Clara Segura | |
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Born | Clara Segura Crespo 6 May 1974 Sant Just Desvern, Spain |
Education | Institut del Teatre |
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Clara Segura Crespo (born 6 May 1974) is a Catalan actress and theatre director. She is a prolific performer in the Catalan stage scene.[1]
Clara Segura Crespo was born in Sant Just Desvern on 6 May 1974.[2][3] Despite entering a degree on art history, she graduated instead from Barcelona's Institut del Teatre in 1996.[4] She also took studies on solfeggio, singing and piano.[2] She made her debut onstage in La bona gent, which was followed by appearances in Antígona, L'espera, Ets aquí?, Madame Melville and El somni d'una nit d'estiu.[5] She made her feature film debut as an actress in Joel Joan's Excuses! (2003),[6] portraying Begoña, the hysterical wife of Jesús (Jordi Sánchez).[7] It was followed by an appearance in The Sea Inside (2004),[6] portraying Gené, an acquaintance of Ramón Sampedro and pro-euthanasia activist who introduces lawyer Julia to the former.[8] She won a Gaudí Award for Best Supporting Actress for Les dues vides d'Andrés Rabadán .[9] She won another Gaudí Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2014 for We All Want What's Best for Her.[10] Segura won back-to-back Butaca Awards for Best Actress in 2018 and 2019 for her performances in the plays Les noies de Mossbank Road and La bona persona de Sezuan.[11]
She made her solo directorial debut in a stage play in La trena (2022).[12] She also featured as Diana in Elena Martín Gimeno's drama film Creatura (2023), portraying Diana, the mother of protagonist Mila, who was played among others by Martín Gimeno herself.[13] Her performance earned her Gaudí[14] and Goya award nominations for Best Supporting Actress.[15]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2003 |
Excuses! | Begoña | ||
2004 |
Mar adentro (The Sea Inside) | Gené | ||
2009 |
Les dues vides d'Andrés Rabadán | Sara | ||
2012 |
Una pistola en cada mano (A Gun in Each Hand) | Elena | ||
2013 |
Tots volem el millor per a ella (We All Want What's Best for Her) | Glòria | ||
2018 |
Durante la tormenta (Mirage) | Hilda Weiss | ||
2023 |
Creatura | Diana |