Candela Peña


María del Pilar Peña Sánchez, professionally known as Candela Peña, is a Spanish actress. Since her film debut in the 1994 thriller Running Out of Time, she has had a lengthy film career. She won the Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance in Princesses whereas she won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress for Take My Eyes and A Gun in Each Hand.
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Biography

María del Pilar Peña Sánchez, was born on 14 July 1973 in Gavà, province of Barcelona, daughter to a mother from Murcia and a father from Lora del Río who had a bar in Barcelona.
When she was four years old she started to learn dance in the city and after finishing high-school she went to Seville to begin theatre classes there and eventually in Madrid.
She made her first television appearance in the TV3 show , making her film debut with a performance in the 1994 thriller Running Out of Time, which earned her two Goya Award nominations.
Encouraged by Pedro Almodóvar, she published the novel Pérez Príncipe, María Dolores in 2001.
She won the Goya Award in 2003 after being nominated several times previously.

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
1995Best Supporting ActressRunning Out of TimeNomitated
1995Best New ActressRunning Out of TimeNomitated
2000Best Supporting ActressAll About My MotherNomitated
2004Best Supporting ActressTake My EyesWon
2004Best Film Actress in a Secondary RoleTake My EyesWon
2006Best ActressPrincessesWon
2006Best Film Actress in a Leading RolePrincessesWon
2013Best Supporting ActressA Gun in Each HandWon
2013Best Film Actress in a Secondary RoleA Gun in Each HandWon
2017Best Supporting ActressKiki, Love to LoveNomitated
2017Best Film Actress in a Secondary RoleKiki, Love to LoveWon
2020Best Main Actress in a SeriesHierroWon
2020Best Television Actress in a Leading RoleHierroWon
2021Best ActressRosa's WeddingWon
2021Best ActressRosa's WeddingNomitated
Best Main Actress in a SeriesHierroNomitated
Best Television Actress in a Leading RoleHierroWon
202430th Forqué AwardsBest Actress in a SeriesThe Asunta CaseNomitated
2025Best ActressThe Asunta CaseWon
2025Best Main Actress in a SeriesThe Asunta CaseNomitated
202533rd Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Television Actress in a Leading RoleThe Asunta CaseWon
202531st Forqué AwardsBest Actress in a SeriesRageNomitated
202613th Feroz AwardsBest Main Actress in a SeriesRage