Ingrid García-Jonsson (born 6 September 1991) is a Swedish-Spanish actress. She was nominated to the Goya Award for Best New Actress for her performance in Beautiful Youth (2014).[1]

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Ingrid García Jonsson

(1991-09-06) 6 September 1991 (age 33)
Skellefteå, Sweden
Years active1995–present
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Early life

Born in northern Sweden to a Spanish father and a Swedish mother, García-Jonsson moved with her parents to Seville in Spain at a young age. García-Jonsson studied architecture, and first worked as a waitress in a bar.[2]

Career

She received her first role in the film Hermosa juventud, which premiered at the Festival de Cannes and received good reviews.[3]

García-Jonsson became well-known as an actress in independent films, and was nominated to Premios Feroz, Premios Forqué, Gaudí Awards, and Premios Goya.[4]

In the film Knight and Day (2010), García-Jonsson was the stuntwoman for Cameron Diaz.[5]

García-Jonsson played Amalia along Carlos Areces and Oscar Martínez in Me, Myself and My Dead Wife (2019), directed by Santiago Amodeo.[6] She also appeared in political satire comedy The Little Switzerland (2019), portraying Nathalie, a secretary of the ayuntamiento of Tellería (a Castilian municipality surrounded by the Basque Country) who is keen on the village joining the Swiss Confederation.[7][8] She played Eva alongside Verónica Forqué, Rosa Maria Sardà and David Verdaguer in So My Grandma's a Lesbian! [es] (2019) by Ángeles Reiné.[9][10][11]

In October 2020, she began shooting Álex de la Iglesia's slasher Venicephrenia, portraying Isa, a Spanish tourist in Venice about to get married.[12][13] In July of the same year, she was reported to have joined the shooting of workplace comedy film Camera Cafe, la película [es].[14]

Filmography

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011OkupadosFeature film debut[15]
2014Todos[16]
2014Eryka's EyesEryka[17]
2014Hermosa juventud (Beautiful Youth)Natalia[18]
2015Sweet HomeAlicia[19]
BerserkerMireia[20]
2016ToroEstrella[21]
Acantilado (The Cliff)Cordelia[22]
Gernika (Guernica)Marta[23]
2017Zona hostil (Rescue Under Fire)Cabo Sánchez ('Corporal Sánchez')[24]
2018En las estrellas [ca][25]
Ana de día (Ana by Day)Ana / Nina[26]
2019Love Me Not [ca]Salomé[27]
Taxi a Gibraltar (Taxi to Gibraltar)Sandra Sánchez[28]
La pequeña Suiza (The Little Switzerland)Nathalie[29]
Salir del ropero [es] (So My Grandma's a Lesbian!)Eva[11]
Yo, mi mujer y mi mujer muerta (Me, Myself and My Dead Wife)Amalia[30]
2020El arte de volver (The Art of Return)Ana[31]
Explota, explota (My Heart Goes Boom!)María[32]
2021Veneciafrenia (Venicephrenia)Isa[12]
2022Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas (We Won't Kill Each Other with Guns)Blanca[33]
Camera Café, la película [es]Déborah[34]
2023The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must DieBrand[35]
Un amorLara
TBAUna ballena (A Whale)[37]
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Accolades

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2015
20th Forqué AwardsBest ActressBeautiful YouthNominated
2nd Feroz AwardsBest Main Actress in a FilmNominated
7th Gaudí AwardsBest ActressNominated
29th Goya AwardsBest New ActressNominated
2024
32nd Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Film Actress in a Minor RoleUn amorNominated
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References

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