Elena Anaya

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1975-07-17 (50 years old)

Place of Birth

Palencia, Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain

Elena Anaya

Biography

Elena Anaya (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 Prom...

Acting

2002

Talk to Her

as Ángela

2001

2007

Savage Grace

as Blanca

2005

Fragile

as Helen Perez

2009

Cairo Time

as Kathryn

2004

Van Helsing

as Aleera

2007

In the Land of Women

as Sofia Buñuel

2006

2003

Two Tough Guys

as Tatiana

2010

Point Blank

as Nadia Pierret

2009

Hierro

as Maria

2011

The Skin I Live In

as Vera Cruz / Gal

2010

2005

Dead Fish

as Mimi

1998

Black Tears

as Alicia

2002

Rancour

as Esther

2002

2022

2007

2015

Swung

as Alice López

2016

The Infiltrator

as Gloria Alcaino

1996

Family

as Luna

2023

Fatum

as Costa

2015

2015

2017

Wonder Woman

as Dr. Maru

1996

África

as África

2005

2017

The Summit

as Claudia Klein

2009

1997

What Makes Women Laugh?

as Catalina Bayarri

2001

2020

Production

2015

Swung

as Producer

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