Elisabeth Milena Smit Márquez (born 5 October 1996) is a Spanish film and television actress. Her acting debut in the feature film Cross the Line (2020) earned her a nomination for the Goya Award for Best New Actress.
Early life and education Elisabeth Milena Smit Márquez was born in Elche on 5 October 1996. She was raised in Torrevieja, Torre de la Horadada, and Murcia. Her father is Dutch and mother is Spanish.Hernández, Nuria (4 February 2021). Así es Milena Smit, la nueva chica Almodóvar: formada con el coach de DiCaprio y que pasó de trabajar en una recepción de hotel al set de rodaje. Vanity Fair España. (In Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2022.Martínez Pita, Carmen (18 March 2021). "Milena Smit: "Cuando ruedo soy feliz"". Cosmopolitan Spain. (In Spanish). Hearst España. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
She first started working as a fashion model when she was 15 years old.
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. She moved to Madrid in search of career opportunities.
Career Smit's 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 for the Goya Award for Best New Actress. The film's casting team discovered the actress via Instagram.
After her participation in Cross the Line, she was signed by Pedro Almodóvar for his film Parallel Mothers with Penélope Cruz and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón. 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 not learned in any school". Smit received a Goya Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the role.
Smit is one of the leads in the 2021 Netflix original series The Girl in the Mirror, directed by Sergio G. Sánchez. Smit also appeared in Luc Knowles's debut feature Dragonflies (2022) alongside Olivia Baglivi, performing the role of Cata. In July 2021, filming began on the horror film Tin&Tina (released 2023), in which she appears with Jaime Lorente.
Smit plays a lead role as reporter Miren Rojo in the 2023 Netflix crime series The Snow Girl.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes No matarás (Cross the Line) Mila 2021 Madres paralelas (Parallel Mothers) Ana 2022 Libélulas (Dragonflies) Cata 2023 Tin&Tina Lola 2024 El hoyo 2 (The Platform 2) Perempuan Amarga Navidad (Bitter Christmas) Natalia Trinidad
Television Year Title Role Notes 2022 Alma (The Girl in the Mirror) Nico 2023 La chica de la nieve (The Snow Girl) Miren Rojo Main role
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