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]
Ingrid García-Jonsson | |
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Born | Ingrid García Jonsson 6 September 1991 Skellefteå, Sweden |
Years active | 1995–present |
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! (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 .[14]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2011 | Okupados | Feature film debut | [15] | |
2014 | Todos | [16] | ||
2014 | Eryka's Eyes | Eryka | [17] | |
2014 | Hermosa juventud (Beautiful Youth) | Natalia | [18] | |
2015 | Sweet Home | Alicia | [19] | |
Berserker | Mireia | [20] | ||
2016 | Toro | Estrella | [21] | |
Acantilado (The Cliff) | Cordelia | [22] | ||
Gernika (Guernica) | Marta | [23] | ||
2017 | Zona hostil (Rescue Under Fire) | Cabo Sánchez ('Corporal Sánchez') | [24] | |
2018 | En las estrellas | [25] | ||
Ana de día (Ana by Day) | Ana / Nina | [26] | ||
2019 | Love Me Not | Salomé | [27] | |
Taxi a Gibraltar (Taxi to Gibraltar) | Sandra Sánchez | [28] | ||
La pequeña Suiza (The Little Switzerland) | Nathalie | [29] | ||
Salir del ropero (So My Grandma's a Lesbian!) | Eva | [11] | ||
Yo, mi mujer y mi mujer muerta (Me, Myself and My Dead Wife) | Amalia | [30] | ||
2020 | El arte de volver (The Art of Return) | Ana | [31] | |
Explota, explota (My Heart Goes Boom!) | María | [32] | ||
2021 | Veneciafrenia (Venicephrenia) | Isa | [12] | |
2022 | Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas (We Won't Kill Each Other with Guns) | Blanca | [33] | |
Camera Café, la película | Déborah | [34] | ||
2023 | The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die | Brand | [35] | |
Un amor | Lara | |||
TBA | Una ballena (A Whale) | [37] |
TV series
- Un cuento perfecto (2023) as Candela[38]
- Instinto (2019) as Carol
- Limbo (2018) as Lidia Ronco
- Apaches (2015–2017) as Miranda
- Aliados (2014) as Bianca Rock
- Tierra de lobos (2013) as Pepi
- Con pelos en la lengua (2013) as Sara
- Los Cuervo: ¡Pillados! (2011) as Fan Pop4You
Accolades
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2015 |
20th Forqué Awards | Best Actress | Beautiful Youth | Nominated | |
2nd Feroz Awards | Best Main Actress in a Film | Nominated | |||
7th Gaudí Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | |||
29th Goya Awards | Best New Actress | Nominated | |||
2024 |
32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actress in a Minor Role | Un amor | Nominated |
References
External links
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