Aina Clotet Fresquet (born 23 September 1982) is a Catalan actress and director known mainly for her participation in numerous series of the Catalan channel TV3 among which Estació d'enllaç and Infidels stand out. In 2015 she made her directorial debut with her first short film Tiger, which was nominated for a Gaudí award. For her feature film directorial debut, she directed Alive (2026).
Biography Aina Clotet is a Catalan actress in film, theater and television, in this medium mainly in productions of the Catalan television channel TV3. She has a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Pompeu Fabra University and began a degree in Art History, but did not finish it. She also studied acting at the Nancy Tuñón School in Barcelona.
She made her debut on the small screen in 1994, when she was only eleven years old, in the TV3 fiction Estació d'enllaç. Later she participated in other productions of the Catalan autonomous channel such as Temps de silenci, Mirall Trencat or Des del balcó. She made her film debut in Anita Takes a Chance.
In 2005 she participated in three episodes of the series Hospital Central, broadcast on Telecinco. In 2006 she joined the long-running TV3 series El cor de la ciutat, where she played Mònica during the seventh season of the series. In 2009 she got the role of Arlet for the TV3 series Infidels. Clotet starred in all three seasons of the series alongside actresses such as Íngrid Rubio, Montse Germán, Sílvia Bel, Dolo Beltrán and Montse Guallar.
In 2010 she starred in the film Elisa K, a drama about the rape of a minor directed by Judith Colell y Jordi Channel. The film, based on a book by author Lolita Bosch, was presented at the San Sebastian Film Festival and received good reviews. In 2011 she was part of the cast of the film El género femenino, a melodrama directed by Carlos Benparr. She was also nominated for best leading actress in the third edition of the Gaudí Awards.
Since 2008 she starred in the play Germanes (Sisters) at the Villarroel theater in Barcelona. It is a comedy written and directed by Carol López in which she shared the leading role with María Lanau and Montse Germán among others. The play received positive reviews, both from the public -it ran for four years- and from the critics -it received several Butaca and Max awards. In 2012 she starred in the film adaptation of the play, which was broadcast on TV3 in January 2012.
In 2012, she participated in the French comedy Les infidèles in a supporting role. She was also part of the cast of the film Los niños salvajes, where she played Júlia. It is a work by director and screenwriter Patricia Ferreira starring Àlex Monner, Marina Comas and Francesc Orella among others. The film received several awards, such as the Silver Biznaga for best film at thel Málaga Film Festival. Clotet received the Silver Biznaga for best supporting actress at the Malaga Film Festival and a nomination for best supporting actress at the fifth edition of the Gaudí Awards.
Also that year she premiered, as the protagonist, the new TV3 comedy Gran Nord, along with Nacho Fresneda and Roger Coma. In it Clotet plays the agent Anna Obach, a police officer who is assigned to a small and peculiar town located in the Pyrenees.
In 2013 she premiered the second and last season of Gran Nord. She also starred in the TV movie Et dec una nit de divendres, directed by Dimas Rodríguez; and participated in an episode of the mini-series Salaó, also broadcast on TV3.
In November 2014 she starred in the film Rastros de sándalo, shot in Catalan, English and Hindi. It is a film directed by Catalan Maria Ripoll. Clotet played Paula, a girl who was adopted as a child and separated from her sister Mina, played by Indian actress Nandita Das. Clotet was nominated for best leading actress at the seventh edition of the Gaudí Awards for this work.
In 2015 she was part of the choral cast of the film Barcelona, noche de invierno, the second part of the romantic comedy Barcelona, noche de verano, directed by Dani de la Orden. Clotet, played Sílvia, a delivery woman who shares a night with Ángel (Artur Busquets) and Ádrian (Cristian Valencia). For this performance she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the eighth edition of the Gaudí Awards.
In 2015 she shot her first short film as a director: Tiger. It stars herself and the actor Marcel Borràs; it also features the participation of actors and actresses such as Maria Lanau, Vicenç Fonolleda and Paula Hernández. The short film was presented in 2016 at Málaga Film Festival and received a nomination for best short film at the ninth edition of the Gaudí Awards. In theater, she premiered on February 11, 2015 the play Joc de miralls, an adaptation of the American playwright Annie Baker.
In 2017 she joined the Movistar+ series Velvet Colección, as a supporting actress, in which she played the role of Roser Godó, daughter of the Catalan businessman Eduard Godó and his wife Macarena Rey, played by Imanol Arias and Adriana Ozores. Also that year, she participated in the filming of the movie 7 razones para huir.
