Aura Garrido


Aura Garrido Sánchez is a Spanish film and television actress. She has appeared in such films as Stockholm and the television series El ministerio del tiempo.
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Early life

Garrido was born in Madrid in 1989. Her father Tomás Garrido is a composer and orchestra conductor, and her mother, María del Pilar Sánchez, is a painter.
She took her first piano classes when she was four years old, and soon after, started practicing ballet. She speaks English thanks to having an English-speaking best friend growing up.
After ending her high school studies, she enrolled in the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático, in Madrid, she took interpretation until her third year, specializing in textual interpretation, but she dropped out in 2010 because she was cast for the film Plans for Tomorrow. This role earned her the Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actress and a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress.

Career

In 2010 she got her first main role in the Telecinco television series La pecera de Eva. Later, she centered her career in the small screen, and formed part of the Ángel o demonio, Crematorio and Imperium casts. She went back to working in cinema with two small roles in Promoción fantasma and El cuerpo,. In 2013 she starred in Stockholm. For her performance, she won the Sant Jordi Award and a medal from the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, and was nominated in the best actress category at the Goya Awards, the Feroz Awards and the Forqué Awards.
In 2014, on television again, she participated in the miniseries Hermanos and filmed Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste although the latter was not broadcast until 2015. From 2015 through 2017, she played Amelia Folch in the Televisión Española series, El Ministerio del Tiempo.
In Someone Who Takes Care of Me, Garrido played an actress at the peak of her career facing a family secret upending the relationship with her mother and grandmother.
In March 2025, she debuted in the play The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant at Nave 10 Matadero.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010Planes para mañana Mónica
2012Promoción fantasma Elsa
2012El cuerpo Carla Miller
2013Los ilusos Sofía
2013StockholmShe
2013Lucía
2015VulcaniaMarta
2015Asesinos inocentes Nuria Abreu
2016La reconquista Clara
2017La niebla y la doncella Virginia Chamorro
2017Cold SkinAneris
2018El aviso Lucía
2018SoloOna
2019El asesino de los caprichos Eva González
2019El silencio de la ciudad blanca Estíbaliz Ruiz de Gauna
2020Malnazidos Matacuras
2023Alguien que cuide de mí Nora
2023AmaneceAlba
2024Historias
2024Daniela ForeverTeresa
2025La sospecha de Sofía Sofía

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Física o químicaErica4 episodes-
2009De repente, los GómezSilvia10 episodes-
2010La pecera de EvaEsther-
2011Ángel o demonioValeria
2011CrematorioMiriam Mullor
2012ImperiumCora6 episodes-
2014HermanosPilar Yagüe
2015Las aventuras del Capitán AlatristeInés de Castro13 episodes-
2015La dama velataCecile-
2015Víctor RosLucía Alonso1 Episode -
2015–17El Ministerio del TiempoAmelia Folch
2016El padre de CaínBegoñaMiniseries
2018El día de mañanaCarme RománMiniseries
2021El inocente Olivia Costa
2022A Private AffairMarina Quiroga
2024SantuarioValle
2024InvisibleProfesoraMiniseries