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Aina Clotet

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Clotet and the second or maternal family name is Fresquet.
Aina Clotet
Born
Aina Clotet Fresquet

(1982-09-23) 23 September 1982 (age 42)[1]
Barcelona, Spain
Occupation(s)Actress and director
Years active1994-present
FamilyMarc Clotet (brother)
Websitehttp://www.ainaclotet.com/

Aina Clotet Fresquet (Barcelona, 23 September 1982) is a Spanish actress and director known mainly for her participation in numerous series of the Catalan channel TV3 among which Estació d'enllaç and Infidels stand out. In 2015 she made her directorial debut with her first short film Tiger, which was nominated for a Gaudí award.[2]

Biography

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Aina Clotet is a Spanish actress in film, theater and television, in this medium mainly in productions of the Catalan television channel TV3. She has a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Pompeu Fabra University and began a degree in Art History, but did not finish it.[3] She also studied acting at the Nancy Tuñón School in Barcelona.

She made her debut on the small screen in 1994, when she was only eleven years old, in the TV3 fiction Estació d'enllaç. Later she participated in other productions of the Catalan autonomous channel such as Temps de silenci, Mirall Trencat or Des del balcó.[4][5]

In 2005 she participated in three episodes of the series Hospital Central, broadcast on Telecinco.[6] In 2006 she joined the long-running TV3 series El cor de la ciutat, where she played Mònica during the seventh season of the series. In 2009 she got the role of Arlet for the TV3 series Infidels. Clotet starred in all three seasons of the series alongside actresses such as Íngrid Rubio, Montse Germán, Sílvia Bel, Dolo Beltrán and Montse Guallar.[7]

In 2010 she starred in the film Elisa K, a drama about the rape of a minor directed by Judith Colell y Jordi Channel. The film, based on a book by author Lolita Bosch, was presented at the San Sebastian Film Festival and received good reviews.[8] In 2011 she was part of the cast of the film El género femenino, a melodrama directed by Carlos Benparr.[9] She was also nominated for best leading actress in the third edition of the Gaudí Awards.[10]

Since 2008 she starred in the play Germanes (Sisters) at the Villarroel theater in Barcelona. It is a comedy written and directed by Carol López in which she shared the leading role with María Lanau and Montse Germán among others. The play received positive reviews, both from the public -it ran for four years- and from the critics -it received several Butaca and Max awards.[11][12][13] In 2012 she starred in the film adaptation of the play, which was broadcast on TV3 in January 2012.[14]

In 2012, she participated in the French comedy Les infidèles in a supporting role. She was also part of the cast of the film Los niños salvajes, where she played Júlia. It is a work by director and screenwriter Patricia Ferreira starring Àlex Monner, Marina Comas and Francesc Orella among others. The film received several awards, such as the Silver Biznaga for best film at thel Málaga Film Festival. Clotet received the Silver Biznaga for best supporting actress at the Malaga Film Festival and a nomination for best supporting actress at the fifth edition of the Gaudí Awards.[15][16]

Also that year she premiered, as the protagonist, the new TV3 comedy Gran Nord, along with Nacho Fresneda and Roger Coma. In it Clotet plays the agent Anna Obach, a police officer who is assigned to a small and peculiar town located in the Pyrenees.[17]

In 2013 she premiered the second and last season of Gran Nord.[18] She also starred in the TV movie Et dec una nit de divendres, directed by Dimas Rodríguez; and participated in an episode of the mini-series Salaó, also broadcast on TV3.[19][20]

In November 2014 she starred in the film Rastros de sándalo, shot in Catalan, English and Hindi. It is a film directed by Catalan Maria Ripoll. Clotet played Paula, a girl who was adopted as a child and separated from her sister Mina, played by Indian actress Nandita Das.[21] Clotet was nominated for best leading actress at the seventh edition of the Gaudí Awards for this work.[22]

In 2015 she was part of the choral cast of the film Barcelona, noche de invierno, the second part of the romantic comedy Barcelona, noche de verano, directed by Dani de la Orden.[23] Clotet, played Sílvia, a delivery woman who shares a night with Ángel (Artur Busquets) and Ádrian (Cristian Valencia). For this performance she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the eighth edition of the Gaudí Awards.[24]

In 2015 she shot her first short film as a director: Tiger. It stars herself and the actor Marcel Borràs; it also features the participation of actors and actresses such as Maria Lanau, Vicenç Fonolleda and Paula Hernández.[25] The short film was presented in 2016 at Málaga Film Festival and received a nomination for best short film at the ninth edition of the Gaudí Awards.[3][26] In theater, she premiered on February 11, 2015 the play Joc de miralls, an adaptation of the American playwright Annie Baker.[27]

In 2017 she joined the Movistar+ series Velvet Colección, as a supporting actress, in which she played the role of Roser Godó, daughter of the Catalan businessman Eduard Godó and his wife Macarena Rey, played by Imanol Arias and Adriana Ozores.[2] Also that year, she participated in the filming of the movie 7 razones para huir.[28]

