Benedicta Sánchez Vila (born October 24, 1934, in San Fiz de Paradela, Lugo) is a Spanish photographer and actress.

There she worked in a bar, as a bookseller at the Francisco Laissue bookstore in Rio de Janeiro and also as a photographer for 15 years, a profession she left in 1979.

[19] In addition, that same year it was announced that the day care center in O Corgo, the Galician town where Benedicta Sánchez lives, would be named in her honor.

During the 52nd edition of the Feria del cocido de Lalín, a celebration recognized as a Festival of International Tourist Interest, in addition to Sánchez, the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida and Yosi Domínguez, the leader of the Spanish rock band Los Suaves, among others.

[21][22] In February 2020, the Provincial Council of Lugo recognized Sánchez's work in a tribute that took place in the Exhibition Hall of the Pazo de San Marcos.