Laura Galán


Laura Galán is a Spanish actress. She won the Goya Award for Best New Actress for her performance in Piggy.
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Early life and education

Galán was born in Guadalajara on 1 January 1986. She dropped her studies on art history to study drama. She earned a diploma in Dramatic Art from the Arte 4 school of Madrid.

Career

Her early career was primarily for the stage, both as an actress and in crew capacities such as assistant director.
She made her feature film debut in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. She also appeared in Unknown Origins.
Her leading performance portraying Sara in Piggy earned her a Goya Award for Best New Actress. Another leading role as a street sweeper in revenge one-shot thriller One Night with Adela ensued. She also joined the cast of historical drama series Beguinas.

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
202228th Forqué AwardsBest ActressPiggyNomitated
202310th Feroz AwardsBest ActressPiggyNomitated
202378th CEC MedalsBest New ActressPiggyWon
202337th Goya AwardsBest New ActressPiggyWon
202331st Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest New ActressPiggyWon
202310th Platino AwardsBest ActressPiggyNomitated
202432nd Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Stage Actress in a Secondary RoleAnimales de compañíaNomitated