Laia Costa

Laia Costa was born on 18 February 1985 in Barcelona, Spain,{{cite web|date=30 November 2015|title=Laia Costa: “Las mujeres no morimos a los 45 años, ¿verdad?”|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/el-relevo/a12347601/laia-costa-las-mujeres-no-morimos-a-los-45-anos-verdad/|access-date=3 November 2024|website=Fotogramas|archive-date=5 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805211113/https://www.fotogramas.es/el-relevo/a12347601/laia-costa-las-mujeres-no-morimos-a-los-45-anos-verdad/|url-status=live|language=es}} to José María Costa, an accountant,{{cite news |last1=Harrison|first1=Ellie|title=Laia Costa: 'I've lost jobs for refusing to do nude scenes – my old agent said, 'Who do you think you are?'"|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/laia-costa-interview-soulmates-victoria-b1804073.html|access-date=12 May 2023 |work=independent.co.uk|date=25 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221070625/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/laia-costa-interview-soulmates-victoria-b1804073.html|archive-date=21 February 2021|language=en|url-status=deviated}} and Cristina Bertrán, one of Barcelona's first female taxi drivers.{{cite web|date=7 January 2023|title=Laia Costa, protagonista de 'Cinco lobitos': "Mucha gente a mi alrededor sufre ataques de pánico, yo prefiero ir despacito"|url=https://elpais.com/eps/2023-01-08/laia-costa-protagonista-de-cinco-lobitos-mucha-gente-a-mi-alrededor-sufre-ataques-de-panico-yo-prefiero-ir-despacito.html|first=Jesús|last=Ruiz Mantilla|access-date=8 January 2023|website=El País|archive-date=8 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108182323/https://elpais.com/eps/2023-01-08/laia-costa-protagonista-de-cinco-lobitos-mucha-gente-a-mi-alrededor-sufre-ataques-de-panico-yo-prefiero-ir-despacito.html|url-status=live|language=es}} She grew up in Horta.{{cite web|date=10 January 2023|title=Laia Costa, buscant l'equilibri|url=https://diumenge.ara.cat/suplements/rar/rar-laia-costa-victoria_1_3856863.html|last=Vidal|first=Nuria|access-date=27 September 2015|website=diariARA|archive-date=13 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213121836/https://diumenge.ara.cat/suplements/rar/rar-laia-costa-victoria_1_3856863.html|url-status=live|language=ca}} The elder daughter in a family of two girls, her younger sister is Noemí Costa, also an actress and architect but currently dedicated to art direction.{{cite web|date=26 April 2021|title=Laia Costa: doula, hija de taxista... y la actriz española con más éxito en el cine 'indie' internacional|last=Miranda|first=Beatriz|url=https://www.elmundo.es/loc/celebrities/2021/04/26/608051a0fc6c83d75e8b4662.html|access-date=10 January 2023|website=EL MUNDO|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505134443/https://www.elmundo.es/loc/celebrities/2021/04/26/608051a0fc6c83d75e8b4662.html|url-status=live|language=es}} She attended the Salesian College San Juan Bosco Horta.{{cite web|title=Laia Costa|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/20151025/54438351666/laia-costa.html|access-date=21 April 2024|website=La Vanguardia|archive-date=12 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312132516/https://www.lavanguardia.com/20151025/54438351666/laia-costa.html|language=es}}

Costa considers her foray into acting as an accident, since she never considered becoming an actress when she was growing up in Spain, she affirms that she had no role models and when she had to decide which profession to study, acting was not valued as a possibility.{{cite web|date=16 November 2022|title=Laia Costa - Fade to Her|url=https://www.fadetoher.com/2022/11/16/laia-costa/|access-date=31 August 2023|website=FADE TO HER|archive-date=31 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831172316/https://www.fadetoher.com/2022/11/16/laia-costa/|url-status=live}} She played basketball from a young age for 17 years, playing for the Hispano Francés sports club at the point guard position.{{cite web|date=25 November 2019|title=El sorprendente pasado de la actriz catalana Laia Costa|url=https://www.elnacional.cat/enblau/es/famosos/laia-costa-actriz-pasado-foody_445203_102.html|last=Porras|first=Darío|access-date=10 January 2023|website=ElNacional.cat|archive-date=10 January 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230110112406/https://www.elnacional.cat/enblau/es/famosos/laia-costa-actriz-pasado-foody_445203_102.html|url-status=live|language=es}} Regarding her experience in sports, Costa recalls "it has given me many values that I have not found elsewhere, at least not in such a pure form. Teamwork, to begin with."

She obtained a degree in advertising, public relations, and marketing at the Blanquerna-Ramon Llull University's School of Communication and International Relations. After graduating, Costa worked for marketing agencies as an account executive at Mr. John Sample without set hours and later for a German company with strict ins and outs. Because of this, she had more free time and decided to take theatre classes with her sister at the Nancy Tuñón School in Barcelona.

Costa took different acting courses and eventually took casting director Luci Lenox's Acting in English course at the Frank Stien Studio for two years.{{cite web|title=LA ACTRIZ DEL MES - FRANKAZINE|url=http://www.frankazine.com/la-actriz-del-mes.html|access-date=10 January 2023|website=Frankazine|archive-date=22 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122045407/http://www.frankazine.com/la-actriz-del-mes.html|url-status=unfit|language=es}} She speaks fluent Catalan, Spanish, French, and English.{{cite web|url=https://cinemien.nl/downloads/movie/11810/ONLY-YOU-persmap-nl.pdf|title=ONLY-YOU-persmap-nl|author=|website=Cinemien|access-date=25 February 2022|quote=Nearly everything I’ve done is in English! So sometimes I'm wondering: what if I don't know how to act in Spanish anymore? You know that feeling when you speak a different language and you feel like you change a little bit…? If I speak French I can feel how some parts of my personality are more present. If I speak Catalan - because my first language is Catalan – that’s the Laia I know, because I grew up with her…|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225052458/https://cinemien.nl/downloads/movie/11810/ONLY-YOU-persmap-nl.pdf|archive-date=25 February 2022}}