In 2018 it was announced that she would be part of the cast of the Movistar+ Miniseries Matar al padre, directed by the Catalan Mar Coll.[29] Also that year she starred for a month in the play El sistema solar, at the Teatre Lliure in Barcelona, directed by Carol López and in which she shares the stage with Nausicaa Bonnín, Marc Clotet and Guillermo Toledo.[30] In November 2018, the film Durante la tormenta, directed by Oriol Paulo, and in which Clotet has a supporting role, was released.[31]

Also in November 2018 she denounced in a statement via Twitter that Leticia Dolera fired her from the series Vida perfecta that she was preparing for Movistar+ because she was pregnant, pointing out that she was telling her case so that her pregnant colleagues "do not suffer the same legal unprotection" as her. Clotet also indicated that with an adapted planning she could have shot most of the scenes, resorting to different techniques to disguise her pregnancy, and that she offered her salary to cover any additional costs that the pregnancy could have entailed for the production.[32][33][34]

Filmography

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Cinema

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Year Title Character Director
2001 Anita no pierde el tren Anita joven Ventura Pons
2004 Mala Uva Mari Javier Domingo
2004 Jóvenes Cristina Carles Torras, Ramon Térmens
2004 Reprimidos Sandra Ignacio Delgado Zambrano
2006 53 días de invierno Valeria Judith Colell
2006 Animales Heridos Hija Ventura Pons
2010 Elisa K Elisa Jordi Channel, Judith Colell
2011 El gènere femení Júlia Carlos Benpar
2012 Los niños salvajes Júlia Patricia Ferreira
2012 Les infidèles Julia Michel Hazanavicius
2013 Et dec una nit de divendres Laura Dimas Rodríguez
2014 Rastros de sándalo Paula/Sita María Ripoll
2014 Difuminado Valentina Pere Koniec
2015 Barcelona, noche de invierno Sílvia Dani de la Orden
2018 Durante la tormenta Úrsula Abad Oriol Paulo
2019 7 razones para huir Progress: The Woman Esteve Soler, Gerard Quinto and David Torras
2019 La hija de alguien Elisabet Marcel Alcántara
2019 Vivir dos veces Camarera María Ripoll

2023 burning body wife of the murdered

Theater

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Year Title Character Role
2002 Toda una señora Montserrat Cornet
2003 Geloses Teresa Devant
2005 Las señoritas de Siam Ever Martín Blanchet
2005 Algo Alex Mañas
2006 Borges y Sábato Carles Canut
2007 Sonetos Jordi Prat i Coll
2008 Germanes Ivonne Carol López
2010 Escenas de un matrimonio Karin Marta Angelat
2013 Ex-change Marta Gené Camos
2015 Joc de miralls Teresa Juan Carlos Martel
2018 El sistema solar Edurne Carol López

Television

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Year Title Character Channel Director Role
1994-1999 Estació d´enllaç Laura Valls Canales TV3 — 126 episodes
2001-2002 Des del balcó Patrícia TV3 — 6 episodes
2001 Temps de silenci Maria Mercè Mascarell TV3 — 7 episodes
2002 Mirall trencat Criada TV3 — 1 episode
2005 Sprint Especial Edurne TV3 Juan Carlos Claver Telefilme
2005 Hospital Central Lydia Telecinco — 3 episodes
2006-2007 El cor de la ciutat Mònica TV3 — 41 episodes
2007 Positius Belén TV3 Judith Colell Telefilme
2009-2011 Infidels Arlet Ferreres Miró TV3 María Almagro 42 episodes
2012-2013 Gran Nord Anna Obach TV3 María Almagro and Jesús Font 26 episodes
2012 Germanes Ivonne TV3 Carol López Telefilme
2013 Salaó Camille TV3 Jesús Font Miniseries; 1 episode
2017 Velvet Colección Roser Godó Movistar+ Jorge Torregrossa 6 episodes
2017 El Crac Ella misma TV3 Joel Joan and Héctor Claramunt 1 episode
2018 Benvinguts a la familia Lola TV3 Pau Freixas 1 episode
2018 Matar al padre Carla Movistar+ Mar Coll Miniseries; 1 episode
2019 La que se avecina Adriana Telecinco Alberto Caballero and Laura Caballero 1 episode
2021 Hierro Tamara Arias Movistar+ 6 episodes

Personal life

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She's the sister of actor Marc Clotet.[35] She's the daughter of Dr. Bonaventura Clotet, a reference in the field of AIDS research. Together with her brother, she is closely linked to many fundraising events for this disease.[36]

She's the partner of Catalan actor Marcel Borràs with whom she has two children: Juna, born in 2015,[37][35] and a boy born in February 2019.[38]

Awards

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Year Category Film Result
2010 Mejor actriz en Film espYearla[39] Elisa K Won
Year Category Film Result
2012 Biznaga de Plata a la mejor actriz de reparto Los niños salvajes (Els nens salvatges) Won
2019 Biznaga de Plata a la mejor actriz La filla d’algú (La hija de alguien)[40] Won

References

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