Ariadna Gil was born on January 23, 1969 in Barcelona.
She made her film debut when she was only 17 years old, by the hand of director Bigas Luna, who was the one who discovered her, offering her a role in his film Lola. After this feature film he participated in several Catalan films, such as “The plot of the Anells“, Which deals with an alleged attack on the Barcelona-92 Olympic Games, or”A submarine to les tovalles”, A funny political satire.
The jump to Spanish cinema was in 1991, when he starred in the film “I love your rich bed”, With director Emilio Martínez Lázaro. With her performance in it, she won the Ondas Award for best actress, achieving great popularity throughout the country, and consolidating her as an actress.
Later she participated in the film Belle Époque, directed by Fernando Trueba, which won the Oscar for best foreign language film, and with which Ariadna won the Goya Award for best actress.
In all this time she has participated in a considerable number of films, although increasingly spaced, since it is a demanding actress who chooses her films better and better.
The same can be said about the small screen, a medium in which not much has been lavished, appearing only in some quality production such as the series “Arnau”.
In 1987 he got behind the cameras to direct the short film “Pub”, Whose script she had written herself. Likewise, in 2006 it debuted as a producer with the documentary “Fernando’s Chair”.
Although she has won a Goya Award, it is noteworthy that she has been nominated for it five more times, for the feature films “Antarctica“,”Black tears“,”Soldiers of Salamis“,”Alatriste” Y “I just want to walkr ”.
Among other awards, he has also won the Silver Condor Award, in 2001, for his performance in “Walnuts for love“, And in 2002 she was nominated again for”The dark side of the heart 2”.
As for her personal life, she was married to director David Trueba, with whom she had two children. Currently, she maintains a relationship with the American actor Viggo Mortensen, with whom she coincided in the filming of Alatriste.
Among his filmography, among the titles not mentioned, we can highlight “Everything is a lie“,”The worst years of our life“,”Malena is a tango name“,”Libertarians“,”The Pan’s Labyrinth“Or”The victory dance”.