Laia Costa

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1. Behind the award

   Costa won the German Film Award for Best Actress for Victoria, becoming the first foreign actress and the only Spanish actress to take the Lola.

2. Big break

   Costa's breakthrough came as the title character in Sebastian Schipper's Victoria, a 134-minute thriller shot in a single take and almost entirely improvised.

3. First role

   In her first professional stage role, Costa played Maria Kapravof in Atraco, paliza y muerte en Agbanäspach, a play by Nao Albet and Marcel Borràs staged at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya. Since her lines were written entirely in German, she memorized them.

4. A change of course

   Costa played basketball for 17 years, at the point guard position for the Hispano Francés sports club, before turning to acting.

5. Early training

   Costa studied acting in various courses, and for two years she attended the Acting in English course taught by casting director Luci Lenox at the Frank Stien Studio. She is fluent in Catalan, Spanish, French and English.

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   Behind the camera

   Costa starred in the drama Maine, opposite Thomas Mann, at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, where it premiered. She also served as an executive producer on that film.