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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.

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Icíar Bollaín
Icíar Bollaín
59 years (Jun 12, 1967)
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
17 Directed
0 TV Directed

Icíar Bollaín

Icíar Bollaín is a Spanish director born in Madrid, celebrated for socially engaged dramas centered on women confronting violence, exploitation, and political trauma. Take My Eyes, an unflinching depiction of domestic abuse, established her reputation for combining social conscience with genuine narrative craft, becoming one of the most award-winning Spanish films of its decade. Even the Rain used a film-within-a-film structure, following a crew shooting a movie about Columbus amid a real water privatization protest in Bolivia, to draw parallels between historical and contemporary exploitation. Maixabel, based on a real reconciliation between a Basque terrorism victim and her husband's killer, and Yuli, a biography of ballet dancer Carlos Acosta, extended her interest in dramatizing real social and political struggle. Bollaín's consistent focus on women's resilience amid violence and injustice has made her one of the most socially significant directors in contemporary Spanish cinema.
Icíar Bollaín is a Spanish director born in Madrid, celebrated for socially engaged dramas centered on women confronting violence, exploitation, and political trauma. Take My Eyes, an unflinching depiction of domestic abuse, established her reputation for combining social conscience with genuine narrative craft, becoming one of the most award-winning Spanish films of its decade. Even the Rain used a film-within-a-film structure, following a crew shooting a movie about Columbus amid a real water privatization protest in Bolivia, to draw parallels between historical and contemporary exploitation. Maixabel, based on a real reconciliation between a Basque terrorism victim and her husband's killer, and Yuli, a biography of ballet dancer Carlos Acosta, extended her interest in dramatizing real social and political struggle. Bollaín's consistent focus on women's resilience amid violence and injustice has made her one of the most socially significant directors in contemporary Spanish cinema.
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Icíar Bollaín is 59 years old, born on June 12, 1967 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
What are the most famous roles of Icíar Bollaín?
Icíar Bollaín is best known for directing Even the Rain, Take My Eyes, The Olive Tree.
How many movies has Icíar Bollaín directed?
Over a 34-year career (since 1992), Icíar Bollaín has directed or written 17 films and worked on 0 TV shows.
What was Icíar Bollaín's first movie?
The career of Icíar Bollaín began with Baja corazón (1992).
What is Icíar Bollaín's most recent movie or series?
Icíar Bollaín's most recent release is I Am Nevenka, which premiered on September 27, 2024.
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Icíar Bollaín
Icíar Bollaín
1967-06-12 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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.

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