# Aura Garrido

Aura Garrido Sánchez (born 29 May 1989) is a Spanish film and television actress. She has appeared in such films as Stockholm and the television series El ministerio del tiempo.

## Early life

Garrido was born in Madrid. Her father Tomás Garrido is a composer and orchestra conductor, and her mother, María del Pilar Sánchez, is a painter. Her maternal grandmother and aunt were opera singers and her uncle is a lyric singer also.
She took her first piano classes when she was four years old, and soon after, started practicing ballet. She speaks English thanks to having an English-speaking best friend growing up.
After ending her high school studies, she enrolled in the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático, in Madrid, she took interpretation until her third year, specializing in textual interpretation, but she dropped out in 2010 because she was cast for the film Plans for Tomorrow. This role earned her the Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actress and a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress.

## Career

In 2010 she got her first main role in the Telecinco television series La pecera de Eva. Later, she centered her career in the small screen, and formed part of the Ángel o demonio, Crematorio and Imperium casts. She went back to working in cinema with two small roles in Promoción fantasma (2012) and El cuerpo, (2012). In 2013 she starred in Stockholm. For her performance, she won the Sant Jordi Award and a medal from the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, and was nominated in the best actress category at the Goya Awards, the Feroz Awards and the Forqué Awards.
In 2014, on television again, she participated in the miniseries Hermanos and filmed Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste although the latter was not broadcast until 2015. From 2015 through 2017, she played Amelia Folch in the Televisión Española series, El Ministerio del Tiempo.

## Filmography
### Film

Films :
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2010 | Planes para mañana (Plans for Tomorrow) | Mónica |
| 2012 | Promoción fantasma (Ghost Graduation) | Elsa |
| 2012 | El cuerpo (The Body) | Carla Miller |
| 2013 | Los ilusos (The Wishful Thinkers) | Sofía |
| 2013 | Stockholm | She |
| 2013 | Viral [es] | Lucía |
| 2015 | Vulcania | Marta |
| 2015 | Asesinos inocentes (Innocent Killers) | Nuria Abreu |
| 2016 | La reconquista (The Reconquest) | Clara |
| 2017 | La niebla y la doncella (The Mist and the Maiden) | Virginia Chamorro |
| 2017 | Cold Skin | Aneris |
| 2018 | El aviso (The Warning) | Lucía |
| 2018 | Solo | Ona |
| 2019 | El asesino de los caprichos (The Goya Murders) | Eva González |
| 2019 | El silencio de la ciudad blanca (El silencio de la ciudad blanca) | Estíbaliz Ruiz de Gauna |
| 2020 | Malnazidos (Valley of the Dead) | Matacuras |
| 2023 | Alguien que cuide de mí (Someone Who Takes Care of Me) | Nora |
| 2023 | Amanece | Alba |
| 2024 | Historias (Stories) | |
| 2024 | Daniela Forever | Teresa |

### Television

Television :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Física o química | Erica | 4 episodes |
| 2009 | De repente, los Gómez | Silvia | 10 episodes |
| 2010 | La pecera de Eva | Esther | |
| 2011 | Ángel o demonio | Valeria | |
| 2011 | Crematorio | Miriam Mullor | |
| 2012 | Imperium | Cora | 6 episodes |
| 2014 | Hermanos | Pilar Yagüe | |
| 2015 | Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste | Inés de Castro | 13 episodes |
| 2015 | La dama velata | Cecile | |
| 2015 | Víctor Ros | Lucía Alonso | 1 Episode (Chapter 3) |
| 2015–17 | El Ministerio del Tiempo | Amelia Folch | |
| 2016 | El padre de Caín | Begoña | Miniseries |
| 2018 | El día de mañana | Carme Román | Miniseries |
| 2021 | El inocente (The Innocent) | Olivia Costa | |
| 2022 | A Private Affair | Marina Quiroga | |
| 2024 | Santuario | Valle | |
| 2024 | Invisible | Profesora | Miniseries |

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2010 | 13th Málaga Film Festival | Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actress | Plans for Tomorrow | Won |
| 2011 | 66th CEC Medals | Best Newcomer | Plans for Tomorrow | Nominated |
| 2011 | 25th Goya Awards | Best New Actress | Plans for Tomorrow | Nominated |
| 2011 | 20th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best New Actress | Plans for Tomorrow | Nominated |
| 2013 | 16th Málaga Film Festival | Silver Biznaga for Best Actress | Stockholm | Won |
| 2013 | 2nd Neon Fan Awards | Best Spanish Actress | The Body | Nominated |
| 2014 | 19th Forqué Awards | Best Actress | Stockholm | Nominated |
| 2014 | 1st Feroz Awards | Best Main Actress | Stockholm | Nominated |
| 2014 | 28th Goya Awards | Best Actress | Stockholm | Nominated |
| 2014 | 64th Fotogramas de Plata | Best Film Actress | Stockholm | Nominated |
| 2014 | 58th Sant Jordi Awards | Best Actress | Stockholm | Won |
| 2014 | 69th CEC Medals | Best Actress | Stockholm | Won |
| 2014 | 13th Transilvania International Film Festival | Best Performance | Stockholm | Won |
| 2016 | 25th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actress in a Leading Role | The Ministry of Time | Nominated |
| 2017 | 4th Feroz Awards | Best Main Actress in a Series | The Ministry of Time | Won |
| 2017 | 26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actress in a Leading Role | The Ministry of Time | Won |
| 2018 | 5th Feroz Awards | Best Main Actress in a Series | The Ministry of Time | Nominated |
| 2018 | 27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actress in a Leading Role | The Ministry of Time | Nominated |
| 2018 | 5th Platino Awards | Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV series | The Ministry of Time | Nominated |
| 2018 | 20th Iris Awards | Best Actress | What the Future Holds | Nominated |
| 2019 | 6th Feroz Awards | Best Main Actress in a Series | What the Future Holds | Nominated |