Carmen Maura
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Carmen García Maura is a Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 actress. In a career that has spanned six decades, Maura is best known for her collaborations with noted Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 film director Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...

.

Early life

Maura was born in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

. Daughter of Salvador Garcia Santa-Cruz and Carmen Maura Arenzana. Her great-grandfather was the Count of Fuente Nueva de Arenzana, who lived in the Palace of Arenzana in Madrid, currently the embassy of France. Her other great grand father from her mother´s side was the artist Bartolome Maura Montaner brother of Antonio Maura, a former prime minister of Spain on five occasions and a noted orator.

Maura studied philosophy and literature at the École de Beaux-Arts
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts is the distinguished National School of Fine Arts in Paris, France.The École des Beaux-arts is made up of a vast complex of buildings located at 14 rue Bonaparte, between the quai Malaquais and the rue Bonaparte, in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Près,...

 in Paris. From 1964 to 1970, she was married to a lawyer, Francisco Forteza, with whom she has two children, Carmen and Pablo.

Career

Maura began her career as a cabaret singer.
Maura's film career was launched in 1970 with an appearance in the film The Man in Hiding. This was followed by a major role in the 1977 film Tigres de papel. Although Maura has played dramatic roles, she is often noted for her comedic roles in films like Sal gorda (1984), Sé infiel y no mires con quién (1985) or Tata mía (1986).

Maura appeared in the first film by Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...

, Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón
Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón
Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón is a 1980 Spanish film, a campy comedy, written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Carmen Maura, Alaska and Eva Siva...

, in 1980. They went on to collaborate on five additional films in the 1980s, the last of which was Women on The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), for which she was awarded the European Film Award "Felix" for best actress.

Maura and Almodóvar appeared to have had a falling out after Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is a 1988 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas...

. They did not work together for over a decade, but joined forces again in 2006 for Volver
Volver
Volver is a 2006 Spanish dramatic comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Headed by actress Penélope Cruz, the film features an ensemble cast starring Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave...

. 'Volver' means 'Return' in Spanish, and one of the many returns the title alludes to is Maura's return to Almodovar's movies. The female cast of "Volver" won a collective prize for Best Actress at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
2006 Cannes Film Festival
The 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from May 17, 2006 to May 28, 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury....

.

Maura also appeared in 800 Bullets where she played the mother of the boy who is the main character of the story. Kevin Severson is her son.

Maura is cited as a gay icon
Gay icon
A gay icon is a public figure who is embraced by many within :lesbian, :gay, :bisexual and :transgender communities...

 for the role of a transsexual she played in Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...

's La ley del deseo
La ley del deseo
Law of Desire or La ley del deseo is a 1987 film by Pedro Almodóvar. Considered to be Almodóvar's first explicitly gay film, it focuses on a complex love triangle between three men...

, strengthening her image as a strong woman who is never afraid to break through boundaries.

Maura has won more Goya Awards for Best Leading Actress than any other actress in the history of Spanish film.

She has won recently the "Locarno Excellence Award" for all her cinematographic career.

Maura has worked under the orders of major directors like Almodovar, Ford Coppola, Amos Gitai, Yasmina Reza, Alejandro Agresti, Carlos Saura, Étienne Chatiliez and Alex de la Iglesia.

Filmography

  • 1969 - El espíritu (Juan Tamariz
    Juan Tamariz
    Juan Tamariz-Martel Negrón is a Spanish magician.He is an experienced cardician, a magician specializing in magic with playing cards, and well respected by his peers as an authority in the field of misdirection...

    ).
  • 1971
    • El hombre oculto (Alfonso Ungría)
    • Mantis (Luis Mamerto López-Tapia)
  • 1973
    • Un casto varón español (Jaime de Armiñán)
    • El asesino está entre los trece (Javier Aguirre
      Javier Aguirre
      Javier Aguirre Onaindía , popularly nicknamed El Vasco , is a Mexican football manager and former midfielder. He was also a member of the Mexico national team and later became manager in two different occasions, but resigned after the 2010 FIFA World Cup...

      )
  • 1974
    • Don Juan
      Don Juan
      Don Juan is a legendary, fictional libertine whose story has been told many times by many authors. El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra by Tirso de Molina is a play set in the fourteenth century that was published in Spain around 1630...

