---
name: "Candela Peña"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/candela-pena"
fi1m_id: "candela-pena"
imdb_id: "nm0679150"
tmdb_id: 958
wikidata_id: "Q250382"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 July 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T03:04:52.428605+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."
---

# Candela Peña

## Identity

Candela Peña

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/candela-pena
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** candela-pena
- **IMDb ID:** nm0679150
- **TMDB ID:** 958
- **Wikidata ID:** Q250382
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candela_Pe%C3%B1a, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250382, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0679150/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/958

Actor. Born 14 July 1973 in Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 July 1973, Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- **Also known as:** Candela Pena, María del Pilar Peña Sánchez 
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candela_Pe%C3%B1a, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q250382, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0679150/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/958

## Biography

Candela Peña is a Spanish actress. Born María del Pilar Peña Sánchez on 14 July 1973 in Gavà, Barcelona, she began dance training at the age of four and later studied theatre in Seville and Madrid, including at the school of Juan Carlos Corazza.

She made her film debut in *Días contados* (1994). Peña is known for her role as Nina in Pedro Almodóvar’s *All About My Mother* (1999). She has won three Goya Awards: Best Supporting Actress for *Take My Eyes* (2003) and *A Gun in Each Hand* (2012), and Best Actress for *Princesses* (2005). Encouraged by Almodóvar, she published the novel *Pérez Príncipe, María Dolores* in 2001.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, es.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *All About My Mother* (1999), Fi1m 88, as Nina — [page](https://film.one/film/all-about-my-mother.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lupe* (2026), as Lupe
- *The Marked Woman* (2026), as Anna Ripoll
- *Rage (Furia)* (2025), series, as Nat
- *The Asunta Case* (2024), series, as Rosario Porto
- *Queer You Are* (2021), series, as Madre
- *Black Beach* (2020), as Ale
- *So My Grandma's a Lesbian!* (2020), as Perla
- *Rosa's Wedding* (2020), as Rosa
- *Hierro* (2019), series, as Candela Díaz
- *Enterrados* (2019), Actor
- *Empowered* (2018), as Conductora
- *Skins* (2017), as Ana
- *Undetectables* (2017), series, Actor
- *Alto riesgo* (2017), Actor
- *Age of Monster* (2016), as Andrea
- *Kiki: Love to Love* (2016), as Candela
- *Llevo cartas* (2015), as Cartera
- *Latin Lover* (2015), as Segunda
- *Sidetracked* (2015), as Sara
- *The Last Hammer Blow* (2014), as Maria
- *The Change* (2014), as Elvira
- *Yesterday Never Ends* (2013), as C.
- *A Gun in Each Hand* (2012), as Mamen
- *The Island Inside* (2009), as Coral
- *9* (2009), Director, Writer
- *My Prison Yard* (2008), as Mar
- *Rated R* (2008), as Sandra Valle
- *En el lado de la vida* (2008), as Madre de Ana
- *Després de la pluja* (2007), as Blonde secretary
- *Princesses* (2005), as Caye
- *With Good Reason* (2004), as Taxista (segment "Libre")
- *Take My Eyes* (2003), as Ana
- *Chill Out!* (2003), as Iris
- *Torremolinos 73* (2003), as Carmen
- *God Is on Air* (2002), as Espe
- *No Shame* (2001), as Cecilia
- *Salad Days* (2001), as María Francisca
- *Novios* (1999), as Cristal
- *All About My Mother* (1999), as Nina — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/all-about-my-mother.md)
- *Sleepless in Madrid* (1998), as Alba
- *What Makes Women Laugh?* (1997), as Graci
- *La Celestina* (1996), as Elicia
- *Mouth to Mouth* (1995), as Tanya
- *Hi, Are You Alone?* (1995), as Trini
- *Running Out of Time* (1994), as Vanesa

## Gallery

- ![Candela Peña](https://film.one/media/person/3931565/gallery-31f49b7b404b.jpg) Candela Peña — Ruben Ortega, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Candela_Pe%C3%B1a_at_Premios_Goya_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Candela_Pe%C3%B1a_at_Premios_Goya_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Candela Peña en la sesión fotográfica en el Muelle uno de presentación de la Película Black Beach en el Festival de Málaga 2020](https://film.one/media/person/3931565/gallery-89611b28e272.jpg) Candela Peña en la sesión fotográfica en el Muelle uno de presentación de la Película Black Beach en el Festival de Málaga 2020 — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Candela_Pe%C3%B1a_4.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Candela_Pe%C3%B1a_4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Candela Peña en la sesión fotográfica en el Muelle Uno durante el Festival de Málaga 2020 presentando la película La Boda de Rosa](https://film.one/media/person/3931565/gallery-177ca6902373.jpg) Candela Peña en la sesión fotográfica en el Muelle Uno durante el Festival de Málaga 2020 presentando la película La Boda de Rosa — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Candela_Pe%C3%B1a_2_%28Cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Candela_Pe%C3%B1a_2_%28Cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Candela Peña en la sesión fotográfica en el Muelle Uno durante el Festival de Málaga 2020 presentando la película La Boda de Rosa](https://film.one/media/person/3931565/gallery-0cf4e07b10e7.jpg) Candela Peña en la sesión fotográfica en el Muelle Uno durante el Festival de Málaga 2020 presentando la película La Boda de Rosa — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Candela_Pe%C3%B1a.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Candela_Pe%C3%B1a.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Candela Peña](https://film.one/media/person/3931565/gallery-ea9525cb08ab.jpg) Candela Peña — Image via TMDB
- ![Candela Peña en la sesión fotográfica en el Muelle uno de presentación de la Película Black Beach en el Festival de Málaga 2020](https://film.one/media/person/3931565/gallery-1cdd1a2631cd.jpg) Candela Peña en la sesión fotográfica en el Muelle uno de presentación de la Película Black Beach en el Festival de Málaga 2020 — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Candela_Pe%C3%B1a_3.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Candela_Pe%C3%B1a_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Premios Goya 2017](https://film.one/media/person/3931565/gallery-d3577ad0f0db.jpg) Premios Goya 2017 — Ruben Ortega, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Jorge_Monje_y_Candela_Pe%C3%B1a_en_los_Premios_Goya_2017.jpg/1280px-Jorge_Monje_y_Candela_Pe%C3%B1a_en_los_Premios_Goya_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 9 won, 3 nominated

- Forqué Awards 2022: Forqué Awards (won), for *Hierro*
- Iris Award for Best Female Performance 2022: Iris Award for Best Female Performance (nominated), for *Queer You Are*
- Premio Feroz for Best Main Actress in a TV Series 2022: Premio Feroz for Best Main Actress in a TV Series (nominated), for *Hierro*
- Premio Feroz for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series 2022: Premio Feroz for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series (nominated), for *Queer You Are*
- Gaudí Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 2021: Gaudí Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (won), for *Rosa's Wedding*
- Gaudí a la millor actriu secundària 2013: Gaudí a la millor actriu secundària (won), for *A Gun in Each Hand*
- Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress 2013: Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *A Gun in Each Hand*
- Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress 2006: Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress (won), for *Princesses*
- Goya Award for Best Actress 2006: Goya Award for Best Actress (won), for *Princesses*
- Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress 2004: Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *Take My Eyes*
- Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress 2003: Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress (won), for *Torremolinos 73*
- Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress 1999: Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress (won), for *All About My Mother*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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