Costa starred in the music video for Portrait's song "Today Is the Day."{{cite web|url=https://www.pereroca.cat/portfolio/videoclip-portrait-today-is-the-day/|title=Videoclip de Portrait - today is the day|website=Pere Roca|date=15 March 2010|access-date=27 August 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811194818/http://pereroca.cat/portfolio/videoclip-portrait-today-is-the-day/|archive-date=11 August 2016|language=ca}} She made her television debut as Inés Flores in the 2011 daily television series Bandolera,{{cite web|url=https://www.antena3.com/series/bandolera/sobre-la-serie/ines-flores_20110825575359c36584a8ec215b3581.html|title=Laia Costa es Inés Flores|website=Antena 3|date=15 October 2011|access-date=29 August 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829180626/https://www.antena3.com/series/bandolera/sobre-la-serie/ines-flores_20110825575359c36584a8ec215b3581.html|archive-date=29 August 2023|language=es}} followed by an episodic appearance in the 2012 historical drama television series Toledo. That same year, she made her film debut as a background 'Chica Serpiente' in the drama film I Want You.{{cite web|url=https://www.ntrguadalajara.com/post.php?id_nota=18733|title=La nueva sensación|website=NTR Guadalajara|date=18 October 2015|access-date=29 August 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829182300/https://www.ntrguadalajara.com/post.php?id_nota=18733|archive-date=29 August 2023|language=es}}

The following year, Costa starred as Rym, a girl with breast cancer, who becomes the roommate of Lleó, portrayed by Àlex Monner, in the second season of the television show Polseres vermelles,{{cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/tele/20130225/he-perdido-algunos-papeles-por-estar-calva-pero-rym-ha-valido-la-pena-2326044|title="He perdido algunos papeles por estar calva, pero Rym ha valido la pena"|website=El Periódico|first=Olga|last=Lerín|date=25 February 2013|accessdate=11 January 2023|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421002117/https://www.elperiodico.com/es/tele/20130225/he-perdido-algunos-papeles-por-estar-calva-pero-rym-ha-valido-la-pena-2326044|archive-date=21 April 2019}} winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Kids TV Series,{{cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/series/20150221/54426392366/polseres-vermelles-premio-mejor-serie-emmys.html|title='Polseres vermelles' gana el premio a mejor serie en los Emmys infantiles|website=La Vanguardia|date=21 February 2015|accessdate=11 January 2023|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709055428/http://www.lavanguardia.com/series/20150221/54426392366/polseres-vermelles-premio-mejor-serie-emmys.html|archive-date=9 July 2015}} adapted by Steven Spielberg for North America as Red Band Society;{{cite web|url=http://www.ara.cat/comunicacio/polseres_vermelles-spielberg-abc-kauffman-eua-friends_0_580742032.html|title=Spielberg i Kauffman fan oficial l'acord per adaptar 'Polseres vermelles' als EUA|language=ca|website=Ara|date=28 November 2011|accessdate=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020165143/https://www.ara.cat/media/polseres-vermelles-spielberg-abc-kauffman-eua-friends_1_2546822.html|archive-date=20 October 2021}} and in La Bien Querida's music video for her song "Arenas Movedizas".{{Cite web|date=21 January 2013|title=Elefant Records|url=https://elefant.com/en/video_open_lightbox/vid_id/4952|access-date=27 August 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114211746/http://elefant.com/en/video_open_lightbox/vid_id/4952|archive-date=14 November 2013}} On stage, later that year, she was cast as Maria Kapravof in her first professional play, Atraco, paliza y muerte en Agbanäspach by Nao Albet and Marcel Borràs at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya.{{Cite web|title=Atraco, paliza y muerte en Agbanäspach|url=https://www.teatro.es/contenidos/revistaDigitalDeLaEscena/RDE13_2/espectaculo.php?seccionCartelera=Dramaturgia&codigoEspectaculo=45273|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619042121/http://teatro.es/contenidos/revistaDigitalDeLaEscena/RDE13_2/espectaculo.php?seccionCartelera=Dramaturgia&codigoEspectaculo=45273|archive-date=19 June 2020|access-date=28 August 2023|website=teatro.es|language=es}} For the role, Costa, whose text was entirely written in German, learned it by heart.{{Cite web|title=Entrevista a Laia Costa, protagonista de "Victoria"|url=https://cinefiloserial.com.ar/entrevista-a-laia-costa-protagonista-de-victoria/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627134956/http://cinefiloserial.com.ar/entrevista-a-laia-costa-protagonista-de-victoria/|archive-date=27 June 2018|access-date=29 August 2023|date=13 October 2016|website=Cinéfilo Serial|language=es|last=Schuster|first=Sami}} Nuvol remarked, "It's surprising how Laia Costa's conviction as a somewhat hipster-esque femme fatale, plays her role entirely in German".{{cite web|url=https://www.nuvol.com/teatre-i-dansa/meta-gamberrada-paliza-i-muerte-al-tnc-9282|title=Meta-gamberrada, paliza i muerte al TNC|website=Núvol|date=20 June 2013|access-date=29 August 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829184335/https://www.nuvol.com/teatre-i-dansa/meta-gamberrada-paliza-i-muerte-al-tnc-9282|archive-date=29 August 2023|language=es|last=Massana|first=Massana}} This led to a role as Claudia in the short film Y otro año, perdices,{{cite web|url=http://www.promofest.org/films/y-otro-ano-perdices|title=Y OTRO AÑO, PERDICES|website=promofest.org|access-date=29 August 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030073233/https://www.promofest.org/films/y-otro-ano-perdices|archive-date=30 October 2020|language=es}} and as Alba in the period drama television series The Time in Between.

