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Elena Anaya (born July 17, 1975) is a Spanish actress whose career dates back to 1995. Anaya was born in Palencia, Spain on July 17, 1975. She is the youngest of 5 children. She first received international attention in 2001 for her role in the sexually explicit drama Lucía y el sexo (Sex and Lucía) and also appeared in Pedro Almodóvar's Hable con ella (Talk to Her). Her best-known Hollywood film role was as a vampire in 2004's Van Helsing, playing Dracula's bride, Aleera. She is also featured in Justin Timberlake's music video for his 2006 single, SexyBack. In 2004, she was named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.

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From Palencia, Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain

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Rating

70M

Budget

236M

Revenue

Acting

Primarily

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2025 Rosebush Pruning

2023 Fatum as Costa

2022 The Chalk Line as Paula

2020 Rifkin’s Festival as Jo Rojas

2017 The Summit as Claudia Klein

2017 Wonder Woman as Dr. Maru

2016 Zip & Zap and the Captain's Island as Señorita Pam

2016 The Infiltrator as Gloria Alcaino

2015 Far from the Sea as Marina

2015 The Memory of Water as Amanda

2015 Swung as Alice López Producer

2014 They Are All Dead as Lupe

2013 I Thought It Was a Party as Ana

2012 Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony as Self

2012 The Making of The Skin I Live In as Self

2011 The Skin I Live In as Vera Cruz

2010 Point Blank as Nadia Pierret

2010 Room in Rome as Alba

2009 Cairo Time as Kathryn

2009 Hierro as Maria

2009 9

2008 Walking Vengeance as Ana

2008 Mesrine: Killer Instinct as Sofia

2007 Savage Grace as Blanca

2007 In the Land of Women as Sofia Buñuel

2007 Miguel and William as Leonor

2006 Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer as Angélica de Alquézar

2005 Fragile as Helen Perez

2005 Dead Fish as Mimi

2005 Ana y Manuel as Ana

2004 Van Helsing as Aleera

2003 Two Tough Guys as Tatiana

2002 Rancour as Esther

2002 The Blue Room as Ana

2002 Talk to Her as Ángela

2001 Don't Tempt Me as Pili

2001 Sex and Lucía as Belén

2000 The Winter of the Anjanas as Adelaida

2000 El árbol del penitente as Sonsoles

1999 Wiped-Out Footprints as Rosa

1999 Finisterre, donde termina el mundo as Laura

1998 Black Tears as Alicia

1998 Grandes ocasiones as Susy

1997 What Makes Women Laugh? as Catalina Bayarri

1996 Family as Luna

1996 África as África

Genres

7.40 Family 1

6.71 Horror 4

6.66 Fantasy 2

6.51 Mystery 4

6.50 Documentary 1

6.32 Thriller 10

6.30 Action 7

6.30 Adventure 4

6.24 Crime 6

5.95 Drama 26

5.87 Romance 13

5.75 Comedy 10

4.60 History 1