Bárbara Lennie

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

Bárbara Lennie Holguín (born 20 April 1984) is a Spanish actress,^[1] hailed as an indie cinema star.^[2] She won the Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 2014 neo-noir drama Magical Girl, also scooping nominations for Obaba (New Actress),^[3] El niño (Supporting Actress),^[3] María (and Everybody Else) (Best Actress),^[4] and God's Crooked Lines (Best Actress).

Bárbara Lennie
Lennie in 2024
Born	Bárbara Lennie Holguín (1984-04-20) 20 April 1984 (age 41) Madrid, Spain
Education	RESAD
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present
Children	1

Biography

Born in Madrid on 20 April 1984,^[1][5] she is of Argentine and Irish descent.^[5] She moved as a toddler with her family from the Prosperidad neighborhood to Buenos Aires, where she lived for 6 years before returning to Madrid circa 1990.^[5] She made her feature film debut at age 15 in No Pain, No Gain.^[3] She graduated from the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (RESAD),^[3] after which she started working professionally as an actress.^[5] Her credits include Magical Girl, Obaba and El Niño and the television series Isabel and El incidente.

She gave birth to her first child, a daughter, with her partner Diego Postigo in 2022.^[6][7][8]

Filmography

Film

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2001	Más pena que gloria (No Pain, No Gain)	Gloria		[9]
2005	Obaba	Lourdes		[10]
2006	La bicicleta (The Bicycle)	Julia		[11]
	Mujeres en el parque (Women in the Park)	Mónica		[12]
2007	Todos los días son tuyos [es] (All Days Are Yours)	María		[13]
	Las 13 rosas (13 Roses)	Dionisia		[14]
2009	Los condenados (The Damned)	Silvia		[15]
2010	Todas las canciones hablan de mí (Every Song Is About Me)	Andrea		[16]
2011	La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In)	Cristina		[14]
2012	Dictado (Childish Games)	Laura		[17]
	Miel de naranjas (Orange Honey)	Ana		[18]
2014	Stella cadente (Falling Star)	Maria Vittoria		[19]
	El Niño	Eva		[3]
	Magical Girl	Bárbara		[20]
	Murieron por encima de sus posibilidades (Dying Beyond Their Means)			[21]
2015	El apóstata (The Apostate)	Maite		[22]
2016	María (y los demás) (María (and Everybody Else))	María		[23]
	Contratiempo (The Invisible Guest)	Laura Vidal		[24]
	Las furias (The Furies)	Julia		[25]
2017	Una especie de familia (A Sort of Family)	Malena		[26]
	Oro (Gold)	Doña Ana		[27]
2018	La enfermedad del domingo (Sunday's Illness)	Chiara		[28]
	Todos lo saben (Everybody Knows)	Bea		[29]
	Petra	Petra		[30]
	El reino (The Realm)	Amaia Marín		[31]
2022	El agua (The Water)	Isabella		[32]
	El suplente (The Substitute)	Mariela		[33]
	Los renglones torcidos de Dios (God's Crooked Lines)	Alice Gould		[34]
2023	Las chicas están bien (The Girls Are Alright)	Barbara		[35]
2024	Verano en diciembre (Family Affairs)	Carmen		[36]
2025	Los Tigres †	Estrella		[37]
2026	Amarga Navidad † (Bitter Christmas)	Elsa		[38]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007–08	Cuenta atrás (Countdown)	Leo	Main	[39]
2009–10	Amar en tiempos revueltos	Rosa Fernández / Mónica Cortés	Main. Season 5	[40][41]
2009	Águila Roja (Red Eagle)	Cristina Hernando	Guest	[42][43]
2011–13	Isabel	Juana de Avis		[44]
2013	Balas perdidas (Lost Bullets)	Katie	TV pilot	[citation needed]
2017	El incidente [es] (The Incident)	Ana	Main	[45]
2020	Escenario 0 (''Stage 0)	Barbara	Episode: "Hermanas"	[citation needed]
2020	El desorden que dejas (The Mess You Leave Behind)	Viruca	Main	[46]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2006	61st CEC Medals	Best New Artist	Obaba	Nominated	[47]
	20th Goya Awards	Best New Actress		Nominated	[3]
2010	54th Sant Jordi Awards	Best Spanish Actress	The Damned	Won	[15]
2011	20th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best New Actress	La función por hacer	Won	[48][49]
2013	22nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actress in a Secondary Role	Isabel	Nominated	[50][51]
2015	20th Forqué Awards	Best Actress	Magical Girl	Won	[52]
	7th Gaudí Awards	Best Supporting Actress	El niño	Won	[53][54]
		Best Actress	Falling Star	Nominated
	70th CEC Medals	Best Actress	Magical Girl	Won	[55]
	2nd Feroz Awards	Best Main Actress in a Film		Won	[56]
	29th Goya Awards	Best Actress		Won	[57]
		Best Supporting Actress	El niño	Nominated
	65th Fotogramas de Plata	Best Movie Actress	Magical Girl	Won	[58]
	2nd Fénix Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[59][60]
2016	25th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Stage Actress in a Leading Role	La clausura del amor	Won	[61]
2017	22nd Forqué Awards	Best Actress	María (and Everybody Else)	Nominated	[62]
	4th Feroz Awards	Best Main Actress in a Film		Won	[63]
	31st Goya Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[64]
	15th Mestre Mateo Awards	Best Actress		Won	[65]
	4th Fénix Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[66][67]
2018	66th Silver Condor Awards	Best Actress	A Sort of Family	Nominated	[68]
	12th Sur Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[69][70]
	5th Fénix Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[71][72]
	31st European Film Awards	Best Actress	Petra	Nominated	[73][74]
2019	24th Forqué Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[75]
	6th Feroz Awards	Best Main Actress in a Film		Nominated	[76]
		Best Supporting Actress in a Film	Everybody Knows	Nominated
	11th Gaudí Awards	Best Actress	Petra	Nominated	[77][78]
	28th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actress in a Leading Role	Sunday's Illness	Nominated	[79][80][81]
		Best Stage Actress in a Leading Role	El tratamiento	Nominated
2023	15th Gaudí Awards	Best Actress	God's Crooked Lines	Nominated	[82]
	78th CEC Medals	Best Supporting Actress	The Water	Nominated	[83]
	37th Goya Awards	Best Actress	God's Crooked Lines	Nominated	[84]