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In 2014, she played as Luna in the short film Razones.{{cite web|url=https://www.movieposterdb.com/razones-i5029152/|title=Razones (2014)|website=movieposterdb.com|access-date=29 August 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829185812/https://www.movieposterdb.com/razones-i5029152/|archive-date=29 August 2023}} She also starred in Yuriy Moroz's adventure and fantasy film Fort Ross. This was Costa's first international credit in a production.{{Cite news|title=Laia Costa, un plano secuencia hacia la gloria|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2015/02/13/actualidad/1423845760_301701.html|last=Belichón|first=Gregorio|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214163343/http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2015/02/13/actualidad/1423845760_301701.html|archive-date=14 February 2015|access-date=29 August 2023|date=14 February 2015|website=El País|language=es}} The same year, Costa played Calda in the special reading of Magdalena Barile's Llum o de les potencialitats lluminoses del cos humà at the Festival Grec de Barcelona,{{Cite web|title=IX Obrador d'estiu de la Sala Beckett|url=https://www.salabeckett.cat/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ix-obrador-destiu-de-la-sala-beckett-cat-web.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614214016/https://www.salabeckett.cat/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ix-obrador-destiu-de-la-sala-beckett-cat-web.pdf|archive-date=14 June 2022|access-date=28 August 2023|website=Sala Beckett|language=ca}} and starred in the anthology television series Cuéntame un cuento in a twisted remake of the traditional fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood.{{Cite web|title=Laia Costa y Adolfo Fernández serán la Caperucita Roja y El Lobo españoles del "Érase una vez" de Antena 3|url=https://www.eldiario.es/vertele/videos/actualidad/costa-adolfo-fernandez-caperucita-antena_1_7716786.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829190812/https://www.eldiario.es/vertele/videos/actualidad/costa-adolfo-fernandez-caperucita-antena_1_7716786.html|archive-date=29 August 2023|access-date=29 August 2023|date=20 January 2012|website=elDiario.es|language=es}}

Costa starred as the titular character in Victoria, a crime thriller film directed by Sebastian Schipper, which was almost entirely improvised by the actors; the 134-minute film was shot in a single take.{{cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/film/interviews/sebastian-schipper-victoria-berlin|title=Sebastian Schipper on single-shot crime flick Victoria|website=The Skinny|first=Patrick|last=Gamble|date=25 March 2016|accessdate=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430201705/http://www.theskinny.co.uk/film/interviews/sebastian-schipper-victoria-berlin|archive-date=30 April 2017}} It premiered at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival to critical acclaim.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/berlin-film-review-victoria-1201426918/|title=Victoria Review|website=Empire Magazine|first=Liz|last=Beardsworth|date=31 March 2016|accessdate=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402013128/http://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/berlin-film-review-victoria-1201426918|archive-date=2 April 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/victoria-review/|title=Film Review: 'Victoria'|website=Variety|first=Guy|last=Lodge|date=7 February 2015|accessdate=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903223112/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/victoria-review/|archive-date=3 September 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/movies/review-victoria-a-nonstop-flight-through-the-streets-of-berlin.html|title=Review: 'Victoria,' a Nonstop Flight Through the Streets of Berlin|website=The New York Times|first=Stephen|last=Holden|date=8 October 2015|accessdate=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009190242/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/movies/review-victoria-a-nonstop-flight-through-the-streets-of-berlin.html|archive-date=9 October 2015}} The role represented her breakthrough, with The New York Times including her in 2015’s "Breakthrough Performances of the Fall Season".{{cite news|last1=Hill|first1=Logan|title=Breakthrough Performances of the Fall Season|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/movies/breakthrough-performances-of-the-fall-season.html|accessdate=25 December 2016|work=The New York Times|date=9 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913044419/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/movies/breakthrough-performances-of-the-fall-season.html|archive-date=13 September 2015}} The Observer stated "Costa gives a terrific, affecting and, by the end, intensely unsettling performance."{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/03/victoria-sebastian-schipper-observer-review|title=Victoria review – an authentic piece of cinematic magic|website=The Guardian|first=Jonathan|last=Romney|date=6 April 2016|accessdate=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403102008/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/apr/03/victoria-sebastian-schipper-observer-review|archive-date=3 April 2016}} In relation to the acting rules during the shooting, Costa was given instructions by Schipper stating, "You cannot repeat the same action, ever. You have to go through the scene, but always in different ways. Even if it is no good. Never, never repeat a sentence, an action. Keep it real." This rule led her to discover the character in a deeper way, blending different versions by the end of the process.{{cite web|url=https://issuemagazine.com/laia-costa/#/|title=Laia Costa : Issue Magazine|website=Issue Magazine|accessdate=29 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011120752/http://issuemagazine.com/laia-costa/#/|archive-date=11 October 2015}} She won the German Film Award for Best Actress,{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/victoria-a-one-take-german-803658/|title=One-Take Thriller 'Victoria' Wins German Film Awards|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Scott|last=Roxborough|date=19 June 2015|accessdate=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513000520/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/victoria-a-one-take-german-803658/|archive-date=13 May 2021}} the Gaudí Award for Best Female Lead,{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20160201/palmares-premios-gaudi-4860433|website=El Periódico de Catalunya|title=Todos los ganadores de los Gaudí 2016|date=1 February 2016|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812073714/http://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20160201/palmares-premios-gaudi-4860433|archive-date=12 August 2017}} the Sant Jordi Award for Best Actress in a Foreign Film,{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a13488255/isla-bonita-y-mad-max-furia-en-la-carretera-premios-sant-jordi/|website=Fotogramas|date=25 January 2016|title='Isla Bonita' y 'Mad Max: Furia en la carretera', Premios Sant Jordi|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121204257/https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a13488255/isla-bonita-y-mad-max-furia-en-la-carretera-premios-sant-jordi/|archive-date=21 January 2021}} and was nominated for a European Film Award for Best European Actress.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/awards/european-film-award-nominations-efa-youth-the-lobster-1201635797/|title='Youth,' 'The Lobster' Lead European Film Award Nominations|website=Variety|first=Guy|last=Lodge|date=7 November 2015|accessdate=7 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108233923/http://variety.com/2015/film/awards/european-film-award-nominations-efa-youth-the-lobster-1201635797/|archive-date=8 November 2015}} Her next proyects that year were Cites,{{cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/film/2018/5/01/duck-butters-modern-take-love-future-queer-cinema|title=Duck Butter's Modern Take on Love Is the Future of Queer Cinema|website=The Advocate|first=Tracy E.|last=Gilchrist|date=1 May 2018|accessdate=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802080411/https://www.advocate.com/film/2018/5/01/duck-butters-modern-take-love-future-queer-cinema|archive-date=2 August 2021}} the Catalan remake of the British TV series Dates,{{cite web|url=https://blogs.20minutos.es/en-capitulos-anteriores/2016/05/09/cites-no-es-el-dates-a-la-catalana-es-mucho-mejor/|title='Cites' no es el 'Dates' a la catalana; es mucho mejor|website=20minutos|first=Carlota|last=Chiarroni|date=9 May 2016|accessdate=11 January 2023|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512064837/http://blogs.20minutos.es/en-capitulos-anteriores/2016/05/09/cites-no-es-el-dates-a-la-catalana-es-mucho-mejor|archive-date=12 May 2016}} the historical fiction television series Carlos, rey emperador where she portrayed Mary of Austria,{{Cite web|title=Laia Costa, en 'Carlos rey emperador'|url=https://www.pressreader.com/spain/supertele/20151111/282935269214833|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829195736/https://www.pressreader.com/spain/supertele/20151111/282935269214833|archive-date=29 August 2023|access-date=29 August 2023|date=11 November 2015|work=SuperTele|language=es}} and the period melodrama Habitaciones cerradas, based on Care Santos's novel of the same name.{{Cite web|title=Habitaciones cerradas - Serie dramatica en RTVE Play|url=https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/habitaciones-cerradas/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104131726/https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/habitaciones-cerradas/|archive-date=4 November 2021|access-date=29 August 2023|work=RTVE|language=es}} Costa held the lead role in the short film No me quites as Laura, who eagerly waits at her house for her ex-boyfriend Luis to return after a two-month absence.{{Cite web|title=No me quites|url=https://www.filmin.es/corto/no-me-quites|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614173221/https://www.filmin.es/corto/no-me-quites|archive-date=14 June 2020|access-date=29 August 2023|work=Filmin|language=es}} Laura Jou, director of the short film, came across Costa during one of her studio courses and was profoundly struck. When speaking about the actress, she remarked, "She had naturalness but also an overwhelming magnetism."{{Cite web|title=El verano azul de Laura Jou|url=https://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2019/05/13/5cd9791d21efa0d9598b4661.html|date=13 May 2019|last=Montoya|first=Alex|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514095051/https://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2019/05/13/5cd9791d21efa0d9598b4661.html|archive-date=14 May 2019|access-date=1 September 2023|work=El Mundo|language=es}} Her portrayal earned her the Best Actress in a Short Film at the 19th Málaga Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diaridegirona.cat/cultura/2016/05/01/isaki-lacuesta-triomfa-festival-malaga-49132474.html|website=Diari de Girona|title=Isaki Lacuesta triomfa al Festival de Màlaga amb quatre guardons|publisher=Prensa Ibérica|date=1 May 2016|language=ca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110164415/https://www.diaridegirona.cat/cultura/2016/05/01/isaki-lacuesta-triomfa-festival-malaga-49132474.html|archive-date=10 November 2022}} In her final performance of 2015, Costa played a minor role in Fernando González Molina's romantic drama Palm Trees in the Snow.{{Cite web|title='Palmeras en la nieve se presenta en la ciudad que la inspiró|date=22 December 2015|last=Monzón|first=E. P.|url=https://www.huelvainformacion.es/ocio/Palmeras-nieve-presenta-ciudad-inspiro_0_983001892.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829201820/https://www.huelvainformacion.es/ocio/Palmeras-nieve-presenta-ciudad-inspiro_0_983001892.html|archive-date=29 August 2023|access-date=29 August 2023|website=huelvainformacion.es|language=es}}

