Mapi Galán
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| Mapi Galán | |
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| Born | 13 August 1962 Ponferrada, Province of León, Castile and León, Spain |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Spanish |
| 🏫 Education | Escuela de Arte de Oviedo |
| 💼 Occupation |
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| 📆 Years active | 1986–present |
| Notable work |
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| 🏅 Awards | 2nd award at the 3rd Ibiza IFF for the Balearic Spirit section |
| 🌐 Website | mapigalan.com |
Mapi Galán (August 13, 1962) is a Spanish film actress, model and yoga instructor,[1] known for The City of Lost Children (1995) (La cité des enfants perdus), Savage Grace (2007)[2][3] and Se ven de (2008)[4] who was director and actress. She is also known as Mapi Galan or Mapy Galan.
Early life[edit]
Mapi Galán was born on August 13, 1962, in Ponferrada, Province of León, and she is her parents’ seventh child. From an early age she was involved in the school's theatre plays made several roles, and also organized plays which she usually staged at his parents' house. The physical fitness and dancing were the first classes she took. As her mother was a swimmer, Mapi had learned swimming at the age of three achieved after a number of medals in provincial swimming games. At the age of 15 she was already making her own jewelry designs and she was selling them at local markets. She speaks four languages Spanish, English, French and Italian.
After she competed secondary education, she next attended Escuela de Arte de Oviedo,[5] Oviedo, for four years specializing in ceramics and painting. Later she went to live in Madrid, where she studied flight attendant, a qualification she never used, and later two years at an acting school. She then signed with a modeling agency where she made her first film debut in 1986 starting acting career in film Capullito de alhelí of the director Mariano Ozores. In this period she was also singing in a funky group called Suybalen y Terlenka and lived for a while in London.
Career[edit]
She starred for first time in the spaghetti western film Scalps (1987) of the director Bruno Mattei, and horror film Catacombs (1988) of the director David Schmoeller, from where she discovered that her career is to be an actress. Then in 1987 she lived for six months in Japan working as a model. Later, between 1987 and 1988, she worked for a year in Rome and from there she moved to Paris, where she lived for seven years, until 1995 where she worked in various American and European co-productions, filming in almost all of Europe.[6][7][8][9] Between 1989 and 1995 she worked almost exclusively in television production programmes. In 1996 she starred in British-Spanish comedy sci-fi-horror film Killer Tongue, a film wrote and directed by Alberto Sciamma. Since then she has appeared in films and television mini-series. In 2009, as director she received the second award for the short film Se ven de at the 3rd edition of the Ibiza International Film Festival (Ibiza IFF) for the Balearic Spirit section (May 27 – June 3)[10][11] with jury Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and Carles Fabregat, where she also acted and is writer with José Castillo.
Her first yoga training, for three years, was with the teacher KhrisnaKant Pattel. After that, she continued her studies in Sivananda yoga at Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre in Paris, London, Los Angeles and Madrid. In 1995 she studied Pranayama techniques with Ravi Shankar in Los Angeles. She has received Mastery of Reiki. In 2005 she received training certificate in the techniques of Shivananda at the International Hatha Yoga Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. In 2013 she with Rafa Bravo co-founded and opened a yoga retreat[12][13][14] in Ibiza.
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Country of origin | Notes |
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| 1986 | Capullito de alhelí | Raquel | Mariano Ozores | Spain | |
| Lulu by Night | Self (as Mappi Galán) | Emilio Martínez Lázaro | Spain | ||
| 1987 | Cara de acelga | Enfermera | José Sacristán | Spain | |
| Scalps | Yarin | Bruno Mattei | |||
| Palla al centro | Federico Moccia | Italy | |||
| Phantom of Death | Susanna | Ruggero Deodato | Italy | ||
| 1988 | Catacumbas | Antonia | David Schmoeller | U.S.A. | |
| 1989 | Lluvia de otoño | José Ángel Rebolledo | Spain | ||
| 1990 | Le trésor des îles chiennes | Ada Della Cistereia | F. J. Ossang | ||
| 1993 | Maldita suerte | José María Borrell | Spain | Short film | |
| 1994 | El detective y la muerte | Laura | Gonzalo Suárez | Spain | |
| 1995 | Ainsi soient-elles | Carmen |
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| 1996 | Enfants de salaud[15] | Woman at the airport | Tonie Marshall | France | |
| Policía corrupto | Romina | Carlos Galettini | Argentina | ||
| Killer Tongue | Rita | Alberto Sciamma |
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| 1997 | Elles | Raquel | Luís Galvão Teles | Belgium | |
| Gaston's War | Veronique | Robbe De Hert | Belgium | ||
| 1998 | Agujetas en el alma | Mapi | Fernando Merinero | Spain | |
| 1999 | Shacky Carmine | Toni Mad | Chema de la Peña | Spain | |
| París-Tombuctú | Esposa de Michel des Assantes | Luis García Berlanga | Spain | ||
| 2000 | Papá es un ídolo | Ángela | Juan José Jusid | Argentina | |
| 2001 | Diminutos del calvario | Mujer |
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Spain | Short film |
| La noche de mi mal | Miguel G. Bergareche | Spain | |||
| Bellas durmientes | Emma | Eloy Lozano | Spain | ||
| 2002 | Looking for Chencho | Kepa Sojo | Spain | Short film | |
| Ángel | Judith y Ángel | Denis Rovira van Boekholt |
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| 2005 | Soldier of God | Soheila | W. D. Hogan | U.S.A. | |
