
1968, Rome, Italy
From a young age she began working in theatre where she carried out important roles and stood out in her work in A puerta cerrada by Miguel Narros, La gata sobre el tejado de zinc caliente and Las criadas by Mario Gas.
She has gone up on stage on numerous occasions alongside Mario Vagas Llosa in Las mil noches y una noche, Odiseo y Penelope and La verdad de las mentiras directed by Joan Ollé. She triumphed with the mise-en-scène of Un Dios salvaje by Yasmina Reza directed by Tamzin Townsen and a year later, in 2011, in the production Santo put on in the Teatro Español and directed by Ernesto Caballero. She was once again under the direction of Tamzin Townsen in Babel by Andrew Bovell. Also in La Chunga and Los cuentos de la peste both by Mario Vargas Llosa and directed by Joan Ollé and Capitalismo by Andres Lima. Other highlights of her recent roles include Medea by Seneca, adapted and directed by Andres Lima; Las troyanas by Eurípides adapted by Alberto Conejero and directed by Carme Portaceli and La vuelta de Nora also directed by Andrés Lima.
In cinema she has worked with directors such as Fernando Fernán Gómez, Gonzalo Suárez, Fernando Colombo, Imanol Uribe, Jaime Chávarri among others. The arrival of the 90s brought important projects both nationally (Boca a boca with Javier Bardem by Manuel Gómez Pereira; El pajaro de la felicidad by Pilar Miró written by Mario Camus and Celos by Vicente Aranda) as well as internationally. Soon after, she worked under Adolfo Arau in Un paseo por las nubes, co-starring with Keanu Reeves. She also participated in the film Love Walked in by José Campanella alongside figures such as Denis Leary and Terence Stamp. Aitana worked with Bigas Luna in the French coproduction of La camarera del Titanic with Olivier Martínez. Two years later she worked with this celebrated director in the film Volaverunt, for which she received the Concha de plata for Best Actress at the San Sebastian festival. She has also worked with the Oscar winning director Luis Puenzo in La puta y la ballena, with Koldo Serra in Backwoods, co-starring with Gary Oldman and Virgine Ledoyen; No tengo miedo by Gabrille Salvatores, also an Oscar winning director; El maquinista with Christian Bale by Brad Anderson and Parlami d’amore by Silvio Muccino are other recent highlights of hers. Among her most recent feature length films are Thi Mai by Patricia Ferreira.
From 1998 to 2000 Aitana became the first woman to become President of the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) of Spain.
For her starring role in Medea she received numerous distinctions throughout 2015 such as the CERES prize for Best Actress, the Fotogramas de plata prize, the Valle-Inclán prize and the MAX prize for performing arts. She also got the Fotogramas de plata prize for Best Actress in La rosa tatuada. She is also recognised with the gold medal by the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.


MOVIES
LA JEFA · Dir. Fran Torres
MADRES PARALELAS · Dir. Pedro Almodóvar
THI MAI · Dir. Patricia Ferreira
EL CLUB DE LOS INCOMPRENDIDOS · Dir. Carlos Sedes
GLI SFIORATI · Dir. Mateo Rovere
MAKTUB · Dir. Paco Arango
LA ESCARCHA (THE FROST) · Dir. Ferrán Audí
HÁBLAME DE AMOR · Dir. Silvio Muccino
LA CARTA ESFÉRICA · Dir. Imanol Uribe
OVIEDO EXPRESS · Dir. Gonzalo Suárez
ANIMALES HERIDOS · Dir. Ventura Pons
BOSQUE DE SOMBRAS · Dir. Koldo Serra
LA PUTA Y LA BALLENA · Dir. Luis Puenzo
EL MAQUINISTA · Dir. Brad Anderson
IO NON HO PAURA · Dir. Gabriele Salvatores
HOMBRES FELICES · Dir. Roberto Santiago
MI DULCE · Dir. Jesús Mora Gama
SIN DEJAR HUELLA · Dir. María Novaro
NI EL TIRO DEL FINAL · Dir. Juan José Campanella
LA CAMARERA DEL TITANIC · Dir. Bigas Luna