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In 2016, she starred opposite Jean Reno in Estrella Damm's short film titled The Little Things.{{Cite web|title=Jean Reno y Laia Costa estrenan un cortometraje de Damm sobre 'Las pequeñas cosas|date=7 June 2016|url=https://www.europapress.es/catalunya/noticia-jean-reno-laia-costa-estrenan-cortometraje-damm-pequenas-cosas-20160607134228.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608064517/http://www.europapress.es/catalunya/noticia-jean-reno-laia-costa-estrenan-cortometraje-damm-pequenas-cosas-20160607134228.html|archive-date=8 June 2016|access-date=29 August 2023|work=Europa Press|language=es}} During the filming of the project, Reno highlighted Costa's acting qualities, stating "I really like what you do, I don't know if it's talent or hard work, but I don't mind."{{Cite web|title=Laia Costa: "Es absurdo hablar de fronteras en el cine"|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/festival-de-malaga/a18490192/entrevista-laia-costa-festival-de-malaga-nieve-negra/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123225029/https://www.fotogramas.es/festival-de-malaga/a18490192/entrevista-laia-costa-festival-de-malaga-nieve-negra/|archive-date=23 November 2020|access-date=29 August 2023|date=18 March 2017|website=Fotogramas.es|language=es}} Her next film the following year was Martín Hodara's Argentine–Spanish thriller Black Snow. It co-starred Ricardo Darín and Leonardo Sbaraglia.{{Cite web|title=Ricardo Darín and Laia Costa get snowed under in Nieve negra|date=7 June 2016|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/310469/|last=Rivera|first=Alfonso|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830100219/https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/310469/|archive-date=30 August 2023|access-date=29 August 2023|work=Cineuropa}} The film premiered theatrically in Argentina on 19 January 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latamcinema.com/nieve-negra-primer-gran-estreno-argentino-del-ano-suma-mas-de-200-mil-espectadores-en-su-primera-semana/|website=Latamcinema|title="Nieve negra", primer gran estreno argentino del año, suma más de 200 mil espectadores en su primera semana|date=25 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928054227/https://www.latamcinema.com/nieve-negra-primer-gran-estreno-argentino-del-ano-suma-mas-de-200-mil-espectadores-en-su-primera-semana/|archive-date=28 September 2020|language=es}} Her second release in 2017 was Drake Doremus's romantic drama Newness, in which she starred alongside Nicholas Hoult. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-adds-drake-doremus-newness-trump-doc-962773|title=Sundance Adds Donald Trump Doc, Drake Doremus' 'Newness' to Lineup|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Ashley|last=Lee|date=9 January 2017|accessdate=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111171133/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sundance-adds-drake-doremus-newness-trump-doc-962773/|archive-date=11 January 2022}} In February 2017, Costa was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award.{{Cite web|title=Laia Costa, nominada a los Premios Bafta por 'Victoria'|date=5 January 2017|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20170105/413126382852/laia-costa-nominada-bafta.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106154622/http://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20170105/413126382852/laia-costa-nominada-bafta.html|archive-date=6 January 2017|access-date=29 August 2023|work=La Vanguardia|language=es}}

