Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (1968) will go on stage to collect the Honorary Goya 2024 the next February 8, 2025 at the Granada Exhibition and Congress Centre. The actress Its track record is indisputable and its prestige international. Throughout his career, he worked Europe, Latin America and even Hollywood.
In 1998, Aitana Sánchez Gijón became the first woman to become president of the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain, a position he held until 2000. He started playing 40 years agoas she herself admitted.
His artistic debut took place in theater and televisionbut it would be with ‘Bajarse al moro’, from 1989, by the director Fernando Colomowhile he would attract all eyes. Her first leading role would come with ‘winds of anger‘by Pedro de la Sota.
In the 90s, he accumulated great critical and public successes such as ‘word of mouth‘, of Manuel Gomez Pereira‘The Bird of Happiness’, by Pilar Miró, ‘Jealousy’, by Vicente Aranda, or even ‘The Waitress of the Titanic’ and ‘Volaverunt’, by Bigas Luna. For this last role he received the Silver Shell for Best Actress at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
Establishing himself as one of the great stars of the Iberian scene, the Mecca of cinema would knock on his door, and it would do so with the film ‘A Walk Through the Clouds’, by Alfonso Arauwhere he shared the screen with Keanu Reeves. His filmography includes works by José María ForquéFernando Fernán Gómez, Gonzalo Suárez, Imanol Uribe, Jaime Chávarri, Adolfo Aristarain, Juan José Campanella, Luis Puenzo, Gabrielle Salvatores, Silvio Muccino and Pedro Almodóvar, among others.
Sámchez-Gijón has also shared the stage with actors of the caliber of Olivier Martínez, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Penélope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Denis Leary, Terence Stamp and Virginie Ledoyen. Theater, another of his passions, brought him important successes such as “La Puerta Cerrada”, by Miguel Narros, or “The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “The Handmaids”, by Mario Gas. He appeared on stage several times with Mario Vargas Llosawith the works “The Thousand Nights and One Night”, “Ulysses and Penelope”, “The Truth of Lies” and “The Tales of the Plague”, directed by Joan Ollé.
Likewise, the actress triumphed with the staging of “Un Dios Salvaje”, of Yasmina Rezadirected by Tamzin Townsend, and shortly after in the play “Santo” performed at the Teatro Español and directed by Ernesto Caballero. Television also gave her great satisfaction and her work was illustrated in the adaptation of Leopoldo Alas Clarín’s novel, “La Regenta”, directed by Fernando Méndez-Leite, in which she gave life to the tormented Ana Ozores.
In 2010 he starred in ‘The Valencian widow‘, an adaptation of the work of Lope de Vega, and three years later he participated in the series ‘velvet‘ like Doña Blanca. Already in 2019, he joined the cast of the TVE series, ‘I’m alive‘.
Throughout his career, he received different awards and nominationsbut due to its interpretation protagonist of Medea She received numerous accolades throughout 2015, such as the CERES Award for Best Actress, the Fotogramas de Plata Award, the Valle-Inclán Award, the Ercilla Theater Award, and the MAX Performing Arts Award . The same year she received the award Gold medal by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain, while in 2022 she received the distinction of Honorary Academician of the Academy of Performing Arts of Spain.
The previous honorary Goya
Last year, the Honorary Goya was awarded to the cinematographer, film restorer and researcher Juan Marine (1920, Barcelona) “during its entire duration dedication to cinema for over 80 years of trajectories which travel the history of Spanish cinemafor his efforts in the work of conservation and restoration of films and for having vividly represented, through his profession, the importance of light in the history of Spanish cinema.
The previous year, the couple Carlos SauraEulalia Ramón, received the award on his behalf, reading the letter that the director had written for the occasion. In 2002, the award was José Sacristanwho received the Honorary Goya at the Palau de les Arts. In 2021, he got it back Angela Molina Goya.
There are even more details to be revealed regarding the 39th edition of the Goya Awards gala. One of the most anticipated questions is from the presenters of the event.
