Laia Costa

Acting

Laia Costa

Born

1985-02-18 (41)

Place of birth

Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

38 titles

Laia Costa (Catalan: [ˈlajə ˈkɔstə]; born February 18, 1985) is a Spanish actress from Catalonia. She earned a degree in advertising, public relations and marketing, as well as a PhD in political science and media studies, before beginning her acting career at the age of 26. She is best known for starring in the critically acclaimed one-shot German thriller Victoria (2015), for which she received several accolades, including a German Film Award for Best Actress, becoming the first foreign actress to win a Lola and a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination. After initial minor television roles in Spain, including an appearance in Polseres vermelles (2013), she went on to star in the romantic drama…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

Lee Cronin's The Mummy poster
7.8

The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.

Lee Cronin's The Mummy

2026

The Teacher Who Promised the Sea poster
7.7

The buried memories of the Spanish Civil War are unearthed as a woman searches for the remains of her grandfather's father and discovers the story of an idealistic young teacher from Tarragona.

The Teacher Who Promised the Sea

2023

Collision Course poster
NR

Spain, 2013. After robbing a bank, a getaway crash reveals the hidden side of each thief, exposing betrayals and lies that began long before the heist.

Collision Course

2026

Un amor poster
6.6

Upon settling in the countryside village of La Escapa, Nat accepts a disturbing sexual proposal by neighbour Andreas, paving the way for a self-consuming passion.

Un amor

2023

The Enchanted poster
5.4

Irene is a woman in her thirties with a four-year-old daughter who has just separated from her husband and cannot find her place in the world. Determined to get by at whatever cost, she flees to a remote village in the mountains to try to rebuild her life, with the help of the lush vegetation, omnipresent nature and legends around her.

The Enchanted

2023

Lullaby poster
7.2

Amaia has just become a mother, and the challenge is even more significant than she imagined. So when her partner has to leave for several weeks because of his job, she decides to spend time with her parents in a lovely coastal village in the Basque Country and hopefully share the responsibility of looking after her baby. However, she forgot that even when one becomes a parent, one never stops being a daughter.

Lullaby

2022

La leyenda de Canyut poster
NR

The plot revolves around the mythical figure of Canyut, a central character whose mysterious legend resurfaces year after year along the coast.

La leyenda de Canyut

2026

No artwork available
NR

Although the whole world recognises her career and the spectators applaud her talent, Isabel Coixet lives in a continuous doubt that pushes her to continue exploring her contradictions. To what extent does recognition or success quench the creative thirst? From where does she get that pressing need to always try to go further? These are some of the questions that Coixet, voicing her thoughts out loud to the camera, leaves floating in the air.

El coraje del matiz (Todas las vidas de Isabel Coixet)

2026

2010s · 14 titles

Newness poster
6.1

In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

Newness

2017

I Want You poster
7.5

After two years away, Hache returns to Barcelona seeking a fresh start. Falling for Gin while facing unresolved feelings for Babi, he must confront love, loss, and who he's becoming.

I Want You

2012

Life Itself poster
7.2

As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.

Life Itself

2018

Palm Trees in the Snow poster
7.4

Spain, 2003. An accidental discovery leads Clarence to travel from the snowy mountains of Huesca to Equatorial Guinea, to visit the land where her father Jacobo and her uncle Kilian spent most of their youth, the island of Fernando Poo.

Palm Trees in the Snow

2015

Victoria poster
7.6

A young Spanish woman who has newly moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.

Victoria

2015

Only You poster
6.6

A madly-in-love young couple's relationship begins to suffer when they struggle to conceive a child.

Only You

2019

Piercing poster
5.7

After kissing his wife and baby goodbye for a seemingly normal business trip, Reed checks himself into a hotel room to accomplish something he’s always dreamed of: the perfect murder. As his sinister plans unfold, he soon realizes he might be in over his head with a mysteriously unhinged call girl named Jackie.

Piercing

2019

Duck Butter poster
5.4

Dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating, strangers Naima and Sergio make a pact to spend 24 straight hours together in an attempt to fast forward their relationship.

Duck Butter

2018

Black Snow poster
6.0

Accused of killing his brother during adolescence, Salvador lives alone in the middle of Patagonia. Several decades later, his brother Marcos and his sister-in-law Laura, come to convince him to sell the lands they share by inheritance.

Black Snow

2017

Y otro año, perdices poster
4.0

It is Grandma’s birthday, and Rosa, who is hosting the party, thinks she has it all under control. But will she be able to put up with her sisters and with her husband’s absurd obsession with the Spanish folk song? And in the end, will she be able to deal with herself in the face of all the surprises that her family has in store for her?

Y otro año, perdices

2013

Fort Ross: In Search of Adventure poster
3.4

A group of journalists are traveling through the different places and different times trying to solve historical mystery.

Fort Ross: In Search of Adventure

2014

Maine poster
5.1

Backpacking alone on the Appalachian trail, a married woman meets a younger hiker and the two strangers become inexplicably drawn to one another.

