Laura Galán

About

Spanish actress known for the films Piggy, Cerdita, and Unknown Origins. Her performance in Piggy earned her a Goya Award for Best New Actress. She has amassed over 15 acting credits throughout her ongoing career. 

Before Fame

She began acting at a young age. She joined a theater near her home after giving her first acting performance for a school play. In college, she switched her degree from art history to drama instead and eventually earned a diploma in Dramatic Art from the Arte4 School of Madrid. She developed her early career primarily on stage and in the realm of theater. She made her feature film debut in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018).

Trivia

She has worked as an assistant director and has done a lot of production work for various theater projects. She enjoys horror films. 

Family Life

She was born in Guadalajara, Castilla La Mancha, Spain. Her father Teo was a hospital worker and her mother was a homemaker. She has a younger brother named Javier. She married director Patrick Bencomo Weber in 2017. She gave birth to a son in 2022 whom she named Teo after her father. 

Associated With

She grew up watching Pedro Almodóvar films and sees him as an inspiration for Spanish cinema.