Consuelo Trujillo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Trujillo and the second or maternal family name is Urbano.
Consuelo Trujillo
Trujillo in 2024
Born
Consuelo Trujillo Urbano

La Línea de la Concepción, Spain
Occupation(s)Actress, director, teacher
PartnerSusi Sánchez
AwardsActors Union Award (2014, 2016)

Consuelo Trujillo Urbano is a Spanish actress, acting teacher, and theater director.

Biography

Trujillo won the Actors Union Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2014 for the play Cuando deje de llover,[1] and for Best Theatrical Actress in 2016 for Criatura.[2] She has also appeared in productions such as Blood Wedding, Doña Rosita the Spinster, The House of Bernarda Alba,[3] and Medea.[4] In film she has had roles in The Bride, Al sur de Granada, Yo, también, and Verónica.[5]

She is an acting teacher at the Juan Carlos Corazza academy and her classes have included students such as Javier Bardem and Elena Anaya.[6]

She is the romantic partner of actress Susi Sánchez. The two met while appearing in Blood Wedding in 1986. They have been outspoken advocates of LGBT rights, acting in plays such as The Laramie Project and appearing at several gay pride events together.[3][7]

References

  1. ^ "'La isla mínima' y 'Cuando deje de llover' triunfan en los Premios de la Unión de Actores" ['La isla mínima' and 'Cuando deje de llover' Triumph at the Union of Actors and Actresses Awards]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). EFE. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  2. ^ Vidales, Raquel (13 March 2017). "'Tarde para la ira' triunfa en los premios de la Unión de Actores y Actrices" ['Tarde para la ira' Triumphs at the Union of Actors and Actresses Awards]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b Ruiz, Borja (27 January 2014). "Susi Sánchez, la visibilidad de las actrices lesbianas en los Goya de este año" [Susi Sánchez, the Visibility of Lesbian Actresses at This Year's Goyas]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  4. ^ Vadillo, Paco (2 July 2015). "'Medea' sucumbe al trabajo de Consuelo Trujillo" ['Medea' Succumbs to the Work of Consuelo Trujillo]. Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  5. ^ "El rodaje de 'La novia', de Paula Ortiz, arranca mañana en Los Monegros" [Shooting of 'The Bride', by Paula Ortiz, Starts Tomorrow at Los Monegros]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Madrid. EFE. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Susi Sanchez y Consuelo Trujillo, juntas en el amor y en el teatro" [Susi Sanchez and Consuelo Trujillo, Together in Love and in Theater]. Revista MíraLES (in Spanish). 29 October 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Las parejas homosexuales más estables del mundo" [The Most Stable Homosexual Couples in the World]. Qué! (in Spanish). 7 May 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2019.