Bárbara Lennie

Acting

Bárbara Lennie

Born 1984-04-20 · Madrid, Spain

Bárbara Lennie (20 April 1984) is a Spanish actress (of Argentine parents). She graduated in Interpretation from the Royal School of Dramatic Art (Madrid). She debuted at only fifteen in the 2001 film No Pain, No Gain and has won a Goya Award of best actress in 2015 for the film Magical Girl.

Acting credits

The Invisible Guest poster
8.1

Barcelona, Spain. Adrián Doria, a young and successful businessman accused of murder, meets one night with Virginia Goodman, an expert interrogation lawyer, in order to devise a defense strategy.

The Invisible Guest

2017

The Skin I Live In poster
7.5

A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

The Skin I Live In

2011

Bitter Christmas poster
6.3

After her mother dies in December, advertising director Elsa immerses herself in work to cope. When a panic attack forces her to take a break, she decides to travel to Lanzarote with her friend Patricia. The story of these women run parallel to that of a screenwriter and film director, exploring how life and fiction are inseparably linked, sometimes painfully so.

Bitter Christmas

2026

Aida, the Movie poster
6.9

The film deals with the filming of an episode of the series with storylines that take place both within the fiction with the characters of 'Aída' and outside of it with the actors themselves and their relationships, which reflects on topics such as the limits of comedy, the work of a comedian and fame.

Aida, the Movie

2026

God's Crooked Lines poster
7.3

Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.

God's Crooked Lines

2022

Everybody Knows poster
6.5

Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.

Everybody Knows

2018

The Tigers poster
6.2

Antonio and Estrella are diving siblings. He works in maritime works, she studies underwater life and assists him. Its precarious economy could improve after finding cocaine hidden in the hull of a ship anchored in Huelva.

The Tigers

2025

The Kid poster
6.4

Two youths, Niño and Compi, enter the world of drug smuggling in the Strait of Gibraltar; while two police officers, Jesús and Eva, try to eradicate the contraband.

The Kid

2014

La Tarara poster
NR

A symbolic short film exploring the relationship between an aunt and her nephew through a blend of fashion, visual arts, and cinematic storytelling. Part of the three-film "Where Talent Ignites" project showcasing Spanish creativity.

La Tarara

2026

Gold poster
5.7

Spanish soldiers battle indigenous tribes and their own brutal natures as they search for a legendary city built of gold.

Gold

2017

Magical Girl poster
7.3

The father of a terminally ill girl is determined to grant his daughter's last wish, a ridiculously expensive collectors' costume from a Japanese TV series. The request will drive him into a journey within his city's dark underbelly.

Magical Girl

2014

The Apostate poster
5.4

A young man navigates the bureaucracy of the Catholic Church when he tries to renounce his faith.

The Apostate

2015

The Realm poster
7.1

Manuel, a Spanish politician whose high-class lifestyle is based on nefarious and illegal business threatens to break his entire party after a newspaper exposes him to the public eye. Rather than admit to any wrongdoing, he decides to sell out his whole party in an effort to avoid jail time. It's a decision that will put many lives at risk.

The Realm

2018

Hermanas poster
NR

An immense fall-out between two sisters. A time for reproach and love. Something for a whole life between two beings produced by the same body but profoundly different. Together. And yet, irreconcilable. A fight to the death. Head-to-head. These sisters are our sisters. They are the multitude who live inside each one of us. That multitude is called: need, truth, struggle.

Hermanas

2020

Sunday's Illness poster
6.6

Annabel is a successful businesswoman with a wealthy husband. At a reception in her villa she meets a woman, a member of the catering staff who has been hired for the evening. This woman is none other than her own daughter Chiara, whom she had left over thirty years ago. Chiara was just eight years old at the time. She now approaches her mother with an unusual request: to spend ten days together with her.

Sunday's Illness

2018

The 13 Roses poster
6.6

True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. Despite of their innocence, the thirteen were soon executed without even a trace of evidence of any wrong doing.

The 13 Roses

2007

No Pain, No Gain poster
6.2

David is a teenager who feels he doesn't belong to a life where his family, friends and the girl he loves seem not to understand him.

No Pain, No Gain

2001

Childish Games poster
5.4

Daniel agrees to take Julia, the daughter of an old childhood friend who has just died, into his home.

Childish Games

2012

The Substitute poster
5.9

Lucio, a prestigious university professor, takes the position of substitute teacher at a high school in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, where he grew up. Through tales, novels and poetry, he tries to distract his class from the harsh reality of their everyday lives. But soon, he must step out of his professional duties when Dilan, one of his students, is threatened by a local drug kingpin.

The Substitute

2022

The Furies poster
6.5

A family reunites to discuss the selling of their beloved house, but their secrets threaten to overwhelm them as they come to light.

The Furies

2016

Falling Star poster
5.9

During a brief rule towards the end of the 19th century, the Italian duke Amadeo of Savoy occupied the Spanish throne. However, confined to the safety of life within the palace walls, the lonely, frustrated king and his servants succumb to playful adventures focused more on pleasure than his duties.

Falling Star

2014

La bicicleta poster
6.0

Ramon, a twelve year old visit a bicycle shop to fix a puncture. There he meets an old man named Mario, a former amateur cyclist, and was fascinated by a bike that just built with parts from different models. The old man decides to give it away.

La bicicleta

2006

The Girls Are Alright poster
6.1

In the middle of summer, five women rehearse a play in an old mill, isolated from the world.

The Girls Are Alright

2023

Orange Honey poster
5.0

Andalusia in the fifties. Enrique and Carmen just meet and fall deeply in love. Carmen gets him to stay in military service in a court of the city. Enrique, in view of the injustices he witnesses every day, realizes that to change the course of things he has to act. Soon he will be involved in risky actions that endanger their lives and those of their peers.

Orange Honey

2012