Bio_Ana Capella _ESP

ANA CAPELLA
Ana Capella was born in Mahón, Minorca in 1979. In 1995 she moves to England with the intention of
studying Acting. From 1995-1998 she takes her A-Levels. Amongst some of her school subjects she
chooses Theatre Studies and Clasical Civilisation, with some of its ancient Greek and Roman tragedies
and comedies. This period of her life is full of artistic influences and continuous outings to London, from
where her school is not far. Thus, discovering the musicals of the West-End and the London Greco-Latin
Circuit.
In 1998 she registers in De Montfort University, Leicester, U.K to read Performing Arts, choosing to
specialise in Contemporary Theatre and Dance .In 1999 she takes part in a six month student exchange
programme with the University of Maryland in Baltimore County, U.S where she is instructed in the
Method Acting and Voice Skills. For three years she attends a vast quantity of contemporary
performances in both theatre and dance, as it is an essential part of the syllabus to analyse and review
many of them. Likewise, she delves in the theory and practice of 20th Century Theatre and Dance
Practicioners in the search of a style of her own from which she will be assessed in her final year of her
degree.
In 2001, having just graduated she starts working in London as the Personal Assistant of Rainer Grupe,
Producer Director of “Gorilla Entertainment Ltd." in the post-production of “Buffalo Soldiers”, a Gregor
Jordan´s film, with recognized actors such as Ed Harris, Anna Paquin and Joaquin Phoenix and afterwards
in the pre-production of several projects. Simultaneously, she works as the Production Assistant of
“Flamingo Blues” a low-budget film by the director Robbie Stevens and produced by “Metto Production”
and “Rustic Spirit Production”.
At the end of 2002 she returns to Spain and in 2003 she registers in (NIC), Instituto de Cine de Madrid.
One of Madrid finest Film Schools. There she meets Marta Álvarez, an acting teacher from the William
Layton´s school who deeply influences her views and with whom she mantains contact as her coach and
mentor once she graduates in 2005. In 2006 and for a whole year she continues her acting studies with
Bonnie Morín, specialised in Strasberg´s Method Acting by (U.C.L.A) University of Los Angeles,
California. Since then, her acting training in theatre, film and television has been ongoing, taking part in
numerous acting workshops with renown professionals in the industry. International Stage Directors such
as John Strasberg and Fernando Piernas, Spanish TV Series Directors such as Inma Torrente,
Iñaki Izgatiguru and Chus Delgado, the famous Spanish Filmmaker Juanma Bajo Ulloa and National
Casting Directors such as Carlos Manzanares, Rosa Estévez and Carmen Utrilla.
In 2010, as part of a cooperation project she moves to Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, to coordinate and
direct a peace theatre project named "Davies Project", which intends to train children of this region,
profoundly divided by their religious believes, into "Theatre of the Opressed", a style of Social Theatre
funded by the Brazilian Theatre Practicioner Augusto Boal, initially applied to the slum communities in
Brazil.
Her stage experience started out of Spain and has met a wide range of styles, from classical to
experimental. She has been the lead role in productions such as "Blood Wedding" by the Spanish
Playwright Federico García Lorca, and directed by Sam Wark in The Arts Academy, Baltimore, Maryland,
U.S in 1999. Also that year, in “Happy Days” by Samuel Beckett, coproduced and directed with Michelle
Wilby, perfomed at The Little Theatre, Leicester. U.K. A year later, she played in “Shit Happens” a
theatre piece written, produced and directed by Emma Cox and Tim Brown, staged at The Phoenix Arts in
Leicester, The Cultural Centre of Stamford, in Stamford and the Bonnington Gallery in Nottingham, all in
the U.K. In 2001, also in the U.K, she played in “Recollection of the 20th Century”, produced and
directed by Daniel Belasco and Mole Whetherhell, staged at The Nottingham Playhouse and De Montfort
Hall, Leicester. Later that year and still in the U.K, playing one of the female leads in “The dark magus
and the sacred whore” an adaptation of Mark Russel´s novel, under the same name,
coproduced/codirected with Anna Ford in the Artistic Centre of Melton Mowbray, Leicester.
In 2006/7, already back in Spain, she toured with the theatre company Arthistrión as part of The
National Greco-Latin Festival, in the stage productions of "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles, Plautus´s
"Cisterallia", "The Phoenician Women" by Euripides and Plautus´s "The Twin Pimps", all directed
by Susana Verdú. A year later, with changes in the company and under a different name (Hypokrites),
they re-staged "The Phoenician Women" and "The Twin Pimps" with a new dramatic proposal and
as part of the same festival, but this time under a joint production and direction. She´s currently part of
the company TRES TRASTROS, working on the production of "Cuentos para niños Grandes"
(Bedtime stories for BIG children)
On Spanish TV, she´s made comedy sketches for Caiga quien Caiga, Tele5, appeared on episodes of
national TV series such as Veintitantos, Una nueva vida and
Mi gemela es hija única for the same channel, U.P.A. Dance for Antena3 and Herederos for TV1.
She´s also appeared on several commercials.
She has acted the main part in several short films such as "SAAS" by Raúl Herrera, "NicoTina" by
Soledad Guerrero, "360 grados" by Javier Palomino, "No Llores Más" by Paula Domínguez, "Cara de
Póker" by Quique Celdrán, "Pompas de Jabón" by Esther García, and "Torrejón 20 kms" by Rubén
Jurada and Gabriel Hernández. This last awarded best short by the public and directors in the last Buga
del Lobo´s Short Film Festival, Madrid.
She also had a main part in "Somos Caravana", a docudrama shot in West Africa, produced and
directed by Manuel García Serrano, recently nominated to the National Spanish Goya Film awards for
“Donde habitan las mujeres” and coproducer of “Binta y la gran idea”, by Javier Fresser, nominated to the
Oscars for best documentary in 2007. She´s participated in the dramatised acting attached in the short
"Monstruos" by Sandra Garrido and taken part in the feature film "Hollywood" by Ramón Luque.