Cast & creator
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Best known for La Revuelta, Velvet, The Machinist
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (born 5 November 1968 in Rome, Italy) is a Spanish-Italian film actress. Best known for playing dramatic roles in Spain, Sánchez-Gijón is known in the United States for her portrayal of Victoria Aragon, a pregnant and abandoned Mexican-American winegrower's daughter who is helped by travelling salesman Paul Sutton (Keanu Reeves) in A Walk in the Clouds (1995). She has since built a reputation as an international star in films such as Manuel Gomez Pereira's Boca a Boca (1996), Bigas Luna's The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997), Jaime Chavarri's Sus Ojos Se Cerraron (1998), Gabriele Salvatores' adaptation of the Niccolò Ammaniti novel I'm not scared (2003) and Brad Anderson's The Machinist (2004). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Aitana Sanchez Gijo, Aitana Sanchez Gijon, Aitana Sánchez Gijón, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón de Angelis
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television credits
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1986–2026 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (82)
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La Revuelta
Self - Guest
2024
Velvet
Blanca Soto
2014
The Machinist
Marie
2004
Breathless
Pilar Amaro
2024
Martínez y hermanos
Self - Guest
2022
A Walk in the Clouds
Victoria Aragón
1995
Parallel Mothers
Teresa
2021
Bitter Christmas
Mónica
2026
Estoy vivo
Comisaria Verónica "Vero" Ruiz
2017
The Velvet Collection
Blanca Soto
2017
The Backwoods
Isabel
2006
Segunda Enseñanza
1986
Love Walked In
Vicky Rivas
1997Moscacieca
Bianca
1994
Under Her Control
Beatriz
2022
Drifters
Vima
2011
Volaverunt
Cayetana, Duquesa de Alba
1999
Los 80
Nuria Acosta
2004
Querido Fotogramas
Self
2018
I'm Not Scared
Anna
2003
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
Model
1997
Casanova
1987
Fish Bones
Carmen
2021
The Misfits Club
Madre de Valeria
2014
The Whore and the Whale
Vera
2004
Wounded Animals
Claudia
2006
La conquista de la democracia
Presenter
2025
A Man, a Real One
Dolores
2003
Rowing with the Wind
Teresa Guiccioli
1988
Disco Inferno
2015
Thi Mai
Elvira
2018
La Regenta
1995
El Corazón del Imperio
Julia Mesa
2021
La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado
Maria de Loffredo
1996
Velvet Colección: Grand Finale
Blanca Soto Fernández
2020
The Chambermaid on the Titanic
Marie
1997
La Regenta
Ana Ozores
1995
Hombres felices
Ana
2001
The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite
Self - Actress
2023
Jealousy
Carmen
1999
My Other Jon
2023
El crimen de Perpignan
Yvette Romero
1991
The Bird of Happiness
Nani
1993
The Sea and the Weather
Mer
1989
The Low Land
Carmen Membrado
2025
Mouth to Mouth
Amanda
1995
Ruleta
1999
Survivor's Day
Elena Paz
2023
Fury
Thanks
2025
Anatomy of a Dandy
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
The Frontier Law
Bárbara Miller Molina
1995Deseo Oculto
1992
Oviedo Express
Mariola Mayo
2007
Tell Me About Love
Nicole
2008
Something Is About to Happen
Roberta
2023
The Nautical Chart
Tánger Soto
2007
Jarrapellejos
Isabel
1988
Going Down in Morocco
Elena
1989No hagas planes con Marga
Charo
1988
Viento de cólera
1988
La muerte de Otilia Ruiz
Blanca Lupino
2011
Alex's Strip
Vera
2020
The Greek Labyrinth
Bernadette
1993
With Good Reason
2004
The First Look
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Without a Trace
Ana
2001
Tangos Are for Two
Juanita
1998
The Widow from Valencia
Leonarda
2010
The Perfect Husband
Klara
1993
Romanza final (Gayarre)
Alicia
1986
Maktub
Beatriz
2011
The Frost
Rita
2009
Mi dulce
Ángela
2001El genio tranquilo
2006
Teresa
Doña Jimena
2015
The Monk
Sister Ines
1990
Havanera 1820
Amelia Roig
1993
Yerma
Yerma
1999
Carta mortal
2003
La mujer impuntual
1994
Redondela
Luisa Peña
1987