Costa starred in five feature films in 2018. She co-starred alongside Christopher Abbott and Mia Wasikowska in Nicolas Pesce's psychological horror-thriller Piercing, based on the novel of the same name by Ryū Murakami;{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/mia-wasikowska-christopher-abbot-thriller-piercing-1201980808/|title=Mia Wasikowska, Christopher Abbott Starring in Thriller 'Piercing' (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|first=Dave|last=McNary|date=7 February 2017|accessdate=31 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208024937/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/mia-wasikowska-christopher-abbot-thriller-piercing-1201980808/|archive-date=8 February 2017}} it premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/sundance-film-festival-2018-lineup-program-1202625522/|title=Sundance Film Festival Unveils Full 2018 Features Lineup|website=Variety|first=Peter|last=Debruge|date=29 November 2017|accessdate=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130092712/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/sundance-film-festival-2018-lineup-program-1202625522/|archive-date=30 November 2017}} In the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, she starred in two films that premiered there:{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/tribeca-film-festival-2018-lineup-full-list-1202719882/|title=Tribeca Film Festival Unveils 2018 Slate|website=Variety|first=Gordon|last=Cox|date=7 March 2018|accessdate=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309001835/http://variety.com/2018/film/news/tribeca-film-festival-2018-lineup-full-list-1202719882/|archive-date=9 March 2018}} Miguel Arteta's romantic comedy Duck Butter alongside Alia Shawkat,{{Cite web|title=Duck Butter review – intense lesbian romance churns up disappointment|date=21 April 2018|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/apr/20/duck-butter-review-alia-shawkat|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421061146/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/apr/20/duck-butter-review-alia-shawkat|archive-date=21 April 2018|access-date=29 August 2023|work=The Guardian|language=en}} and Matthew Brown's drama Maine, opposite Thomas Mann. Additionally, Costa held the role of executive producer for the latter film.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/maine-thomas-mann-laia-costa-940151/|title=Thomas Mann, Laia Costa to Star in Hiking Drama 'Maine' (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Ashley|last=Lee|date=21 October 2016|accessdate=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111161539/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/maine-thomas-mann-laia-costa-940151/|archive-date=11 January 2023}} Later that year, she was part of an ensemble cast in Dan Fogelman's drama film Life Itself with Sergio Peris-Mencheta and Antonio Banderas.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/dan-fogelman-life-itself-oscar-isaac-olivia-wilde-samuel-l-jackson-this-is-us-1201898967/|title=Hot Package: 'This Is Us' Creator Dan Fogelman Casts 'Life Itself'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|date=31 January 2017|accessdate=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201004219/http://deadline.com/2017/01/dan-fogelman-life-itself-oscar-isaac-olivia-wilde-samuel-l-jackson-this-is-us-1201898967/|archive-date=1 February 2017}} It premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.{{Cite web|title=Life Itself|url=https://tiff.net/events/life-itself|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811105116/https://tiff.net/events/life-itself|archive-date=11 August 2020|access-date=29 August 2023|work=tiff.net}} Costa starred opposite Josh O'Connor in Harry Wootliff's critically acclaimed directorial debut Only You.{{Cite web|title=Only You review – a perfectly realised story of love and longing|date=14 July 2019|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/14/only-you-review-harry-wootliff-laia-costa-josh-oconnor-mark-kermode|last=Kermode|first=Mark|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714110624/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/14/only-you-review-harry-wootliff-laia-costa-josh-oconnor-mark-kermode|archive-date=14 July 2019|access-date=29 August 2023|work=The Guardian}}{{Cite web|title=Only You Review|date=8 July 2019|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/only-you/|last=Freer|first=Ian|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711234833/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/only-you/|archive-date=11 July 2019|access-date=29 August 2023|work=Empire}}{{Cite web|title=Film Review: 'Only You'|date=25 October 2018|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/only-you-review-1202993882/|last=Lodge|first=Guy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025204426/https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/only-you-review-1202993882/|archive-date=25 October 2018|access-date=29 August 2023|work=Variety}} She portrayed Elena, a Spanish arts council worker who falls in love with a student who is almost a decade younger, only for the relationship to founder as the couple faces infertility issues.{{Cite news|title=Laia Costa: 'Sex is usually never just about sex'|date=6 July 2019|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/laia-costa-sex-is-usually-never-just-about-sex-1.3942902|last=Brady|first=Tara|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706055809/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/laia-costa-sex-is-usually-never-just-about-sex-1.3942902|archive-date=6 July 2019|access-date=29 August 2023|newspaper=The Irish Times}} It premiered in competition at the BFI London Film Festival, on 19 October 2018;{{cite web|url=https://thebureaufilms.com/sales/festivals/only-you-at-london-film-festival/|title=Only You at BFI London Film Festival|website=The Bureau Films|date=17 October 2018|accessdate=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607103339/https://thebureaufilms.com/sales/festivals/only-you-at-london-film-festival/|archive-date=7 June 2019}} Mark Kermode called her performance "flawless".

In April 2019, it was announced that Costa had been cast alongside Guillermo Pfening in Isabel Coixet's Foodie Love series for HBO Europe.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hbo-europes-isabel-coixet-created-foodie-love-casts-leads-1201210/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|title=HBO Europe's Isabel Coixet-Created 'Foodie Love' Casts Leads|first=Jennifer|last=Green|date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606211424/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hbo-europes-isabel-coixet-created-foodie-love-casts-leads-1201210/|archive-date=6 June 2021}} She then filmed the international co-produced Italian English language television series released in 2020 Devils co-starring along Patrick Dempsey based on the international bestseller novel of the same name by Guido Maria Brera.{{Cite web|url=https://www.antena3.com/objetivotv/series/laia-costa-trabajara-patrick-dempsey-nueva-serie-internacional_201808205b7ad9000cf271b0ab813e6f.html|website=Antena 3|title=Laia Costa trabajará con Patrick Dempsey en una nueva serie internacional|date=20 August 2018|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121044019/https://www.antena3.com/objetivotv/series/laia-costa-trabajara-patrick-dempsey-nueva-serie-internacional_201808205b7ad9000cf271b0ab813e6f.html|archive-date=21 November 2022}} That same year, Costa starred alongside an ensemble cast in the American science fiction television anthology series Soulmates, in the third episode of the first season titled "Little Adventures", directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner and written by Jessica Knappett and Brett Goldstein & William Bridges.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/television/2020/11/11/5faac4b3fdddfff83c8b4589.html|website=El Mundo|title=Soulmates: Laia Costa, entre amores a lo 'Black Mirror'|first=David|last=Ezquerro|date=11 November 2020|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111012233/https://www.elmundo.es/television/2020/11/11/5faac4b3fdddfff83c8b4589.html|archive-date=11 November 2020}}

