Elena Anaya

Elena Anaya

Known for
Acting
Born
July 17, 1975 (age 51)
Birthplace
Palencia, Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain

Biography

Elena Anaya Gutiérrez (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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Inheritance

Inheritance

Movie

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Interference

Interference

Movie

2026
Rosebush Pruning poster

Rosebush Pruning

Movie · as Emma

2026
Sisters poster

Sisters

Movie · as Marta

2025
Innate poster

Innate

TV · as Sara · 8 eps

2024
Past Lies poster

Past Lies

TV · as Rita · 6 eps

2023
Fatum poster

Fatum

Movie · as Costa

2023
Fleeting Lies poster

Fleeting Lies

TV · as Lucía · 8 eps

2023
Late Xou con Marc Giró poster

Late Xou con Marc Giró

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
The Chalk Line poster

The Chalk Line

Movie · as Paula

2020
Rifkin's Festival poster

Rifkin's Festival

Movie · as Jo Rojas

2020
Professionals poster

Professionals

TV · as Graciela Davila · 10 eps

2019
Jett poster

Jett

TV · as María · 9 eps

2019
Three Days of Christmas poster

Three Days of Christmas

TV · as Esther, young · 3 eps

2018
La resistencia poster

La resistencia

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2017
Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman

Movie · as Dr. Maru

2017
The Summit poster

The Summit

Movie · as Claudia Klein

2016
The Infiltrator poster

The Infiltrator

Movie · as Gloria Alcaino

2016
Zip & Zap and the Captain's Island poster

Zip & Zap and the Captain's Island

Movie · as Señorita Pam

2015
Swung poster

Swung

Movie · as Alice López

2015
Far from the Sea poster

Far from the Sea

Movie · as Marina

2015
The Memory of Water poster

The Memory of Water

Movie · as Amanda

2014
They Are All Dead poster

They Are All Dead

Movie · as Lupe

2013
I Thought It Was a Party poster

I Thought It Was a Party

Movie · as Ana

2012
Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony poster

Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony

Movie · as Self

2012
The Making of The Skin I Live In poster

The Making of The Skin I Live In

Movie · as Self

2011
The Skin I Live In poster

The Skin I Live In

Movie · as Vera Cruz / Gal

2010
Point Blank poster

Point Blank

Movie · as Nadia Pierret

2010
Room in Rome poster

Room in Rome

Movie · as Alba

2009
Cairo Time poster

Cairo Time

Movie · as Kathryn

2009
Hierro poster

Hierro

Movie · as Maria

2009
9 poster

9

Movie

2008
Walking Vengeance poster

Walking Vengeance

Movie · as Ana

2008
Mesrine: Killer Instinct poster

Mesrine: Killer Instinct

Movie · as Sofia

2007
Savage Grace poster

Savage Grace

Movie · as Blanca

2007
In the Land of Women poster

In the Land of Women

Movie · as Sofia Buñuel

2007
Miguel and William poster

Miguel and William

Movie · as Leonor

2007
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood poster

Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2006
Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer poster

Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer

Movie · as Angélica de Alquézar

2005
Fragile poster

Fragile

Movie · as Helen Perez

2005
Dead Fish poster

Dead Fish

Movie · as Mimi

2005
Ana y Manuel poster

Ana y Manuel

Movie · as Ana

2004
Van Helsing poster

Van Helsing

Movie · as Aleera

2003
Two Tough Guys poster

Two Tough Guys

Movie · as Tatiana

2002
Talk to Her poster

Talk to Her

Movie · as Ángela

2002
Rancour poster

Rancour

Movie · as Esther

2002
The Blue Room poster

The Blue Room

Movie · as Ana

2001
Sex and Lucía poster

Sex and Lucía

Movie · as Belén

2001
Don't Tempt Me poster

Don't Tempt Me

Movie · as Pili

2000
The Winter of the Anjanas poster

The Winter of the Anjanas

Movie · as Adelaida

2000
El árbol del penitente poster

El árbol del penitente

Movie · as Sonsoles

1999
Wiped-Out Footprints poster

Wiped-Out Footprints

Movie · as Rosa

1999
Finisterre, donde termina el mundo poster

Finisterre, donde termina el mundo

Movie · as Laura

1998
Black Tears poster

Black Tears

Movie · as Alicia

1998
Grandes ocasiones poster

Grandes ocasiones

Movie · as Susy

1997
What Makes Women Laugh? poster

What Makes Women Laugh?

Movie · as Catalina Bayarri

1996
Family poster

Family

Movie · as Luna

1996
África poster

África

Movie · as África

1995
Lo + plus poster

Lo + plus

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep