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Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

 
Actor: Aitana Sanchez-Gijon
  • Born: Nov 05, 1968
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '80s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Thriller
  • Career Highlights: The Chambermaid on the Titanic, Volaverunt, A Walk in the Clouds
  • First Major Screen Credit: Bajarse Al Moro (1988)

Biography

Best known for playing comic roles in Spain, actress Aitana Sanchez-Gijon is known in the U.S. for her dramatic portrayal of a pregnant and abandoned wine-grower's daughter who is helped by travelling salesman Keanu Reeves in A Walk in the Clouds (1995). Sanchez-Gijon has since built a reputation as an international star, in films such as Manuel Gomez Pereira's Boca a Boca (1996), Bigas Luna's La Camarera del Titanic (The Chambermaid on the Titanic [1997]), and Jaime Chavarri's Sus Ojos Se Cerraron (1998). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Born 5 November 1968(1968-11-05)
Rome, Italy

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (born 5 November 1968 in Rome, Italy) is a Spanish-Italian film actress.

Best known for playing comic roles in Spain, Sánchez-Gijón is known in the United States for her dramatic portrayal of Victoria Aragon, a pregnant and abandoned Mexican-American winegrower's daughter who is helped by travelling salesman Paul Sutton (Keanu Reeves) in A Walk in the Clouds (1995). She has since built a reputation as an international star in films such as Manuel Gomez Pereira's Boca a Boca (1996), Bigas Luna's The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997), Jaime Chavarri's Sus Ojos Se Cerraron (1998), Gabriele Salvatores' adaptation of the Niccolò Ammaniti novel I'm not scared (2003) and Brad Anderson's The Machinist (2004).

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