Antonia San Juan (Born March 22 1961 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) is a Spanish actress, director and screenwriter. At 19 she went to Madrid, where she started working as a professional theatre actress and also as a cabaret act in pubs and bars. She became known thanks to her role as Agrado in Todo sobre mi madre by Pedro Almodóvar. A famous Spanish magazine article about her transexuality caused great controversy . She is well-known in Spain not only because of her film career but also for her humorous monologues on television and theatre .
Filmography
- La china (2005)
- Un buen día (2005)
- Un dulce despertar (2005)
- El hambre (2005)
- La maldad de las cosas (2005)
- La nevera (2005)
- Mela y sus hermanas (2004)
- Te llevas la palma (2004)
- 238 (2003)
- Colours (2003)
- Octavia (2002)
- La balsa de piedra (2002)
- Amnèsia (2002)
- Piedras (2002)
- Venganza (2002))
- V.O. (2001)
- El pan de cada día, El (2000)
- Asfalto (2000)
- Ataque verbal (1999)
- Manolito Gafotas (1999)
- Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
- Hongos (1999)
- La primera noche de mi vida (1998)
- El grito en el cielo (1998)
- Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí (1997)
- La vida siempre es corta (1994
References
Alfaro, Luis. "Nearly all about Antonia", The Advocate (USA), Dec 7, 1999, pp. 88-89. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
External links
- Antonia San Juan at the Internet Movie Database
- (Spanish) Official Page
