Elena Anaya

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' Elena Anaya (born July 17, 1975) is a Spanish actress whose career dates back to 1995.

Anaya was born in Palencia, Spain. She first received international attention in 2001 for her role in the sexually explicit drama Lucía y el sexo (Sex and Lucía) and also appeared in Pedro Almodóvar's Hable con ella (Talk to Her). Her best-known mainstream film role was as a vampire in 2004's Van Helsing, playing Dracula's bride, Aleera. She is also featured in Justin Timberlake's music video for his 2006 single, SexyBack.

Filmography

Year	Title	Directed by	Notes
2007	The Floating World	John Winter	in production
	Savage Grace	Tom Kalin
	Miguel & William	Inés París
	In the Land of Women	Jon Kasdan
2006	Alatriste	Agustín Díaz Yanes
	Stage Kiss	Eduardo Carrillo
2005	Fragile	Jaume Balagueró
	Dead Fish	Charley Stadler
2004	Van Helsing	Stephen Sommers
	Ana y Manuel	Manuel Calvo Margallo
2003	Dos tipos duros	Juan Martínez Moreno
2002	Sin noticias de Dios	Agustín Díaz Yanes
	La habitación azul	Walter Doehner
	Rencor	Luis Miguel Albaladejo
	Hable con ella	Pedro Almodóvar
2001	Lucía y el sexo	Julio Médem
2000	El árbol del penitente	José Mª Borrell
	El invierno de las anjanas	Pedro Telechea
1999	Las huellas borradas	Enrique Gabriel-Lipschutz
1998	Finisterre, donde termina el mundo	Xavier Villaverde
	Lágrimas negras	Fernando Bauluz
1997	Grandes ocasiones	Felipe Vega
	Familia	Fernando León de Aranoa
1996	África	Alfonso Ungría

External links

• Elena Anaya's official website
• Elena Anaya at the Internet Movie Database

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