María del Barrio is a Spanish

Spain

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 actress born 5 July 1989 in the town of Alcalá de Henares

Alcalá de Henares

Alcalá de Henares , meaning Citadel on the river Henares, is a Spanish city, whose historical centre is one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites, and one of the first bishoprics founded in Spain...

, 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...

. She began her career at the age of 14 working with Sadrac González

Sadrac González

Sadrac Gonzalez is a Spanish film director, born in Madrid, in 1983. In 1985 he moved to the city of Alcalá de Henares where he was a student of art in high school....

 and Sonia Escolano

Sonia Escolano

Sonia Escolano is a Valencian film director, born in Alicante in December 1980, he moved to Alcalá de Henares in 1996 to study Literature. In 2005 she joined as director of the short film Sadrac González for the project of "Mr...

 in the short film: Mr. Long-Neck.

She also participated in plays such as Medea

Medea (play)

Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed...

 (2005) and Bodas de Sangre

Bodas de sangre

Blood Wedding is a tragedy by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1932 and first performed in Madrid in March 1933 and later that year in Buenos Aires...

. She participated in the shooting of other short films such as Juliets, in which she played the role of a young girl with terminal cancer who had committed suicide.

In October 2008, del Barrio began filming her first feature film, Myna Has Gone

Myna Has Gone

Myna has gone is a Spanish film directed by Sonia Escolano and Sadrac González. It is a naturalistic, independent film and is played by unknown actors....

, where she played a young illegal immigrant who has a bitter experience, and which according to del Barrio, was extremely difficult due in part to the tough and controversial sex scene in the film, and required three months of rehearsals and psychological support. Myna se va won the "Narrative Feature Special Jury Recognition for Acting" at the 2009 Austin Film Festival

Austin Film Festival

The Austin Film Festival was started in 1994 in Austin, Texas and is claimed to be "the first organization of its kind to focus on the writer’s unique creative contribution to the film and television industries"...

. She also won the award for best actress in the Naperville Independent Film Festival

Naperville Independent Film Festival

The Naperville Independent Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Naperville, Illinois which features the work of independent filmmakers. Actress Karen Black helped open inaugurate the festival in 2008...

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Filmography

Year	Film	Format
2005	El Señor Cuello-Largo	Short film
2005	Mr. Long-Neck	Short film
2006	Juliets	Short film
2009	Myna Has Gone Myna Has Gone Myna has gone is a Spanish film directed by Sonia Escolano and Sadrac González. It is a naturalistic, independent film and is played by unknown actors....	Feature film Feature film In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
2010	The vampire in the hole	Feature film Feature film In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...

Awards

Year	Film Festival	Award	Film
2009	Naperville Independent Film Festival Naperville Independent Film Festival The Naperville Independent Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Naperville, Illinois which features the work of independent filmmakers. Actress Karen Black helped open inaugurate the festival in 2008...	Best actress	Myna Has Gone Myna Has Gone Myna has gone is a Spanish film directed by Sonia Escolano and Sadrac González. It is a naturalistic, independent film and is played by unknown actors....
2009	Austin Film Festival Austin Film Festival The Austin Film Festival was started in 1994 in Austin, Texas and is claimed to be "the first organization of its kind to focus on the writer’s unique creative contribution to the film and television industries"...	Special Jury Recognition for Acting	Myna Has Gone
2009	Zaragoza Film Festival	Special Jury Recognition for Acting	Myna Has Gone