Milena Smit
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| Born | Elisa Milena Smit Márquez October 5, 1996 |
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| Years active | 2018–present |
Elisa Milena Smit Márquez, better known as Milena Smit (born October 5, 1996) is a Spanish film and television actress.[1] She was nominated at the 35th Goya Awards for best new actress for her work in Cross the Line.
Biography
Milena Smit was born on October 5, 1996 in Elche, Spain. She started in show business working as a model when she was 15 years old, then she tried her luck in Elche, later she moved to Madrid in search of opportunities.[2]
She trained as an actress at the Cristina Rota acting school and was taught by Bernard Hiller, an acting coach of such actors as Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz.[3] Before becoming an actress, she was a waitress, shop assistant, babysitter, and information assistant on the subway. When she was called for her first movie she was working as a hotel receptionist.[2]
Career
After having participated in various short films such as Diagonales, Innermost, Chimichanga and Adentro,[4] she had the opportunity to shoot the film Cross the Line by David Victori with Mario Casas. For her work on the film, she was nominated at the Goya Awards for best new actress and winner of the Shining Award for 'Film Days'.[5] The film's casting team, discovered the actress via a social network: “After much searching, we found Milena on Instagram. We fell in love with everything she had in common with the character.”[6]
After her participation in Cross the Line, she was signed by Pedro Almodóvar for his film Parallel Mothers with Penélope Cruz and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, where she plays Ana, a single mother who has become pregnant by accident.[7] On her performance in the film, Almodóvar said: "she has an emotional intelligence and a sincerity that are not learned in any school"; he also said her role in the 2020 film Cross the Line was "overwhelming".[8] Smit is one of the leads in the upcoming Netflix original series The Girl in the Mirror directed by Sergio G. Sánchez.[9] In July 2021, filming began on the horror film Tin & Tina, in which she appears with Jaime Lorente.[10] Smit also appearred in Luc Knowles's debut feature Libélulas, with the role of Cata.[11]
Filmography
Film
- 2020: Cross the Line
- 2021: Parallel Mothers
Television
- 2021: The Girl in the Mirror
References
- ^ "'Parallel Mothers' Breakout Star Milena Smit Talks Working on Pedro Almodóvar's Latest". 9 October 2021.
- ^ a b Hernando, Alberto (27 July 2021). "Quién es Milena Smit, la nueva chica Almodóvar" (in Spanish). Esquire. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Así es Milena Smit, la nueva chica Almodóvar: formada con el coach e Dicaprio y que pasó de trabajar en una recepción de hotel al set de rodaje". Vanity Fair (in Spanish). 4 February 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ Pérez Payá, Santiago (4 February 2021). "Milena Smit es la nueva Chica Almodóvar" (in Spanish). RTVE. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Milena Smit debuta en la gran pantalla". La Verdad (in Spanish). 9 October 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ Rosado, Ricardo (9 March 2021). "Milena Smit: así se descubrió a la próxima chica Almodóvar". /www.fotogramas.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Milena Smit y su romance a ciegas con Pedro Almodóvar". El País (in Spanish). 12 February 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ Almodóvar, Pedro (1 September 2021). "Ha nacido una estrella: este es el retrato de Milena Smit que traza Pedro Almodóvar" (in Spanish). Vogue. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Una nueva cara se asoma a la serie que Netflix rueda en Asturias". La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). 21 October 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Milena Smit y Jaime Lorente comienzan el rodaje de 'Tin&Tina'". www.fotogramas.es (in Spanish). 27 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ Rivera, Alfonso (6 August 2021). "Milena Smit protagoniza Libélulas, ópera prima de Luc Knowles". cineuropa.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
External links
- Milena Smit at IMDb
