---
name: "Carmen Machi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carmen-machi"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 September 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-21T02:14:06.297525+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."
---

# Carmen Machi

Actor. Born 21 September 1963 in Madrid, Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 September 1963, Madrid, Spain
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Also known as:** 카르멘 마치
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Machi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275932, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1197737/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/102222

## Coming up

- *Si los muertos hablaran* (2027-12-03)

## Biography

Carmen Machi is a Spanish actress. She began her career in theatre before gaining prominence on television as Aída García in the series *7 vidas* (2000–2006) and its spin-off *Aída* (2005–2014).

Machi made her feature film debut in *Shacky Carmine* (1999) and has appeared in several Pedro Almodóvar films, including *Talk to Her* (2002) as Enfermera jefe, *Broken Embraces* (2009) as Chon and *I'm So Excited!* (2013) as Portera. She received the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Merche in *Spanish Affair* (2014). Other notable credits include *The Bar* (2017), *Piggy* (2022) and the television series *30 Coins* (2020). She plays Médica in *Bitter Christmas* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, watch.plex.tv, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bitter Christmas* (2026), Fi1m 64, as Médica — [page](https://film.one/film/bitter-christmas.md)
- *Talk to Her* (2002), Fi1m 84, as Enfermera jefe — [page](https://film.one/film/talk-to-her.md)

