Elena Anaya

Inside Biography

Elena Anaya, a Spanish actress, is famous for her work in the erotic romantic film Sex and Lucia. She started her acting career from the Spanish language short film Adios Naboelk. Later, she started appearing in Hollywood films. Her first best-known Hollywood film was Van Helsing in 2004. In 2017, she played the role of Doctor Poison in the DC�s superhero film Wonder Woman starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine.

Early Life And Education Of Elena Anaya

Anaya Elena was born on July 17, 1975, in Palencia Spain. Her father Juan Jose Anaya Gomez is an industrial engineer and his mother Elena is a housewife and boarding house owner. She was raised in her native town with her brother who is three years older than her.

She is of Spanish nationality and belongs to Caucasian ethnicity. She completed her primary education from a local high school in her hometown. She later took acting training at the Juan Carlos Corazza School of acting.

Elena Anaya's Career

Early Career

Elena Anaya started her career in the mid-1990s. She first worked in independent movies and a minor role in several Spanish films. Her significant role was in the sexually explicit drama Sex and Lucia in 2001.

She won the Spanish national film award-Goya Award for her performance in the Sex and Lucia. Following year, she appeared in the Hable Con Ella. Then, she moved to Hollywood and has appeared in both Spanish and Hollywood movies.

Hollywood Career

In 2004, she made her Hollywood debut from the film Van Helsing. The same year, she was named as one of the European films� shooting stars by European film promotion.
In 2005, she featured in the Spanish-British horror film Fragile.

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Following year, she appeared in singer Justin Timberlake�s music video of his track SexyBack. After playing support roles in the Hollywood movie like Savage Grace and Cairo Time, she returned to the Spanish film Room in Rome in 2010.

She won the Goya Awards for the Best Actress from the movie. She then worked in a few Spanish language films. In 2017, she featured in the DC�s superhero film Wonder Woman.

Net Worth

Elena Anaya�s net worth is $14 million, according to the Celebrity Net Worth. She is one of the highest-paid Spanish actresses who have ama s sed a huge net worth from her big-budget Spanish and Hollywood films.

Her first popular movie Sex and Lucia earned $7.6 million at the Box Office in 2001. Following year, she was a part of the Spanish film, Talk to Her which collected $51million worldwide.

In 2007, she featured in the American rom-com film In the Land of Women which earned $17.6 million worldwide. In 2017, she was a part of the hit film Wonder Woman which collected $821.9 million at the Box Office.

She is five feet five inch tall who has a perfect body measurement size of 36-25-32.  

Elna Anaya's Personal Life

Elena Anaya is an unmarried woman. She is dating Tina Afugu Cordero, a costume designer, since 2015. In November 2016, she announced that she was expecting her first child with her partner. In February 2017, she welcomed a son with her.

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She previously dated director Spanish film Beatriz Sanchis. According to a source, they were reportedly dating from 2008-13. In August 2011, their kissing photograph in the Spanish tabloid magazine Cuore.

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