--- name: "Aitana Sánchez-Gijón" canonical: "https://film.one/person/aitana-sanchez-gijon" roles: ["Actor"] born: "5 November 1968" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-21T02:13:57.003467+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Actor. Born 5 November 1968 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 5 November 1968, Rome, Lazio, Italy - **Also known as:** Aitana Sanchez Gijo, Aitana Sanchez Gijon, Aitana Sánchez Gijón, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón de Angelis, Айтана Санчес-Хихон, 埃塔娜·桑切斯·吉永, アイタナ・サンチェス＝ギヨン - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aitana_S%C3%A1nchez-Gij%C3%B3n, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q290477, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0845209/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37946 ## Biography Aitana Sánchez-Gijón is a Spanish-Italian actress. Born in Rome on 5 November 1968, she moved to Spain as a child and made her screen debut in the mid-1980s. She first gained attention in Spain with *Going South Shopping* (1989) and later appeared in international productions such as *A Walk in the Clouds* (1995), *The Machinist* (2004) and *Parallel Mothers* (2021). She played Mónica in *Bitter Christmas* (2026). Sánchez-Gijón has also worked extensively in theatre and television. In 2025 she received the Goya de Honor and the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Bitter Christmas* (2026), Fi1m 64, as Mónica — [page](https://film.one/film/bitter-christmas.md) ## Complete filmography (77) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Bitter Christmas* (2026), as Mónica — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/bitter-christmas.md) - *Fury* (2025), Thanks - *La conquista de la democracia* (2025), series, Presenter - *The Low Land* (2025), as Carmen Membrado - *Breathless* (2024), series, as Pilar Amaro - *Something Is About to Happen* (2023), as Roberta - *My Other Jon* (2023), Actor - *Survivor's Day* (2023), as Elena Paz - *Under Her Control* (2022), as Beatriz - *El Corazón del Imperio* (2021), series, as Julia Mesa - *Fish Bones* (2021), as Carmen - *Parallel Mothers* (2021), as Teresa - *Alex's Strip* (2020), as Vera - *Velvet Colección: Grand Finale* (2020), as Blanca Soto Fernández - *Volcánica* (2018), Actor - *Thi Mai* (2018), as Elvira - *The Velvet Collection* (2017), series, as Blanca Soto - *Estoy vivo* (2017), series, as Comisaria Verónica "Vero" Ruiz - *Teresa* (2015), as Doña Jimena - *Disco Inferno* (2015), Actor - *The Misfits Club* (2014), as Madre de Valeria - *Velvet* (2014), series, as Blanca Soto - *Maktub* (2011), as Beatriz - *Drifters* (2011), as Vima - *La muerte de Otilia Ruiz* (2011), as Blanca Lupino - *The Widow from Valencia* (2010), as Leonarda - *The Frost* (2009), as Rita - *Tell Me About Love* (2008), as Nicole - *Oviedo Express* (2007), as Mariola Mayo - *The Nautical Chart* (2007), as Tánger Soto - *The Backwoods* (2006), as Isabel - *El genio tranquilo* (2006), Actor - *Wounded Animals* (2006), as Claudia - *With Good Reason* (2004), Actor - *The Machinist* (2004), as Marie - *Los 80* (2004), series, as Nuria Acosta - *The Whore and the Whale* (2004), as Vera - *Carta mortal* (2003), Actor - *A Man, a Real One* (2003), as Dolores - *I'm Not Scared* (2003), as Anna - *Hombres felices* (2001), as Ana - *Mi dulce* (2001), as Ángela - *Without a Trace* (2001), as Ana - *Volaverunt* (1999), as Cayetana, Duquesa de Alba - *Jealousy* (1999), as Carmen - *Yerma* (1999), as Yerma - *Ruleta* (1999), Actor - *Tangos Are for Two* (1998), as Juanita - *The Chambermaid on the Titanic* (1997), as Marie - *Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health* (1997), as Model - *Love Walked In* (1997), as Vicky Rivas - *La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado* (1996), as Maria de Loffredo - *Mouth to Mouth* (1995), as Amanda - *The Frontier Law* (1995), as Bárbara Miller Molina - *A Walk in the Clouds* (1995), as Victoria Aragón - *La Regenta* (1995), series, as Ana Ozores - *La Regenta* (1995), Actor - *La mujer impuntual* (1994), Actor - *Moscacieca* (1994), series, as Bianca - *The Perfect Husband* (1993), as Klara - *Havanera 1820* (1993), as Amelia Roig - *The Bird