Ana Torrent began her film career at the age of seven with director Víctor Erice in El espíritu de la colmena – for which she won the Silver Fotogramas Award for Best Actress. 30 years later, she worked with him again in the film Cerrar los ojos, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 and earned her nominations for the Goya, Forqué and Feroz Awards for Best Supporting Actress, as well as the Fotogramas de Plata and the CEC Medal for Best Supporting Actress.
She worked with Carlos Saura on the films Cría Cuervos, which won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and Elisa Vida Mia, which also won the Special Jury Prize at Cannes. In 1980 she made El nido with Jaime de Armiñan, a film that was nominated for an Oscar and for which she won the Best Actress award at the Montreal Festival and the New York Critics Awards.
Encouraged by Erice to continue her acting career, Ana attended Cristina Rota’s classes, combining them with a degree in Geography and History. Years later, she won a scholarship to study filmmaking in New York. She also studied acting for four years with Uta Hagen at the Manhattan Theatre School HB Studios and was introduced to the Alexander Technique.
Since then, Ana divides her time between Madrid and New York. She has taken part in national projects such as Sobre todo de noche, directed by Víctor Iriarte; Nieva en Benidorm, by Isabel Coixet; Verónica, directed by Paco Plaza; Tesis, by Alejandro Amenábar, for which she was nominated for a Goya in the Best Actress category; Vacas, by Julio Medem; Yoyes, by Helena Taberna; or No-Do, by Elio Quiroga – as well as international films – There Be Dragons, by Roland Joffé; The Other Boleyn Girl, directed by Justin Chadwick; or in the series of British films by Peter Greenaway: The Tulse Luper Suitcases II and III. She also appeared in Raúl Herrera’s short film Plein Air. She recently filmed Raíces in Puerto Rico, directed by Gustavo Ramos.
Her television career began with the series Anillos de oro, directed by Pedro Masó, and continued with El jardín de Venus, by José María Forqué, and Segunda enseñanza, also by Masó. She has participated in international series such as Hemingway, by Bernhard Sinkel, La Piovra, for RAI in Italy, and Kinsey, for the BBC. Her most recent works include Bosé, directed by Mikel Rueda, for SkyShowtime and Mano de hierro, by Lluís Quílez, for Netflix. She recently shot Furia, the latest series by Félix Sabroso for Max.
In the theatre, her recent productions include Muero por que no muero, by Paco Bezerra and directed by Matías Umpiérrez. Las Criadas, directed by Luis Luque; Todas las noches de un día, by Alberto Conejero; and Imperio, by Matías Umpiérrez. She has also appeared in Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, directed by Magüi Mira, and William Shakespeare’s Richard III, directed by Carlos Martín.