Ingrid García-Jonsson (born 6 September 1989) is a Swedish-Spanish actress. She was nominated to the Goya Award for Best New Actress for her performance in Beautiful Youth (2014).
Early life Born in northern Sweden to a Spanish father and a Swedish mother, García-Jonsson moved with her parents to Seville in Spain at a young age. García-Jonsson studied architecture, and first worked as a waitress in a bar.
Career García-Jonsson made her film debut as in Okupados (2011). She received her first major role in Beautiful Youth, which premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and received good reviews.
García-Jonsson became well known as an actress in independent films, and was nominated to Feroz Awards, Forqué Awards, Gaudí Awards, and Goya Awards.
In the film Knight and Day (2010), García-Jonsson was the stuntwoman for Cameron Diaz.
García-Jonsson played Amalia along Carlos Areces and Oscar Martínez in Me, Myself and My Dead Wife (2019), directed by Santiago Amodeo. She also appeared in political satire comedy The Little Switzerland (2019), portraying Nathalie, a secretary of the ayuntamiento of Tellería (a Castilian municipality surrounded by the Basque Country) who is keen on the village joining the Swiss Confederation. She featured as Eva alongside Verónica Forqué, Rosa Maria Sardà and David Verdaguer in (2019) by Ángeles Reiné.
In October 2020, she began shooting Álex de la Iglesia's slasher Venicephrenia, portraying Isa, a Spanish tourist in Venice about to get married. In July of the same year, she was reported to have joined the shooting of workplace comedy film .
In 2024, she was announced to have been cast to portray singer Tamara (later known as Yurena) in the streaming series Superestar. She became a member of the European Film Academy in 2026.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2011 Okupados Feature film debut Eryka's Eyes Eryka Hermosa juventud (Beautiful Youth) Natalia Todos tus secretos 2015 Sweet Home Alicia Berserker Mireia 2016 Toro Estrella Acantilado (The Cliff) Cordelia Gernika (Guernica) Marta 2017 Zona hostil (Rescue Under Fire) Cabo Sánchez ('Corporal Sánchez') 2018 Ana de día (Ana by Day) Ana / Nina 2019 Salomé Taxi a Gibraltar (Taxi to Gibraltar) Sandra Sánchez La pequeña Suiza (The Little Switzerland) Nathalie (So My Grandma's a Lesbian!) Eva Yo, mi mujer y mi mujer muerta (Me, Myself and My Dead Wife) Amalia 2020 El arte de volver (The Art of Return) Ana Explota, explota (My Heart Goes Boom!) María 2021 Veneciafrenia (Venicephrenia) Isa 2022 Nosotros no nos mataremos con pistolas (We Won't Kill Each Other with Guns) Blanca Déborah 2023 The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die Brand Un amor Lara Una ballena (A Whale) Ingrid 2026Bonded Anna heller
TV series
Rafaela Y Su Loco Mundo (2025) as Rafaela
Accolades Year Award Category Work Result 20th Forqué Awards Best Actress Beautiful Youth 2nd Feroz Awards Best Main Actress in a Film 7th Gaudí Awards Best Actress Best New Actress 29th Goya Awards Best New Actress 32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actress in a Minor Role Un amor 31st Forqué Awards Best Actress in a Series Superstar 13th Feroz Awards Best Main Actress in a Series 34th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Television Actress in a Leading Role
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