Elena Anaya

Elena Anaya Headshot

Actress

Birth Date: July 17, 1975

Age: 49 years old

Birth Place: Palencia, Spain

The gorgeous Elena Anaya is one of the most stunning actresses working in the world today. Born in Spain as the youngest of five children, she much preferred her extracurricular activities to high school, dropping out with the intention of attending the Real Superior School of Dramatic Art of Madrid. At the same time, she was given her first movie role in 1996's "Africa." She was admitted to the college, but was quickly expelled because her filming schedule conflicted with her studies.

In 2001, she had her breakthrough role in the erotic "Lucía y el sexo," directed by Julio Medem. For her performance, she was nominated for a Goya Award, the highest acting honor in Spain. That brought her to the attention of legendary director Pedro Almodóvar, who cast her in "Talk To Her." She also crossed over into American films around this time, and she's probably still best-known for her role as Aleera, one of Dracula's wives, in the 2004 horror action flick "Van Helsing." In 2006, Justin Timberlake pegged the starlet to play the romantic interest for his "SexyBack" music video. After taking a few years to concentrate on smaller roles, she returned to work with Almodóvar in 2011's melodramatic plastic surgery horror "The Skin I Live In."

Credits

Las largas sombras

Actor
Show
2024

Mentiras pasajeras

Actor
Lucía
Show
2023

Fatum

Actor
Costa
Movie
2023

Jaula

Actor
Paula Ejea Guzmán
Movie
2022

ProfessionalsStream

Actor
Graciela Davila
Series
2020

ProfessionalsStream

Executive Producer
Series
2020

Rifkin's Festival

Actor
Jo Rojas
Movie
2020

Días de Navidad

Actor
Esther
Show
2019

JettStream

Actor
Maria
Series
2019
94%

MotherFatherSon

Actor
Sofia
Show
2019

Wonder WomanStream

Actor
Dr. Maru
Movie
2017
93%

La cordillera

Actor
Claudia Klein
Movie
2017

The InfiltratorStream

Actor
Gloria Alcaino
Movie
2016
71%

Zipi y Zape y la isla del capitán

Actor
Señorita Pam
Movie
2016

La memoria del agua

Actor
Amanda
Movie
2015

Swung

Actor
Alice Lopez
Movie
2015

Lejos del mar

Actor
Marina
Movie
2015

Pulp fiction

Actor
Mia Wallace
Movie
2015

They Are All Dead

Actor
Lupe
Movie
2014

Pensé que Iba a Haber Fiesta

Actor
Ana
Movie
2013

The Skin I Live In: Extras

Actor
Show
2012

The Skin I Live In

Actor
Vera
Movie
2011

Room in Rome

Actor
Alba
Movie
2010

Point Blank

Actor
Nadia
Movie
2010

Mesrine

Actor
Sofia
Movie
2009

Hierro

Actor
María
Movie
2009

Cairo Time

Actor
Kathryn
Movie
2009

Public Enemy Number 1 - Part Two

Actor
Sofia
Movie
2008

Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct

Actor
Sofia
Movie
2008

Just Walking

Actor
Ana Rodríguez
Movie
2008

In the Land of Women

Actor
Sofia Buñuel
Movie
2007

Savage Grace

Actor
Blanca
Movie
2007

Miguel y William

Actor
Leonor
Movie
2007

Alatriste

Actor
Angélica de Alquézar
Movie
2006

Fragile

Actor
Helen
Movie
2005

Dead Fish

Actor
Mimi
Movie
2004

Van HelsingStream

Actor
Aleera
Movie
2004
24%

La Habitación Azul

Actor
Ana
Movie
2003

Dos tipos duros

Actor
Tatiana
Movie
2003

Talk to Her

Actor
Angela
Movie
2002

Rencor

Actor
Esther
Movie
2002

Sex and Lucia: Unrated Edition

Actor
Belén
Movie
2001

El invierno de las Anjanas

Actor
Adelaida
Movie
2000

El Árbol del Penitente

Actor
Movie
2000

Las Huellas Borradas

Actor
Rosa
Movie
1999

Finisterre

Actor
Laura
Movie
1998

Black Tears

Actor
Alicia
Movie
1998

Grandes Ocasiones

Actor
Susy
Movie
1998

África

Actor
África
Movie
1996

Family

Actor
Luna
Movie
1996

Familia

Actor
Luna
Movie
1996