Laia Costa

Laia Costa
Laia Costa at 65th Berlin International Film Festival 2015
Born	Laia Costa Bertrán (1985-02-18) 18 February 1985 Barcelona, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present

Laia Costa Bertrán (Spanish pronunciation: [l[ai]a ˈkɔsta]; born 18 February 1985, Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish actress who has worked in Spain, Russia, Germany, Argentina, Italy, UK and the United States.

Laia Costa starred in the critically acclaimed film Victoria, which was almost entirely improvised by the actors. The 134-minute film was, amazingly, shot in one single take. Costa won the Lola (German's equivalent of the Oscar) for Best Actress and was nominated for a European Film Awards for Best European Actress. Her performance also garnered her a nomination for the prestigious BAFTA EE Rising Star Award.

Costa starred along Nicholas Hoult in Drake Doremus' Newness (Sundance Film Festival 2017). In addition to co-starring with Mia Wasikowska and Christopher Abbott in Nicolas Pesce's Piercing (Sundance Film Festival 2018), she is the lead of two films which just premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, Miguel Arteta's Duck Butter with Alia Shawkat and Maine with Thomas Mann. Costa just completed shooting the British independent film Only You, with Josh O'Connor and can be seen next in Amazon/Dan Fogelman's film Life Itself with Oscar Isaac and Antonio Banderas.

The New York Times includes her in 2015’s "Breakthrough Performances of the Fall Season".

She is currently filming the upcoming international co-produced Italian English language television series Diavoli co-starring along Patrick Dempsey based on the international bestseller novel of the same name by Guido Maria Brera. She also starred in Cites, the Spanish remake of the British TV series Dates, and Polseres Vermelles, winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Kids TV Series, adapted by Steven Spielberg for North America as Red Band Society.

Studies

Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing Degree at Blanquerna-Ramon Llull University School of Communication and International Relations. Qualitative Research Postgraduate, Coolhunting.

She speaks fluent Catalan, Spanish, French and English.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2018	Only You	Elena Aldana	Harry Wootliff	Filming
2018	Life Itself	Isabel González	Dan Fogelman
2018	Maine	Bluebird	Matthew Brown
2018	Duck Butter	Sergio	Miguel Arteta
2018	Piercing	Mona	Nicolas Pesce
2017	Newness	Gabi Silva	Drake Doremus
2017	Nieve Negra	Laura	Martin Hodara
2015	Victoria	Victoria	Sebastian Schipper
2015	Palmeras en la nieve	Daniela	Fernando González Molina
2015	No me quites - short film	Laura	Laura Jou
2014	Fort Ross	Lucía	Yuriy Moroz
2013	Y otro año, perdices - short film	Claudia	Marta Díaz de Lope
2012	Tengo ganas de ti	Chica serpiente	Fernando González Molina
2011	Deja que te diga - short film	Ella	Gerard Pando

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Producer
2019	Diavoli	Sofia	Nick Hurran	Lead Role
2015–2016	Cites	Paula	Pau Freixas	Lead Role (7 episodes)
2015–2016	Carlos, Rey Emperador	María de Austria	Oriol Ferrer	Supporting Role (9 episodes)
2015	Habitaciones cerradas	Montserrat Espelleta	Lluís Maria Güell	Lead Role (TV Movie)
2014	Cuéntame un cuento	Caperucita	Fernando Bassi	Lead Role (TV Movie)
2013	El tiempo entre costuras	Alba	Norberto López Amado	Supporting Role (1 episode)
2013	Polseres vermelles	Rym	Pau Freixas	Lead Role (13 episodes)
2012	Toledo, cruce de destinos	Aurora	Luis Santamaría	Supporting Role (1 episode)
2011–2012	Bandolera	Inés Flores	Joan Noguera	Lead Role (117 episodes)

Theatre

• Bright potential of the Human Body, by Magdalena Barile Tandhomas Sauerteig (2014) Role: Calda. Festival Grec
• Killing, Beating and Death in Agbanaspach, by Marcel Borràs and Nao Albet (2013) Role: Maria Kapravof. TNC

External links

• Laia Costa at IMDb