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Elena Anaya

Highest Rated: 93% Wonder Woman (2017)

Lowest Rated: 17% Alatriste (2006)

Birthday: Jul 17, 1975

Birthplace: Palencia, Spain

The gorgeous Elena Anaya is one of the most stunning actresses working in the world today. Born in Spain as the youngest of five children, she much preferred her extracurricular activities to high school, dropping out with the intention of attending the Real Superior School of Dramatic Art of Madrid. At the same time, she was given her first movie role in 1996's "Africa." She was admitted to the college, but was quickly expelled because her filming schedule conflicted with her studies. In 2001, she had her breakthrough role in the erotic "Lucía y el sexo," directed by Julio Medem. For her performance, she was nominated for a Goya Award, the highest acting honor in Spain. That brought her to the attention of legendary director Pedro Almodóvar, who cast her in "Talk To Her." She also crossed over into American films around this time, and she's probably still best-known for her role as Aleera, one of Dracula's wives, in the 2004 horror action flick "Van Helsing." In 2006, Justin Timberlake pegged the starlet to play the romantic interest for his "SexyBack" music video. After taking a few years to concentrate on smaller roles, she returned to work with Almodóvar in 2011's melodramatic plastic surgery horror "The Skin I Live In."

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Highest rated movies

93% 83% Wonder Woman Watchlist
91% 93% Talk to Her
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91% 77% Point Blank
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90% 50% They Are All Dead
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82% 84% Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct
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82% 84% The Skin I Live In
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80% 62% Cairo Time
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75% 58% The Chalk Line
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72% 71% The Infiltrator Watchlist
71% 85% Sex and Lucia
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fatum Costa (Character) - 2023
75% 58% The Chalk Line Paula (Character) - 2022
41% 43% Rifkin's Festival Jo Rojas (Character) - 2020
58% 30% The Summit Claudia Klein (Character) - 2017
93% 83% Wonder Woman Dr. Maru (Character) $412.8M 2017
No Score Yet 0% Zip & Zap and the Captain's Island Señorita Pam (Character) - 2016
72% 71% The Infiltrator Gloria Alcaino (Character) $15.4M 2016
33% 17% Swung Alice Lopez (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 45% The Memory of Water Amanda (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lejos del mar Marina (Character) - 2015
90% 50% They Are All Dead Lupe (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 20% I Thought It Was a Party Ana (Character) - 2013
82% 84% The Skin I Live In Vera (Character) $3.2M 2011
91% 77% Point Blank Nadia (Character) $706.9K 2010
40% 50% Room in Rome Alba (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 29% Hierro María (Character) - 2009
80% 62% Cairo Time Kathryn (Character) $1.6M 2009
82% 84% Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct Sofia (Character) $551.7K 2008
No Score Yet 47% Just Walking Ana Rodríguez (Character) - 2008
38% 38% Savage Grace Blanca (Character) $434.4K 2007
43% 52% In the Land of Women Sofia Buñuel (Character) $11.0M 2007
No Score Yet 38% Miguel & William Leonor (Character) - 2007
17% 47% Alatriste Angélica de Alquézar (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 46% Fragile Helen (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 38% Dead Fish Mimi (Character) - 2004
24% 57% Van Helsing Aleera (Character) $120.0M 2004
No Score Yet 72% Two Tough Guys Tatiana (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 31% The Blue Room Ana (Character) - 2003
91% 93% Talk to Her Angela (Character) $9.3M 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rancour Esther (Character) - 2002
71% 85% Sex and Lucia Belén (Character) $1.6M 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Winter of the Fairies Adelaida (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fading Memories Rosa (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 62% Black Tears Alicia (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grandes Ocasiones Susy (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Africa África (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Luna (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 57% Familia Luna (Character) - 1996

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Past Lies Unknown (Character) 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fleeting Lies Lucía (Character) 2023
No Score Yet 89% Professionals Graciela Davila (Character),
Executive Producer
2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Days of Christmas Esther (Character) 2019
94% 93% Jett Maria (Character) 2019
50% 69% MotherFatherSon Sofia (Character) 2019