Maribel Verdú
Encyclopedia
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 Isabel Verdú Rollán. She began acting at 13. She has appeared in almost 50 movies since 1984
. Most have been in Spanish
. She has also been in TV shows. In 2007, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
. She won a Goya Award
in 2008 for her lead role in Seven Billiard Tables (Siete mesas de billar francés).
Verdú is married to Pedro Larrañaga, son of actors Carlos Larrañaga
and María Luisa Merlo.
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
actress. She is known to English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
-speaking audiences for playing Luisa in the 2001 film Y tu mamá también
Y tu mamá también
Y tu mamá también is a 2001 Mexican comedy-drama film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, and co-written by Cuarón and his brother Carlos. The film is a coming-of-age story about two teenage boys taking a road trip with a woman in her late twenties; it stars Mexican actors Diego Luna and Gael García...
and Mercedes in Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and designer. He is mostly known for his acclaimed films, Blade II, Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy film franchise. He is a frequent collaborator with Ron Perlman, Federico Luppi and Doug Jones...
's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth is a 2006 Spanish Spanish-language dark fantasy film, written and directed by Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro. It was produced and distributed by the Mexican film company Esperanto Films...
. In Spain
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...
she is known for films such as Belle Époque
Belle Epoque (film)
Belle Époque is a 1992 Spanish film directed by Fernando Trueba. The title derives from the period in French history known as the Belle Époque .-Plot:...
, 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...
, and Huevos de oro
Huevos de oro
Huevos de oro is a 1993 Spanish film directed by Bigas Luna. It stars Javier Bardem, Maria de Medeiros, Alessandro Gassman, Maribel Verdú and Benicio del Toro.-Plot:...
.
Verdú was born María Isabel Verdú Rollán. She began acting at 13. She has appeared in almost 50 movies since 1984
1984 in film
-Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
. Most have been in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. She has also been in TV shows. In 2007, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures...
. She won a Goya Award
Goya Awards
The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards....
in 2008 for her lead role in Seven Billiard Tables (Siete mesas de billar francés).
Verdú is married to Pedro Larrañaga, son of actors Carlos Larrañaga
Carlos Larrañaga
-Personal life:Larrañaga is the son of actress María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara, brother of Amparo Rivelles. Father of the actors Amparo Larrañaga, Pedro Larrañaga, Luis Merlo. He is the father in law of Maribel Verdú.He was married to writer Ana Diosdado...
and María Luisa Merlo.
Filmography
- TetroTetroTetro 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...
(2009) - Los girasoles ciegosThe Blind Sunflowers (film)The Blind Sunflowers is a 2008 Spanish film directed by José Luis Cuerda and written by Rafael Azcona and Cuerda, based on the eponymous novel of Alberto Méndez. The film stars Maribel Verdú, Javier Cámara and Raúl Arévalo. The plot follows the life of a family, former sympathizers of the...
(2008) - Gente de mala calidad (2008)
- Oviedo Express (2007)
- Seven Billiard Tables (Siete mesas de billar francés) (2007)
- La ZonaLa Zona (2007)La Zona is a Mexican-Spanish-Argentine co-production film by director Rodrigo Plá. The film describes a failed break-in attempt in a gated community and the consequences for the thieves and the residents....
(2007) - The Mudboy (El niño de barro) (2007)
- Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)Pan's LabyrinthPan's Labyrinth is a 2006 Spanish Spanish-language dark fantasy film, written and directed by Mexican film-maker Guillermo del Toro. It was produced and distributed by the Mexican film company Esperanto Films...
(2006) - Mar Rojo (2005)
- The AlamoThe Alamo (2004 film)The Alamo is a 2004 American war film about the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. The film was directed by Texan John Lee Hancock, produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Mark Johnson, and distributed by Touchstone Pictures....
