Daily BirthdaysAitana Sanchez-Gijon
Best known for playing comic roles in her native Spain, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon won fans in the U.S. for her dramatic portrayal of a pregnant and abandoned winegrower's daughter who is helped by traveling salesman Keanu Reeves in Alfonso Arau's romance A Walk in the Clouds.
In Spain, Sanchez-Gijon has long been an extremely popular actress, both in films and on stage. She has won international attention for such features as Manuel Gomez Pereira's Boca a Boco and Bigas Luna's The Chambermaid on the Titanic.
In 1999, she received the San Sebastian Silver Shell for her performance in Luna's Volaverunt. In the same year, Sanchez-Gijon was named President of the Spanish Film Academy. Her most recent film in Spain is La Puta y la Ballena about a quest into the mountains of Patagonia.
Aitana Sanchez-Gijon Facts
| Occupation | Actress |
| Birthday | November 5, 1968 (41) |
| Sign | Scorpio |
| Birthplace | Rome, Italy |
| Height | 5' 6" (1m68) |