In 1996, she traveled to the United States to shoot her first English-language feature film, entitled "Things I Never Told You" ("Cosas que nunca te dije"). This moving drama cast American actors led by Lili Taylor and Andrew McCarthy. Coixet received her second nomination at the Goya Awards for Best Original Screenplay. Coixet then connected with a French production company, and in 1998 she shot — for the first time in Spain and in Spanish — the historical adventure "A los que aman". Two years later she founded her own production company, with which she produced her most acclaimed film to date, "Mi vida sin mí" ("My Life Without Me"). Since then she has been one of the most acclaimed directors of Spanish cinema.