Alexandra Jiménez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Arrechea.

Alexandra Jiménez Arrechea (born 4 January 1980) is a Spanish actress. She became popular for her role as África Sanz in the sitcom Los Serrano.^[1] She starred in the TV series La pecera de Eva, broadcast between 2010 and 2011. Between 2015 and 2016 she hosted the stand-up comedy show El club de la comedia [es].

Alexandra Jiménez
At the 2017 Goya Awards
Born	Alexandra Jiménez Arrechea (1980-01-04) 4 January 1980 (age 45) Zaragoza, Spain
Occupation(s)	Actress, stand up comedian, TV host, ballet dancer
Years active	1998–present

Biography

She was born in Zaragoza on 4 January 1980.^[2] When Jiménez was young, she did ballet and trained at the Zaragoza's Estudio de Danza María de Ávila and the Madrid's Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza.^[3] She became a professional ballet dancer when she was 15 years old. After an injury while she was working for the Cuban National Ballet, she set out on an acting career.^[1]

Jiménez studied acting in Madrid at the Escuela Universitaria de Artes TAI [es] and made small appearances in television series such as Periodistas, Policías, en el corazón de la calle and Compañeros during her studies.^[3] In 2004, she joined Los Serrano, where she played África Sanz.^[4]

Between 2010 and 2011, she starred in the TV series La pecera de Eva, playing the main role of Eva Padrón, a psychologist dedicated to solving the problems of a group of teenagers.^[5][6] She replayed the popular role of Eva in 2012 in the finale of the first season of Frágiles [es].^[4][7]

She replaced Eva Hache as hostess of the TV stand-up comedy show El club de la comedia [es] in La Sexta, hosting the show between 2015 and 2016.^[8]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2002	Periodistas	Laura	1 episode	[4]
2003	Tres son multitud [es]	Valeria		[9]
2004–08	Los Serrano	África Sanz		[1]
2009	La familia Mata [es]	Eva Mata		[10]
2010–11	La pecera de Eva	Eva Padrón		[6]
2011–12	Cheers	Rebeca Santaolalla	A mashup of the characters Diane Chambers and Rebecca Howe from the original American series	[11][12]
2012	Frágiles [es]	Eva	1 episode. Same character as in La pecera de Eva	[4]
2013	Familia [es]	Carlota		[13]
2016	El ministerio del tiempo	Teresa Méndez / Julia Lozano	1 episode	[4]
2017	La zona	Julia Martos		[4]
2019	Hospital Valle Norte	Paula Díaz del Pino		[14]
2019	Atrapa a un ladrón [es]	Lola Garay		[15]
2021	El inocente (The Innocent)	Lorena Ortiz		[16][17]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	La fiesta [es]	Trini		[18]
2008	Fuera de carta [es]	Paula		[19]
2009	Spanish Movie	Ramira	The character is a spoof look-alike of Penélope Cruz's character in Volver	[20]
2010	No controles [es]	Bea		[21]
2012	Promoción fantasma (Ghost Graduation)	Tina		[22]
2015	Anacleto: agente secreto (Spy Time)	Katia		[23]
	Los miércoles no existen (Wednesdays Don't Exist)	Irene		[24]
2016	Embarazados (We Are Pregnant)	Alina		[25]
2016	100 metros (100 Meters)	Inma		[26]
2017	Toc Toc	Blanca		[27]
2018	Les distàncies (Distances)	Olivia		[28]
	Superlópez	Luisa Lanas		[29]
2019	Gente que viene y bah (In Family I Trust)	Irene		[30]
2019	Si yo fuera rico (If I Were Rich)	Maite		[31]
2022	Historias para no contar (Stories Not to Be Told)	Carol		[32]
	Vasil	Luisa		[33]
2023	Bajo terapia (Under Therapy)	Laura		[34]
	La ternura (The Tenderness)	Princesa Rubí		[35]
2024	Buscando a Coque (Idol Affair)	Teresa		[36]
	Menudas piezas (Checkmates)	Candela		[37]

Theatre

• Fin del mundo, todos al tren (2002)
• Los menecomos (2002)
• Siete por siete (2003)
• 5mujeres.com (2004)
• Hombres, mujeres y punto
• Un pequeño juego, sin consecuencias (2006)

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2006	15th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actress in a Minor Role	Los Serrano	Nominated	[38]
2011	20th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actress in a Leading Role	La pecera de Eva	Nominated	[39][40]
2016	25th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actress in a Minor Role	Requirements to Be a Normal Person	Nominated	[41][42]
2017	9th Gaudí Awards	Best Supporting Actress	100 Meters	Won	[43]
2018	5th Feroz Awards	Best Main Actress in a Series	La zona	Nominated	[44]
	27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actress in a Leading Role		Nominated	[45][46]
	21st Málaga Film Festival	Silver Biznaga for Best Actress	Distances	Won	[47]
2019	24th Forqué Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[48][49]
	6th Feroz Awards	Best Main Actress in a Film		Nominated	[50]
	11th Gaudí Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[51][52]
	28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role	Superlópez	Nominated	[53][54]
2024	32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role	The Tenderness	Nominated	[55][56]