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Laia Costa

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  • Producer
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Laia Costa
Amaia, who has just become a mother, decides to return for guidance after her partner is temporarily away, to her parents' house along the Basque coast.
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Laia Costa is a Spanish actress. She is known for Victoria (2015) and Newness (2017). She speaks fluent Catalan, Spanish, French and English. Laia was nominated for the 2017 BAFTA EE Rising Star Award, for her role in the critically acclaimed Victoria, for which she became the first foreign actress to win a Lola, the biggest award by German Academy of Cinema, won Best Actress at the Gaudí Awards by the Catalan Academy of Cinema and was also nominated Best European Actress in the European Film Awards. The New York Times includes her in 2015's "Breakthrough Performances of the Fall Season."

Costa also starred in the short film Las pequeñas cosas (2016). Her film debut was Tengo ganas de ti (2012).
BornFebruary 18, 1985
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BornFebruary 18, 1985
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
    • 13 wins & 9 nominations total

Photos129

Sebastian Schipper, Frederick Lau, Burak Yigit, Franz Rogowski, and Laia Costa in Victoria (2015)
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Laia Costa in Victoria (2015)
Laia Costa in The Little Things (2016)
Laia Costa
Laia Costa at an event for IMDb at Toronto 2018 (2018)
Laia Costa in Lullaby (2022)
Susi Sánchez and Laia Costa in Lullaby (2022)
Susi Sánchez, Mikel Bustamante, and Laia Costa in Lullaby (2022)
Laia Costa in Victoria (2015)
Laia Costa in Victoria (2015)
Franz Rogowski and Laia Costa in Victoria (2015)

Known for

Laia Costa in Victoria (2015)
Victoria
7.6
  • Victoria
  • 2015
Laia Costa and Josh O'Connor in Only You (2018)
Only You
6.7
  • Elena Aldana
  • 2018
Antonio Banderas, Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, and Olivia Cooke in Life Itself (2018)
Life Itself
6.9
  • Isabel Díaz
  • 2018
Guillermo Pfening and Laia Costa in Foodie Love (2019)
Foodie Love
7.7
TV Series
  • Ella

Credits

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Actress

  • Un amor
    • Natalia
    • In Production
    • 2023
  • Montserrat
    • Montserrat (rumored)
    • Pre-production
  • El mestre que va prometre el mar
    • Ariadna
    • Post-production
  • The Diplomat (2023)
    The Diplomat
    • Mariona Cabell
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Els encantats
    • Irene
    • 2023
  • Patrick Dempsey and Alessandro Borghi in Devils (2020)
    Devils
    • Sofia Flores
    • TV Series
    • 2020–2022
  • Ramón Barea, Susi Sánchez, Mikel Bustamante, and Laia Costa in Lullaby (2022)
    Lullaby
    • Amaia
    • 2022
  • Sarah Snook and Kingsley Ben-Adir in Soulmates (2020)
    Soulmates
    • Libby
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Guillermo Pfening and Laia Costa in Foodie Love (2019)
    Foodie Love
    • Ella
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Laia Costa and Josh O'Connor in Only You (2018)
    Only You
    • Elena Aldana
    • 2018
  • Antonio Banderas, Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, and Olivia Cooke in Life Itself (2018)
    Life Itself
    • Isabel Díaz
    • 2018
  • Thomas Mann and Laia Costa in Maine (2018)
    Maine
    • Bluebird
    • 2018
  • Duck Butter (2018)
    Duck Butter
    • Sergio
    • 2018
  • Piercing (2018)
    Piercing
    • Mona
    • 2018
  • Newness (2017)
    Newness
    • Gabi Silva
    • 2017
  • Black Snow (2017)
    Black Snow
    • Laura
    • 2017
  • Cites (2015)
    Cites
    • Paula
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2016
  • The Little Things (2016)
    The Little Things
    • Laia
    • Short
    • 2016

Producer

  • Pol López and Vicky Luengo in Suro (2022)
    Suro
    • executive producer
    • 2022
  • Thomas Mann and Laia Costa in Maine (2018)
    Maine
    • executive producer
    • 2018
  • Duck Butter (2018)
    Duck Butter
    • associate producer
    • 2018

Soundtrack

  • Duck Butter (2018)
    Duck Butter
    • performer: "Boom", "The Pit"
    • 2018
  • Habitaciones cerradas (2015)
    Habitaciones cerradas
    • performer: "Cançó fàbrica", "La flor del Nilo", "Himno de taverna"
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2015

Videos8

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Trailer 1:56
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Trailer 2:16
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Maine
Trailer 1:49
Maine
Foodie Love - Trailer
Trailer 1:34
Foodie Love - Trailer

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  • Alternative name
    • Laya Kosta
  • Height
    • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
  • Born
    • February 18, 1985
    • Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  • Relatives
    • Noemí Costa(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Play: "Atraco, paliza y muerte en Agbanäspach", by Nao Albet and Marcel Borràs. Dir. Nao Albet and Marcel Borràs. TNC, Barcelona.

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    As of 2015, she is the only Spanish actress and the first foreign actress to win a Lola for Best Actress in a Leading Role (for Victoria (2015)).
  • Quotes
    [on losing roles for refusing to be nude] The nudity made no sense. I told them I'd take the jobs but no nudity here, here or here. And I lost them. This was at the beginning when I had no experience. My agent back then was like, "Who do you think you are?"

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