Clara Segura

Clara Segura Crespo (born 6 May 1974) is a Catalan actress and theatre director. She is a prolific performer in the Catalan stage scene.^[1]

Clara Segura
Segura in 2024
Born	Clara Segura Crespo (1974-05-06) 6 May 1974 (age 50) Sant Just Desvern, Spain
Education	Institut del Teatre
Occupations	Actress theatre director

Life and career

Clara Segura Crespo was born in Sant Just Desvern on 6 May 1974.^[2][3] Despite entering a degree on art history, she graduated instead from Barcelona's Institut del Teatre in 1996.^[4] She also took studies on solfeggio, singing and piano.^[2] She made her debut onstage in La bona gent, which was followed by appearances in Antígona, L'espera, Ets aquí?, Madame Melville and El somni d'una nit d'estiu.^[5] She made her feature film debut as an actress in Joel Joan's Excuses! (2003),^[6] portraying Begoña, the hysterical wife of Jesús (Jordi Sánchez).^[7] It was followed by an appearance in The Sea Inside (2004),^[6] portraying Gené, an acquaintance of Ramón Sampedro and pro-euthanasia activist who introduces lawyer Julia to the former.^[8] She won a Gaudí Award for Best Supporting Actress for Les dues vides d'Andrés Rabadán [es].^[9] She won another Gaudí Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2014 for We All Want What's Best for Her.^[10] Segura won back-to-back Butaca Awards for Best Actress in 2018 and 2019 for her performances in the plays Les noies de Mossbank Road and La bona persona de Sezuan.^[11]

She made her solo directorial debut in a stage play in La trena (2022).^[12] She also featured as Diana in Elena Martín Gimeno's drama film Creatura (2023), portraying Diana, the mother of protagonist Mila, who was played among others by Martín Gimeno herself.^[13] Her performance earned her Gaudí^[14] and Goya award nominations for Best Supporting Actress.^[15]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	Excuses!	Begoña		[16]
2004	Mar adentro (The Sea Inside)	Gené		[17]
2009	Les dues vides d'Andrés Rabadán [ca]	Sara		[18]
2012	Una pistola en cada mano (A Gun in Each Hand)	Elena		[19]
2013	Tots volem el millor per a ella (We All Want What's Best for Her)	Glòria		[20]
2018	Durante la tormenta (Mirage)	Hilda Weiss		[21]
2023	Creatura	Diana		[13]
2024	El 47 (The 47)	Carmen		[22]

References

1. Gomila, Andreu. "L'amistat és això". Ara. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
2. Francàs, Ramon (14 September 2019). "No entendería la vida sin amor, ni sin música". La Vanguardia.
3. Maneja, Guillem (29 January 2023). "Clara Segura: "Vivim en una societat masclista i que exalta la joventut"". Nació.
4. Navarro, Núria (17 July 2016). "Clara Segura: "Escuchar las mismas palabras, juntos, nos hace fuertes"". El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica.
5. Capdevila, Carles (20 January 2023). "Clara Segura: "El teatre va directe al fetge i al cor"". Ara.
6. Medina, Guillem (21 November 2004). "Clara Segura, l´actriu que no vol ser estrella" (PDF). Avui.
7. "´Excusas!´, la dificultad de ser verdaderamente feliz". El Periódico de Aragón. Prensa Ibérica. 19 November 2003.
8. Aguado Díaz, Antonio-León; González González, Meni; Rozada Rodríguez, Cristina; Alcedo Rodríguez, María Ángeles (2010). "Mar adentro (2004). Una visión diferente seis años después del Óscar". Revista de Medicina y Cine. 6 (2). Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca: 42.
9. Mata, Toni (3 February 2010). "La protesta no va aigualir la festa dels premis Gaudí". Regió7. Prensa Ibérica.
10. Escudero, Mònica (3 February 2014). "Nora Navas y José Sacristán ganan los Gaudí a los mejores actores principales". Aisge.
11. "Clara Segura guanya el Premi Butaca a Millor Actriu per "La bona persona de Sezuan"". El Baix. 15 July 2019.
12. Colàs, Joan (13 September 2022). "Clara Segura: "Desafortunadamente todavía necesitamos que se expliquen muchas historias de mujeres"". Crónica Global – via El Español.
13. Dry, Jude (25 May 2023). "'Creatura' Review: A Boldly Lyrical Excavation of Lifelong Sexual Desire". IndieWire.
14. ""Creatura" i "Saben aquell", màximes favorites als Premis Gaudí: totes les nominacions". 3/24. 12 December 2023.
15. Sánchez de Castro, David (30 November 2023). "Lista completa de nominados a los Premios Goya 2024: candidatos y favoritos por categoría". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 November 2023.
16. Vall, Pere (29 May 2008). "¡Excusas!". Fotogramas.
17. Aguado Díaz et al. 2010, p. 42.
18. "Alex Brendemühl a "Les dues vides d'Andrés Rabadán"". 10 July 2020 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
19. Torreiro, Mirito (8 November 2012). "Una pistola en cada mano". Fotogramas.
20. "Nora Navas protagonitza "Tots volem el millor per a ella"". TV3. 3 December 2018 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
21. Pérez, Leila (10 July 2023). "Netflix: cuál es el thriller español que es todo un fenómeno y promete atraparte". Minuto AR.
22. Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (1 September 2024). "Los estrenos del 6 de septiembre. 'El 47'. Derecho al respeto".