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Pilar López de Ayala

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Pilar López de Ayala at an event for Los Goya 25 años (2011)
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María del Pilar López de Ayala Arroyo (Madrid, September 18, 1978) is a Spanish actress.

She began working in television series such as Menudo es mi padre (1996). From there she went to Al salir de clase (1997) and soon made the leap to film with Fill Me with Life (2000). Her character of Rocío, an upper middle class Cadiz woman in the film Besos para todos (2000), earned her a Goya nomination for best new actress. But her definitive confirmation came with the leading role in Mad Love (2001) of Vicente Aranda, which earned her a Goya award for best female performance playing Juana and the Concha de Plata for best female performance at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Her new status as a star of Spanish cinema led her to be chosen by the cava brand Freixenet to star in its well-known Christmas spot.

In 2005 she released Obaba (2005) of Montxo Armendáriz, a film for which she obtained a new nomination at the Goya Awards, this time as Best Supporting Actress. Obaba (2005) was nominated by Spain for the 2005 Oscars, although in the end it was not nominated among the five candidates for Best Foreign Film.

Other titles in her filmography are The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004), Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer (2006), Walking Vengeance (2008) or Intruders (2011) with Clive Owen. Her latest film to date is Agadah (2017).

Away from cinema, Pilar went to New York to study Art History.
BornSeptember 18, 1978
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Pilar López de Ayala and Sergio Peris-Mencheta in El paraíso perdido (1999)
Pilar López de Ayala in Rumbos (2016)
Lola Dueñas, Ariadna Gil, Pilar López de Ayala, Mercedes Sampietro, and Jimmy Jump in Los Goya 25 años (2011)
Pilar López de Ayala in XVI premios Goya (2002)
Eloy Azorín and Pilar López de Ayala in Besos para todos (2000)
Pilar López de Ayala in Sidewalls (2011)
Pilar López de Ayala in Sidewalls (2011)
Pilar López de Ayala in Sidewalls (2011)
Pilar López de Ayala and Javier Drolas in Sidewalls (2011)
Pilar López de Ayala and Izán Corchero in Intruders (2011)
Pilar López de Ayala and Alberto Ammann in The Outlaw (2010)
Pilar López de Ayala in The Strange Case of Angelica (2010)

Known for

Mad Love (2001)
Mad Love
6.5
  • Juana
  • 2001
Clive Owen and Ella Purnell in Intruders (2011)
Intruders
5.4
  • Luisa
  • 2011
Sidewalls (2011)
Sidewalls
7.5
  • Mariana
  • 2011
Obaba (2005)
Obaba
6.3
  • Maestra
  • 2005

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Actress

  • Agadah (2017)
    Agadah
  • Fernando Albizu, Ernesto Alterio, Karra Elejalde, Pilar López de Ayala, Nora Navas, Carmen Machi, Rafael Ordorika, and Miki Esparbé in Rumbos (2016)
    Rumbos
  • Night Has Settled (2014)
    Night Has Settled
  • Clive Owen and Ella Purnell in Intruders (2011)
    Intruders
  • Buenas noches, España (2011)
    Buenas noches, España
  • Sidewalls (2011)
    Sidewalls
  • The Outlaw (2010)
    The Outlaw
  • Pilar López de Ayala, Ricardo Trêpa, and Filipe Vargas in The Strange Case of Angelica (2010)
    The Strange Case of Angelica
  • Ariadna Gil and Diego Luna in Walking Vengeance (2008)
    Walking Vengeance
  • Comme les autres (2008)
    Comme les autres
  • Pilar López de Ayala, Verónica Sánchez, and Marta Etura in Las 13 rosas (2007)
    Las 13 rosas
  • Pilar López de Ayala and Xavier Lafitte in In the City of Sylvia (2007)
    In the City of Sylvia
  • Tren Estrasburgo: Paris
  • Mujer esperando al tranvía
  • Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer (2006)
    Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer

Soundtrack

  • Obaba (2005)
    Obaba

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The Strange Case of Angelica
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The Strange Case of Angelica
SOLO QUIERO CAMINAR
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SOLO QUIERO CAMINAR

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    • September 18, 1978
    • Madrid, Spain
  • TV commercial for Freixenet (2002)
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    • 1 Interview
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Descendant of the 3rd Marquess of Ríocabado Nobleman of Coat of Arms of de Velasco (crest) with crown of Marquess, of the 14th Lord of La Higuera de Vargas Nobleman of Coat of Arms of de Vargas (crest) with crown of Lord, of the 6th Marchioness of Espinardo Noblewoman of Coat of Arms of Fajardo (without crest) with crown of Marchioness and of a brother of the 1st Duke of Veragua Grandee of Spain 1st Class Nobleman of Coat of Arms Chief of Name and Arms of Colón (crest) with crown of Duke and mantel and crown of Grandee, 1st Duke of La Vega Grandee of Spain 1st Class Nobleman of Coat of Arms Chief of Name and Arms of Colón (crest) with crown of Duke and mantel and crown of Grandee, 2nd Marquess of La Jamaica Nobleman of Coat of Arms Chief of Name and Arms of Colón (crest) with crown of Marquess, 3rd Admiral of the Indies, Islands and Firm-Land of the Ocean Sea.

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