Reyes Goyo Played By: Olga Kurylenko. Birthdate & Age: Nov. 5, 1980 Screen name: goyo gives good Biography: Constanza Reyes Maria Elena Goyo (known professionally as simply Reyes Goyo) was born in Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain, to Maria Elena and Enzo Goyo, in 1980. She was a performer from birth, and delighted in entertaining her family with commercial reenactments. When she was four and a half, she told her mother she wanted to be a dancer. Maria Elena wasted no time in enrolling her small daughter at Spain's National Conservatory, where Reyes would study classical ballet for nine years under various prominent dancers. When she was thirteen, she studied Spanish Ballet under Ángela Garrido for three years. Her future seemed set; she was young, lithe, talented, and looking at going on to the Teatro San Carlo School of Ballet in Naples. When she was fifteen, however, she followed a dare to try out for a talent agency audition, and beat out 300 other girls. Her first movie role came in Entre rojas as Lucia, and she worked steadily in Spain for nearly five years. She became a favorite on the talk-show circuit because of her charming nature and easy-going attitude, she gained widespread popularity because of her commercial humility and fairly humble background, and her performances were well received by critics. Her first English language role came when she was eighteen, in The Man With Rain in His Shoes as Louise, and soon after she starred in Talk of Angels as Pilar, with Polly Walker. It would be three years and four movies until her next English language movie. During that time, she was hailed as one of Spain's best and brightest, a charismatic leading lady with international potential and an unaffected charm. Reyes' personal life remained out of the Spanish tabloids for the most part; she had several high profile relationships with co-stars but the subsequent splits were always amicable. She said she was drawn to the characters rather than the actual men, and that once a movie wrapped, she had a hard time holding on to a person. This was cited as fairly immature, but at the age of nineteen, it was only to be expected. She kept scandal free, much to her PR person's relief, and refused to become a spokesperson for alcohol or cigarettes. She was a strong advocate for higher learning and donated frequently to charities. In 2001, she had her first big break in America, starring as psychotherapist Catherine Deane in Tarsem Singh's critically acclaimed The Cell. Many criticized the casting, as she was merely twenty years old during filming, but the final performance boasted of her acting abilities, many critics saying they found her youth both endearing and fitting for the character. The Washington Post's Style section included that "[playing] a brilliant young professional, Goyo possessed both the confidence of youth and the vulnerability one would expect the character to have. [Catherine's] chosen field was still very new and relatively unchartered territory." Her next English language performance came in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers, as an incestuous Frenchwoman who seduces (along with her brother) Michael Pitt's American character. The film was controversial (as only Bertolucci could be) and Reyes was both criticized and praised for her performance. It included many a nude scene from all three main characters, though it was Reyes who was most closely critiqued. Some said she could've portrayed her sexuality without baring all, others said her character's continuous nudity was indicative of her insecurities, and congratulated Reyes on being confidant enough to go the whole nine yards for the sake of art. Reyes has said when it comes to American cinema, or English language film, that the script is the most important part. She refuses to take English language roles simply for the exposure. In 2006, her performance in Volver was highly praised, earning her multiple nods at various European film award ceremonies. The year after, she played Fermina in the film adaption of Gabriel García Márquez's novel Love In The Time of Cholera. The film was once again both criticized and praised; though critics who were familiar with the book tended to be less harsh. She cited her involvement from a desire to give Spanish and Hispanic writers exposure, mentioning that Márquez's works (both Love and 100 Years of Solitude) were among her favorite novels. It was here that she gained her reputation for addressing critics personally, calling them out for supposed biases and attempting to justify herself before shutting them down completely. Though she was still loved for being friendly and easy going in her native country, American interviewers found her combative and defensive at times. In 2008, she won a Los Angeles Film Critic award for her performance in Elegy with Ben Kingsley. In 2009, she will appear in (both with Javier Bardem) Goya's Ghosts with Stellen Skarsgard and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Since her recent appearances in English language films, she has considered moving to the United States part time, and is currently shopping for an American agent. She is determined to avoid films that portray her merely as an attractive character, she wishes to portray women with depth and flaws as well as sexuality. She has no qualms about doing nude scenes because, she says, "sexuality is a part of human nature, there is no where without sexuality. It's healthy and it's natural and it's human, and if I am portraying a human, there is an element of sex to the character. It is impossible to live without sex, or sensuality." She had been previously championed by the Catholic church for being vocal about her Catholicism but after her outspoken views on sexuality both in life and in film, the church has ceased to comment on her. Reyes currently lives between Los Angeles and Madrid, and is considering spending more time in L.A. She is single and happy, comfortable with her celebrity and her body of work. She owns a Miniature Pinscher (Min Pin) named Cruz and a 2008 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster she refers to as 'Climaco'. She limits herself to non-American endorsements, and though she has been approached by various cosmetic companies, she allows her likeness to be used in European countries only. She speaks English, Spanish, French, and Italian and cites pineapple flavored chocolate as her favorite guilty pleasure. Credits: here