       (Antonio Mercero
      Antonio Mercero
      Antonio Mercero is a Spanish director of the series Verano azul and later Farmacia de guardia. He is best known as the director of a 1972 surrealist short horror film titled La cabina, that won an Emmy Award...

      )
    • Tanata (Luis Mamerto López-Tapia)
  • 1975
    • Leonor (Juan Luis Buñuel)
    • El love feroz (José Luis García Sánchez
      José Luis García Sánchez
      José Luis García Sánchez is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed 30 films since 1968. He wrote for the 1973 film Habla, mudita, which was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival...

      )
    • La encadenada (Manuel Mur Oti)
    • Vida íntima de un seductor cínico (Javier Aguirre
      Javier Aguirre
      Javier Aguirre Onaindía , popularly nicknamed El Vasco , is a Mexican football manager and former midfielder. He was also a member of the Mexico national team and later became manager in two different occasions, but resigned after the 2010 FIFA World Cup...

      )
  • 1976
    • El libro de buen amor II (Jaime Bayarri)
    • La mujer es cosa de hombres (Jesús Yagüe)
    • Una pareja como las demás (Miguel Ángel Díez)
    • Ir por lana (Miguel Ángel Díez)
    • Pomporrutas imperiales (Fernando Colomo
      Fernando Colomo
      Fernando Colomo , is a Spanish film producer, screenwriter and film director. He has acted in small roles in his films and others.- Filmography :*1973 Mañana llega el presidente *1974 En un país imaginario...

      )
    • La petición (Pilar Miró
      Pilar Miró
      Pilar Miró was a Spanish screenwriter and film director.She directed TVE from 1986 to 1989, and in the 90's, the weddings of the daughters of King Juan Carlos I. In 1992, her film Beltenebros won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution at the 42nd Berlin International Film...

      )
  • 1977 - Tigres de papel (Fernando Colomo
    Fernando Colomo
    Fernando Colomo , is a Spanish film producer, screenwriter and film director. He has acted in small roles in his films and others.- Filmography :*1973 Mañana llega el presidente *1974 En un país imaginario...

    )
  • 1978
    • Los ojos vendados (Carlos Saura
      Carlos Saura
      Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies...

      )
    • De fresa, limón y menta (Miguel Ángel Díez)
    • Folle... folle... fólleme Tim! (Pedro Almodóvar
      Pedro Almodóvar
      Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...

      )
    • Mi blanca Varsovia (Javier Quintana)
    • What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (Fernando Colomo
      Fernando Colomo
      Fernando Colomo , is a Spanish film producer, screenwriter and film director. He has acted in small roles in his films and others.- Filmography :*1973 Mañana llega el presidente *1974 En un país imaginario...

      )
    • Menos mi madre y mi hermana (Jaime Villate)
  • 1980
    • Gary Cooper, que estás en los cielos (Pilar Miró
      Pilar Miró
      Pilar Miró was a Spanish screenwriter and film director.She directed TVE from 1986 to 1989, and in the 90's, the weddings of the daughters of King Juan Carlos I. In 1992, her film Beltenebros won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution at the 42nd Berlin International Film...

      ). With Mercedes Sampietro
      Mercedes Sampietro
      Mercedes Sampietro is a Spanish actress.Her debut on stages was in 1979, and in cinema, seven years later, with Jaime Chávarri's A un dios desconocido...

      .
    • El hombre de moda (Fernando Méndez Leite)
    • Pepi, Luci, Bom (Pedro Almodóvar
      Pedro Almodóvar
      Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...

      )
  • 1982 - Femenino singular (Juanjo López)
  • 1983
    • El Cid cabreador (Angelino Fons
      Angelino Fons
      Angelino Fons Fernández , was a Spanish film director and screenwriter.-Career:Angelino Fons was born on March 6, 1936 in Madrid, just months before the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. He grew up in Murcia and Orihuela, where he moved with his family in 1940, there he studied at the Jesuit...

      )
    • Dark Habits (Pedro Almodóvar
      Pedro Almodóvar
      Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...

      ). With Marisa Paredes
      Marisa Paredes
      María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé, , better known in show business as Marisa Paredes, is a Spanish actress.-Biography:...

