# Susi Sánchez

Asunción Sánchez Abellán (born 21 March 1955), known as Susi Sánchez, is a Spanish theater, film, and television actress.

## Career

Susi Sánchez is best known for her roles in the Vicente Aranda film Mad Love, where she gives life to Queen Isabella I, and in the plays Cara de plata [es] and Mujeres soñaron caballos. For these three roles she was nominated for the Spanish Actors and Actresses Union Awards, winning as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Cara de plata.
In 2015 she joined the cast of the TV series Carlos, rey emperador, playing Louise of Savoy.

## Personal life

Susi Sánchez was the long-time romantic partner of actress and acting coach Consuelo Trujillo. The two attended numerous Gay Pride events and spoken out in favor of LGBT rights. Her niece Ruth Gabriel (daughter of actor Ismael Abellán, Susi Sánchez's elder brother) is also an actress.

## Theater

* 1993: Las bizarrías de Belisa [es] – Dir. John Strasberg
* 1994: Los bosques de Nyx – Dir. Miguel Bosé
* 1995: Castillos en el aire – Dir. José Luis Gómez
* 1997: King Lear – Dir. Miguel Narros [es]
* 1999: Mujeres al vapor – Dir. Consuelo Trujillo
* 2001: Ausencias – Dir. Rosa Morales
* 2004: Exit the King – Dir. José Luis Gómez
* 2005: Cara de plata [es] – Dir. Ramón Simó – Centro Dramático Nacional
* 2006: Suddenly Last Summer – Dir. José Luis Saiz
* 2007: Dirección gritadero - Dir. Rosa Morales – Centro Dramático Nacional
* 2007: Mujeres soñaron caballos – Dir. Daniel Veronese [es]
* 2009: Hamlet - Dir. Tomaž Pandur
* 2010: Endgame – Dir. Krystian Lupa
* 2012: Los hijos se han dormido – Dir. Daniel Veronese
* 2013: Tirano Banderas – Dir. Oriol Broggi
* 2015: Good People – Dir. David Serrano
* 2015: Cuando deje de llover – Dir. Julián Fuentes Reta

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1974 | Una pareja... distinta [es] | | |
| 1994 | Al otro lado del túnel | Marisa | |
| 1995 | Una casa en las afueras (A House on the Outskirts) | Teresa | |
| 1995 | Entre rojas | Flora | |
| 1995 | Felicidades, Tovarich | | |
| 1996 | Zapico | Exmujer | |
| 1996 | Malena es un nombre de tango | Jimena | |
| 1996 | Náufragos | Pilar | |
| 1997 | Sólo se muere dos veces | Producer | |
| 1998 | The Naked Eye | Judge | |
| 1998 | Las ratas | Doña Resu | |
| 2000 | Aunque tú no lo sepas [es] | Ángela | |
| 2000 | Cascabel | Doña Gertru | |
| 2001 | Juana la Loca (Mad Love) | Isabel la Católica | |
| 2002 | La vida de nadie (Nobody's Life) | School director | |
| 2002 | Stones | Manager | |
| 2003 | Carmen | Blanca | |
| 2003 | La vida mancha (Life Marks) | Director of the INEM | |
| 2003 | I'm Not Scared | Mother of Filippo | |
| 2004 | Incautos | Mother of Miriam | |
| 2008 | El patio de mi cárcel (My Prison Yard) | Julia | |
| 2008 | Yo sólo miro (short) | Julia | |
| 2009 | The Milk of Sorrow | Aída | |
| 2011 | 10.000 noches en ninguna parte (10,000 Nights Nowhere) | The Mother | |
| 2011 | La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In) | Mother of Vicente | |
| 2011 | La voz dormida (The Sleeping Voice) | Sor Serafines | |
| 2012 | La fotógrafa | Sara | |
| 2013 | 15 años y un día (15 Years and One Day) | Cati | |
| 2013 | Los amantes pasajeros (I'm So Excited!) | Mother of Alba | |
| 2015 | Tras bambalinas | Mother | |
| 2015 | Lejos del mar | Concha | |
| 2015 | Truman | Adoptive woman | |
| 2016 | Julieta | Sara, mother of Julieta | |
| 2017 | The Invisible Guardian | Rosario | |
| 2018 | La enfermedad del domingo (Sunday's Illness) | Anabel | |
| 2019 | Dolor y gloria (Pain and Glory) | Beata del pueblo | |
| 2021 | El sustituto (The Replacement) | Eva actual | Younger version of the character played by Vicky Luengo |
| 2021 | El lodo (Wetland) | Francisca | |
| 2022 | Cinco lobitos (Lullaby) | Begoña | |
| 2022 | Vasil | Carmen | |
| 2023 | Stormy Lola (Loli Tormenta) | Lola | |
| 2024 | Reinas | Grandmother | |

