32 Facts About Laia Costa

Laia Costa earned a degree in advertising, public relations and marketing, as well as a PhD in political science and media studies, before starting her acting career at the age of 26.

Laia Costa's performance earned her the Best Actress in a Leading Role at the German Film Awards 2015, making her the first foreign and only Spanish actress to secure a Lola.

Laia Costa later starred in the romantic dramas Newness and Only You, the horror thriller Piercing, and the romantic comedy Duck Butter.

For taking the lead in HBO Spain's eight-episode romance series Foodie Love, Laia Costa received a nomination for a Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series.

Laia Costa was part of the cast in the first season of the financial drama Devils.

Laia Costa garnered widespread acclaim for her portrayal of Amaia, a new mother in Alauda Ruiz de Azua's Lullaby.

Laia Costa has since starred in three Spanish films in 2023, including the rural drama Un amor, which earned her a second Platino Award for Best Actress, and portrayed Moghedien in the Amazon Prime Video series The Wheel of Time.

Laia Costa was born on 18 February 1985 in Barcelona, Spain, to Jose Maria Costa, an accountant, and Cristina Bertran, one of Barcelona's first female taxi drivers.

Laia Costa attended the Salesian College San Juan Bosco Horta.

Laia Costa considers her foray into acting as an accident, since she never considered becoming an actress when she was growing up in Spain, she affirms that she had no role models and when she had to decide which profession to study, acting was not valued as a possibility.

Laia Costa played basketball from a young age for 17 years, playing for the Hispano Frances sports club at the point guard position.

Laia Costa obtained a degree in advertising, public relations, and marketing at the Blanquerna-Ramon Llull University's School of Communication and International Relations.

Laia Costa took different acting courses and eventually took casting director Luci Lenox's Acting in English course at the Frank Stien Studio for two years.

Laia Costa starred in Yuriy Moroz's adventure and fantasy film Fort Ross.

Laia Costa starred as the titular character in Victoria, a crime thriller film directed by Sebastian Schipper, which was almost entirely improvised by the actors; the 134-minute film was shot in a single take.

Laia Costa won the German Film Award for Best Actress, the Gaudi Award for Best Female Lead, the Sant Jordi Award for Best Actress in a Foreign Film, and was nominated for a European Film Award for Best European Actress.

Laia Costa held the lead role in the short film No me quites as Laura, who eagerly waits at her house for her ex-boyfriend Luis to return after a two-month absence.

In February 2017, Laia Costa was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award.

Laia Costa co-starred alongside Christopher Abbott and Mia Wasikowska in Nicolas Pesce's psychological horror-thriller Piercing, based on the novel of the same name by Ryu Murakami; it premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

Additionally, Laia Costa held the role of executive producer for the latter film.

Laia Costa starred opposite Josh O'Connor in Harry Wootliff's critically acclaimed directorial debut Only You.

Laia Costa portrayed Elena, a Spanish arts council worker who falls in love with a student who is almost a decade younger, only for the relationship to founder as the couple faces infertility issues.

Laia Costa then filmed the international co-produced Italian English language television series released in 2020 Devils co-starring along Patrick Dempsey based on the international bestseller novel of the same name by Guido Maria Brera.

Laia Costa returned to the Berlinale to premiere Lullaby by Alauda Ruiz de Azua, which premiered in the Panorama section on 11 February 2022.

Laia Costa received the script for Lullaby during her third month of pregnancy in 2019, and the exploration of motherhood and caregiving in the film resonated with her personal experiences.

The key lesson Laia Costa took away was to trust her intuition and embrace projects aligned with her stage of life, finding personal satisfaction beyond external outcomes.

Laia Costa was part of an ensemble cast in Alibi's British political thriller series The Diplomat, which premiered on 28 February 2023.

Laia Costa starred in the revival of the Catalan romantic drama TV series titled Cites Barcelona, reprising the role of Paula after 7 years.

Laia Costa played the character of Moghedien, one of the Forsaken, in Amazon Video's adaptation of Robert Jordan's fantasy epic, The Wheel of Time.

In February 2024, Laia Costa was named one of the 50 most influential women in Spanish cinema and audiovisual industry by Forbes Women.

For six years, Laia Costa relocated from Barcelona to Brickell, the financial district of Miami, Florida, with her husband David Lopez because of his job at a multinational retail company.

In May 2020, Laia Costa gave birth to her first child, a girl, at home.