Across changing tastes and formats, Susi Sánchez has stayed a Spanish actress with a body of work built one job at a time. Very few actresses keep finding work for 52 years. 'The Skin I Live In' is where the largest audience met her. Viewers may also know her from 'Pain and Glory'. The start came early, at 19. Drama is where the largest part of the work sits.
Susi Sánchez
Actress
Valencia, Spain
Mar 21, 1955
Age71years
Movies34
Series8
Across changing tastes and formats, Susi Sánchez has stayed a Spanish actress with a body of work built one job at a time. Very few actresses keep finding work for 52 years. 'The Skin I Live In' is where the largest audience met her. Viewers may also know her from 'Pain and Glory'. The start came early, at 19. Drama is where the largest part of the work sits.
Susi Sánchez is best known for her roles in the Vicente Aranda film Mad Love, where she gives life to Queen Isabella I, and in the plays Cara de plata and Mujeres soñaron caballos. For these three roles she was nominated for the Spanish Actors and Actresses Union Awards, winning as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Cara de plata.
In 2015 she joined the cast of the TV series Carlos, rey emperador, playing Louise of Savoy.