The actress was born in Barcelona, Gavà in 1973. His real name is Maria Pilar Peña, his nom de plume is due to the work of La Casa de Bernarda Alba, Garcia Lorca. Just to complete their pre-university studies was decided by the interpretation.

First he moved to Seville, where he joined the Andalusian Centre Theatre and later be installed in Madrid to continue his studies as an actress. It knows when Javier Bardem and Carlos Molla.

He managed a role in the film Inmanol Uribe, counted Days, 1994, which would share deal with Carmelo Gomez, Ruth Gabriel and Karra Elejalde. With this worked was nominated for best actress revelation and Best Supporting Actress premise of Goya. RNE also gave his appreciation with the prize Critical Eye.

Get the most nominations with Goya Take My Eyes, 2003, and Princesses, 2005. Other Films in which it intervenes are Hello, are you single?, 1995, and in the same year in Word of Mouth. One, two, three, Taxi! offered him the prize for best actress in the fourth edition of the Ibero American Film Festival.

The young actress reincarnates one of the players laugh What women? In 1997, and later, Novios in 1999. Other interpretations are made in Insomnia, 1998 and no shame in 2000.

All About My Mother (1999), the brothers Almodovar, also benefited from it. He worked in Desaliñada (2001), short film which won the Goya for best short. Assists in the first job as director of his partner Jordi Molla, We are not anybody, and in 2003 shared the stage with Javier House in the film Torremolinos 73. Other works are that accumulates in your career are comedy Descongélate, 2003, Hay motivo, 2004.