Blanca Portillo
Born
Blanca Portillo Martínez de Velasco

(1963-06-15) 15 June 1963
Madrid, Spain
EducationRESAD
Occupations
  • Actress
  • theatre director
  • theatre producer

Blanca Portillo Martínez de Velasco (born 15 June 1963) is a Spanish film, television, and stage actress. She has also worked as theatre director and producer.[1][2] She made her feature film debut in Entre rojas (1995). She became popular for her portrayal of Carlota in sitcom television series Siete vidas.[3] Portillo is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Goya Award for Best Actress.

Life and career

Blanca Portillo Martínez de Velasco was born in Madrid on 15 June 1963.[4][5]

Portillo started as an actress in several small theater productions. She earned a degree in drama from the RESAD.[6]

One of her most important performances afterwards was her role of Carol in Oleanna by David Mamet, directed by Joaquín Kremel in 1994.

She made her feature film debut in Entre rojas (1995).[7] In 1996, Luis San Narciso cast her for the hit Telecinco series 7 vidas,.[8] The series lasted for ten years and ran for 204 episodes. Portillo played the role of Carlota, an insecure but brassy hairdresser who married Gonzalo, the owner of a bar which functioned as the central set of the show.

She played a mother in The Color of the Clouds (1997).[9] Her performance in the film earned her a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress.[9] She also participated in the European Spanish dubbing of Finding Nemo. In spite of her success in film and television, she has continued taking part in stage plays both as an actress and as a director.

In 2004, she left 7 vidas to undertake a theatrical project in Argentina named La hija del aire (The daughter of Air) based on a book by Calderón de la Barca. She combined her work on this play with the film Elsa y Fred (2005) in which she plays a woman suspicious of the relationship between her elderly father and his Argentinian neighbor.

In the 2005 film Alatriste, based on a book by Arturo Pérez Reverte,[10] she played a male role, specifically that of a member of the Spanish inquisition. She shaved her head for the role. The following year, Pedro Almodóvar cast her in his 2006 film Volver. She played Agustina, a friend of the central family who is terminally ill and looking for her missing mother.

She then appeared in Goya's Ghosts by Miloš Forman, playing 18th-century consort Maria Luisa of Parma, and landed her first starring role in a movie in Gracia Querejeta's film Seven Billiard Tables. Here she played the lover of the owner of a billiard club and the daughter of Amparo Baró, her former co-star from 7 Vidas. In 2009, she featured again in a film by Pedro Almodóvar, Broken Embraces playing the role of Judit.

Her work in recent years has seen a return to Spanish television, including a role in Hospital Central, and directing roles in the theater. She had a small role in the 2011 film As Luck Would Have It, starring alongside Salma Hayek.

She starred in the 2016 film Missing Boy.

Filmography

Film

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1995
Entre rojasManuelaFeature film debut
1996
 EsoMarta
El perro del hortelano (The Dog in the Manger)Dorotea
1997
El color de las nubes (The Color of the Clouds)
1999
Entre las piernas (Between Your Legs)
2001
Solo mía (Mine Alone)
2003
Finding NemoPeachVoice in the European Spanish track
2005
Elsa y Fred (Elsa & Fred)Cuca
2006
 VolverAgustina
AlatristeFray Emilio Bocanegra
Goya's GhostsQueen Maria Luisa
2007
Siete mesas de billar francés (Seven Billiard Tables)Charo
2008
El patio de mi cárcel (My Prison Yard)Adela
2009
Los abrazos rotos (Broken Embraces)Judit García
2011
La chispa de la vida (As Luck Would Have It)Mercedes
2016
Secuestro (Boy Missing)Patricia de Lucas
2020
 Invisibles (The Invisible)Mara
Retrato de mujer blanca con pelo canoso y arrugas (Portrait of White Woman with Grey Hair and Wrinkles)Julia
2021
MaixabelMaixabel Lasa
2023
TeresaTeresa
TBD
Escape †

Television

Theatre credits

Actress

Portillo and Anna Moliner during a staging of Mrs. Dalloway at the Teatro Español in 2019.
  • La madre de Frankenstein (2023)
  • La vida es sueño (2012)
  • La avería (2012)
  • Antígona (2011)
  • Paseo romántico (2010-2011)
  • Medea (2009)
  • Hamlet (2009)
  • Barroco (2007-2008)
  • Mujeres soñaron caballos (2007).
  • Afterplay (2006-2007).
  • Hamelin (2005).
  • La hija del viento (2004–2005).
  • Desorientados (2003)
  • Como en las mejores familias (2003).
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (2002)
  • El matrimonio de Bostón (2001)
  • Madre, el drama padre (1998)
  • No hay burlas para el amor (1998).
  • Un fénix demasiado frecuente (1997)
  • Esclavos (1997)
  • Mujeres frente al espejo (1996)
  • El embrujado (1995)
  • Un bala perdida (1995)
  • Terror y miseria del Tercer Reich (1995)
  • Bodas de sangre (1994)
  • Oleanna (1994)
  • Las troyanas (1993)
  • Marat-Dade (1992)
  • Cuento de invierno (1992)
  • Lope de Aguirre, traidor (1988)
  • El mal de la juventud (1985)

Director

  • La avería (2011)
  • Siglo XX... que estás en los cielos (2006)
  • Desorientados (2004)
  • Shakespeare a pedazos (1999)
  • Hay amores que hablan (1997)

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
1998
 7th Actors Union AwardsBest Stage Performance in a Secondary RoleEslavosWon
12th Goya AwardsBest New ActressThe Colour of the CloudsNominated
2004
13th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Stage Actress in a Secondary RoleComo en las mejores familiasWon
2005
14th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Stage Actress in a Leading RoleLa hija del aireWon
2006
58th Cannes Film FestivalBest ActressVolverWon
2007
 21st Goya AwardsBest Supporting ActressNominated
16th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Film Actress in a Secondary RoleWon
2008
17th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Stage Actress in a Leading RoleBarrocoNominated
2010
 19th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Film Actress in a Secondary RoleBroken EmbracesNominated
Best Television Actress in a Leading RoleAcusadosNominated
2013
22nd Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Stage Actress in a Leading RoleLife Is a DreamWon
2014
23rd Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Television Actress in a Leading RoleStolen ChildrenNominated
2008
22nd Goya AwardsBest ActressSeven Billiard TablesNominated
2018
 5th Feroz AwardsBest Main Actress in a SeriesSé quién eresNominated
27th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Stage Actress in a Leading RoleEl cartógrafoNominated
2021
27th Forqué AwardsBest Actress in a FilmMaixabelWon
2022
 36th Goya AwardsBest ActressWon
30th Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Film Actress in a Leading RoleNominated
10th Platino AwardsBest Actress in a FilmWon
2023
29th Forqué AwardsBest Actress in a FilmTeresaNominated
2024
79th CEC MedalsBest ActressPending

Candidatura al premio de Mejor Actriz Revelación (1997). Unión de Actores

  • Candidata al Premio a la Mejor Actriz de Televisión (2002).

Fotogramas de Plata

  • Candidata al premio de Mejor Actriz de Teatro (2003).

References

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