      , Chus Lampreave
      Chus Lampreave
      Chus Lampreave is a Spanish actress.She started in movies in 1958, but she became internationally known thanks to her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar, where she plays old ladies with maternal or pastoral traits.- Filmography :...

       and Julieta Serrano
      Julieta Serrano
      Julieta Serrano Romero is a Catalan theatre and cinema actress. Her prolific career began in the 1960s, and she has worked with directors Pedro Almodóvar and Ventura Pons.-Filmography:...

      .
  • 1984
    • What Have I Done to Deserve This? (Pedro Almodóvar
      Pedro Almodóvar
      Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...

      ). With Ángel de Andrés López, Kiti Manver
      Kiti Manver
      Kiti Manver is a Spanish actress. She has appeared in 84 films and television shows since 1970. She starred in the 1973 film Habla, mudita, which was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...

       and Chus Lampreave
      Chus Lampreave
      Chus Lampreave is a Spanish actress.She started in movies in 1958, but she became internationally known thanks to her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar, where she plays old ladies with maternal or pastoral traits.- Filmography :...

      .
    • Sal gorda (Fernando Trueba
      Fernando Trueba
      Fernando Trueba is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer.Between 1974 and 1979 worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper EL PAIS. In 1980, founded the monthly film magazine CASABLANCA, which he edited and directed during its first two years...

      )
  • 1985
    • Sé infiel y no mires con quién (Fernando Trueba
      Fernando Trueba
      Fernando Trueba is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer.Between 1974 and 1979 worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper EL PAIS. In 1980, founded the monthly film magazine CASABLANCA, which he edited and directed during its first two years...

      ). With Ana Belén
      Ana Belén
      Ana Belén is the artistic name of María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta, a Spanish actress and singer. She was born on 27 May 1951 in Madrid.- Biography :...

      , Santiago Ramos, Antonio Resines
      Antonio Resines
      Antonio Fernández Resines is an award-winning Spanish film and television actor.- Selected filmography :*La dama boba .*Otros días vendrán ....

      , Verónica Forqué
      Veronica Forqué
      Verónica Forqué is a Spanish actress of stage, film and television who comes from an artistic and theatrical family. Her mother is Carmen Vázquez Vigo and her father is the director José María Forqué. Her brother is director Álvaro Forqué...

       and Chus Lampreave
      Chus Lampreave
      Chus Lampreave is a Spanish actress.She started in movies in 1958, but she became internationally known thanks to her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar, where she plays old ladies with maternal or pastoral traits.- Filmography :...

      .
    • Extramuros (Miguel Picazo
      Miguel Picazo
      -External links:...

      )
  • 1986
    • Tata mía (José Luis Borau
      José Luis Borau
      José Luis Borau Moradell is a Spanish producer, screenwriter, writer, and film director. He has acted in some films.He won Goya Award as Best Director in 2000 for Leo....

      ). With Imperio Argentina
      Imperio Argentina
      Magdalena Nile del Río was a professional singer and movie actress who was better known as Imperio Argentina. Although born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she became a citizen of Spain....

      , Alfredo Landa
      Alfredo Landa
      Alfredo Landa Areitio is a Spanish actor.- Biography :He was born in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. He finished his pre-university studies in San Sebastián. He then began university studies on Law, where he began to work with university school groups...

       and Miguel Rellán.
    • Delirios de amor (Cristina Andreu, Luis Eduardo Aute
      Luis Eduardo Aute
      Luis Eduardo Aute is a Spanish musician, singer-songwriter, film director, painter and poet.-First years in the Philippines:Luis Eduardo Aute was born in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, on September 13, 1943...

      , Antonio González Vigil and Félix Rotaeta).
    • Matador
      Matador (film)
      Matador is a 1986 film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar about a student matador, Ángel Jimenez , who confesses to murders he didn't commit. Themes include sex, death, and religion.- Plot :...

       (Pedro Almodóvar
      Pedro Almodóvar
      Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...

      ). With Assumpta Serna
      Assumpta Serna
      Assumpta Serna is a Spanish actress. She is known for her roles in I, The Worst of All portraying famous Mexican religious scholar Sor Juana, Nostradamus, The Craft, and Wild Orchid, although she may be most remembered for her role as Peninsular War guerrilla commander Teresa Moreno in the first...

       and Antonio Banderas
      Antonio Banderas
      José Antonio Domínguez Banderas , better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor, film director, film producer and singer...

