• At 84, Benedicta gets the Goya for best actress visibly excited revelation: "Help me, help me say things"

His Goya was the first and also the most anticipated. Benedicta Sánchez won the best actress award for her role in What burns director Oliver Laxe. To this 'big head' also interpreted the interpreters Pilar Gómez, for Goodbye, Carmen Arrufat, for Innocence and Ainhoa ​​Santamaría, for While the war lasts. The endearing 84-year-old grandmother took the stage to collect the visibly excited award.

Although Benedicta was in every pool, his speech was not prepared. So much so, that in the middle of his gratitude the tender grandmother has said: "Help me, help me say things."

Finally, he thanked the director Oliver Laxe for his award, which, in his words, "has treated him better than a princess." Also to his daughter for being the person who encouraged him to go to the casting. Benedicta has recognized that life "gives surprises and this is one of them." Also, the winner of the Goya for best revelation actress has added: "I am in love with Spain and my land, Galicia." After claiming the Galician saying a few words in this language, Benedicta said: "Can I go now? Thank you, thank you, thank you."

Before leaving the stage, he also wanted to remember again his daughter and his grandchildren, Adrián and Pau, whom he has addressed with a "Don't forget the yaya". It is clear that neither they nor any of the spectators of this Gala of the Goya can forget about it. The protagonist of What burns debuts in the cinema playing the role of a mother who receives at home her son from prison. In an interview with EL MUNDO, Benedicta talked about his life: he married very young, traveled all over the world, suffered mistreatment, separated and, along the way, also became vegan.

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