1983, Madrid, Spain
Bárbara Santa-Cruz is an actress, director, and teacher.
Her passion for cinema and storytelling led her to enroll in university to study Audiovisual Communication (where she graduated with honors, writing a thesis about women in Fassbinder’s cinema) and in the Cuarta Pared theater school. She continued her training as an actress at the Estudio Corazza, attracted by the work of Manuel Morón, whom she considers her most influential mentor. At the studio, she met Javier Ballesteros, director and playwright of the company Mujer en Obras, of which she is currently a part. With the company, she has performed in plays such as La and Ese toro que no veíamos at the Teatros del Canal. The company won two Max Awards in the 2023 edition.
She made her film debut at the age of 22 with the short film Clases Particulares, directed by Alauda Ruíz de Azúa, for which she received the Aisge Award for Best Female Performance. Since then, she has appeared in films such as Pagafantas and Fe de etarras directed by Borja Cobeaga; Los amantes pasajeros by Pedro Almodóvar; 3 bodas de Más by Javier Ruiz Caldera (nominated for a Feroz Award, where she would later serve as the master of ceremonies a year later); Ilusión by Daniel Castro; Barcelona Nit d´estiu y Nit d´hivern by Dani de la Orden; Sexo fácil películas tristes by Alejo Flah; Esa sensación by Juan Cavestany; Sin rodeos by Santiago Segura; Jefe by Sergio Barrejón; Si yo fuera rico by Álvaro Fernández Armero; and Los buenos modales by Marta Diaz de Lope.
In television, she has appeared in series such as Cuéntame, Bosé, Buscando el Norte, Amar en tiempos revueltos, El príncipe, Vive cantando, Justo antes de Cristo, and more. She is currently filming the new series of Alberto and Laura Caballero, Muertos SL, for Movistar +.
In 2018, she directed and wrote her first short film Divorcio, receiving awards for Distribution at the notodofilmfest and Best Screenplay at the Tarazona Film Festival.
Currently, her upcoming project is Una película barata directed by Osama Chami.
MOVIES
UNA PELÍCULA BARATA · Dir. Osama Chami
LOS BUENOS MODALES · Dir. Marta Díaz
SI YO FUERA RICO · Dir. Álvaro Fernández Armero
JEFE · Dir. Sergio Barrejón
LA TRIBU · Dir. Fernando Colomo
SIN RODEOS · Dir. Santiago Segura
FE DE ETARRAS · Dir. Borja Cobeaga
LA MANO INVISIBLE · Dir. David Macián
ESA SENSACIÓN · Dir. Juan Cavestany
BARCELONA NIT D’HIVERN · Dir. Daniel de la Orden
SEXO FÁCIL, PELÍCULAS TRISTES · Dir. Alejo Flah
TODO EL MUNDO LO SABE · Dir. Miguel Larraya
3 BODAS DE MÁS · Dir. Javier Ruiz Caldera
LOS AMANTES PASAJEROS · Dir. Pedro Almodóvar
BARCELONA NIT D’ESTIU ·Dir. Daniel de la Orden
ILUSIÓN · Dir. Daniel Castro
PAGAFANTAS · Dir. Borja Cobeaga
SHORT FILMS
COPIA ORIGINAL · Dir. Greg Zinger
ELLOS · Dir. Néstor López y Oscar Romero
TRIPLE ROOM· Dir. Cristina Trenas e Isabel Delclaux
ADAGIO · Dir. Adrián Ramos y Oriol Segarra
NINI · Dir. David Moreno
OSCAR DESAFINADO · Dir. Mikel Alvariño
CALLE CORTADA · Dir. Juan Carlevaris
LA NIÑA DE MIS OJOS · Dir. Cris Maristany & Cristina Trenas
LA MESA BAILA · Dir. Brays Efe
LOVE IS LIKE A CIGARETTE · Dir. Ana Paoli
LA ZONA AZUL · Dir. Tino Fernandez & Ricardo Serrano
INTERÉS VARIABLE · Dir. Felipe Pardo Otero
EL DESCENSO · Dir. Daniel Romero
PARA NO DORMIR · Dir. Miguel Larraya
UN NOVIO DE MIERDA· Dir. Borja Cobeaga
A o B · Dir. Leticia Dolera
CLASES PARTICULARES · Dir. Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
TELEVISION
MUERTOS SL · Movistar +
BOSÉ · SkyShowTime
CUÉNTAME CÓMO PASÓ · Prime Video / RTVE Play
JUSTO ANTES DE CRISTO · Movistar +
BLADE RUNNER MUNDOS REPLICANTES · Movistar +
EL FIN DE LA COMEDIA · Comedy CentraL
BUSCANDO EL NORTE · Antena 3
VIVE CANTANDO · Antena 3
EL PRÍNCIPE · Tele 5
AMAR EN TIEMPOS REVUELTOS · TVE
MUSEO COCONUT · Tve2
LA FAMILIA MATA · Antena 3
MESA PARA CINCO · La Sexta
THEATER
ELOGIO DE LA ESTUPIDEZ ·Dir. Darío Facal.
ESE TORO QUE NO VEÍAMOS · Dir. Javier Ballesteros (Mujer en obras)
EN LA PISTA · Dir. Marc Montserrat-Drukker
LA · Dir. Javier Ballesteros (Mujer en obras)
EL HUERTO DE GUINDOS · Dir. Raúl Tejón
PLATONOV, UNA ESPECIE DE LOCURA · Dir. Juan Carlos Corazza
EN BLANCO · Dir. Eva Pallarés
EVANGÉLICAS, APOSTÓLICAS Y VEGETARIANAS · Dir. Gustavo Ott
EL AMOR DE DON PERMILIMPLIN CON BELISA EN SU JARDÍN · Dir. Gloria Tejedor
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Festival de Cine de Linares: Best Actress · LA MANO INVISIBLE
Premios Feroz: Best Supporting Actress, Nominated · 3 BODAS DE MÁS
Premios AISGE: Best Actress · CLASES PARTICULARES
TRAINING
Acting · Estudio de Juan Carlos Corazza
Acting · Manuel Morón
Acting · Gabriel Garbisu
LANGUAGES
Spanish, English
