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name: "Icíar Bollaín"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/iciar-bollain"
fi1m_id: "iciar-bollain"
imdb_id: "nm0093081"
tmdb_id: 16973
wikidata_id: "Q270279"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 June 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:07:19.878042+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."
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# Icíar Bollaín

## Identity

Icíar Bollaín

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/iciar-bollain
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** iciar-bollain
- **IMDb ID:** nm0093081
- **TMDB ID:** 16973
- **Wikidata ID:** Q270279
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ic%C3%ADar_Bolla%C3%ADn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270279, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16973

Actor. Born 12 June 1967 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 June 1967, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- **Also known as:** Icíar Bollaín Pére, Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ic%C3%ADar_Bolla%C3%ADn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270279, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16973

## Biography

Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez is a Spanish director, screenwriter and actress. Born in Madrid in 1967, she began acting as a teenager, appearing in Víctor Erice's *El Sur* (1983) and as Maite in Ken Loach's *Land and Freedom* (1995).

She made her feature directorial debut with *Hola, ¿estás sola?* (1995). Subsequent films include *Flores de otro mundo* (1999), *Te doy mis ojos* (2003), which won seven Goya Awards, *Even the Rain* (2010), *The Olive Tree* (2016), *Yuli* (2018), *Rosa's Wedding* (2020) and *Maixabel* (2021). She has frequently collaborated with screenwriter Paul Laverty.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Land and Freedom* (1995), Fi1m 83, as Maite — [page](https://film.one/film/land-and-freedom.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

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

- *Borau y el cine* (2025), Actor
- *I Am Nevenka* (2024), Director, Writer
- *Maixabel* (2021), Director, Writer
- *Rosa's Wedding* (2020), Director, Screenplay
- *Yuli* (2018), Director
- *The Olive Tree* (2016), Director
- *En tierra extraña* (2014), Director, Screenplay
- *1,2,3...Casa* (2012), Director
- *Kathmandu Lullaby* (2011), Director, Screenplay
- *Even the Rain* (2011), Director
- *Rage* (2009), as Marimar Torres
- *Mataharis* (2007), Director, Writer
- *The Night of the Brother* (2005), as Julia
- *With Good Reason* (2004), Director
- *Take My Eyes* (2003), Director, Screenplay
- *The Stone Raft* (2002), as Maria
- *Poniente* (2002), Writer
- *They're Watching Us* (2002), as Julia
- *Sara, una estrella* (2002), Actor
- *Cuéntame cómo pasó* (2001), series, as Rosa
- *A Love That Kills* (2000), Writer, Director
- *Leo* (2000), as Leo
- *No sé bailar* (1999), series, Actor
- *Flowers From Another World* (1999), Director, Writer
- *Subjúdice* (1998), as Paula
- *Niño nadie* (1997), as Asun
- *Menos que cero* (1996), as Amaya
- *Hi, Are You Alone?* (1995), as Cantante en karaoke · Director, Author
- *Land and Freedom* (1995), as Maite — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/land-and-freedom.md)
- *Sexo oral* (1994), Assistant Director
- *Friendly Dead* (1994), Director, Writer
- *Tocando fondo* (1993), as Araceli
- *Dime una mentira* (1993), as María · Story
- *Baja corazón* (1992), Director, Writer
- *Sublet* (1992), as Laura
- *Un paraguas para tres* (1992), as Alicia
- *Doblones de a ocho* (1990), as Anita
- *El Mejor de los Tiempos* (1989), Actor
- *Venecias* (1989), Actor
- *Misadventure* (1988), as Rocío
- *Al acecho* (1987), Actor
- *Mientras haya luz* (1987), as María
- *Las dos orillas* (1987), as Icíar
- *El Sur* (1983), as Estrella - 15 años

## Gallery

- ![Algunos de los ganadores de la 77.ª edición de las Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos posan junto a presidente del CEC, Jerónimo José Martín. (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/86342/gallery-4f3574a67e33.jpg) Algunos de los ganadores de la 77.ª edición de las Medallas del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos posan junto a presidente del CEC, Jerónimo José Martín. (2022) — Chamarasca, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/%28Javier_Oca%C3%B1a%29_Medallas_CEC_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Icíar Bollaín 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/86342/gallery-309a733ae5c7.jpg) Icíar Bollaín 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/c/cf/Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Ic%C3%ADar_Bolla%C3%ADn.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Ic%C3%ADar_Bolla%C3%ADn.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Icíar Bollaín](https://film.one/media/person/86342/gallery-d568ceb9dd50.jpg) Icíar Bollaín — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Ic%C3%ADar_Bolla%C3%ADn_%28Cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2020_-_Ic%C3%ADar_Bolla%C3%ADn_%28Cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Equipo de la película Soy Nevenka en la alfombra roja de los Premios Goya celebrados en Granada en 2025](https://film.one/media/person/86342/gallery-0a06470f7f83.jpg) Equipo de la película Soy Nevenka en la alfombra roja de los Premios Goya celebrados en Granada en 2025 — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Goyas_2025_-_Equipo_Soy_Nevenka.jpg/1280px-Goyas_2025_-_Equipo_Soy_Nevenka.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Icíar Bollaín](https://film.one/media/person/86342/gallery-5fcf1646d5ef.jpg) Icíar Bollaín — Image via TMDB
- ![Iciar Bollain en la alfombra roja de los Premios Goya celebrados en Granada en 2025](https://film.one/media/person/86342/gallery-42dc658bcbbd.jpg) Iciar Bollain en la alfombra roja de los Premios Goya celebrados en Granada en 2025 — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Goyas_2025_-_Iciar_Bollain.jpg/1280px-Goyas_2025_-_Iciar_Bollain.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won, 7 nominated

- Goya Award for Best Director 2022: Goya Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Maixabel*
- Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay 2022: Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Maixabel*
- Premio Feroz for Best Director 2022: Premio Feroz for Best Director (nominated), for *Maixabel*
- Premio Feroz for Best Screenplay 2022: Premio Feroz for Best Screenplay (nominated), for *Maixabel*
- Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts 2021: Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (won)
- Medalla del Cercle d'Escriptors Cinematogràfics al millor guió original 2021: Medalla del Cercle d'Escriptors Cinematogràfics al millor guió original (nominated), for *Maixabel*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2011: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Even the Rain*
- Comadre de Oro Award 2010: Comadre de Oro Award (won)
- European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director 2004: European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Take My Eyes*
- Goya Award for Best Director 2004: Goya Award for Best Director (won), for *Take My Eyes*
- Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay 2004: Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay (won), for *Take My Eyes*

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

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