      .
  • 1987 - Law of Desire (Pedro Almodóvar
    Pedro Almodóvar
    Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...

    ). With Eusebio Poncela
    Eusebio Poncela
    Eusebio Poncela is a Spanish actor.His debut on stage was with the Federico Garcia Lorca play Mariana Pineda....

     and Antonio Banderas
    Antonio Banderas
    José Antonio Domínguez Banderas , better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor, film director, film producer and singer...

    .
  • 1988
    • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
      Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
      Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is a 1988 Spanish black comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas...

       (Pedro Almodóvar
      Pedro Almodóvar
      Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...

      ). (Goya Award). With Antonio Banderas
      Antonio Banderas
      José Antonio Domínguez Banderas , better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor, film director, film producer and singer...

      , Julieta Serrano
      Julieta Serrano
      Julieta Serrano Romero is a Catalan theatre and cinema actress. Her prolific career began in the 1960s, and she has worked with directors Pedro Almodóvar and Ventura Pons.-Filmography:...

       and María Barranco
      María Barranco
      María Barranco , born María de los Remedios Barranco García, is a Spanish actress, who has won two Goya Awards for Best Supporting Actress....

      .
    • 2.30 A.M.
  • 1989 - Bâton Rouge
    Bâton rouge (film)
    -Synopsis:In a town on the outskirts of Paris, the life of Karim, Abdenour and Mozart is made ​​of searching for small acting jobs. Karim's father reassures him that he become someday someone important. Abdenour, orphaned, promises his brother that he may soon withdraw from welfare. For his part,...

     (Rafael Moleón). With Victoria Abril
    Victoria Abril
    Victoria Abril is a Spanish film actress. She is best known to international audiences for her performance in the movie ¡Átame! by director Pedro Almodóvar....

     and Antonio Banderas
    Antonio Banderas
    José Antonio Domínguez Banderas , better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor, film director, film producer and singer...

    .
  • 1990
    • ¡Ay, Carmela! (Carlos Saura
      Carlos Saura
      Carlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies...

      ). (Goya Award). With Andrés Pajares
      Andrés Pajares
      Andrés Pajares is an award-winning Spanish actor born on 6 April 1940 in Madrid, Spain.Credits include: ¡Ay Carmela! 1990.-Awards:* Won 1991 Goya Award for Best Actor: ¡Ay Carmela!...

       and Gabino Diego
      Gabino Diego
      Gabino Diego is a Spanish actor, born on 18 September 1966 in Madrid. He was educated at Runnymede College, in Madrid.His credits include: ¡Ay Carmela! and Belle Époque.-Awards:*Goya Awards**1999 - Nominated - Best Actor for La hora de los valientes...

      .
  • 1991
    • Chatarra (Félix Roteta)
    • How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt (Ana Belén
      Ana Belén
      Ana Belén is the artistic name of María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta, a Spanish actress and singer. She was born on 27 May 1951 in Madrid.- Biography :...

      ). With Antonio Resines
      Antonio Resines
      Antonio Fernández Resines is an award-winning Spanish film and television actor.- Selected filmography :*La dama boba .*Otros días vendrán ....

      .
  • 1992
    • La reina anónima (Gonzalo Suárez
      Gonzalo Suárez
      Gonzalo Suárez Morilla is a Spanish writer, screenwriter and film director.-Career:In 1963 he published his first novel De cuerpo presente....

      ). With Marisa Paredes
      Marisa Paredes
      María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé, , better known in show business as Marisa Paredes, is a Spanish actress.-Biography:...

      .
    • Sur la terre comme au ciel (Marion Hänsel
      Marion Hänsel
      Marion Hänsel is a Belgian film director, producer, actress and screenwriter. Her film Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Palaver...

      )
  • 1993
    • Sombras en una batalla (Mario Camus). (Goya Award Nominated). With Tito Valverde.
    • Louis, enfant roi (Roger Planchon
      Roger Planchon
      Roger Planchon , was a French playwright, director, filmmaker.-Biography:...

      )
  • 1994
    • Cómo ser infeliz y disfrutarlo (Enrique Urbizu
      Enrique Urbizu
      Enrique Urbizu is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He is a native of Bilbao.-Filmography:* Tu novia está loca * Todo por la pasta * Como ser infeliz y disfrutarlo * Cachito...