## Complete filmography (78)

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

- *Si los muertos hablaran* (2027), Actor
- *Misión imposible, no... lo siguiente* (2026), Actor
- *Día de caza* (2026), as Carmen
- *Manuel Vicent. Mañana seré feliz* (2026), Actor
- *53 Sundays* (2026), as Natalia
- *Bitter Christmas* (2026), as Médica — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/bitter-christmas.md)
- *The Righteous* (2026), Actor
- *Aida, the Movie* (2026), as Carmen Machi/Aída
- *Aída y vuelta: Capítulo regalo* (2026), as Aída García García
- *Pubertat* (2025), series, as Soledad
- *The Delights of the Garden* (2025), as Pepa
- *Rage (Furia)* (2025), series, as Marga
- *A Widow's Game* (2025), as Eva
- *Celeste* (2024), series, as Sara Santano
- *Family Affairs* (2024), as Teresa
- *We Treat Women Too Well* (2024), as Remedios Buendía
- *La Mesías* (2023), series, as Montserrat Baró (vieja)
- *Speak Sunlight* (2023), as Maruja
- *Cites Barcelona* (2023), series, as Diana
- *Tomorrow Is Today* (2022), as Pilar
- *Piggy* (2022), as Madre de Sara
- *Rainbow* (2022), as Maribel
- *Full of Grace* (2022), as Sister Marina
- *The Volunteer* (2022), as Marisa
- *Honeymoon with My Mother* (2022), as Mari Carmen
- *The Cover* (2021), as Marie France
- *Mindanao* (2021), as Marisol
- *An Optical Illusion* (2021), as Teresa
- *It Snows in Benidorm* (2020), as Marta
- *30 Coins* (2020), series, as Carmen
- *Juicio a una zorra* (2020), as Helena
- *Perfect Life* (2019), series, as María del Pilar
- *Criminal: Spain* (2019), series, as Isabel Ferradas Pérez, Isabel
- *A Remarkable Tale* (2019), as Teresa
- *Why do people lie?* (2019), as Andrea
- *Off Course to China* (2019), as Beni
- *Arde Madrid* (2018), series, as Clara Pérez
- *The Tribe* (2018), as Virginia
- *Thi Mai* (2018), as Carmen
- *Project Time* (2017), as Alma
- *Skins* (2017), as Claudia
- *The Bar* (2017), as Trini
- *A Stroke of Luck* (2016), as Mari
- *The Furies* (2016), as Casandra
- *Rumbos* (2016), as Lupe
- *Age of Monster* (2016), as Marta
- *The Open Door* (2016), as Rosa
- *Spanish Affair 2* (2015), as Merche
- *My Big Night* (2015), as Rosa
- *Requirements to Be a Normal Person* (2015), as Luisa
- *Off Course* (2015), as Benigna
- *Dying Beyond Their Means* (2014), as Susana
- *Rescatando a Sara* (2014), series, as Leticia Moracho
- *Kamikaze* (2014), as Lola
- *Spanish Affair* (2014), as Merche
- *La Estrella* (2013), as Trini
- *I'm So Excited!* (2013), as Portera
- *Fenómenos* (2012), series, as Dulce
- *To Hell With The Ugly* (2010), as Nati
- *Paper Birds* (2010), as Rocío Moliner
- *Woman Without Piano* (2009), as Rosa
- *Broken Embraces* (2009), as Chon
- *The Cannibalistic Councillor* (2009), as Chon
- *The Best of Me* (2008), as Carmen
- *Lola* (2006), as Carmen
- *Vida y color* (2005), as Leo
- *A King in Havana* (2005), as Estrella
- *Aída* (2005), series, as Aída García
- *School of Seduction* (2004), as Camarera rombo
- *Chill Out!* (2003), as Carmela
- *Torremolinos 73* (2003), as Clienta peluquería
- *Don Quixote, Knight Errant* (2002), as Teresa Panza
- *Talk to Her* (2002), as Enfermera jefe — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/talk-to-her.md)
- *No Shame* (2001), as Invitada a la fiesta de Mario
- *El Club de la Comedia* (1999), series, as Monologuista
- *Shacky Carmine* (1999), as Periodista Telek
- *7 vidas* (1999), series, as Aída García García
- *Porto Rico*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Premios Goya 2017](https://film.one/media/person/431881/gallery-9eca5af90a9f.jpg) Premios Goya 2017 — Ruben Ortega, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Carmen_Machi_at_Premios_Goya_2017.jpg/1280px-Carmen_Machi_at_Premios_Goya_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carmen Machi](https://film.one/media/person/431881/gallery-f2854ad1ff42.jpg) Carmen Machi — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Malaga_Film_Festival_2025_-_Carmen_Machi-3.jpg/1280px-Malaga_Film_Festival_2025_-_Carmen_Machi-3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carmen Machi, fotografiada durant el Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya (Sitges, 2017)](https://film.one/media/person/431881/gallery-ae30ec559f02.jpg) Carmen Machi, fotografiada durant el Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya (Sitges, 2017) — GuillemMedina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Carmen_Machi%2C_Festival_de_Sitges_2017.jpg/1280px-Carmen_Machi%2C_Festival_de_Sitges_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![La actriz Carmen Machi en el Festival Internacional de Teatro de Almagro (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/431881/gallery-a62dd9905cc1.jpg) La actriz Carmen Machi en el Festival Internacional de Teatro de Almagro (2014) — Guillermo Casas, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Carmen_Machi_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Carmen Machi](https://film.one/media/person/431881/gallery-dfc8080e7f39.jpg) Carmen Machi — Image via TMDB
- ![Carmen Machi](https://film.one/media/person/431881/gallery-5dbbcb4be63b.jpg) Carmen Machi — Image via TMDB
- ![Carmen Machi](https://film.one/media/person/431881/gallery-047ac26ad0e5.jpg) Carmen Machi — Image via TMDB
- ![Antigua Universidad Renacentista 18-19 julio 22.45h. Los Mácbez Cía: Los Mácbez Madrid D: 120 min. P: 20€, 25€ y 27€ (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/431881/gallery-4ae84388acb2.jpg) Antigua Universidad Renacentista 18-19 julio 22.45h. Los Mácbez Cía: Los Mácbez Madrid D: 120 min. P: 20€, 25€ y 27€ (2014) — Festival Internacional de  Teatro Clásico de Almagro, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Carmen_Machi_en_Los_M%C3%A1cbez.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Carmen Machi agradeciendo el galardón (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/431881/gallery-80beac61b0f0.jpg) Carmen Machi agradeciendo el galardón (2017) — Diario de Madrid, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Entrega_de_las_medallas_de_Madrid_2017_-_11.jpg/1280px-Entrega_de_las_medallas_de_Madrid_2017_-_11.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carmen Machi](https://film.one/media/person/431881/gallery-c12a2a4af54a.jpg) Carmen Machi — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- Premio Nacional de Cinematografía 2026: Premio Nacional de Cinematografía (won)
- Gold Medal of Madrid 2017: Gold Medal of Madrid (won)
- Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress 2014: Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *Spanish Affair*
- Margarida Xirgu Memorial Prize 2013: Margarida Xirgu Memorial Prize (won)

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

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