(2004) - Stormy Weather (Tiempo de tormenta)Stormy Weather (2003 film)Stormy Weather is a 2003 French-Icelandic drama film directed by Sólveig Anspach. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Élodie Bouchez - Cora* Didda Jónsdóttir - Loa* Baltasar Kormákur - Einar...
(2003) - LisístrataLisístrataLisístrata is a 2002 Spanish comedy film directed by Francesc Bellmunt. It is based on a comic book by the German cartoonist Ralf König, which in turn is loosely based on the play Lysistrata by Aristophanes.-Plot:...
(2002) - Black Serenade (Tuno negro) (2001)
- Y tu mamá tambiénY tu mamá tambiénY tu mamá también is a 2001 Mexican comedy-drama film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, and co-written by Cuarón and his brother Carlos. The film is a coming-of-age story about two teenage boys taking a road trip with a woman in her late twenties; it stars Mexican actors Diego Luna and Gael García...
(2001) - The Hold-Up (El palo) (2001)
- Dinosaurio (2000)
- The Goalkeeper (El portero) (2000)
- Toreros aka La hora del silencio (2000
- Goya en BurdeosGoya en BurdeosGoya en Burdeos is a 1999 Spanish historical drama film written and directed by Carlos Saura about the life of Francisco de Goya.-Awards:* 5 Goya Awards, includding Best Actor...
(1999) - El entusiasmo (1998)
- Frontera SurFrontera SurFrontera Sur is a 1943 Argentine film directed by Belisario García Villar.-Cast:*Inés Edmonson *Juan Farías*César Fiaschi *Fernando Lamas *Diana Maggi *Tito Martínez *Enrique Núñez *Elsa O'Connor *Juan Pérez Bilbao...
(1998) - Lucky Star (La buena estrella)La Buena EstrellaLa Buena Estrella is a 1997 Spanish film directed by Ricardo Franco and starring Antonio Resines, Jordi Mollá and Maribel Verdú. Critically acclaimed, the film won five Goya Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor , Best Original script and Best Original Music...
(1997) - Carreteras secundarias (1997)
- La Celestina (1996)
- Canción de cuna (1995)
- El cianuro ¿sólo o con leche? (1994)
- Al otro lado del túnel (1994)
- Tres palabras (1993)
- Huevos de oroHuevos de oroHuevos de oro is a 1993 Spanish film directed by Bigas Luna. It stars Javier Bardem, Maria de Medeiros, Alessandro Gassman, Maribel Verdú and Benicio del Toro.-Plot:...
(1993) - El Amante BilingüeEl Amante BilingüeThe Bilingual Lover is a 1993 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda adapted from a novel by Juan Marsé. It stars Imanol Arias, Ornella Muti and Loles León. The film is a grotesque drama with some elements of comedy...
(1993) - El beso del sueño (1992)
- Belle ÉpoqueBelle Epoque (film)Belle Époque is a 1992 Spanish film directed by Fernando Trueba. The title derives from the period in French history known as the Belle Époque .-Plot:...
(1992) - Salsa rosa (1992)
- El sueño de Tánger (1991)
- Lovers (Amantes)Lovers (film)Lovers is a 1991 Spanish film noir written and directed by Vicente Aranda, starring Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz and Maribel Verdú. The film brought Aranda to widespread attention in the English-speaking world...
(1991) - Badis (1990)
- Ovejas negras (1990)
- Los jinetes del albaLos Jinetes del AlbaRiders of the Dawn is a 1990 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda, an adaptation of a novel by Jesús Fernández Santos. It stars Victoria Abril and Jorge Sanz...
(1990) - Sabor a rosas (1989)
- Los días del cometa (1989)
- Feliz cumpleaños (1988)
- El aire de un crimen (1988)
- Soldadito español (1988)
- Sinatra (1988)
- Barcelona Connection (1988)
- El juego más divertido (1988)
- La estanquera de Vallecas (1987)
- El señor de los Llanos (1987)
- Year of Enlightment (El año de las luces) (1986)
- 27 Hours (27 horas) (1986)
- El orden cómico (1986)