      )
  • 1995
    • Happiness Is in the Field
      Happiness is in the field
      Happiness Is in the Field is a French comedy directed by Étienne Chatiliez in 1995.- Plot :Francis Bergeade, owner of a toilet seats and brushes' factory in Dole, just turned 65 and his life is a misery. Tax services are harassing him, his snobby wife Nicole despises him and his daughter whimsily...

       (Étienne Chatiliez
      Étienne Chatiliez
      Étienne Chatiliez is a French film director. He was born in Roubaix, France.After starting out directing many advertising clips, he is now a well-known director of feature-length films with some success.- Filmography :...

      )
    • El palomo cojo (Jaime de Armiñán)
    • Pareja de tres (Antoni Verdaguer). With Rosa María Sardá
      Rosa Maria Sardà
      Rosa María Sardà is a Spanish actress and comedian.She has played roles in Spanish and Catalan. She was married to the comedian Josep Maria Mainat , and she's Xavier Sardà's elder sister...

      .
    • El rey del río (Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
      Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
      Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director. His 1973 film Habla, mudita was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 1977, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director for Camada negra at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival...

      )
  • 1996
    • Amores que matan (Juan Manuel Chumilla). With Juanjo Puigcorbé
      Juanjo Puigcorbé
      Juanjo Puigcorbé is a Spanish actor. He has appeared in over 100 films and television shows since 1977. He starred in the 1993 film The Window Over the Way, which was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival....

      .
  • 1997
    • Ellas (Luís Galvao Teles)
    • Alliance cherche doigt (Jean-Pierre Mocky
      Jean-Pierre Mocky
      Jean-Pierre Mocky is the pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer...

      )
    • Tortilla y cinema (Martin Provost
      Martin Provost
      Martin Provost is a French film director, writer and actor. He wrote and directed such films as Séraphine and Le ventre de Juliette.-Filmography:Director:*Cocon *Tortilla y cinema *Le ventre de Juliette...

      )
    • Vivir después (Carlos Galettini
      Carlos Galettini
      Carlos Galettini is a Silver Condor nominated Argentine film director, film producer and screenplay writer.He worked mainly in the Cinema of Argentina. He directed Besos en la Frente in 1996.-Footnotes:...

      )
  • 1998
    • Alice y Martin (André Téchiné
      André Téchiné
      André Téchiné , is a French screenwriter and film director. He has had a long and distinguished career that places him among the best post-New Wave French film directors....

      )
  • 1999
    • Lisboa (Antonio Hernández
      Antonio Hernández
      Antonio Hernández is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.In 1994, he created the TV company Zeppelín Televisión.-Director:*1980: F.E.N.*1981: Apaga.....

      ). (Goya Award Nominated). With Sergi López
      Sergi López
      Sergi López i Ayats is a Spanish actor.-Early life:Sergi López was initiated in theater in representations of typical Catalan nativity plays called Els Pastorets, in his native city. He started to study theater in Barcelona but completed his studies in France, in the school of Jacques Lecoq...

       and Federico Luppi.
  • 2000
    • La comunidad
      La comunidad (film)
      La comunidad is a 2000 Spanish black comedy film directed by Álex de la Iglesia.-Plot:Carmen Maura plays a real estate agent who discovers a fortune in the apartment of a dead man...

       (Alex de la Iglesia
      Álex de la Iglesia
      Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer and former comic book artist.Most of De La Iglesia's films reached cult status due to their weird sense of humour.- Biography :...

      )(Goya Award) (Silver Seashell). With Emilio Gutierrez Caba
      Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
      Emilio Gutiérrez Caba is a Spanish film and television actor.-Personal:Caba is the son of actors Emilio Gutierrez and Irene Caba Alba and brother of the actresses Irene Gutiérrez Caba and Julia Gutiérrez Caba...

      , Terele Pávez and Sancho Gracia
      Sancho Gracia
      Sancho Gracia is a Spanish motion picture and television actor.He made his acting debut in France in the 1963 film L'Autre femme opposite Annie Girardot. Since then he has appeared in more than eighty motion pictures including several Hollywood productions during the 1970s and in 1999's Outlaw...

      .
  • 2001
    • El palo (Eva Lesmes). With Adriana Ozores
      Adriana Ozores
      -Biography:Daughter of the actor José Luis, who died when she was 9 years old. Niece of the actor Antonio Ozores and the director Mariano Ozores and cousin of the actress Emma Ozores....

