Gil made her feature-film debut as an actress in
Bigas Luna's
Lola (1986). After four films primarily in
Catalan, though partly in Spanish and French, she took part in a movie exclusively in
Spanish shot in 1991,
Emilio Martínez Lázaro's
Amo tu cama rica, and has gone on to star in myriad films and series in Catalan, Spanish,
French, and
English, among other languages. Between 1993 and 2007, she performed in more than 30 films, including
Libertarias, directed by
Vicente Aranda; ''
Pan's Labyrinth, directed by Guillermo del Toro; and Soldados de Salamina'', directed by her former husband
David Trueba. ==Personal life==