Nathalie Poza


Nathalie Poza Maupain is a Spanish film, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades including two Goya Awards, one Platino Award, and five Actors and Actresses Union Awards.
In the 1990s, Poza combined a stage career with roles in television series. She made her feature film debut in musical comedy The Other Side of the Bed. Poza's performance in comedy Football Days earned her a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress.
She has since featured in films such as Hard Times, All the Women, Can't Say Goodbye, While at War, and Rosa's Wedding.
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Early life

Nathalie Poza Maupain was born on 7 March 1972 in Madrid, the daughter of a French mother and a Spanish father. She studied at a British bilingual school in Madrid. She reportedly suffered from severe eating disorders in her teenage years. From a young age, she learned to play the piano and practiced ballet.
She trained her acting chops under Cristina Rota. In 1996, alongside fellow actors Alberto San Juan, Guillermo Toledo, and Ernesto Alterio, Poza founded the theatre group 'Ración de Oreja', which later became.

Screen career

In television she has had many secondary roles since the mid 1990s, including appearances in ', ', ', Periodistas, ', and El comisario, the last of which she has appeared in several episodes. In her first fixed television role in 2001, she played Nerea in Policías, en el corazón de la calle.
Later, she appeared in Hospital Central, and, in more permanent roles, in ' and Maneras de sobrevivir. Her first cinematographic works were the short films Abierto (El eco del tiempo), by Jaime Marques; No sé, no sé, by Aitor Gaizka and Ruth está bien, by Pablo Valiente.
In 2002, she filmed the television movie Entre cien fuegos under the orders of and that same year premiered The Other Side of the Bed, by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, one of the most successful Spanish films in recent years. The next year, Maria Ripoll directed her in '. She also acted in Football Days, by and The Weakness of the Bolshevik, by Manuel Martín Cuenca. She acted again in movies with both directors, filming ' with Cuenca in 2005, and Cinema Days with Serrano in 2007.
She then filmed ', directed by Álvaro Fernández Armero; ', by ; and the thriller Un buen hombre, directed by. During those years, she acted in television, in series such as ', Hispania, la leyenda and its spin-off Imperium. In 2013, the film premiered, directed by Mariano Barroso, for which she received her third Goya nomination, for best supporting actress. In 2015 she joined the series Carlos, rey emperador, where she plays Germaine of Foix.

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2004Best New ActressFootball DaysNomitated
2004Best Film Actress in a Minor RoleFootball DaysNomitated
2004Best New ActressFootball DaysWon
2006Best ActressHard TimesNomitated
2006Best Film Actress in a Leading RoleHard TimesNomitated
2008Best Stage Actress in a Secondary RoleMarat SadeNomitated
2009Best Television Actress in a Leading RoleLexNomitated
2010Best Stage Actress in a Secondary RoleTitus AndronicusWon
2014Best Supporting ActressAll the WomenNomitated
2016Best Television Actress in a Minor RoleCarlos, rey emperadorNomitated
2017Best Film Actress in a Minor RoleJulietaNomitated
2017Best ActressCan't Say GoodbyeWon
2018Best ActressCan't Say GoodbyeWon
2018Best Main Actress in a FilmCan't Say GoodbyeWon
201873rd CEC MedalsBest ActressCan't Say GoodbyeWon
2018Best ActressCan't Say GoodbyeWon
2018Best Film Actress in a Leading RoleCan't Say GoodbyeWon
2020Best Supporting ActressWhile at WarNomitated
2020Best Film Actress in a Secondary RoleWhile at WarWon
2020Best Supporting ActressRosa's WeddingWon
2020Best Supporting ActressRosa's WeddingNomitated
2021Best Supporting Actress in a FilmRosa's WeddingNomitated
2021Best Supporting ActressRosa's WeddingWon
2021Best Supporting ActressRosa's WeddingWon
2022Best Stage Actress in a Leading RoleProstituciónNomitated
2023Best Main Actress in a SeriesLa unidadNomitated
2023Best Television Actress in a Leading RoleLa unidadWon