Clara Lago

Biography

Clara Lago Grau is a Spanish actress. Born in Torrelodones, near Madrid, Lago made her film debut at the age of 9 with the Spanish film Terca Vida (2000) (she had previously appeared in a Spanish TV series) and in the same year joined the cast of Compañeros (Antena 3).

In 2002 she starred in Carol’s Journey, a film directed by Imanol Uribe for which Lago was nominated for a Goya Award for Best New Actress.

She won the award for ‘Best New Talent in Spanish Cinema’, awarded by L’Oreal in the 2008 56th San Sebastian Film Festival.

Clara won the Shooting Stars Award by the ICAA for the European Film Academy and the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011 for her role in the film The Hidden Face.

In 2014, Lago starred in Spanish Affair. The film broke Spanish box-office records, becoming the top-grossing Spanish title of all time with more than $75 million in sales and sitting.

Lago appears in the 2015 film Welcome to Harmony along with Matthew Fox and Jeffrey Donovan, in an adaptation of Juan de Dios Garduño’s bestseller book Y pese a todo.

In 2013, Lago began a relationship with her Ocho Apellidos co-star Dani Rovira.