María Galiana

{{short description|Spanish actress}}

{{family name hatnote|Galiana|Medina|lang=Spanish}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|5|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Seville, Spain

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| occupation = {{Hlist|Actress|high school teacher}}

| birth_name = María Galiana Medina

| years_active = 1985–present

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María Galiana Medina (born 31 May 1935) is a Spanish actress. She won the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of the mother in Alone.{{cite book |title=Trazos de cine español |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YPgaAQAAIAAJ |first=John D. |last=Sanderson |publisher=Universidad de Alicante |year=2007 |page=126}} She owes much of her popularity to her performance as Herminia in Cuéntame cómo pasó.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/castilla-y-leon/region/zamora/20221116/entranable-herminia-maria-galiano-interpretara-textos-zamora/718928373_0.html|website=El Español|date=16 November 2022|title=La entrañable Herminia, María Galiano, interpretará los textos "de su vida" en un pueblo de Zamora|first=Diaan|last=Serrano}}

Biography

Born in Seville on 31 May 1935, Galiana earned a licentiate degree in Philosophy and Letters and has worked as a high school teacher on history and art history in addition to her acting career.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/noticia-maria-galiana-premio-carmen-honor-academia-cine-andalucia-20221121112941.html|website=Europa Press|date=21 November 2022|title=María Galiana, Premio Carmen de Honor de la Academia de Cine de Andalucía}}{{Cite web|title=María Galiana: su verdadera vocación, su queja del Goya y el enfado con ‘Cuéntame’ por Echanove|first=Pilar|last=Abad Queipo|date=22 February 2022|url=https://www.cope.es/actualidad/cultura/noticias/maria-galiana-verdadera-vocacion-queja-del-goya-enfado-cuentame-echanove-20220222_1903298|website=Cadena COPE}} She made her film debut as an actress in Pasodoble (1988). Appearances in {{ill|Malaventura (1988 film)|es|Malaventura|lt=Malaventura}}, Belle Époque, Así en el cielo como en la tierra, Libertarias, and Yerma followed.

Filmography

=Film=

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2005

|Tapas

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2004

|Roma

| Portera

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1999

|Solas

|Mother

|Won - Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress

1992

|Belle Époque

| La Polonia

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2001–2023

|Cuéntame cómo pasó

|Herminia López

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Awards

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2000

| Goya Award

| Best Supporting Actress

| Solas

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References

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