Amaia Merino Unzueta (b.
6 December 1970, San Sebastián) is a Basque Spanish actress.
Her brother, Aitor Merino [eu], is also an actor.
[1] Amaia Merino was born in San Sebastián on 6 December 1970, but grew up in Pamplona and studied filmmaking in Madrid.
She debuted as an actress with Pedro Olea's 1984 film Akelarre and Montxo Armendáriz's Tasio, then as a director with the 2013 documentary Asier ETA biok [eu].