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Nathalie Poza

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Nathalie Poza
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Poza in 2026
Born
Nathalie Poza Maupain

(1972-03-07) 7 March 1972 (age 54)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active1995-present

Nathalie Poza Maupain (born 7 March 1972) is a Spanish film, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades including two Goya Awards and five Actors and Actresses Union Awards.

In the 1990s, Poza combined a stage career with roles in television series.[1] She made her feature film debut in musical comedy The Other Side of the Bed (2002).[2] Poza's performance in comedy Football Days (2003) earned her a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actress.

She has since featured in films such as Hard Times (2005), All the Women (2013), Can't Say Goodbye (2017), While at War (2019), and Rosa's Wedding (2020).

Early life

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Nathalie Poza Maupain was born on 7 March 1972 in Madrid,[3] the daughter of a French mother and a Spanish father.[4] She studied at a British bilingual school in Madrid.[5] She reportedly suffered from severe eating disorders in her teenage years.[3] From a young age, she learned to play the piano and practiced ballet.[6]

She trained her acting chops under Cristina Rota.[7] In 1996, alongside fellow actors Alberto San Juan, Guillermo Toledo, and Ernesto Alterio, Poza founded the theatre group 'Ración de Oreja', which later became Animalario [es].[8]

Screen career

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In television she has had many secondary roles since the mid 1990s, including appearances in Hermanas [es], Éste es mi barrio [es], Más que amigos [es], Periodistas, Señor alcalde [es], and El comisario, the last of which she has appeared in several episodes. In her first fixed television role in 2001, she played Nerea in Policías, en el corazón de la calle.[6]

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Poza at the photo wall of Alice in Wonderland in 2010

Later, she appeared in Hospital Central, and, in more permanent roles, in Un lugar en el mundo [es] (2003) and Maneras de sobrevivir (2005). Her first cinematographic works were the short films Abierto (El eco del tiempo) (1997), by Jaime Marques; No sé, no sé (1998), by Aitor Gaizka and Ruth está bien (1999), by Pablo Valiente.[citation needed]

In 2002, she filmed the television movie Entre cien fuegos under the orders of Iñaki Eizmendi [es] and that same year premiered The Other Side of the Bed, by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, one of the most successful Spanish films in recent years.[6] The next year, Maria Ripoll directed her in Utopía [es]. She also acted in Football Days, by David Serrano de la Peña [es] and The Weakness of the Bolshevik, by Manuel Martín Cuenca. She acted again in movies with both directors, filming Malas temporadas [es] with Cuenca in 2005, and Cinema Days with Serrano in 2007.[citation needed]

She then filmed Salir pitando [es] (2007),[6] directed by Álvaro Fernández Armero; El club de los suicidas  [es] (2007), by Roberto Santiago [es]; and the thriller Un buen hombre (2009), directed by Juan Martínez Moreno [es]. During those years, she acted in television, in series such as LEX [es] (2008), Hispania, la leyenda (2010-2012)[6] and its spin-off Imperium (2012). In 2013, the film Todas las mujeres [es] premiered, directed by Mariano Barroso, for which she received her third Goya nomination, for best supporting actress.[citation needed] In 2015 she joined the series Carlos, rey emperador, where she plays Germaine of Foix.[9]

Views

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In July 2025, Poza signed along with over 1,000 artists a letter sent to the Government of Spain demanding an immediate and comprehensive embargo of arms and defense material on Israel by means of a Royal Decree-Law.[10]

Filmography

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Short films

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Year Title Director
1997 Abierto (El eco del tiempo) Jaime Marques
1998 No sé, no sé Aitor Gaizka

Feature films

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2002 El otro lado de la cama (The Other Side of the Bed) Lucía [11]
2003 Días de fútbol (Football Days) Patricia [12]
La flaqueza del bolchevique (The Weakness of the Bolshevik) Eva [13]
2005 Malas temporadas (Hard Times) Ana [14]
2007 Días de cine (Cinema Days) Silvia Conde [15]
Salir pitando [es] Yolanda [16]
2009 Un buen hombre (A Good Man) Paula [17]
2012 Lo mejor de Eva (Dark Impulse) Berta [18]
2013 Todas las mujeres (All the Women) Andrea [19]
2016 Julieta Juana [20]
2017 No sé decir adiós (Can't Say Goodbye) Carla [21]
201870 binladens (70 Big Ones)Lola[22]
2019 Mientras dure la guerra (While at War) Ana Carrasco [23]
2020 Invisibles (The Invisible)Amelia[24]
La boda de Rosa (Rosa's Wedding) Violeta [25]
Rifkin's Festival
2023
HoneymoonEva[26]
2024
 Marco, la verdad inventada (Marco, the Invented Truth)Laura
Daniela ForeverVictoria

Television

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Year Title Channel
1996 Éste es mi barrio Antena 3
1998 Hermanas Telecinco
1998 Periodistas Telecinco
1998 Señor alcalde Telecinco
1999 El comisario Telecinco
2001 Policías, en el corazón de la calle Antena 3
2003 Un lugar en el mundo Antena 3
2004 Hospital Central Telecinco
2005 Maneras de sobrevivir
2005 Motivos personales Telecinco
2008 LEX Antena 3
2010 La princesa de Éboli
2010-2012 Hispania, la leyenda Antena 3
2012 Imperium Antena 3
2015 Carlos, Rey Emperador TVE
2017 La catedral del mar Antena 3
2017 Traición[29] La 1
2020 La unidad[30] Movistar+

Stage performances

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Awards and nominations

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Nathalie Poza collecting her CEC Medal for Best Actress for her performance in Can't Say Goodbye

Poza has been recognized by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain for the following:

She has also won 5 Actors and Actresses Union Awards (out of 13 nominations) and one Talía Award.

