Aura Garrido

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

Aura Garrido Sánchez (born 29 May 1989) is a Spanish film and television actress. She has appeared in such films as Stockholm and the television series El ministerio del tiempo.

Aura Garrido
Garrido in 2019
Born	Aura Garrido Sánchez (1989-05-29) 29 May 1989 (age 36) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2009–present

Early life

Garrido was born in Madrid in 1989.^[1] Her father Tomás Garrido is a composer and orchestra conductor, and her mother, María del Pilar Sánchez, is a painter.^[1][2]

She took her first piano classes when she was four years old, and soon after, started practicing ballet.^[1] She speaks English thanks to having an English-speaking best friend growing up.^[3]

After ending her high school studies, she enrolled in the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático, in Madrid, she took interpretation until her third year, specializing in textual interpretation, but she dropped out in 2010 because she was cast for the film Plans for Tomorrow.^[1] This role earned her the Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actress^[4] and a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress.

Career

Garrido at the Miami Film Festival presentation of Innocent Killers

In 2010 she got her first main role in the Telecinco television series La pecera de Eva. Later, she centered her career in the small screen, and formed part of the Ángel o demonio, Crematorio and Imperium casts. She went back to working in cinema with two small roles in Promoción fantasma (2012) and El cuerpo, (2012). In 2013 she starred in Stockholm. For her performance, she won the Sant Jordi Award and a medal from the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos, and was nominated in the best actress category at the Goya Awards,^[5] the Feroz Awards and the Forqué Awards.^[5]

In 2014, on television again, she participated in the miniseries Hermanos and filmed Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste although the latter was not broadcast until 2015. From 2015 through 2017, she played Amelia Folch in the Televisión Española series, El Ministerio del Tiempo.^[6]

In Someone Who Takes Care of Me (2023), Garrido played an actress at the peak of her career facing a family secret upending the relationship with her mother and grandmother.^[7]

In March 2025, she debuted in the play The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (a Rakel Camacho's adaptation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's play) at Nave 10 Matadero.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Planes para mañana (Plans for Tomorrow)	Mónica		[9]
2012	Promoción fantasma (Ghost Graduation)	Elsa		[10]
	El cuerpo (The Body)	Carla Miller		[11]
2013	Los ilusos (The Wishful Thinkers)	Sofía		[12]
	Stockholm	She		[13]
	Viral [es]	Lucía		[14]
2015	Vulcania	Marta		[14]
	Asesinos inocentes (Innocent Killers)	Nuria Abreu		[14]
2016	La reconquista (The Reconquest)	Clara		[15]
2017	La niebla y la doncella (The Mist and the Maiden)	Virginia Chamorro		[16]
	Cold Skin	Aneris		[17]
2018	El aviso (The Warning)	Lucía		[18]
	Solo	Ona		[19]
2019	El asesino de los caprichos (The Goya Murders)	Eva González		[20]
	El silencio de la ciudad blanca (El silencio de la ciudad blanca)	Estíbaliz Ruiz de Gauna		[21]
2020	Malnazidos (Valley of the Dead)	Matacuras		[22]
2023	Alguien que cuide de mí (Someone Who Takes Care of Me)	Nora		[23]
	Amanece	Alba		[24]
2024	Historias (Stories)			[25]
	Daniela Forever	Teresa		[26]

Television

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Física o química	Erica	4 episodes
2009	De repente, los Gómez	Silvia	10 episodes
2010	La pecera de Eva	Esther
2011	Ángel o demonio	Valeria		[14]
2011	Crematorio	Miriam Mullor		[14]
2012	Imperium	Cora	6 episodes
2014	Hermanos	Pilar Yagüe		[14]
2015	Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste	Inés de Castro	13 episodes
2015	La dama velata	Cecile
2015	Víctor Ros	Lucía Alonso	1 Episode (Chapter 3)
2015–17	El Ministerio del Tiempo	Amelia Folch		[14][27]
2016	El padre de Caín	Begoña	Miniseries	[28]
2018	El día de mañana	Carme Román	Miniseries	[29]
2021	El inocente (The Innocent)	Olivia Costa		[30]
2022	A Private Affair	Marina Quiroga		[31]
2024	Santuario	Valle		[32]
2024	Invisible	Profesora	Miniseries

Theatre

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre
2012	Cuando cuente hasta 3		Microtheatre of Calle 13
2013	Invierno en el Barrio Rojo		Teatro Español

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2010	13th Málaga Film Festival	Silver Biznaga for Best Supporting Actress	Plans for Tomorrow	Won	[33]
2011	66th CEC Medals	Best Newcomer		Nominated	[citation needed]
	25th Goya Awards	Best New Actress		Nominated	[34]
	20th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best New Actress		Nominated	[35][36]
2013	16th Málaga Film Festival	Silver Biznaga for Best Actress	Stockholm	Won[a]	[37]
	2nd Neon Fan Awards	Best Spanish Actress	The Body	Nominated	[citation needed]
2014	19th Forqué Awards	Best Actress	Stockholm	Nominated	[38][39]
	1st Feroz Awards	Best Main Actress		Nominated	[40]
	28th Goya Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[41]
	64th Fotogramas de Plata	Best Film Actress		Nominated	[42]
	58th Sant Jordi Awards	Best Actress		Won	[43]
	69th CEC Medals	Best Actress		Won	[44]
	13th Transilvania International Film Festival	Best Performance		Won[b]	[45]
2016	25th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actress in a Leading Role	The Ministry of Time	Nominated	[46][47]
2017	4th Feroz Awards	Best Main Actress in a Series		Won	[48]
	26th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actress in a Leading Role		Won	[49]
2018	5th Feroz Awards	Best Main Actress in a Series		Nominated	[50]
	27th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actress in a Leading Role		Nominated	[51][52]
	5th Platino Awards	Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV series		Nominated	[53]
	20th Iris Awards	Best Actress	What the Future Holds	Nominated	[54]
2019	6th Feroz Awards	Best Main Actress in a Series		Nominated	[55]

Notes

1. Tied with Candela Peña for Yesterday Never Ends
2. Shared with co-star Javier Pereira