Katrina Bayonas is an actors' agent, film producer and casting director who is best known for discovering Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón , to critical acclaim...

 and managing her career. Bayonas' annual New Faces program has also been responsible for launching the careers of such actors as Jordi Mollá

Jordi Mollà

Jordi Mollá Perales is a Spanish actor, filmmaker, writer and artist.Mollà's artwork is represented in the Carmen De la Guerra Gallery in Madrid, Picasso Mio Gallery in Madrid and Barcelona and Cold Creation Gallery in Barcelona...

, Elena Anaya

Elena Anaya

Elena Anaya is a Spanish actress whose career dates back to 1995.Anaya is the youngest of 5 children. She first received international attention in 2001 for her role in the sexually explicit drama Lucía y el sexo and also appeared in Pedro Almodóvar's Hable con ella .Her best-known Hollywood film...

, Alicia Borrachero

Alicia Borrachero

Alicia Borrachero Bonilla is a Spanish actress. She is popular thanks to her roles on TV, but she has also taken part in theatre plays and movies.She studied drama at Nazareth College, and in the drama training atelier in Madrid...

, Alberto Ammann and Najwa Nimri

Najwa Nimri

Najwa Nimri Urrutikoetxea is a Spanish actress and singer of Jordanian descent.-Early life:...

  since its creation in 1988.

Among her film credits as Casting Director are :The Dancer Upstairs

The Dancer Upstairs (film)

The Dancer Upstairs is a 2002 film starring Javier Bardem, and the directorial debut of John Malkovich. The film is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Nicholas Shakespeare.- Plot :...

 (2002), Queen of Swords (2000), Live Flesh (1997), A Corner of Paradise (1997), Shooting Elizabeth (1997), An Ungentlemanly Act (1992), and The House on Garibaldi Street (1979). She was also involved in casting for Fidel

Fidel (film)

Fidel is the name of a mini-series by David Attwood that describes the Cuban revolution and political career of Fidel Castro. The total duration of the series is about 3 hours and 20 minutes, but the video-version is shorter.-Plot:...

 (2002) and Harem

Harem (film)

Harem is a 1985 French film starring Nastassja Kinski and Ben Kingsley. Directed by Arthur Joffe, the film was not rated in the U.S., but contained nudity, violence, and profanity. The film also starred Dennis Goldson....

 (1986).

Bayonas has also produced three films: Wild Tango (1993), El invierno en Lisboa (1991), and The Power Game (1983).

She has also appeared in various television documentaries, such as Penélope, camino a los Oscar (2009) and Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood(2007), as well as playing herself in the documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

Buscando a Penélope (2009).