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Costa returned to the Berlinale to premiere Lullaby by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, which premiered in the Panorama section on 11 February 2022.{{cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-02-11/el-dia-en-que-la-berlinale-habla-espanol.html|title=El día en que la Berlinale habla español|accessdate=21 February 2022|last=Belinchón|first=Gregorio|date=11 February 2022|website=El País|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211154749/https://elpais.com/cultura/2022-02-11/el-dia-en-que-la-berlinale-habla-espanol.html|archive-date=11 February 2022}} Subsequently, the film screened at the 25th Málaga Film Festival on 20 March 2022,{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FestivalMalaga/videos/-el-domingo-20-de-marzo-descubriremos-cinco-lobitos-un-film-de-alauda-ruiz-de-az/309715771255751/|title=El domingo 20 de marzo descubriremos 'Cinco lobitos', un film de Alauda Ruiz de Azúa protagonizado por Laia Costa, Susi Sánchez, Ramón Barea y Mikel Bustamante. ¡Ya puedes comprar las entradas en las taquillas físicas y online!|author=Festival de Málaga|publisher=Facebook|date=4 March 2022|accessdate=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111191714/https://www.facebook.com/FestivalMalaga/videos/-el-domingo-20-de-marzo-descubriremos-cinco-lobitos-un-film-de-alauda-ruiz-de-az/309715771255751/|archive-date=11 January 2023|language=es}} where it was the grand winner of the edition with the Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Film, the Silver Biznaga for Best Screenplay, and the Silver Biznaga for Best Female Performance for Costa and Susi Sánchez.{{cite web|date=26 March 2022|title='Cinco lobitos', gran ganadora del Festival de Málaga|url=https://cineconn.es/palmares-del-festival-de-malaga-2022-25-cinco-lobitos/|language=es|access-date=27 March 2022|website=Cine con Ñ|archive-date=27 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327141322/https://cineconn.es/palmares-del-festival-de-malaga-2022-25-cinco-lobitos/|url-status=live}} She received the script for Lullaby during her third month of pregnancy in 2019, and the exploration of motherhood and caregiving in the film resonated with her personal experiences. As Costa expressed herself to Vanity Fair Spain:{{cite web|url=https://www.revistavanityfair.es/articulos/laia-costa-entrevista-cinco-lobitos|title=Laia Costa: "Cuidar es, además de un oficio muy duro, todo un arte"|website=Vanity Fair Spain|first=Pelayo|last=Sánchez|date=22 April 2023|accessdate=31 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601055424/https://www.revistavanityfair.es/articulos/laia-costa-entrevista-cinco-lobitos|archive-date=1 June 2022|language=es}}{{blockquote|I felt challenged by the script from the beginning. Not only professionally, but also personally: at that moment, I was going to be a mother for the first time, and I had the intuition that that character was for me.}}

Filming while going through her own early motherhood journey provided an authentic connection with her character, Costa learned to convey emotions subtly in the film, appreciating the depth of caregiving as an act of love. Despite the physical challenges, the close-knit cast and Ruiz de Azúa's direction made the experience enriching. The key lesson Costa took away was to trust her intuition and embrace projects aligned with her stage of life, finding personal satisfaction beyond external outcomes. For her performance as Amaia, a new mother, Costa won accolades including the Goya Award for Best Actress, the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Film, the Forqué Award for Best Film Actress,{{cite web|date=12 February 2023|title=Laia Costa, mejor actriz en los Goya por su madre primeriza de 'Cinco lobitos'|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20230211/8746148/nominadas-mejor-actriz-goya.html|language=es|first=Astrid|last=Meseguer|access-date=12 January 2023|website=La Vanguardia|archive-date=12 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212005042/https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20230211/8746148/nominadas-mejor-actriz-goya.html|url-status=live}} the Platino Award for Best Actress,{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/awards/global/benicio-del-toro-ricardo-darin-platino-awards-1235591644/|title=Platino Awards Crown 'Argentina, 1985,' 'News of a Kidnapping' – and Amazon Studios, Prime Video|website=Variety|first1=Pablo|last1=Sandoval|first2=John|last2=Hopewell|date=22 April 2023|accessdate=22 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422220553/https://variety.com/2023/awards/global/benicio-del-toro-ricardo-darin-platino-awards-1235591644/|archive-date=22 April 2023|language=en}} and received a CEC Awards nomination for Best Actress.{{Cite web|url=https://cineconn.es/nominaciones-a-las-medallas-cec-2023/|website=Cine con Ñ|title='As bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos', las más nominadas a las Medallas CEC|date=15 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215174412/https://cineconn.es/nominaciones-a-las-medallas-cec-2023/|archive-date=15 December 2022|language=es}}