SUS OJOS SE CERRARON Y EL MUNDO SIGUE ANDANDO · Dir. Jaime Chávarri
LA LEYENDA DE BALTHASAR EL CASTRADO · Dir. Juan Miñón
BOCA A BOCA · Dir. Manuel Gómez Pereira
LA LEY DE LA FRONTERA · Dir. Adolfo Aristarain
UN PASEO POR LAS NUBES · Dir. Alfonso Aráu
EL PÁJARO DE LA FELICIDAD · Dir. Pilar Miró
HABANERA 1820 · Dir. Antonio Verdaguer
EL MARIDO PERFECTO · Dir. Beda Docampo Feijóo
EL LABERINTO GRIEGO · Dir. Rafael Alcázar
BAJARSE AL MORO · Dir. Fernando Colomo
EL MAR Y EL TIEMPO · Dir. Fernando Fernán Gómez
JARRAPELLEJOS · Dir. Antonio Giménez-Rico
REMANDO AL VIENTO · Dir. Gonzalo Suárez
VIENTO DE CÓLERA · Dir. Pedro de la Sota
NO HAGAS PLANES CON MARGA · Dir. Rafael Alcázar
ROMANZA FINAL · Dir. José María Forqué
SHORT FILMS
VOLCÁNICA · Dir. Alberto Velasco
EL POZO · Dir. Héctor Domínguez
RULETA · Dir. Roberto Santiago
THEATER
JUANA · Dir. Chevi Muraday
LA VUELTA DE NORA – CASA DE MUÑECAS 2 · Dir. Andrés Lima
MEDEA, ¿UNA LECTURA DRAMATIZADA? · Dir. Andrés Lima
LA ROSA TATUADA · Dir. Carme Portacelli
LOS CUENTOS DE LA PESTE · Dir. Joan Ollé
MEDEA · Dir. Andrés Lima
LA CHUNGA · Dir. Joan Ollé
CAPITALISMO · Dir. Andrés Lima
BABEL · Dir. Tamzin Townsend
SANTO · Dir. Ernesto Caballero
LAS MIL Y UNA NOCHES · Dir. Joan Ollé
UN DIOS SALVAJE · Dir. Tamzin Townsend
CRUEL Y TIERNO · Dir. Javier G. Yagüe
ODISEO Y PENÉLOPE · Dir. Joan Ollé
LAS CRIADAS · Dir. Mario Gas
LA GATA SOBRE EL TEJADO DE ZINC · Dir. Mario Gas
A PUERTA CERRADA · Dir. Miguel Narros
ENTRE BOBOS ANDA EL JUEGO · Dir. Angel García Suárez
EL HOMBRE DESHABITADO · Dir. Emilio Hernández
LA MALQUERIDA · Dir. Miguel Narros
LA GRAN PIRUETA · Dir. José Luis Alonso Mañés
TELEVISION
ESTOY VIVO · TVE
VELVET COLECCIÓN · Movistar+
CONQUISTADORES: ADVENTUM · Movistar+
VELVET · Antena 3
LA VIUDA VALENCIANA · TVE
LOS 80 · Telecinco
CARTA MORTAL · Antena 3
LA REGENTA · TVE
MOSCACIEGA · Rai 1
LA MUJER DE TU VIDA 2: LA MUJER IMPUNTUAL · TVE
EL QUIJOTE DE MIGUEL DE CERVANTES · TVE
LA HUELLA DEL CRIMEN 2: EL CRIMEN DE PERPIÑÁN · TVE
CASANOVA · ABC
SEGUNDA ENSEÑANZA · TVE
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Unión de Actores: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, Nominated · JUANA
Fotogramas de Plata: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play · LA ROSA TATUADA
Unión de Actores: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, Nominated · LA ROSA TAUADA
Fotogramas de Plata: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play · MEDEA
Unión de Actores: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, Nominated · MEDEA
Premios Max: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play · MEDEA
Premios Ceres: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play · MEDEA
Unión de Actores: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, Nominated · LA CHUNGA
Fotogramas de Plata: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play· LAS CRIADAS
Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián: Silver Shell for Best Actress · VOLAVÉRUNT
Fotogramas de Plata: Best Film Actress, Nominated · CELOS, VOLAVERUNT YERMA
Fotogramas de Plata: Mejor Best Film Actress, Nominated · SUS OJOS SE CERRARON Y EL MUNSO SIGUE ANDANDO
Premios Cóndor de Plata: Best Film Actress, Nominated · SUS OJOS SE CERRARON Y EL MUNSO SIGUE ANDANDO
Fotogramas de Plata: Best Film Actress, Nominated · LA CAMARERA DEL TITANIC
Fotogramas de Plata: Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play · LA GATA SOBRE EL TEJADO DE ZINC
Unión de Actores: Best Film Actress, Nominated · BOCA A BOCA
Fotogramas de Plata: Best TV Actress · LA REGENTA
Unión de Actores: Best TV Actress · LA REGENTA
Fotogramas de Plata: Best Film Actress, Nominated · BOCA A BOCA, LA LEY DE LA FRONTERA, UN PASEO POR LAS NUBES
LANGUAJES
Spanish, English, Italian, French