Marta Nieto

Personal context

Summary

Marta Nieto is a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter known for Madre, which earned her the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons award for best actress, and for films including Tres. Her work as a writer and director has explored motherhood, gender expectations, and trans childhood, notably in the short Son and feature La mitad de Ana. Nieto has described La mitad de Ana as arising from a political idea and her wish to see women making films; she has spoken in support of women’s rights and gender exploration, and publicly called for an arms embargo on Israel over Gaza. No public party affiliation or electoral campaigning is on record.