Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Birthday: 1968-11-05
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (born 5 November 1968 in Rome, Italy) is a Spanish-Italian film actress. Best known for playing dramatic roles in Spain, Sánchez-Gijón is known in the United States for her portrayal of Victoria Aragon, a pregnant and abandoned Mexican-American winegrower's daughter who is helped by travelling salesman Paul Sutton (Keanu Reeves) in A Walk in the Clouds (1995). She has since built a reputation as an international star in films such as Manuel Gomez Pereira's Boca a Boca (1996), Bigas Luna's The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997), Jaime Chavarri's Sus Ojos Se Cerraron (1998), Gabriele Salvatores' adaptation of the Niccolò Ammaniti novel I'm not scared (2003) and Brad Anderson's The Machinist (2004). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Machinist
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The Nautical Chart
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A Walk in the Clouds
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The Backwoods
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Survivor's Day
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Mouth to Mouth
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The Frost
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La Regenta
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Volaverunt
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The Whore and the Whale
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Jealousy
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Wounded Animals
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The Chambermaid on the Titanic
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The Sea and the Weather
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The Bird of Happiness
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The First Look
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Hombres felices
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With Good Reason
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Without a Trace
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Teresa
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The Perfect Husband
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The Frontier Law
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Thi Mai
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The Greek Labyrinth
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Jarrapellejos
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The Widow from Valencia
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Yerma
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The Low Land
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