### TV series

* 1983: Anillos de oro [es] – La 1
* 1985: Platos rotos – La 1
* 1995: ¡Ay, Señor, Señor! – Antena 3
* 1995–1997: Médico de familia – Telecinco
* 1997: La casa de los líos – Antena 3
* 1997: Todos los hombres sois iguales – Telecinco
* 1998: Manos a la obra – Antena 3
* 2001: Cuéntame cómo pasó – La 1
* 2002: Hospital Central – Telecinco
* 2001–2004: El comisario – Telecinco
* 2006: Vientos de agua – Telecinco
* 2007: MIR [es] – Telecinco
* 2009–2010: La Señora – La 1
* 2009–2010: Hay alguien ahí – Cuatro
* 2010: Crematorio – Canal+
* 2010: Acusados – Telecinco
* 2011: Ángel o demonio – Telecinco
* 2014: Gran Hotel – Antena 3
* 2014: Los misterios de Laura – La 1
* 2015: Carlos, rey emperador – La 1
* 2018: La verdad – Telecinco
* 2018: Presunto culpable – Antena 3

### TV movies

* 1986: Bodas de sangre – Dir. Francisco Montolio
* 2004: El cruce – Dir. Juan Carlos Claver
* 2006: Electroshock – Dir. Juan Carlos Claver
* 2007: Alan muere al final de la película – Dir. Xavier Manich

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2002 | 11th Actors Union Awards | Best Film Performance in a Minor Role | Mad Love | Nominated |
| 2006 | 15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Stage Actress in a Secondary Role | Cara de plata [es] | Won |
| 2008 | 17th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Stage Actress in a Secondary Role | Mujeres soñaron caballos | Nominated |
| 2012 | 21st Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actress in a Minor Role | The Skin I Live In | Nominated |
| 2014 | 28th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actress | 10,000 Nights Nowhere | Nominated |
| 2014 | 23rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actress in a Leading Role | 10,000 Nights Nowhere | Won |
| 2015 | 24th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Stage Actress in a Minor Role | Cuando deje de llover | Won |
| 2015 | 18th Max Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Cuando deje de llover | Won |
| 2016 | 25th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actress in a Secondary Role | Carlos, rey emperador | Won |
| 2019 | 33rd Goya Awards | Best Leading Actress | Sunday's Illness | Won |
| 2019 | 28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actress in a Leading Role | Sunday's Illness | Won |
| 2020 | 29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actress in a Minor Role | Pain and Glory | Nominated |
| 2021 | 4th Berlanga Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Wetland | Nominated |
| 2022 | 5th Berlanga Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Vasil | Won |
| 2022 | 28th Forqué Awards | Best Film Actress | Lullaby | Nominated |
| 2023 | 10th Feroz Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Film | Lullaby | Won |
| 2023 | 37th Goya Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Lullaby | Won |
| 2023 | 31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role | Lullaby | Won |
| 2023 | 10th Platino Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Lullaby | Won |
| 2025 | 33rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Actress in an International Production | Reinas | Nominated |