Antonia San Juan

Antonia San Juan (Born May 22,1961 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) is a Spanish actress, director and screenwriter. At 19 she went to Madrid, where she started working as a professional theater actress and also as a cabaret act in pubs and bars. She became known thanks to her role as Agrado in Todo sobre mi madre by Pedro Almodóvar. A famous Spanish magazine article about her transsexuality caused great controversy. She is well known in Spain not only because of her film career but also for her humorous monologues on television and theater.

Filmography

 * La china (2005)
 * Un buen día (2005)
 * Un dulce despertar (2005)
 * El hambre (2005)
 * La maldad de las cosas (2005)
 * La nevera (2005)
 * Mela y sus hermanas (2004)
 * Te llevas la palma (2004)
 * 238 (2003)
 * Colours (2003)
 * Octavia (2002)
 * La balsa de piedra (2002)
 * Amnèsia (2002)
 * Piedras (2002)
 * Venganza (2002))
 * V.O. (2001)
 * El pan de cada día, El (2000)
 * Asfalto (2000)
 * Ataque verbal (1999)
 * Manolito Gafotas (1999)
 * Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
 * Hongos (1999)
 * La primera noche de mi vida (1998)
 * El grito en el cielo (1998)
 * Perdona bonita, pero Lucas me quería a mí (1997)
 * La vida siempre es corta (1994