Costa was also part of an ensemble cast in Alibi's British political thriller series The Diplomat, which premiered on 28 February 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://corporate.uktv.co.uk/news/article/the-diplomat-28th-february-alibi/|website=UKTV Press Office|title=The Diplomat starts 28th February on Alibi|date=7 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216153635/https://corporate.uktv.co.uk/news/article/the-diplomat-28th-february-alibi/|archive-date=16 February 2023}} She then starred in the Spanish film The Enchanted by Elena Trapé,{{cite news|last1=Rivera|first1=Alfonso|title=Laia Costa starring in Els Encantats, the third film by Elena Trapé|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/431724/|accessdate=4 November 2022|work=Cineuropa|date=10 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010160748/https://www.cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/431724/|archive-date=10 October 2022}} which premiered as part of the official section of the 26th Málaga Film Festival on March 12, 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://festivaldemalaga.com/edicion/ver-pelicula/?id=2818|website=Festival de Málaga|title=Els encantats (Los encantados)|date=22 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228120402/https://festivaldemalaga.com/edicion/ver-pelicula/?id=2818|archive-date=28 February 2023|language=es}} Costa also starred in the revival of the Catalan romantic drama TV series titled Cites Barcelona, reprising the role of Paula after 7 years. The series premiered on June 13th on the streaming service Amazon Prime Video.{{cite news|title="Citas Barcelona": buscadores de esa magia llamada amor|url=https://cinemagavia.es/citas-barcelona-serie-critica-estreno-prime-video/|accessdate=15 June 2023|last=Tabuyo Acosta|first=Laura|work=Cinemagavia|date=11 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611100141/https://cinemagavia.es/citas-barcelona-serie-critica-estreno-prime-video/|archive-date=11 June 2023|language=es}} She took on the lead role in the film adaptation of Sara Mesa's novel, Un amor, directed by Isabel Coixet,{{cite news|title=Goya Best Actress Winner Laia Costa to Star in Isabel Coixet's Romance Drama 'Un Amor' (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Hopewell|first=John|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/laia-costa-isabel-coixet-film-constellation-1235524839/|accessdate=16 February 2023|work=Variety|date=16 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216104915/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/laia-costa-isabel-coixet-film-constellation-1235524839/|archive-date=16 February 2023}} playing Nat, a young woman who escapes to the town of La Escapa to rebuild her life, contending with the distrust of neighbors, the hostility of the landlord, and a disturbing sexual proposal from her neighbor Andreas.{{Cite web |last=Palacios |first=Rebeca |date=8 March 2023 |title=Isabel Coixet: "Juré que no volvería a adaptar una novela al cine, pero aquí estoy" |url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/ocio/un-amor-sara-mesa-coixet_0_1772824518.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319010207/https://www.diariodesevilla.es/ocio/un-amor-sara-mesa-coixet_0_1772824518.html |archive-date=19 March 2023 |website=Diario de Sevilla |language=es}} The film debuted at the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/isabel-coixet-fernando-trueba-los-javis-1235670333/|website=Variety|date=14 July 2023|first=John|last=Hopewell|title=San Sebastian Spanish Lineup: Isabel Coixet, Fernando Trueba, Los Javis|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714100725/https://variety.com/2023/film/global/isabel-coixet-fernando-trueba-los-javis-1235670333/|archive-date=14 July 2023}} on 26 September 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/admin_img/documentos/programa_2023_pase_por_secciones.pdf|website=sansebastianfestival.com|title=Proyecciones por secciones|date=11 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914133240/https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/admin_img/documentos/programa_2023_pase_por_secciones.pdf|archive-date=14 September 2023}} For her performance, she once again secured nominations for a Goya Award for Best Actress, a Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Film,{{Cite web|url=https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20240124247170/laia-costa-a-punto-de-dar-a-luz-a-su-segundo-hijo/|website=¡Hola!|title=El gran momento de Laia Costa: a punto de dar a luz a su segundo hijo y nominada en los Premios Feroz por su papel en 'Un amor'|last=Toro|first=Ana|date=24 January 2024|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124063938/https://www.hola.com/actualidad/20240124247170/laia-costa-a-punto-de-dar-a-luz-a-su-segundo-hijo/|archive-date=24 January 2024}} a Forqué Award for Best Film Actress,{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.es/articulos/laia-costa-corte-pelo-tendencias-premios-forque-2023|website=Vogue Spain|title=Laia Costa sorprende con un nuevo corte de pelo en la alfombra roja de los Premios Forqué 2023|last=Munsuri|first=María|date=16 December 2023|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223024450/https://www.vogue.es/articulos/laia-costa-corte-pelo-tendencias-premios-forque-2023|archive-date=23 December 2023}} and won her second Platino Award for Best Actress.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hola.com/us/entertainment/20240420359008/platino-awards-2024-complete-list-winners/|website=¡Hola!|date=20 April 2024|title=Platino Awards 2024: See the complete list of winners|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421042116/https://www.hola.com/us/entertainment/20240420359008/platino-awards-2024-complete-list-winners/|archive-date=21 April 2024}}

Costa also played the character of Moghedien, one of the Forsaken, in Amazon Video's adaptation of Robert Jordan's fantasy epic, The Wheel of Time. Her initial appearance was in the second season's finale, which aired on October 6, 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/the-wheel-of-time-recap-season-2-episode-8-what-was-meant-to-be.html|website=Vulture|date=6 October 2023|first=Sean T.|last=Collins|title=The Wheel of Time Season-Finale Recap: Rand and Deliver|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006060432/https://www.vulture.com/article/the-wheel-of-time-recap-season-2-episode-8-what-was-meant-to-be.html|archive-date=6 October 2023}} Additionally, she co-starred in the Spanish historical drama The Teacher Who Promised the Sea by Patricia Font,{{Cite web|url=https://noticine.com/noticias/estrenos/34421-los-proximos-estrenos-de-laia-costa-flamante-ganadora-del-goya.html|last=Villegas|first=Ana Karina|website=Noticine.com|title=Los próximos estrenos de Laia Costa, flamante ganadora del Goya|date=14 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216153638/https://noticine.com/noticias/estrenos/34421-los-proximos-estrenos-de-laia-costa-flamante-ganadora-del-goya.html|archive-date=16 February 2023|language=es}} which had its global premiere on October 27, 2023, at the 68th Valladolid International Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.seminci.com/peliculas/el-maestro-que-prometio-el-mar/|website=seminci.com|title=El maestro que prometió el mar|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128171339/https://www.seminci.com/peliculas/el-maestro-que-prometio-el-mar/|archive-date=28 November 2023}} In February 2024, Costa was named one of the 50 most influential women in Spanish cinema and audiovisual industry by Forbes Women.{{Cite web|url=https://forbes.es/forbes-women/400870/lista-forbes-50-mujeres-mas-influyentes-del-cine-y-el-audiovisual-espanol/|website=Forbes Spain|first=Begoña|last=Piña|date=9 February 2024|title=Las 50 mujeres más influyentes del cine y el audiovisual español|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210011848/https://forbes.es/forbes-women/400870/lista-forbes-50-mujeres-mas-influyentes-del-cine-y-el-audiovisual-espanol/|archive-date=10 February 2024}}

