voices in the Night) | Elisa |
| 2005 | Oculto (The Hidden) | Beatriz |
| 2007 | El Greco | Jerónima de las Cuevas |
| 2008 | Pretextos [ca] | Eva |
| 2010 | La herencia Valdemar (The Valdemar Legacy) | Leonor Valdemar |
| 2010 | Pa negre (Black Bread) | Pauleta |
| 2011 | La herencia Valdemar II: La sombra prohibida [es] (The Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow) | |
| 2011 | Las olas [es] (The Waves) | Blanca |
| 2016 | Quatretondeta | Dora |
| 2016 | La madre [es] | Carmen |
| 2017 | Brava [ca] | Janine |
| 2019 | La innocència (The Innocence) | Soledad |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994–98 | Estació d'enllaç | Esther Valls Canales | |
| 1997 | Primera jugada | Núria | |
| 1997 | Nova ficció | Lola | |
| 1998 | Pirata | Àfrica | TV movie |
| 2011 | Ermessenda | Ermessenda | Miniseries |
| 2015 | Los nuestros | Montse | |
| 2016 | La Xirgu [ca] | Margarita Xirgu | TV movie |

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| Gaudí Awards | 2020 | Best Supporting Actress | La Innocència | Won |
| ACE Awards | 2005 | Best Actress | Take My Eyes | Nominated |
| ADIRCAE Awards | 2004 | Best Performance in a Leading Role | Take My Eyes | Won |
| Butaca Awards | 1998 | Best Catalan Film Actress | Mensaka | Nominated |
| Butaca Awards | 2004 | Best Catalan Film Actress | Take My Eyes | Nominated |
| Cinema Writers Circle Awards | 2004 | Best Actress | Take My Eyes | Won |
| European Film Awards | 2004 | Best Actress | Take My Eyes | Nominated |
| Fotogramas de Plata | 2004 | Best Film Actress | Take My Eyes | Won |
| Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival | 2001 | Best Actress | Fugitives | Won |
| Goya Awards | 2001 | Best New Actress | Fugitives | Won |
| Goya Awards | 2004 | Best Actress | Take My Eyes | Won |
| Goya Awards | 2011 | Best Supporting Actress | Black Bread | Won |
| San Sebastián International Film Festival | 2004 | Best Actress | Take My Eyes | Won |
| Sant Jordi Awards | 2004 | Best Spanish Actress | Take My Eyes | Won |
| Turia Awards | 2004 | Best Actress | Take My Eyes | Won |