Clara Segura Crespo (born 6 May 1974) is a Catalan actress and theatre director. She is a prolific performer in the Catalan stage scene.[1]
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| Born | Clara Segura Crespo 6 May 1974 Sant Just Desvern, Spain |
| Education | Institut del Teatre |
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Life and career
editClara Segura Crespo was born in Sant Just Desvern on 6 May 1974.[2][3] Despite entering a degree on art history, she graduated instead from Barcelona's Institut del Teatre in 1996.[4] She also took studies on solfeggio, singing and piano.[2] She made her debut onstage in La bona gent, which was followed by appearances in Antígona, L'espera, Ets aquí?, Madame Melville and El somni d'una nit d'estiu.[5] She made her feature film debut as an actress in Joel Joan's Excuses! (2003),[6] portraying Begoña, the hysterical wife of Jesús (Jordi Sánchez).[7] It was followed by an appearance in The Sea Inside (2004),[6] portraying Gené, an acquaintance of Ramón Sampedro and pro-euthanasia activist who introduces lawyer Julia to the former.[8] She won a Gaudí Award for Best Supporting Actress for Les dues vides d'Andrés Rabadán.[9] She won another Gaudí Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2014 for We All Want What's Best for Her.[10] Segura won back-to-back Butaca Awards for Best Actress in 2018 and 2019 for her performances in the plays Les noies de Mossbank Road and La bona persona de Sezuan.[11]
She made her solo directorial debut in a stage play in La trena (2022).[12] She also featured as Diana in Elena Martín Gimeno's drama film Creatura (2023), portraying Diana, the mother of protagonist Mila, who was played among others by Martín Gimeno herself.[13] Her performance earned her Gaudí[14] and Goya award nominations for Best Supporting Actress.[15]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2003 |
Excuses! | Begoña | ||
2004 |
Mar adentro (The Sea Inside) | Gené | ||
2009 |
Les dues vides d'Andrés Rabadán | Sara | ||
2012 |
Una pistola en cada mano (A Gun in Each Hand) | Elena | ||
2013 |
Tots volem el millor per a ella (We All Want What's Best for Her) | Glòria | ||
2018 |
Durante la tormenta (Mirage) | Hilda Weiss | ||
2023 |
Creatura | Diana | ||
2024 |
El 47 (The 47) | Carmen | [22] |
References
edit- ^ Gomila, Andreu. "L'amistat és això". Ara. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ a b Francàs, Ramon (14 September 2019). "No entendería la vida sin amor, ni sin música". La Vanguardia.
- ^ Maneja, Guillem (29 January 2023). "Clara Segura: "Vivim en una societat masclista i que exalta la joventut"". Nació.
- ^ Navarro, Núria (17 July 2016). "Clara Segura: "Escuchar las mismas palabras, juntos, nos hace fuertes"". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ Capdevila, Carles (20 January 2023). "Clara Segura: "El teatre va directe al fetge i al cor"". Ara.
- ^ a b Medina, Guillem (21 November 2004). "Clara Segura, l´actriu que no vol ser estrella" (PDF). Avui.
- ^ "´Excusas!´, la dificultad de ser verdaderamente feliz". El Periódico de Aragón. Prensa Ibérica. 19 November 2003.
- ^ Aguado Díaz, Antonio-León; González González, Meni; Rozada Rodríguez, Cristina; Alcedo Rodríguez, María Ángeles (2010). "Mar adentro (2004). Una visión diferente seis años después del Óscar". Revista de Medicina y Cine. 6 (2). Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca: 42.
- ^ Mata, Toni (3 February 2010). "La protesta no va aigualir la festa dels premis Gaudí". Regió7. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ Escudero, Mònica (3 February 2014). "Nora Navas y José Sacristán ganan los Gaudí a los mejores actores principales". Aisge.
- ^ "Clara Segura guanya el Premi Butaca a Millor Actriu per "La bona persona de Sezuan"". El Baix. 15 July 2019.
- ^ Colàs, Joan (13 September 2022). "Clara Segura: "Desafortunadamente todavía necesitamos que se expliquen muchas historias de mujeres"". Crónica Global – via El Español.
- ^ a b Dry, Jude (25 May 2023). "'Creatura' Review: A Boldly Lyrical Excavation of Lifelong Sexual Desire". IndieWire.
- ^ ""Creatura" i "Saben aquell", màximes favorites als Premis Gaudí: totes les nominacions". 3/24. 12 December 2023.
- ^ Sánchez de Castro, David (30 November 2023). "Lista completa de nominados a los Premios Goya 2024: candidatos y favoritos por categoría". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ Vall, Pere (29 May 2008). "¡Excusas!". Fotogramas.
- ^ Aguado Díaz et al. 2010, p. 42.
- ^ "Alex Brendemühl a "Les dues vides d'Andrés Rabadán"". 10 July 2020 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
- ^ Torreiro, Mirito (8 November 2012). "Una pistola en cada mano". Fotogramas.
- ^ "Nora Navas protagonitza "Tots volem el millor per a ella"". TV3. 3 December 2018 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
- ^ Pérez, Leila (10 July 2023). "Netflix: cuál es el thriller español que es todo un fenómeno y promete atraparte". Minuto AR.
- ^ Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (1 September 2024). "Los estrenos del 6 de septiembre. 'El 47'. Derecho al respeto".