| 2007 | Savage Grace | Simone Lippe | Tom Kalin |
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| 2008 | Se ven de | Mapi Galán | Spain |
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| 2015 | Sonata per a violoncel | Laura | Anna Maria Bofarull | ||
| According to the official film data base the film premiere date and the release date from country to country can be differential. | |||||
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | TV channel | Role | Notes |
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| 1989 | Marco e Laura dieci anni fa | RAI | Laura | Television film, Italian, 2 Episodes: 13 November 1989 – 20 November 1989 |
| Valentina | Italia 1 | Marianna | Italian, Prime time series, Episode 1.8: "L'altra" 17 November 1989 | |
| 1990 | Vandronik | Hexe | Television film, Italy, Austria, France, West Germany, Czechoslovakia, Director Ludvík Ráža | |
| La mujer de tu vida | La 1 | Natalie | Spanish, Prime time series, Episode 1.3: "La mujer oriental" 23 February 1990 | |
| 1991 | Mörderische Entscheidung | Christine | Television film, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Director Oliver Hirschbiegel | |
| The Hitchhiker | USA Network | Adrienne | American, Prime time series, Episode 6.12: "White Slaves" 7 February 1990 | |
| Navarro | TF1 | Clelia | French, Prime time series, Episode 3.4: "Le bal des gringos" 14 March 1991 | |
| 1992 | Counterstrike | TF1 | Jessica | French, Prime time series, Episode 3.4: "Bastille Day Terror" 17 October 1992 |
| Does This Mean We're Married? | Maria | Television film, France, U.S.A. | ||
| 1993 | Highlander: The Series | Renee de Tassigny | French-American, Prime time series, Episode 1.15: "For Tomorrow We Die" 27 February 1993 | |
| Les grandes marées | TF1 | Antonia | French, Prime time mini-series, Episode 1.8: 27 August 1993 | |
| 1994 | El día que me quieras | La 2 | Elena | Spanish, Prime time series, Episode 1.7: "Las espadas en alto" 30 November 1994 |
| Gefährliche Spiele | Claret | Television film, Germany, Director Adolf Winkelmann | ||
| 1995 | The City of Lost Children | Lune | Television film, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, U.S.A., Director Sandra Joxe | |
| Femme de Passions | Victoria | Television film, France, Director Bob Swaim | ||
| 1999 | Médico de familia | Telecinco | Nuria Cañadas | Spanish, Prime time series, 13 Episodes 9.1: "UVI 12" 21 September 1999 – 9.13: "Hasta siempre" 21 December 1999 |
| La familia... 30 años después | Television film, Spain, Director Pedro Masó | |||
| 1999-2000 | Ada Madrina | Antena 3 | Gloria | Spanish, Prime time series, 10 Episodes
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| 2000 | ¡Qué grande es el teatro! | La 2 | Spanish, Series, Episode: "La estrella" 25 March 2000 | |
| La ley y la vida | La 1 | Sonia | Spanish, Prime time series, 13 Episodes 1.1: "Rivales y colegas" 11 September 2000 – 1.13: "Terribles secretos" 4 December 2000 | |
| 2006-2007 | Cuéntame cómo pasó | La 1 | Bárbara Gómez de Araujo | Spanish, Prime time series, 11 Episodes
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| 2006 | Il padre delle spose | Rosario | Television film, Director Lodovico Gasparini | |
| Television film is also known as Made-for-TV-Movie or TV movie; Episode is shortened as: season number.episode number in season | ||||
Stage[edit]
| Year | Title | Venue | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | Una estrella | Teatro de Alma | Estrella Torres | Author Paloma Pedrero, Directors Panchika Vélez and Paloma Pedrero |
See also[edit]
Ibiza International Film Festival
References[edit]
- ↑ "Mapi Galán actriz" (PDF). juventudbierzo.com (in español). 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Savage Grace". BBC Two. 9 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Mapi Galán" (in español). FilmAffinity. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "La sección 'Balearic Spirit' abrirá hoy el III Festival Internacional de Ibiza" (in español). La Región Internacional. 27 May 2009. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Escuela de Arte de Oviedo". escueadearte.com (in español). Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Pedro Vallín (23 April 2010). "Festival de cine en Español de Málaga: 'Herois' maravilla con su desprejuiciada nostalgia de los ochenta". La Vanguardia (in español). Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Javier Etxezarreta (26 September 2012). "La actriz Mapi Galán en la alfombra roja del 60º Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián". La Vanguardia (in español). Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Mapi Galán". movienco.co.uk (in español and English). Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sonata para violonchelo – Tráiler (video)". FilmAffinity (in español). May 20, 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Palmarés de la III Edición del Festival de Cine de Ibiza" (in español). El Mundo. 1 June 2009. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "El palmarés" (in español). Diario de Ibiza. 2 June 2009. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Welcome to Ibiza: DePura Ibiza". welcometoibiza.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Eva De Vor (10 February 2016). "Evalunes: DePura Ibiza". evalunes.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Christian Dori (September 2015). "DePura Ibiza" (in español and English). Night&Day Magazine. pp. 54-, 55. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023 – via Issuu. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ James Travers (2007). "Enfants de salaud (1996)". frenchfilms.org. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Unknown parameter
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External links[edit]
- Mapi Galán on IMDb
- Mapi Galán at AllMovie
- Official website (archived on August 2, 2021)
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