Icíar Bollaín
Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez (born June 12, 1967; Madrid) is a Spanish actress, director and writer.
Her father was an aeronautical engineer and her mother was a music teacher. She made her début when she was 15 years old. She is a member of the Academia Española de Cinematografía. She began her work in cinema at the age of fourteen as part of the cast in Victor Erice's film El Sur (1983). Since then she has acted in fourteen films.
Hola, estas sola? (Hi, are you alone? in English) (1995) was her first feature film as director, a story about two young girls who dream of finding an earthly paradise, and undertake a long trip towards the sea. Flores de otro mundo (Flowers from another world in English) (1999) was her second feature film, which she co-wrote with Julio Llamazares. It is the story of four women who travel to rural Spain with the hopes of finding love. Her latest film as writer and director is Te Doy Mis Ojos (I'll give you my eyes in English) (2003) which won seven Goya awards including Best Film. The movie is about the abusive marriage relationship between Pilar and Antonio. Her 2010 film Even the Rain was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. In January 2011, the film made the final nine shortlist.
Acting
Movie
Land and Freedom
as Maite
1995
Movie
El Sur
as Estrella - 15 años
1983
TV
Cuéntame cómo pasó
as Rosa
2001
Movie
Hi, Are You Alone?
as Cantante en karaoke
1995
Movie
Rage
as Marimar Torres
2009
Movie
They're Watching Us
as Julia
2002
Movie
The Stone Raft
as Maria
2002
Movie
The Critic
as Self
2022
Movie
The Night of the Brother
as Julia
2005
Movie
Leo
as Leo
2000
Movie
Niño nadie
as Asun
1997
Movie
Mientras haya luz
as María
1987
Movie
Las dos orillas
as Icíar
1987
Movie
Tocando fondo
as Araceli
1993
Movie
Misadventure
as Rocío
1988
Movie
Subjúdice
as Paula
1998
Movie
Sublet
as Laura
1992
Movie
Sara, una estrella
2002
Movie
El Mejor de los Tiempos
1989
Movie
Un paraguas para tres
as Alicia
1992
Movie
Dime una mentira
as María
1993
Movie
Al acecho
1987
Movie
Menos que cero
as Amaya
1996
Movie
Doblones de a ocho
as Anita
1990
Crew
Movie
Even the Rain
Director
2011
Movie
Take My Eyes
Director
2003
Movie
The Olive Tree
Director
2016
Movie
Maixabel
Director
2021
Movie
Yuli
Director
2018
Movie
Rosa's Wedding
Director
2020
Movie
I Am Nevenka
Director
2024
Movie
Kathmandu Lullaby
Director
2011
Movie
Hi, Are You Alone?
Director
1995
Movie
Flowers From Another World
Director
1999
Movie
Mataharis
Director
2007
Movie
With Good Reason
Director
2004