      , Maribel Verdú
      Maribel Verdú
      Maribel Verdú is a Spanish actress. She is known to English-speaking audiences for playing Luisa in the 2001 film Y tu mamá también and Mercedes in Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth. In Spain she is known for films such as Belle Époque, Tetro, and Huevos de oro.Verdú was born María...

       and Malena Alterio
      Malena Alterio
      Malena Grisel Alterio Bacaicoa is an Argentine-Spanish actress.Her father is the Argentine actor Héctor Alterio and her brother Ernesto is also an actor....

      .
  • 2002
    • 800 balas
      800 Balas
      800 Bullets is a 2002 Spanish film directed by Álex de la Iglesia. The film is about the Westerns made in Almería, Spain and the Spaghetti Western in general. The characters are old stuntmen.-Plot:...

       (Alex de la Iglesia
      Álex de la Iglesia
      Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, film producer and former comic book artist.Most of De La Iglesia's films reached cult status due to their weird sense of humour.- Biography :...

      ). With Sancho Gracia
      Sancho Gracia
      Sancho Gracia is a Spanish motion picture and television actor.He made his acting debut in France in the 1963 film L'Autre femme opposite Annie Girardot. Since then he has appeared in more than eighty motion pictures including several Hollywood productions during the 1970s and in 1999's Outlaw...

       and Terele Pávez.
    • Valentín
      Valentín
      Valentín is a 2002 Argentine, French, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish drama film, written and directed by Alejandro Agresti. The film features Rodrigo Noya as Valentínand Carmen Maura as the grandmother...

       (Alejandro Agresti
      Alejandro Agresti
      Alejandro Agresti is an Argentine film director and producer. He has become increasingly influential in the United States and directed The Lake House with top Hollywood actors Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves in 2006....

      )
  • 2004
    • Entre vivir y soñar (David Albacente and Alfonso Menkes, 2004)
    • Al otro lado
      Al otro lado
      Al Otro Lado is a 2004 Mexican film directed by Gustavo Loza. The film follows the story of three children, one from Mexico, Cuba, and Morocco, as they attempt to deal with realities of immigration in their societies...

    • La promesa With Ana Fernández
      Ana Fernández
      Ana Ivis Fernández Valle is a Cuban volleyball player, and three times Olympic Champion as a member of the Cuban winning team in 1992, 1996 and 2000.-Individual awards:* 1998 World Championship "Best Spiker"-References:...

      .
  • 2005
    • Killers on Holiday
    • Free Zone
      Free Zone (film)
      Free Zone is a 2005 film directed by Amos Gitai. Shot in Israel and Jordan, the Israel-Belgium-French-Spain production stars Israeli Jewish actress Hanna Laslo, Palestinian Arab actress Hiam Abbass, and Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman....

       (Amos Gitai
      Amos Gitai
      Amos Gitai , born 11 October 1950 in Haifa, Israel, is an Israeli filmmaker and director. He is mainly known for making documentaries and experimental / minimalist feature films...

      ). With Natalie Portman
      Natalie Portman
      Natalie Hershlag , better known by her stage name Natalie Portman, is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was as an orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 French action film Léon, but major success came when she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel...

      .
    • Reinas (Manuel Gómez Pereira
      Manuel Gómez Pereira
      Manuel Gómez Pereira is a successful Spanish screenwriter and film director of comedies.He is the nephew of the film director Luis Sanz.-Filmography as Director :* 1992: Salsa rosa...

      ). With Marisa Paredes
      Marisa Paredes
      María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé, , better known in show business as Marisa Paredes, is a Spanish actress.-Biography:...

      , Verónica Forqué
      Veronica Forqué
      Verónica Forqué is a Spanish actress of stage, film and television who comes from an artistic and theatrical family. Her mother is Carmen Vázquez Vigo and her father is the director José María Forqué. Her brother is director Álvaro Forqué...

       and Mercedes Sampietro
      Mercedes Sampietro
      Mercedes Sampietro is a Spanish actress.Her debut on stages was in 1979, and in cinema, seven years later, with Jaime Chávarri's A un dios desconocido...