She will next star with Jack Reynor in Lee Cronin's The Mummy remake.{{cite web|last=Kit|first=Borys|title=Laia Costa Joins Jack Reynor in Lee Cronin's 'The Mummy' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/laia-costa-lee-cronin-the-mummy-1236171825/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 25, 2025|access-date=March 25, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250325231941/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/laia-costa-lee-cronin-the-mummy-1236171825/|archive-date=March 25, 2025}}

For six years, Costa relocated from Barcelona{{cite web|date=27 July 2022|last=Salido|first=Chus|title=Laia Costa: "Las mujeres que viven su primera maternidad se encuentran con muchísima soledad"|url=https://www.instyle.es/moda/celebrities/laia-costa-las-mujeres-que-viven-su-primera-maternidad-se-encuentran-muchisima-soledad_56692|access-date=31 January 2023|website=Instyle|archive-date=9 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809194448/https://www.instyle.es/moda/celebrities/laia-costa-las-mujeres-que-viven-su-primera-maternidad-se-encuentran-muchisima-soledad_56692|url-status=live|language=es}} to Brickell, the financial district of Miami Florida,{{cite web|date=15 December 2019|title=Laia Costa regresa como la protagonista de Foodie Love|url=https://www.mujerhoy.com/actualidad/201912/15/laia-costa-foodie-love-serie-hbo-isabel-coixet-rev-20191213122354.html|last=Espinosa|first=Guillermo|access-date=10 January 2023|website=Mujerhoy|archive-date=10 January 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230110213119/https://www.mujerhoy.com/actualidad/201912/15/laia-costa-foodie-love-serie-hbo-isabel-coixet-rev-20191213122354.html|url-status=live|language=es}} with her husband{{cite news |last1=Manrique |first1=Mar |title='Networking' y lo que surja: ¿es LinkedIn el nuevo Tinder? {{!}} Trabajo |url=https://smoda.elpais.com/trabajo/networking-y-lo-que-surja-es-linkedin-el-nuevo-tinder/ |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=S Moda EL PAÍS |date=9 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310105204/https://smoda.elpais.com/trabajo/networking-y-lo-que-surja-es-linkedin-el-nuevo-tinder/|archive-date=10 March 2023|language=es}}{{cite news |title=El inspirador mensaje de apoyo del marido de Laia Costa tras llevarse el Goya a mejor actriz |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/20230213/8752743/inspirador-mensaje-apoyo-marido-laia-costa-llevarse-goya-mejor-actriz.html |access-date=12 May 2023|archive-date=13 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213093528/https://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/20230213/8752743/inspirador-mensaje-apoyo-marido-laia-costa-llevarse-goya-mejor-actriz.html|work=La Vanguardia |date=13 February 2023 |location=Barcelona |language=es}} David López{{cite web |last1=Kalaene |first1=Jens |title=Spanish actress Laia Costa and David Lopez attend the party after the 28th European Film Award ceremony in Berlin, German |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/spanish-actress-laia-costa-and-david-lopez-attend-the-party-news-photo/1042204958 |website=Getty Images |access-date=12 May 2023 |language=en-us |date=12 December 2015 |quote=late 12 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512061900/https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/spanish-actress-laia-costa-and-david-lopez-attend-the-party-news-photo/1042204958|archive-date=12 May 2023}}{{cite web|date=31 January 2021|title=10 cosas que hay que saber de Laia Costa|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/cuaderno/20210131/10-cosas-saber-laia-costa-11480451|last=Martínez|first=Beatriz|access-date=10 January 2023|website=El Periódico|archive-date=10 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110213711/https://www.elperiodico.com/es/cuaderno/20210131/10-cosas-saber-laia-costa-11480451|url-status=live|language=es}} because of his job{{cite news |last1=Martínez |first1=Beatriz |title=Laia Costa, l'actriu catalana amb més repercussió internacional |url=https://www.diaridegirona.cat/cultura/2021/01/31/laia-costa-l-actriu-catalana-48631822.html |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=Diari de Girona |date=31 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512060659/https://www.diaridegirona.cat/cultura/2021/01/31/laia-costa-l-actriu-catalana-48631822.html|archive-date=12 May 2023|language=ca}} at a multinational retail company.{{cite news |last1=Contreras |first1=María |title=Laia Costa, la actriz española que triunfa en todos los países menos en España |url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/01/03/gente/1546531035_643301.html |access-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103225914/https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/01/03/gente/1546531035_643301.html|archive-date=3 January 2019|work=El País |date=4 January 2019 |language=es}} She met him during her university years.{{cite news |title=Vive en Miami, es doula certificada y trabajó de publicista: así es Laia Costa, nominada al Goya a Mejor Actriz |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5098696/0/vive-en-miami-es-doula-certificada-y-trabajo-de-publicista-asi-es-laia-costa-nominada-al-goya-a-mejor-actriz/|last=Rondán|first=Á|access-date=12 May 2023 |work=20minutos.es |date=11 February 2023 |language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212063642/https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5098696/0/vive-en-miami-es-doula-certificada-y-trabajo-de-publicista-asi-es-laia-costa-nominada-al-goya-a-mejor-actriz/|archive-date=12 February 2023}}

In May 2020, Costa gave birth to her first child, a girl, at home. In early 2024, she gave birth to a boy.{{cite Instagram|postid=DCrOgldJ7v2|date=November 22, 2024|user=dailylaiacosta|title=Laia Costa photographed by Javier Biosca for the 2024 December edition of InStyle Spain's 20th anniversary.|access-date=November 22, 2024}}

Costa is also a certified birth doula.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mamagazine.es/laia-costa-madre-actriz-y-doula/|website=MaMagazine|title=LAIA COSTA MADRE, ACTRIZ y DOULA|last=Gabaldón|first=Victoria|date=13 February 2023|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815180101/https://www.mamagazine.es/laia-costa-madre-actriz-y-doula/|archive-date=15 August 2024}}

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