Ana Teresa Álvarez Páez, better known as Ana Álvarez, is a Spanish actress and a model born on 19 November 1969 in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz.

Biographie

Álvarez moved to Madrid when she was about 13 years old.

After she finished her studies, she entered the world of fashion and started in the movie business from being a model.

When Ana was only 17, she went to Japan, hired by an agency where she worked for 4 months, then she moved to Paris and other European capital cities which only strengthened her career as a model.

In 1987 the director Antonio Giménez-Rico was searching for a long dark haired Andalusian girl, for the movie "Jarrapellejos".

In 1989 she then appeared in the Spanish comedy "Aquí huele a muerto" with a Spanish comedy act called "Martes y Trece".(Tuesday & 13)

The same year Alvarez participated in "Sólo o en compañía de otros", from Santiago San Miguel.

At the end of 1990, she took part in the Televisión Española production film "Don Juan en los infiernos" a free adaptation of Gonzalo Suárez of Don Juan de Molière.

Álvarez starred in a film called "The dead mother" with director Juanma Bajo Ulloa, co-starring Karra Ejalde and Silvia Marsó.
In the film is of young mentally defective person who sees her mother assassinated in the house after she discovers a thief.

In the spring of 1994, Ana worked with director Ricardo Franco in the comedy ¡"Oh, Cielos"! with Jesús Bonilla, el Gran Wyoming & Angela Molina.

In 1995 the Hispanic-German production "Vivir al límite" with film director Michael Guman also that same year "Brujas" came out which starred Penélope Cruz and Beatriz Carvajal.
Then 1998 saw the release of "Cha, cha, chá" with Eduardo Noriega and Jorge Sanz.
In 2000, she worked in "A galope tendido" and 2001 in "Las amargas lágrimas de Petra von Kant".