Maine

2018

Don't Leave Me poster
6.0

Laura and Luis. Two characters mired in contradiction: she wants to go back to him but attacks and rebuffs him; he doesn’t want her back, but there he is, at her place, taking off his jacket. A story of heartbreak, where a woman mistakes desire for the need to fill an endless void.

Don't Leave Me

2015

La receta poster
NR

Two friends debate the possibility of making their own Estrella Damm. Through the narration, it is one of them who explains the ingredients used in the making of this recipe.

La receta

2017

Series credits

The Wheel of Time poster
7.6

The lives of five young villagers change forever when a strange and powerful woman arrives, claiming one of them is the child of an ancient prophecy with the power to tip the balance between Light and Dark forever. They must choose whether to trust this stranger – and each other – with the fate of the world before the Dark One breaks out of His prison, and the Last Battle begins.

The Wheel of Time

2021

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

German Film Award

1951

Bandolera poster
3.8

No synopsis available yet.

Bandolera

2011

Devils poster
7.3

After being implicated in a deadly scandal, a trader at a leading London bank fights to clear his name, but instead uncovers an intercontinental conspiracy masterminded by powerful forces operating in the shadows.

Devils

2020

Soulmates poster
6.0

Fifteen years into the future, science has made a discovery that changes the lives of everyone on the planet – a test that unequivocally tells you who your soulmate is.

Soulmates

2020

Polseres vermelles poster
7.9

The story of a group of Catalan children and teenagers who meet as patients in the children's wing of a hospital.

Polseres vermelles

2011

Toledo, cruce de destinos poster
4.7

The story is settled in the Middle Ages when three monotheistic religions coexisted and fought for power in the Spanish Peninsula: Christians, Muslims and Jews. The series mixes action, intrigue and love in the Castilian capital of Toledo. It shows us about all those who lived in the walls of a city full of ups and downs, labyrinths and shady hiding places.

Toledo, cruce de destinos

2012

The Time in Between poster
8.1

Sira Quiroga is a young Spanish dressmaker engaged to a solid suitor when a suave typewriter salesman upends her life. Spain is being upended by a civil war and the new regime's growing alliances with Nazi Germany. Sira, smart, gutsy and resourceful with a Scarlett O'Hara-like ability to whip up designer duds on a moment's notice, Sira has spunk. Sira gains and loses a small fortune, is dumped by her cad of a lover in Morocco, runs guns to get the cash to start her life anew and becomes couturier to the Nazi wives stationed in Madrid. Urged on by her friend, the real-life British spy Rosalinda Fox, Sira, too, aids the British cause.

The Time in Between

2013

The Diplomat poster
6.5

The six-part series follows Laura Simmonds and her Barcelona Consul colleague and friend Alba Ortiz as they fight to protect British nationals who find themselves in trouble in the Catalan city.

The Diplomat

2023

Carlos, rey emperador poster
6.9

As the life of Charles of Habsburg is told since his arrival to Spain, it can be seen how the heir to the crowns of Germany, Burgundy, the Netherlands, the Free County, Artois, Nevers and Rethel, of the territories of the Crown of Aragon and its related Italian territories, and of the territories of the Catholic Monarchs in Castile, North Africa and the Americas, matures as a statesman and gets stronger in face of menaces around him and good and bad advice from his counselors.

Carlos, rey emperador

2015

Cites poster
6.9

Looking for love, sex, or just someone to move away from the loneliness, the characters in " Cites " meet face to face, after meeting online, laden with uncertainties and hopes. Based on the original format of the British series " Dates " Brian Elsley . Each episode of the series , located in Barcelona , focuses on two of these quotations , which come into play fears , secrets and expectations of its protagonists. A staff relations existing partner network around a character that cross each other and that we will find again throughout the series look.

Cites

2015

Cites Barcelona poster
7.3

In the 21st Century, when dating has become a matter of texting, smartphone apps and virtual experiences, couples that have met via the internet go on a series of first dates. Catalan adaptation of the 2013 British series "Dates"

Cites Barcelona

2023

Foodie Love poster
6.8

A pair of thirty-somethings meet through a food lover app and embark on a relationship despite past scars. Over the course of several dates, they discover where their tastes overlap and whether their passion for food, and shared distaste for foodie pretension, is enough to spark true love.

Foodie Love

2019

Cuéntame un cuento poster
6.9

No synopsis available yet.

Cuéntame un cuento

2014

Closed Rooms poster
5.6

Violeta returns to Spain to supervise the works that have to turn the family mansion into a museum. The appearance of a mummified body in a room reveals a secret from the past.

Closed Rooms

2015

Cuidarnos entre nosotros nos hace humanos poster
5.0

In this miniseries based on many true stories, we experience firsthand that instinct that makes us care for others.

Cuidarnos entre nosotros nos hace humanos

2022