      .
  • 2006
    • Nos chères têtes blondes (Charlotte Silvera)
    • Volver
      Volver
      Volver is a 2006 Spanish dramatic comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Headed by actress Penélope Cruz, the film features an ensemble cast starring Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave...

       (Pedro Almodóvar
      Pedro Almodóvar
      Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...

      )
  • 2007
    • Que parezca un accidente (Guillermo de la Guardia)
    • El menor de los males (Antonio Hernández
      Antonio Hernández
      Antonio Hernández is a Spanish film director and screenwriter.In 1994, he created the TV company Zeppelín Televisión.-Director:*1980: F.E.N.*1981: Apaga.....

      )
  • 2008
    • La Virgen Negra
      La Virgen Negra
      La Virgen Negra is a Venezuelan comedy film mixed with romance and magic realism. It is the first movie of the 25-year-old filmmaker Ignacio Castillo....

       (Ignacio Castillo)
    • The Garden of Eden (John Irvin
      John Irvin
      John Irvin is an English film director. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he began his career by directing a number of documentaries and television works, including the BBC adaptation of John le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy...

      )
  • 2009
    • Tetro
      Tetro
      Tetro is a 2009 drama film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich and Maribel Verdú. Filming took place in 2008 in Buenos Aires, Patagonia, and Spain...

       (Francis Ford Coppola
      Francis Ford Coppola
      Francis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors...

      )
  • 2010
    • Le Mac
    • Chicas
    • Las Chicas de Oro (TV)

Cannes Film Festival

  • 2006-Won: Best Actress
    Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)
    The Best Actress Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of films at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.-Award Winners:-External links:* * ....

     for Volver
    Volver
    Volver is a 2006 Spanish dramatic comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Headed by actress Penélope Cruz, the film features an ensemble cast starring Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave...

    together with Penélope Cruz
    Penélope Cruz
    Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón , to critical acclaim...

    , Lola Dueñas
    Lola Dueñas
    Lola Dueñas is a Spanish actress.She is the daughter of Nicolás Dueñas and studied in the Institut del Teatre of Barcelona.- Selected filmography :*Los Abrazos Rotos...

    , Blanca Portillo
    Blanca Portillo
    -Career:Portillo started as an actress in several small theater productions before graduating in drama from the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramatico....

    , Yohana Cobo
    Yohana Cobo
    Yohana Cobo is a Spanish film and television actress. She is best known for her role as Penélope Cruz's daughter in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver.-Films:* 2009 - Tramontana* 2006 - Arena en los bolsillos...

     and Chus Lampreave
    Chus Lampreave
    Chus Lampreave is a Spanish actress.She started in movies in 1958, but she became internationally known thanks to her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar, where she plays old ladies with maternal or pastoral traits.- Filmography :...

    .

Goya Awards

  • 2007-Won: Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Volver
    Volver
    Volver is a 2006 Spanish dramatic comedy film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Headed by actress Penélope Cruz, the film features an ensemble cast starring Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave...

     (2006)
  • 2001-Won: Best Actress in a Leading Role for La comunidad (2000)
  • 2000-Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role for Lisboa (1999)
  • 1994-Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role for Sombras en una batalla (1993)
  • 1991-Won: Best Actress in a Leading Role for ¡Ay Carmela! (1990)
  • 1989-Won: Best Actress in a Leading Role for Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988).

Fotogramas de Plata

  • 2001-Won: Best Movie Actress for La comunidad (2000).
  • 1999-Won: Best TV Actress for A las once en casa (1998).
  • 1994-Nominated: Best Movie Actress for Sombras en una batalla (1993)
  • 1993-Nominated: Best Movie Actress for "La reina anónima" and also Entre el cielo y la tierra (1992)
  • 1991-Won: Best Movie Actress for ¡Ay Carmela! (1990)
  • 1991-Nominated: Best TV Actress for La mujer de tu vida (1990)
  • 1989-Won: Best Movie Actress for Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)
  • 1988-Nominated: Best Movie Actress for La ley del deseo (1987)
  • 1987-Nominated: Best Movie Actress for Tata mía (1986) and also Matador (1986)
  • 1986-Nominated: Best Movie Actress for Sé infiel y no mires con quién (1985) and Extramuros (1985)
  • 1985-Won: Best Movie Actress for ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (1984)
  • 1982-Won: Best Performance in a Television series for Esta noche (1991)

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