Sandra Collantes

Education

About me

This seductive chameleon actress has worked over the last eight years in many different acclaimed Theatre, Cinema and TV productions with some of the best professionals in the national scene such as:

Mariano Barroso (a prestigious Spanish film director)

Andrés Lima, (the director of the renowned Spanish Theater Company Animalario)

Will Keen, (a famous British Actor/Director)

He has also worked with the famous Argentinian coach and acting teacher , Fernando Piernas. And Adan Black (http://www.theatreforthepeople.com/adan_black)

Sandra Collantes began her acting studies in Karen Taff School, where she trained for several years and attended to second Conservatory of Spanish Dance. There, she combined her passion for dancing and training with jobs in major advertising campaigns as a model.

The first theatrical appearance of Sandra Collantes was in the play "The Siamese Port" written by Andrés Lima and directed by Celia Leon with the famous company Animalario. She also got the lead role in "Sheets" written and directed by Secun de la Rosa (Radio Rara Company). But it was her role as Malena in the musical "I Can’t Get Up Today" where she gave her most public and critically acclaimed performance, not in vain it was the most watched musical in the history of Musical Theatre in Spain.

Last time she performed up on a stage it was last summer at the prestigious Fringe Festival in Madrid with the play "Splendor In The Grass" directed by Secun de la Rosa.

In films, she has worked so far in: "R2 and the case of the headless corpse” (Lead Role), a hilarious comedy directed by Alvaro Saenz de Heredia, "Think” a psicothriller directed by Paul Alvort, "A Word of Yours" directed by Ángeles González Sinde (Famous director and President of The Spanish Film Academy and Minister of Culture) and “Shoddy People” directed by Juan Cavestany. Also, she has worked in numerous award-winning short films. Cinema is the field she would like to explore more in the upcoming years and where Sandra can develop her outstanding talent.

Soon, you will see her starring along with Guillermo Toledo in "Historias de Lavapies” of director Ramón Luque.

Sandra Collantes has participated in prominent roles in different popular and successful TV series in Spain, such as: "Antivicio", “Esencia de poder", "Luna Negra”, "Obsesión", "Amar en tiempos revueltos", "Cuéntame Cómo pasó", "Herederos" and “Cuestión de Sexo” .

It is also one of the protagonist of the first online web series “Chica Busca Chica” which got a huge public and critical recognition worldwide. The creators are in the pre-production of the upcoming film based on this web serie and Sandra will be again one the leads in this brand new appealing film.

Recently, she worked in a TV pilot called “Shand” directed by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo (Goya-winning director of the Royal Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences), along side with well-known and respected actors like Hugo Silva, Miguel Fernandez and Carlos Areces.
Additional skills:
Roller skating
Horse riding
Spanish dancing

License & Passport

Skills

Languages Spoken	English, Spanish
Accents/Dialects	English - General, Spanish (International Spanish) Acento Neutro
Dance Styles	Ballet
Vocal Types	Mezzo Soprano