Irene Escolar

Irene Escolar

actress, producer

Irene Escolar was born on Oct 19, 1988 in Spain. Irene Escolar's big-screen debut came with Imagining Argentina directed by Christopher Hampton in 2003. Irene Escolar is known for Official Competition directed by Mariano Cohn, Penélope Cruz stars as Lola Cuevas and Antonio Banderas as Félix Rivero. Irene Escolar has got 6 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Irene Escolar achieved is Alicante Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Irene Escolar plays is Official Competition which will be released on Feb 25, 2022.

Irene Escolar is a Spanish actress, she received the Goya Award and the Irizar Award in San Sebastián International Film Festival for her critically acclaimed role of June in "An Autumn without Berlin". She is fluent in Spanish, English and French. Her professional life includes 20 films and 28 theatre plays. She is also very well known for her theatre career. In 2019 she was picked to play the leading role in Movistar +'s first international series, Dime Quién Soy and was invited to be member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She is the creator and executive producer, alongside Bárbara Lennie, of Escenario 0 for HBO Europe, a project that mixes different disciplines to create an exceptional fusion between the performing and audiovisual arts. In 2021 she shot "Official Competition" directed by Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn alongside Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas and "You have to come and see it" directed by Jonás Trueba, film that won the Special Jury Award in Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. In 2022 she has been part of "Las chicas están bien" first film of Itsaso Arana and premiered the show "Finlandia" written and directed by the prestigious French director Pascal Rambert.

  • Birthday

    Oct 19, 1988
  • Place of Birth

    Madrid, Spain
  • Also known

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Known For

Awards

6 wins & 3 nominations

Alicante Film Festival
2017
Winner - Ciudad de Alicante Award
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
2016
Best New Actress (Mejor Actriz Revelación)
Winner - CEC Award
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