Pol Monen

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Pol Monen
Premios Goya 2018 - Pol Monen.jpg
At the 32nd Goya Awards in 2018
Born
Pol Montañés Enrich

1994
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationActor

Pol Montañés Enrich (born 1994), better known as Pol Monen, is a Spanish actor who rose to fame for his role as Carlos in Amar,[1][2] a film for which he was nominated for best actor at the Goya Awards,[3][4][5] as well as the film Who Would You Take to a Deserted Island?.

Biography[]

Pol Montañés Enrich was born in Barcelona in 1994.[6]

He is known by the stage name of Pol Monen (Monen is the fusion of his two family names, 'Montañés' and 'Enrich').[7] He made a minor appearance in the 2004 film La Mala Educación, when he was barely 10 years old,[8] whereas he had his television debut in 2005 with a guest role in TV3's El cor de la ciutat.[4] He moved to Madrid at age 18, where he studied Journalism.[7][9][10] He trained as an actor with Juan Carlos Corazza.[9]

His leading performance as Carlos in the 2017 romantic drama film Amar: With You Until the End of the World earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor at the 32nd Goya Awards.[8] In 2018, he joined the cast of the Telemundo and Netflix series La Reina del Sur (season 2).[11]

He starred as Eze in Who Would You Take to a Deserted Island? and performed the role of Said in So My Grandma's a Lesbian! ,[12][13] both films released in 2019.

He performed a main cast role in the TV series Campamento Albanta,[14] released in 2020 on Atresplayer Premium.

Filmography[]

Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2017 Amar (Amar: With You Until the End of the World) Carlos Starring role [15]
2018 Tu hijo (Your Son) Marcos [16]
2019 ¿A quién te llevarías a una isla desierta? (Who Would You Take to a Deserted Island?) Eze Starring role [12]
2019 Salir del ropero (So My Grandma’s A Lesbian!) Said [13]
2021 Ego Jorge [17]
Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2018 Vivir sin permiso (Unauthorized Living) Lara's boyfriend [9]
2019 La Reina del Sur Juan Season 2 [11]
2020 Campamento Albanta Abel [4]

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2018 32nd Goya Awards Best New Actor Amar Nominated [18]
73rd Premios CEC Best New Actor Nominated [19]
2019 34th  [es] "Un futuro de Cine" Award - Won [20]

References[]

  1. ^ "Pol Monen: "Me gustaría que el feminismo no fuera solo una moda, que hubieran cambios reales" | Nostromo Magazine". www.nostromomagazine.es. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  2. ^ Weston, Christopher (2021-02-03). "Where is Black Beach filmed? Netflix movie filming locations". HITC. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  3. ^ "Los nominados a Mejor Actor Revelación vistos por sus directores » Premios Goya 2021". www.premiosgoya.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  4. ^ a b c Rabazo, Jorge (4 August 2020). "Pol Monen: "Me preocupa lo de contratar a actores por sus seguidores"". Bluper. El Español. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Pol Monen. Ser viejoven is the new black". MADMENMAG (in Spanish). 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  6. ^ Aragón, El Periódico de. "María Pedraza y Pol Monen: el retrato generacional de Netflix". El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  7. ^ a b Llongueras, Por Fotos: Pablo Sarabia Maquillaje y Peluquería Pilar Llorens para (2017-04-20). "Fotomatón a Pol Monen". Fotogramas (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  8. ^ a b Hernández, Nuria (28 December 2017). "Así es Pol Monen: el actor nominado a los Goya que habla hebreo y practica boxeo". Vanity Fair.
  9. ^ a b c Pastor, Custodio (8 December 2018). "Pol Monen, deslumbrado por lo que está viviendo". Icon. El País.
  10. ^ Gonzálvez, Paula M. (31 August 2018). "Pol Monen, el actor al que comparan con Javier Bardem de joven". HuffPost.
  11. ^ a b Palenzuela, Fernando (3 June 2018). "'La Reina del Sur': Pol Monen ficha por la segunda temporada de la serie en Netflix". FormulaTV.
  12. ^ a b Hernández Luján, Raquel (11 April 2019). "Crítica de la película de Netflix ¿A quién te llevarías a una isla desierta?". Hobby Consolas.
  13. ^ a b Budowski, Jade (24 January 2021). "Stream It Or Skip It: 'So My Grandma's A Lesbian!' On Netflix, A Spanish Comedy With A Big Heart & Stellar Cast". Decider.com.
  14. ^ Recio, Franc (25 July 2020). "Pol Monen ('Campamento Albanta'): "Al trabajar con actores como José Coronado aprendes a desmitificarlos"". El Periódico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  15. ^ Reguera, Iván (21 April 2017). "'Amar': prótesis sexuales y risas flojas". Cuarto Poder.
  16. ^ Silvestre, Juan (15 October 2018). "'Tu hijo': José Coronado, padre coraje en el tráiler". Fotogramas.
  17. ^ "María Pedraza es su peor enemiga en el tráiler de 'Ego'". Cinemanía (in Spanish). 20minutos.es. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  18. ^ "Todos ganadores de los Premios Goya 2018". El Mundo. 4 February 2018.
  19. ^ "'La librería' y 'El autor', con ocho candidaturas, favoritas en las Medallas CEC 2018". Audiovisual451. 25 January 2018.
  20. ^ "Nuria Herrero y Pol Monen reciben su premio 'Un futuro de cine'". Valencia Plaza. 28 June 2019.
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