Line #30 Creator/ElenaAnaya


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3	Elena Anaya Gutiérrez (born July 17, 1975 in Palencia, UsefulNotes/{{Spain}}) is a Spanish actress.
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5	She's been acting since 1995 in her native country. She first gained international recognition in ''Film/VanHelsing'' as Aleera, and then as the villainous Doctor Poison in ''Film/{{Wonder Woman\|2017}}''.
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7	She is a lesbian and has one son with her partner, Tina Afugu Cordero.
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9	!! Selected Filmography
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11	* ''Sex and Lucia'' (2001) as Belén
12	* ''Film/VanHelsing'' (2004) as Aleera
13	* ''Dead Fish'' (2005) as Mimi
14	* ''Film/{{Fragile}}'' (2005) as Helen Perez
15	* ''Literature/{{Alatriste}}'' (2006) as Angélica de Alquézar
16	* ''Film/InTheLandOfWomen'' (2007) as Sofia Buñuel
17	* ''Miguel And William'' (2007) as Leonor
18	* ''Savage Grace'' (2007) as Blanca
19	* ''Film/WalkingVengeance'' (2008) as Ana
20	* ''Cairo Time'' (2009) as Kathryn
21	* ''Hierro'' (2009) as Maria
22	* ''Film/RoomInRome'' (2010) as Alba
23	* ''[[Film/LaPielQueHabito The Skin I Live In]]'' (2011) as Vera Cruz
24	* ''The Infiltrator'' (2016) as Gloria Alcaino
25	* ''Film/{{Wonder Woman\|2017}}'' (2017) as Isabel Maru / Dr. Poison
26	* ''Film/RifkinsFestival'' (2020) as Jo Rojas
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28	!! Tropes Associated With Her Works:
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30	* ActorInspiredElement: For ''Film/VanHelsing'', she studied the movements of bats and tried to incorporate them into her character; specifically with how Dracula and his brides kiss more like bats than normal humans.
31	* CastingGag: In two movies she has played a woman who wears a mask to cover damage to her face - ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' and ''The Skin I Live In''. In fact, Patty Jenkins is a big fan of Pedro Almodóvar, and it was a deliberate nod to the film.
32	* EnforcedMethodActing: In order to convey TheReveal in ''The Skin I Live In'' that [[spoiler: they were actually the same person]], she and Jan Cornet spent a long time together and matched their movements.
33	* FakeNationality:
34	** Possibly in ''Film/VanHelsing''. Aleera's nationality is never stated so she could be Spanish.
35	** For ''Film/InTheLandOfWomen'' she plays a Mexican in Los Angeles.
36	* MsFanservice: A number of her films involve sex, nudity and lesbian scenes. Perhaps most interesting is ''The Skin I Live In'', where her body is front and center, but [[spoiler:she's actually playing a man]].
37	* QueerCharacterQueerActor:
38	** Alba from ''Film/RoomInRome'' is a lesbian like herself. She mostly plays straight women otherwise.
39	** Aleera in ''Film/VanHelsing'' is AmbiguouslyBi, and her attraction to Anna was more explicit in deleted scenes.
40	* SheAlsoDid: That's her in Music/JustinTimberlake's video for "Sexy Back".
41	* StarMakingRole: ''Sex & Lucia'' was her breakout role in Spain.
42	* TypeCasting:[[invoked]] In America, she's often cast as a FemmeFatale. Even in the "[=SexyBack=]" video!
43	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: For the ball scene in ''Film/VanHelsing'', she took several dancing lessons alongside Kate Beckinsale and Richard Roxburgh, only for her scenes to end up cut. A screencap does exist of Aleera licking Anna's neck while wearing a sparkly red dress.

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