Antonia San Juan (Born May 22,1961 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) is a Spanish actress, director and screenwriter. At 19 she went to Madrid, where she started working as a professional theater actress and also as a cabaret act in pubs and bars. She became known thanks to her role as Agrado in Todo sobre mi madre by Pedro Almodóvar. A famous Spanish magazine article about her transsexuality caused great controversy . She is well known in Spain not only because of her film career but also for her humorous monologues on television and theater.