Carme Elias
Elías i Boada (born 14 January 1951) is a Spanish film, television, and stage actress. She won the Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance in Camino.
Carme Elias

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- Name
- Carme Elías
- Birth Name
- Carmen Elías i Boada
- Born
- 14 January 1951
- Birthplace
- Barcelona, Spain
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- actress
- Education
- Institut del Teatre · Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
- Honours
- Miquel Porter Gaudí Honorary Award · Saint George's Cross · Margarida Xirgu Memorial Prize · Butaca Award for best theater actress · Butaca Award for best Catalan film actress · Unión de Actores Awards
- Languages
- Catalan · Spanish
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Carme Elias nacque il 14 gennaio 1951.
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Biography
Biography
Carme Elias studied at Institut del Teatre and Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. The recorded working language is Catalan and Spanish. Distinctions recorded are Miquel Porter Gaudí Honorary Award, Saint George's Cross, Margarida Xirgu Memorial Prize and Butaca Award for best theater actress.

Carme Elias
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Carme Elias
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Key facts
• Name — Carme Elías • Birth Name — Carmen Elías i Boada • Born — 14 January 1951 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Other Names — * Carmen Elías • Carme Elias • Years Active — 1975–present Carme Elías i Boada (born 14 January 1951) is a Spanish film, television, and stage actress. She won the Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance in Camino.
Life
Life
Carme Elías i Boada was born on 14 January 1951 in Barcelona. In 2022, she disclosed that she was in an early stage of Alzheimer's disease and that she was leaving her career, with the exception of a documentary film tracking the development of her condition.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Reference(s) • 1985 — Stico • 1991 — Capità Escalaborns — Catalina • El rey pasmado (The Dumbfounded King) — Abadesa ('abbess') • 1993 — Los de enfrente (The Window Over the Way) — Nejla • 1994 — Los peores años de nuestra vida (The Window Over the Way) — Carola • 1995 — La flor de mi secreto (The Flower of My Secret) — Betty • 1996 — Menos que cero — Maite • Pesadilla para un rico — Alicia • La vida privada — Lola • 1997 — En brazos de la mujer madura (In Praise of Older Women) — Irene • 1998 — Agujetas en el alma — Carmen • 1999 — Manos de seda — Silvia • No respires. El amor está en el aire — Julia • 2006 — Los aires difíciles (Rough Winds) — Sara • 2008 — Camino — Gloria • 2013 — La distancia más larga (The Longest Distance) — Martina • 2018 — Quién te cantará — Blanca • 2021 — Las consecuencias (The Consequences) — Teresa
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- 1.Carme Elias i Boada enciclopedia.cat.
- 2.Real Decreto 1083/2022, de 27 de diciembre, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, en su categoría de oro, a las personas y entidades que se relacionan.
- 3.Carme Elias: «El salt de la creació catalana ha estat extraordinari».
- 4.Carme Elias: "Volia ser una actriu que algun dia pogués recollir un premi com aquest Gaudí".
- 5.Carme Elías: "Nunca estoy contenta conmigo como actriz, soy eterna aprendiz" - El Día - Hemeroteca 09-04-2016.
- 6.El rigor i la delicadesa.
- 7.Faixes, turbants i barretines.
- 8.La granja animal.
- 9.Carme Elías va por la senda de la Xirgu en "Terra baixa".
- 10.Estrenos de teatro, Obras de teatro y Festivales CDAEM · Teatro Español.
- 11.Entrevistes. Carme Elias, actriu.
- 12.Albert Camus, la veritat i la comèdia - Amenic: Carme Elias parla de "Calígula".
- 13.El TNC estrena 'El ventall de Lady Windermere', su primer Wilde.
- 14.'La casa dels cors trencats' conquista el TNC con la potente carga irónica y el humor de Bernard Shaw.
- 15.Doña Rosita la Soltera o el lenguaje de las flores.
- 16.‘Purga’ o com sobreviure després de l’infern.
- 17.Lluís Homar humaniza al villano más despreciable de Shakespeare.
- 18.'Temps salvatge', Lolita en la sociedad del miedo.
- 19.Carme Elías cumple su sueño de actuar en el Teatro de Mérida.
- 20.Las entrañas de Shakespeare. 1134-6582.
- 21.Carmen Elías encarna la rebelión de Prometeo contra Zeus.
- 22.La crítica de Valencia elige «84 Charing Cross Road» como mejor espectáculo.
- 23.Carmen Elías vuelve al Español con “Al galope”.
- 24.Magnífico combate de estrellas entre Carme Elias y Vicky Peña. 1134-6582.
- 25.Viggo Mortensen se adentra en el 'Purgatorio' junto a Carme Elías.
- 26.L'orgia Barcelona Film Commission.
- 27.Premios Goya: Carme Elías, mejor actriz RTVE Play. es. 2022-11-16. 2011-02-22.
- 28.L'Acadèmia del Cinema Català nomena els nous Membres d'Honor.
- 29.Premis Gaudí - Gaudí d'Honor 2021: Carme Elias. ca. TV3. 2022-11-16.
- 30.La actriz Carme Elias revela que padece alzhéimer: “Todo esto no puedes pasarlo sin cariño y ayuda”.
- 31.ABC MADRID 02-11-1975 página 67 - Archivo ABC.
- 32.La Gaviota, entre el desencanto permanente y la esperanza de la juventud.
- 33.L'ombra d'un copalta damunt l'asfalt.
- 34.'Absalón' se estrena esta noche en el teatro Español. 1134-6582.
- 35.Isabel Coixet debuta hoy como directora teatral con «84 Charing Cross Road».
- 36.Carme Elías: "El teatro es una respiración conjunta entre actores y público".
- 37.La actriz Carme Elías encarna la rebelión de 'Prometeo' contra el poder del dios Zeus en el Teatro Romano de Mérida.
- 38.Viggo Mortensen se adentra en el 'Purgatorio' junto a Carme Elías.
- 39.Carme Elias.
- 40.Puigcorbé, Carme Elías y Rosa Maria Sardà, premiados.
- 41.Premios Sant Jordi.
- 42.XVIII Premios de la Unión de Actore RTVE Play. es. 2022-11-22. 2013-05-24.
- 43.La "Turia" premia a los realizadores José Luís Cuerda y Javier Feser, y a los actores Carmen Elías y Unax Ugalde.
- 44.Premios Goya 2009 Especiales elmundo.es.
- 45.Las consecuencias.
- 46.Carme Elias.
- 47.Los Sant Jordi de cine abren los actos de los 50 años de TVE Catalunya.
- 48.RTVE entrega los Premios RNE Sant Jordi 2026 a estrellas como Almodóvar, Alauda Ruiz de Azúa o Karla Sofía Gascón.
- 49.Carme Elias recibe la Medalla de Oro al Mérito Cultural de Barcelona: "Soy feliz, vivo el presente y no pienso en después".
- 50.Carme Elías, Medalla de Oro de la Academia de Cine 2023.
- 51.La actriz Carmen Elías, Premio Gaudí de Honor 2021.
- 52.La familia de Honor del cine catalán crece.
- 53.2022.
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