References

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  1. ↑ Blanes Martínez, María José (21 January 2014). "Nathalie Poza, del teatro al Goya". Cadena SER.
  2. ↑ "Nathalie Poza, Goya a la mejor actriz protagonista por "No sé decir adiós"". El Confidencial. 3 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 Palacios, Marta (18 May 2023). "Nathalie Poza: edad, pareja y su lucha contra la anorexia". Las Provincias. Grupo Vocento.
  4. ↑ Madrid, J. (31 January 2018). "De origen francés e hija de un escultor: Nathalie Poza, la desconocida de los Goya". Vanitatis – via El Confidencial.
  5. ↑ "Nathalie Poza". Antena 3. 22 November 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nathalie Poza". Antena3.com (in Spanish). Atresmedia. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Nathalie Poza asegura en el Festival de Cine de Huelva que es "un milagro" seguir haciendo cine y teatro". Huelva Información. Grupo Joly. 18 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "La compañía Animalario, Premio Nacional de Teatro 2005". Europa Press. 4 November 2005.
  9. ↑ "'Carlos, Rey Emperador' empieza a rodarse" ['Carlos, Rey Emperador' (Carlos, King Emperor) begins to unfold]. RTVE.es (in Spanish). Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Carlos Bardem, Nathalie Poza, Luis Tosar y otros más de mil artistas exigen el embargo de armas a Israel". Público. 14 July 2025.
  11. ↑ Sánchez-Conejero, Cristina (2015). Sex and Ethics in Spanish Cinema. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-137-57634-7.
  12. ↑ "Días de fútbol". elmundo.es. January 2004. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "La flaqueza del bolchevique". elmundo.es. January 2004. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  14. ↑ "Malas temporadas". elmundo.es. January 2006. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "David Serrano intenta hacer autocrítica del cine español en la comedia 'Días de cine'". Europa Press. 8 February 2007.
  16. ↑ "El cine social no cae en el olvido". Diario Crítico. 21 September 2007.
  17. ↑ Lobo, Carmen (1 May 2009). ""Un buen hombre": el mal ambiguo". La Razón.
  18. ↑ "Lo mejor de Eva". La Voz de Galicia. 10 February 2012.
  19. ↑ "Críticas de los estrenos de cine del 18 de octubre". Cadena COPE. 17 October 2013.
  20. ↑ Romero, Marta (3 February 2017). "Descubre dónde se rodaron las mejores películas de los Goya". El Español.
  21. ↑ Holland, Jonathan (29 May 2017). "'Can't Say Goodbye' ('No Se Decir Adios'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  22. ↑ ""Amb els secundaris es pot anar més lluny"". El Punt Avui. 7 March 2019.
  23. ↑ "Unamuno, Millán-Astray, Franco... Los personajes de 'Mientras dure la guerra'". Noticias de Castilla y León. 26 September 2019 – via El Español.
  24. ↑ Vicente, Eduardo de (6 March 2020). "Los secretos del drama 'Invisibles' según su directora, Gracia Querejeta". El Periódico de Catalunya.
  25. ↑ "Nathalie Poza, Goya a la mejor actriz de reparto por 'La boda de Rosa'". La Opinión de Murcia. Prensa Ibérica. 7 March 2021.
  26. ↑ ""Honeymoon": vuelve el cine que reta al público a no perderse un segundo". La Vanguardia. 16 March 2023.
  27. ↑ Fernández, Harri X. (23 October 2023). "Eduard Fernández interpretará al falso preso nazi Enric Marco en la nueva película de los 'Moriarti'". Noticias de Gipuzkoa.
  28. ↑ Searles, Jordain (9 September 2024). "'Daniela Forever' Review: Henry Golding Retreats to His Dreams in Sci-Fi Romantic Drama". IndieWire.
  29. ↑ "TVE presenta su nueva Traición con Ana Belén: "Una cena de Navidad multiplicada por diez"". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 7 September 2017.
  30. ↑ Álvarez, Inés (21 June 2020). "Nathalie Poza: "Con 'La unidad' sabes que vas a tratar un tema que duele"". El Periódico.
  31. ↑ Ordóñez, Marcos (14 March 2013). "Pasión dialéctica". El País.
  32. ↑ Vigario, David (11 July 2013). "Gracias, Dios, por la infelicidad". El Mundo.
  33. ↑ Martín Lunas, Milagros (18 February 2020). "'Prostitución': última semana para ver la mejor obra del arranque de la temporada". El Confidencial.
  34. ↑ Fuentes, Rosa (30 January 2025). "David Serrano: «Solo quiero estrenar en Avilés, no entiendo no hacerlo aquí»". El Comercio.
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