Isabel Peña

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

Isabel Peña Domingo (born 1983) is a Spanish screenwriter. She often works in tandem with Rodrigo Sorogoyen.

Isabel Peña
At the 33rd Goya Awards in 2019
Born	Isabel Peña Domingo 1983 Zaragoza, Spain
Occupation	Screenwriter

Biography

Born in 1983 in Zaragoza,^[1] she became a fan of classical cinema when she was very young.^[2] She earned a degree in Comunicación Audiovisual from the University of Navarre and a degree in scriptwriting from the Escuela de Cinematografía y del Audiovisual de la Comunidad de Madrid (ECAM).^[3]

She worked for the first time with Sorogoyen (whom she had met at the ECAM) in the screenwriting team of the television series Impares.^[4]

Works

Film

• 2013: Stockholm^[5]
• 2016: Que Dios nos perdone (May God Save Us)^[5]
• 2018: El reino (The Realm).^[5]
• 2019: Madre (Mother)^[4]
• 2022: As bestas (The Beasts)^[6]
• 2022: Jaula (The Chalk Line)^[7]
• 2024: El llanto (The Wailing)^[8]

Television

• Impares [es] (17 episodes, 2008).^[5]
• Bicho malo [es] (32 episodes, 2009).^[5]
• La pecera de Eva (57 episodes, 2010).^[5]
• Todo por el juego [es] (2018).^[9]
• Antidisturbios (2020;^[10] also credited as "creator")

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2014	1st Feroz Awards	Best Screenplay	Stockholm	Nominated	[11]
2017	4th Feroz Awards	Best Screenplay	May God Save Us	Nominated	[12]
	31st Goya Awards	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated	[13]
2019	6th Feroz Awards	Best Screenplay	The Realm	Won	[14]
	33rd Goya Awards	Best Original Screenplay		Won	[15]
2020	34th Goya Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay	Mother	Nominated	[16]
2023	37th Goya Awards	Best Original Screenplay	The Beasts	Won	[17]