In 2018 it was announced that she would be part of the cast of the Movistar+ Miniseries Matar al padre, directed by the Catalan Mar Coll. Also that year she starred for a month in the play El sistema solar, at the Teatre Lliure in Barcelona, directed by Carol López and in which she shares the stage with Nausicaa Bonnín, Marc Clotet and Guillermo Toledo. In November 2018, the film Durante la tormenta, directed by Oriol Paulo, and in which Clotet has a supporting role, was released.
Also in November 2018 she denounced in a statement via Twitter that Leticia Dolera fired her from the series Vida perfecta that she was preparing for Movistar+ because she was pregnant, pointing out that she was telling her case so that her pregnant colleagues "do not suffer the same legal unprotection" as her. Clotet also indicated that with an adapted planning she could have shot most of the scenes, resorting to different techniques to disguise her pregnancy, and that she offered her salary to cover any additional costs that the pregnancy could have entailed for the production.
Her directorial debut feature Alive was selected for screening in the Critics' Week parallel section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography
Cinema YearTitleCharacterDirector2001Anita no pierde el trenAnita jovenVentura Pons2004Mala UvaMariJavier Domingo2004JóvenesCristinaCarles Torras, Ramon Térmens2004ReprimidosSandraIgnacio Delgado Zambrano200653 días de inviernoValeriaJudith Colell2006Animales HeridosHijaVentura Pons2010Elisa KElisaJordi Channel, Judith Colell2011El gènere femeníJúliaCarlos Benpar2012Los niños salvajesJúliaPatricia Ferreira2012Les infidèlesJuliaMichel Hazanavicius2013Et dec una nit de divendresLauraDimas Rodríguez2014Rastros de sándaloPaula/SitaMaría Ripoll2014DifuminadoValentinaPere Koniec2015 Barcelona, noche de inviernoSílviaDani de la Orden2018Durante la tormentaÚrsula AbadOriol Paulo20197 razones para huirProgress: The WomanEsteve Soler, Gerard Quinto and David Torras2019La hija de alguienElisabetMarcel Alcántara2019Vivir dos vecesCamareraMaría Ripoll 2023 Els encantats Íngrid 2024 Un lugar común Carmela 2026 Viva Nora 2023 burning body wife of the murdered
Theater YearTitleCharacterRole2002Toda una señoraMontserrat Cornet2003GelosesTeresa Devant2005Las señoritas de SiamEver Martín Blanchet2005AlgoAlex Mañas2006Borges y SábatoCarles Canut2007SonetosJordi Prat i Coll2008GermanesIvonneCarol López2010Escenas de un matrimonioKarinMarta Angelat2013Ex-changeMarta Gené Camos2015Joc de mirallsTeresaJuan Carlos Martel2018El sistema solarEdurneCarol López
Television YearTitleCharacterChannelDirectorRole1994-1999Estació d´enllaçLaura Valls CanalesTV3—126 episodes2001-2002Des del balcóPatríciaTV3—6 episodes2001Temps de silenciMaria Mercè MascarellTV3—7 episodes2002Mirall trencatCriadaTV3—1 episode2005Sprint EspecialEdurneTV3Juan Carlos ClaverTelefilme2005Hospital CentralLydiaTelecinco—3 episodes2006-2007El cor de la ciutatMònicaTV3—41 episodes2007PositiusBelénTV3Judith ColellTelefilme2009-2011InfidelsArlet Ferreres MiróTV3María Almagro42 episodes2012-2013Gran NordAnna ObachTV3María Almagro and Jesús Font26 episodes2012GermanesIvonneTV3Carol LópezTelefilme2013SalaóCamilleTV3Jesús FontMiniseries; 1 episode2017Velvet ColecciónRoser GodóMovistar+Jorge Torregrossa6 episodes2017El CracElla mismaTV3Joel Joan and Héctor Claramunt1 episode2018Benvinguts a la familiaLolaTV3Pau Freixas1 episode2018Matar al padreCarlaMovistar+Mar CollMiniseries; 1 episode2019La que se avecinaAdrianaTelecincoAlberto Caballero and Laura Caballero1 episode2021HierroTamara AriasMovistar+6 episodes
Personal life She is the sister of actor Marc Clotet. She's the daughter of Dr. Bonaventura Clotet, a reference in the field of AIDS research. Together with her brother, she is closely linked to many fundraising events for this disease.
She is the partner of Catalan actor Marcel Borràs with whom she has two children: Juna, born in 2015, and a boy born in February 2019.
Awards
Sant Jordi Awards
YearCategoryFilmResult2010Mejor actriz en Film españolaElisa K
Málaga Spanish Film Festival
YearCategoryFilmResult2012Biznaga de Plata a la mejor actriz de repartoLos niños salvajes (Els nens salvatges)2019Biznaga de Plata a la mejor actrizLa filla d’algú (La hija de alguien)
Cannes Film Festival YearCategoryFilmResult2026Critics' Week- Rising Star AwardAlive
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