Amaia Merino Unzueta (b. 6 December 1970, San Sebastián) is a Basque Spanish actress. Her brother, , is also an actor. She has lived in Ecuador since 1993.
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 '.