Pilar López de Ayala

Pilar López de Ayala Arroyo (born 18 September 1978) is a Spanish actress. She won a Goya Award for Best Actress for her performance playing Joanna of Castile in 2001 film Mad Love.

Family
Born in Madrid, López de Ayala has an older brother named Rodrigo López de Ayala Arroyo (b. 1975). Their parents are Rodrigo López de Ayala Sánchez-Arjona (b. Fregenal de la Sierra, 4 July 1944) and wife Pilar Arroyo Gallego.

Other

 * Yo, una mujer (2 episodes, "El adiós" and "#1.3", 1996) .... Arancha
 * Menudo es mi padre (1 episode, "Un tranvía llamado deseo", 1996) ....
 * Vida y sainete (1 episode, "El tiro por la culata", 1998) ....
 * Al salir de clase (387 episodes, 1997–2001) .... Carlota Chacón
 * El paraíso perdido (short film) (1999) ....
 * Aviso de bomba (short film) (2000) .... Natalia
 * Hospital Central (1 episode, "Relaciones dificiles", 2000) .... Mamen
 * Vértigo (1 episode, "10 August 2000", 2000) .... Herself
 * La gran ilusión (1 episode, "Más allá del jardín", 2001) .... Herself
 * Lo + plus (1 episode, "27 September 2001", 2001) .... Herself
 * XVI premios Goya (TV special) (2002) .... Herself - Winner: Best Lead Actress
 * XI premios unión de actores (TV show) (2002) .... Herself
 * XVIII premios Goya (TV special) (2004) .... Herself - Presenter: Best Lead Actor & Best Cinematography
 * 50 y más (2005) (TV) .... Juana la Loca archive footage
 * Ceremonia de apertura (TV show) (2005) .... Herself
 * Ceremonia de clausura (TV show) (2005) .... Herself archive footage
 * Magacine (1 episode, "16 September 2005", 2005) .... archive footage
 * XX premios Goya (TV special) (2006) .... Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress & Presenter
 * Versión española (2 episodes, "15 April 2005" and "#8.34", 2005–2006) .... Herself
 * Corazón de... (4 episodes, "19 September 2005", "29 September 2005" (as Maestra archive footage (uncredited)), "16 January 2006", "20 March 2006" and "30 May 2006", 2005–2006) .... Herself
 * San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (TV movie) (2005) .... Maestra archive footage
 * 50 y más (TV movie) (2005) .... Juana la Loca archive footage
 * La imagen de tu vida (1 episode, "...", 2006) .... archive footage
 * La mandrágora (1 episode, "5 July 2006", 2006) .... Herself
 * Hécuba, un sueño de pasión (Documentary) (2006) .... Herself (also archive footage)
 * Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood (2007) (TV documentary) .... Herself archive footage
 * Sexo en el plató (2007) (TV documentary) .... Juana la Loca archive footage
 * XXII Premios Anuales de la Academia (2008) (TV special) .... Blanca Brisac Vázquez archive footage
 * 2008 Le grand journal de Canal+ (1 episode, "2 September 2008", 2008) .... Herself
 * Cartelera (1 episode, "13 December 2008", 2008) .... Herself
 * Ceremonia de inauguración - 57º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV movie) (2009) .... Herself
 * Premio Donostia a Ian McKellen (TV movie) (2009) .... Herself - Audience Member
 * Ceremonia de clausura - 57º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (TV movie) (2009) .... Herself - Presenter: Best Actress
 * 23 premios Goya (TV special) (2009) .... Paloma Molina archive footage (uncredited)
 * España, plató de cine (TV documentary) (2009) .... Blanca Molina archive footage (uncredited)
 * XXIV Premios Anuales de la Academia (TV movie) (2010) .... Herself
 * Días de cine (1 episode, "20 May 2010", 2010) .... Herself
 * Cinema 3 (1 episode, "22 May 2010", 2010) .... Herself
 * Gala 20 aniversario (TV movie) (2010) .... Carlota Chacón archive footage

Accolades
In 2002 she won both the Newcomer Award and the Award to Best Film Leading Actress of the Actors and Actresses Union Awards, the Premio ACE at the Premios ACE for Cinema – Best Actress, the Goya at the Goya Awards for Best Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz Principal), the Fotogramas de Plata of the Fotogramas de Plata for Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine), the CEC Award of the Cinema Writers Circle Awards for Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) and the ADIRCAE Award at the ADIRCAE Awards for Best Performance in a Leading Role, all of them for Juana la Loca (2001).

In 2006 she was nominated for the Actors and Actresses Union Awards (Film actress, secondary performance), the Goya at the Goya Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de Reparto), the Fotogramas de Plata for Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) and the CEC Award of the Cinema Writers Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz Secundaria), and won the Premio ACE at the Premios ACE for Cinema – Best Actress, all of them for Obaba (2005).