of Happiness* (1993), as Nani - *The Greek Labyrinth* (1993), as Bernadette - *Deseo Oculto* (1992), Actor - *Hidden Desire* (1992), as Julia - *El crimen de Perpignan* (1991), as Yvette Romero - *The Monk* (1990), as Sister Ines - *The Sea and the Weather* (1989), as Mer - *Going Down in Morocco* (1989), as Elena - *No hagas planes con Marga* (1988), as Charo - *Rowing with the Wind* (1988), as Teresa Guiccioli - *Jarrapellejos* (1988), as Isabel - *Viento de cólera* (1988), Actor - *Casanova* (1987), Actor - *Redondela* (1987), as Luisa Peña - *Romanza final (Gayarre)* (1986), as Alicia - *Segunda Enseñanza* (1986), series, Actor ## Gallery - ![Aitana Sánchez-Gijón en la alfombra roja de los Premios Goya 2024 celebrados en Valladolid](https://film.one/media/person/1267732/gallery-f7c04c83e5a1.jpg) Aitana Sánchez-Gijón en la alfombra roja de los Premios Goya 2024 celebrados en Valladolid — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Goyas_2024_-_Aitana_S%C3%A1nchez-Gij%C3%B3n.jpg/1280px-Goyas_2024_-_Aitana_S%C3%A1nchez-Gij%C3%B3n.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Aitana Sánchez-Gijón en la alfombra roja de los premios Goya 2023 celebrados en Sevilla](https://film.one/media/person/1267732/gallery-754bf63c82d8.jpg) Aitana Sánchez-Gijón en la alfombra roja de los premios Goya 2023 celebrados en Sevilla — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Goyas_2023_-_Aitana_S%C3%A1nchez-Gij%C3%B3n.jpg/1280px-Goyas_2023_-_Aitana_S%C3%A1nchez-Gij%C3%B3n.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![El presidente de la Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, ha asistido esta noche a la Gala de los Premios Goya que se está celebrando en Granada donde ha destacado (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/1267732/gallery-79dfee693c99.jpg) El presidente de la Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, ha asistido esta noche a la Gala de los Premios Goya que se está celebrando en Granada donde ha destacado (2025) — Junta de Andalucía, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/2025_02_09_Gala_de_los_Goya.jpg/1280px-2025_02_09_Gala_de_los_Goya.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Aitana Sánchez-Gijón](https://film.one/media/person/1267732/gallery-519a3a337e0f.jpg) Aitana Sánchez-Gijón — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Goyas_2023_-_Aitana_S%C3%A1nchez-Gij%C3%B3n_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Aitana Sánchez-Gijón](https://film.one/media/person/1267732/gallery-2422cbb8fff7.jpg) Aitana Sánchez-Gijón — Image via TMDB - ![Aitana Sánchez-Gijón](https://film.one/media/person/1267732/gallery-46637a8ec19d.jpg) Aitana Sánchez-Gijón — Image via TMDB - ![Premios Goya 2017](https://film.one/media/person/1267732/gallery-ed55bf3d625e.jpg) Premios Goya 2017 — Ruben Ortega, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Aitana_S%C3%A1nchez-Gij%C3%B3n_at_Premios_Goya_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Aitana Sánchez Gijón on the red carpet of the Goya Awards held in Granada in 2025](https://film.one/media/person/1267732/gallery-a7c743f5d162.jpg) Aitana Sánchez Gijón on the red carpet of the Goya Awards held in Granada in 2025 — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Aitana_S%C3%A1nchez_Gij%C3%B3n_2025_%28facecrop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Other awards — 6 won, 2 nominated - Honorary Goya Award 2025: Honorary Goya Award (won) - Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress 2022: Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Parallel Mothers* - Premio Feroz for Best Supporting Actress 2022: Premio Feroz for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *Parallel Mothers* - Medalla de Oro 2015: Medalla de Oro (won) - Barcelona Film Award for Best Actress 2004: Barcelona Film Award for Best Actress (won), for *The Machinist* - Silver Shell for Best Actress 1999: Silver Shell for Best Actress (won) - Flaiano Prize 1998: Flaiano Prize (won) - MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss 1996: MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (nominated), for *A Walk in the Clouds* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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