pirates of the caribbean - Cannes International Film Festival

OSCAR JAENADA (The Spaniard) is one of Spain’s most celebrated actors, a Goya Award
winner for Best Actor in “Camaron” in 2005, having earlier received a Goya nomination
as Best New Actor for “Noviembre” two years earlier. Audiences in the U.S. have seen
Jaenada in Steven Soderbergh’s “Che: Part Two,” Jim Jarmusch’s “The Limits of Control”
and “The Losers.”
Born in Barcelona, Jaenada began his career on such television programs as “Al salir de
clase,” “Hospital Central,” “El Comisario,” “Companeros” and as Marcos on 13 episodes
of “Javier ya no vive solo.” He made his feature debut in “Lisastrata,” and has since
appeared in increasingly important roles in “Noviembre,” “Descongelate!,” “El juego de
la verdad,” “XXL,” “Aloe,” “Camaron,” “Somne,” “Carne de neon,” “Crimines ejemplares
de Max Aub,” “Redondeo,” “Dias azules,” “Skizo,” “El efecto Rubik (& el poder del color
rojo),” “La vida abysmal,” “Todos estamos invitados,” “Sub-Way,” “Trash,” “Sukalde
kontuak,” “La herencia Valdemar” and “Circuit.”
Jaenada’s other honors include two Toulouse Cinespana Best Actor awards for both
“Noviembre” and “Todos estamos invitados,” three Spanish Actors Union nominations
for “Camaron” and “Noviembre,” the Malaga Spanish Film Festival Silver Biznaga award
for “Todos estamos invitados,” the Fotogramas de Plata award for Best Movie Actor in
“Camaron,” the Cinema Writers Circle Award for Best Actor in “Camaron,” and a
nomination as Best New Artist in “Noviembre,” as well as two Butaca Award
nominations for the above films.
Spain’s JUAN CARLOS VELLIDO (Spanish Captain) has been seen by international
audiences in Steven Soderbergh’s “Che: Part Two,” John Malkovich’s “The Dancer
Upstairs” and Guillermo del Toro’s “The Devil’s Backbone.” Born in Barcelona, Vellido’s
numerous Spanish film credits have also included “God Is On Air,” “Bestiary,” “Utopia,”
“Sexykiller, moriras por ella,” “Expulsados 1609, la tragedia de los moriscos,”
“Malamuerte,” “18 comidas” and “Neon Flesh.” Vellido has also appeared as a regular
cast member of several series, among them “Todos los hombres sois iguales,” “Ellas son
asi,” “Hospital Central,” “El comisario,” “Zoo,” “Hermanos & detectives,” “Alakrana” and
“La Duquesa II.”
The Mermaids
GEMMA WARD (Tamara) was born in Perth, Western Australia, and educated at the
Presbyterian Ladies’ College in Perth, and Shenton College. As a teenager, she
accompanied her friends to a modeling competition and ended up being scouted
herself. She didn’t win, but she was picked up by a modeling agency after seeing a small
picture of her in a magazine.
At only 16, Ward was the youngest model to be listed by American Vogue as one of the
nine “It Girls” in the modeling world. She has been in shows for such designers as
Versace, Gucci, Chanel, Valentino, Alexander McQueen and many more. She has graced
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