Aura Garrido

Aura Garrido Sánchez is a Spanish film and television actress. She has appeared in such films as Stockholm as well as the television series El Ministerio Del Tiempo.

Garrido was born in Madrid in 1989. Her father Tomás Garrido is a composer and orchestra conductor, and her mother, Pilar Sánchez, is a painter. She took her first piano classes when she was four years old, and soon after, started practicing ballet. She speaks English thanks to having an English-speaking best friend growing up.

After ending her high school studies, she enrolled herself in the Real Escuela Superior DE Arte Dramático, in Madrid, she took interpretation until her third year, specializing in textual interpretation, but she dropped out in 2010 because she was cast for the film Planes para manana. This role earned her the Silver Biznaga for best supporting actress and a Goya Awards nomination in the best breakthrough actress category among other nominations.