Elisa Milena Smit Márquez (born 5 October 1996) is a Spanish film and television actress.[1] Her acting debut in a feature film Cross the Line (2020) earned her a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress.
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 Smit attending the 37th Goya Awards | |
| Born | Elisa Milena Smit Márquez 5 October 1996 (age 28) Elche, Valencian Community, Spain |
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| Years active | 2018–present |
Biography
editMilena Smit was born on 5 October 1996 in Elche, Spain. She was raised in Torrevieja, Torre de la Horadada, and Murcia.[2] She first started working in show business as a model when she was 15 years old. She moved to Madrid in search of career opportunities.[3] Her father is Dutch and mother is Spanish.[4][5]
She trained as an actress at the Cristina Rota acting school and was taught by Bernard Hiller, an acting coach of such actors as Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz.[6] Before becoming an actress, she was a waitress, shop assistant, babysitter, and information assistant on the subway.[3]
Career
editSmit's first film appearances were in various short films such as Diagonales, Innermost, Chimichanga, and Adentro.[7] In 2020, she appeared in her first feature film, Cross the Line, directed by David Victori with Mario Casas. For her work on the film, she was nominated for the Goya Award for Best New Actress.[8] The film's casting team discovered the actress via a social network: "After much searching, we found Milena on Instagram. We fell in love with everything she had in common with the character."[9]
After her participation in Cross the Line, she was signed by Pedro Almodóvar for his film Parallel Mothers with Penélope Cruz and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón. In the film, Smit and Cruz play women who become pregnant by accident and befriend each other in the maternity ward. Both characters give birth to girls on the same day.[10][11] On her performance in the film, director Almodóvar said: "she has an emotional intelligence and a sincerity that are not learned in any school"; he also said her role in the 2020 film Cross the Line was "overwhelming".[12] Smit received a Goya Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the role.
Smit is one of the leads in the Netflix original series The Girl in the Mirror, directed by Sergio G. Sánchez.[13] In July 2021, filming began on the horror film Tin&Tina, in which she appears with Jaime Lorente.[14] Smit also appeared in Luc Knowles's debut feature Dragonflies alongside Olivia Baglivi, performing the role of Cata.[15][16]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2020 |
No matarás (Cross the Line) | Mila | [17] | |
| 2021 | Madres paralelas (Parallel Mothers) | Ana | [18] | |
| 2022 | Libélulas (Dragonflies) | Cata | [16] | |
| 2023 | Tin&Tina | Lola | [19] | |
| 2024 | El hoyo 2 (The Platform 2) | Perempuan |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Alma (The Girl in the Mirror) | Nico | [21] | |
| 2023 | La chica de la nieve (The Snow Girl) | Miren Rojo | Main role | [22] |
References
edit- ^ "'Parallel Mothers' Breakout Star Milena Smit Talks Working on Pedro Almodóvar's Latest". 9 October 2021.
- ^ Gonzálvez, Paula M. (27 January 2023). "Milena Smit: "Trabajar de todo antes de ser actriz me ha ayudado a tener valores"". La Opinión. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ a b Hernando, Alberto (27 July 2021). "Quién es Milena Smit, la nueva chica Almodóvar" (in Spanish). Esquire. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ Hernández, Nuria (4th February 2021). Así es Milena Smit, la nueva chica Almodóvar: formada con el coach de DiCaprio y que pasó de trabajar en una recepción de hotel al set de rodaje. Vanity Fair España. (In Spanish). Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ Martínez Pita, Carmen (18 March 2021). "Milena Smit: "Cuando ruedo soy feliz"". Cosmopolitan Spain. (In Spanish). Hearst España. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ "Así es Milena Smit, la nueva chica Almodóvar: formada con el coach e Dicaprio y que pasó de trabajar en una recepción de hotel al set de rodaje". Vanity Fair (in Spanish). 4 February 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ Pérez Payá, Santiago (4 February 2021). "Milena Smit es la nueva Chica Almodóvar" (in Spanish). RTVE. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Milena Smit debuta en la gran pantalla". La Verdad (in Spanish). 9 October 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ Rosado, Ricardo (9 March 2021). "Milena Smit: así se descubrió a la próxima chica Almodóvar". /www.fotogramas.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Milena Smit y su romance a ciegas con Pedro Almodóvar". El País (in Spanish). 12 February 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Penelope Cruz Gives a Career-Best Performance in Pedro Almodóvar's 'Parallel Mothers'".
- ^ Almodóvar, Pedro (1 September 2021). "Ha nacido una estrella: este es el retrato de Milena Smit que traza Pedro Almodóvar" (in Spanish). Vogue. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Una nueva cara se asoma a la serie que Netflix rueda en Asturias". La Voz de Asturias (in Spanish). 21 October 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Milena Smit y Jaime Lorente comienzan el rodaje de 'Tin&Tina'". www.fotogramas.es (in Spanish). 27 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ Rivera, Alfonso (6 August 2021). "Milena Smit protagoniza Libélulas, ópera prima de Luc Knowles". cineuropa.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ a b Martínez, Beatriz (23 March 2022). "'Libélulas': la cara sórdida de la pija sierra de Madrid". El Periódico de Catalunya.
- ^ Pinilla, Sergio F. (6 October 2020). "No matarás". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Rooney, David (1 September 2021). "Penélope Cruz in Pedro Almodóvar's 'Parallel Mothers' ('Madres Paralelas'): Film Review | Venice 2021". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "Sevilla acoge el final del rodaje de la película de terror psicológico 'Tin&Tina', del debutante Rubin Stein". ABC. 10 September 2021.
- ^ Morris, Grace (19 September 2024). "Netflix serves up a thriller feast in new teaser trailer for The Platform 2 – and I'm already starving for more". TechRadar.
- ^ Keller, Joel (18 August 2022). "Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Girl In The Mirror' On Netflix, Where A Teen Sees Visions And Fractured Memories After A Tragic Accident". decider.com.
- ^ Sisí Sánchez, Alberto (28 October 2021). "Milena Smit será la protagonista de 'La chica de nieve', la adaptación que prepara Netflix de la novela de Javier Castillo". Vogue.
External links
edit- Milena Smit at IMDb