Milena Smit

Milena Smit was born on 5 October 1996 in Elche Spain She first started working in show business as a model when she was 15 years old She worked in her home city and later moved to Madrid in search of career opportunities Her father is Dutch She trained as an actress at the Cristina Rota acting school and was taught by Bernard Hiller an acting coach of such actors as Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz Before becoming an actress she was a waitress shop assistant babysitter and information assistant on the subway Smits first film appearances were in various short films such as Diagonales Innermost Chimichanga and Adentro In 2020 she appeared in her first feature film Cross the Line directed by David Victori with Mario Casas For her work on the film she was nominated at the Goya Awards for best new actress The films casting team discovered the actress via a social network After much searching we found Milena on Instagram We fell in love with everything she had in common with the character After her participation in Cross the Line she was signed by Pedro Almodóvar for his film Parallel Mothers with Penélope Cruz and Aitana SánchezGijón In the film Smit and Cruz play women who become pregnant by accident and befriend each other in the maternity ward Both characters give birth to girls on the same day On her performance in the film director Almodóvar said she has an emotional intelligence and a sincerity that are not learned in any school he also said her role in the 2020 film Cross the Line was overwhelming Smit received a Goya Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the role