Elena Anaya
Elena Anaya Gutiérrez (born July 17, 1975) is a Spanish actress whose career dates back to 1995. Anaya was born in Palencia, Spain on July 17, 1975. She is the youngest of 5 children. 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 Hollywood 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. In 2004, she was named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.
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Movies (50)

Sisters
2026 · Marta

Rosebush Pruning
2026 · Emma

Fatum
2023 · Costa

The Chalk Line
2022 · Paula

Rifkin's Festival
2020 · Jo Rojas

The Summit
2017 · Claudia Klein

Mujer Maravilla
2017 · Dr. Maru

Zip & Zap and the Captain's Island
2016 · Señorita Pam

El infiltrado
2016 · Gloria Alcaino

Far from the Sea
2015 · Marina

The Memory of Water
2015 · Amanda

Swung
2015 · Alice López, Producer

They Are All Dead
2014 · Lupe

I Thought It Was a Party
2013 · Ana

Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony
2012 · Self

The Making of The Skin I Live In
2012 · Self

The Skin I Live In
2011 · Vera Cruz / Gal

Point Blank
2010 · Nadia Pierret

Room in Rome
2010 · Alba

Cairo Time
2009 · Kathryn

Hierro
2009 · Maria

9
2009

Walking Vengeance
2008 · Ana

Mesrine: Killer Instinct
2008 · Sofia

Savage Grace
2007 · Blanca

Entre mujeres
2007 · Sofia Buñuel

Miguel and William
2007 · Leonor

Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
2007 · Self

Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer
2006 · Angélica de Alquézar

Fragile
2005 · Helen Perez

Dead Fish
2005 · Mimi

Ana y Manuel
2005 · Ana

Van Helsing: Cazador de monstruos
2004 · Aleera

Two Tough Guys
2003 · Tatiana

Rancour
2002 · Esther

The Blue Room
2002 · Ana

Talk to Her
2002 · Ángela

Don't Tempt Me
2001 · Pili

Sex and Lucía
2001 · Belén

The Winter of the Anjanas
2000 · Adelaida

El árbol del penitente
2000 · Sonsoles

Wiped-Out Footprints
1999 · Rosa

Finisterre, donde termina el mundo
1999 · Laura

Black Tears
1998 · Alicia

Grandes ocasiones
1998 · Susy

What Makes Women Laugh?
1997 · Catalina Bayarri

Family
1996 · Luna

África
1996 · África
Inheritance
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