Victoria Abril
| Victoria Abril | |
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 Victoria Abril at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival |
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| Born | Victoria Mérida Rojas 4 July 1959 Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Actress, Singer |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Spouse(s) | Pierre Edelman Gustavo Laube |
| Partner(s) | Gérard de Battista |
| Awards |
Silver Bear for Best Actress 1995 Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead |
Victoria Abril (born Victoria Mérida Rojas, 4 July 1959) is a Spanish film actress. She is best known to international audiences for her performance in the movie ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) by director Pedro Almodóvar.
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Life and career [edit]
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Abril was born in Madrid. She became widely known in Spain in 1976 when she appeared for two years in the show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez as secretary, although later she has frequently disowned this work and does not like to remember it in interviews. Besides working in Spain, she also made films in France, where she resides, Italy and Iceland. She has been nominated eight times for Goya Awards in the Lead Actress category and has won once. She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival for her role in Amantes.[1] Two years later, she was awarded with the Berlinale Camera at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
She is also a singer; in 2005, she made her debut with a bossanova-jazz album called PutchEros do Brasil. She tried to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1979 with "Bang-Bang-Bang", but came second by just one point in the national final, losing to Betty Missiego with 26 out of a maximum 29.
She has two sons (Martín and Félix) with director Gérard de Battista.
Filmography [edit]
- The woman who brushed off her tears (2012)
- Mince alors! (2012)
- Mejor que nunca (2008)
- Sólo quiero caminar (2008)
- Óscar, Una Pasión Surrealista (2007)
- Summer Rain (El Camino de los Ingleses) (2012)
- Tirant lo Blanc (2006)
- Escuela de seducción (2004)
- Incautos (2004)
- The Tulse Luper suitcases: The Moab story (2002)
- Les gens honnêtes vivent en France (2002)
- Et après? (2001)
- 101 Reykjavík (2000)
- Sin noticias de Dios (2001)
- Mari del sud (2000)
- Mon père, ma mère, mes frères et mes soeurs (1999)
- Entre las piernas (1998)
- The Cosmonaut's Wife (Spanish: La mujer del cosmonauta, French: La Femme du cosmonaute) (1997)
- Libertarias (1996)
- Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto (1995)
- Gazon maudit (U.S. title: French Twist) (1995)
- Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
- Casque Bleu (1994)
- Intruso (1993)
- Kika (1993)
- Une époque formidable (1991)
- Amantes (1991)
- Tacones lejanos (1991)
- Demasiado corazón (1991)
- Sandino (1990)
- A solas contigo (1990)
- Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Atame!) (1990)
- Si te dicen que caí (1989)
- El Placer de Matar (1989)
- Baton Rouge (1988)
- Sans peur et sans reproche (1988)
- Barrios altos (1987)
- El Lute (1987)
- El Juego mas divertido (1987)
- Nuit d'Ivresse (1986)
- Tiempo de silencio (1986)
- Max, Mon Amour (1986)
- Yendo hacia ti (1985)
- La hora bruja (1985)
- After Darkness (1985)
- L'Addition (1984)
- Las bicicletas son para el verano (1984)
- Le voyage (1984)
- Padre nuestro (1985)
- La noche más hermosa (1984)
- Sem sombra de pecado (1983)
- Le Batard (1983)
- La Lune dans le caniveau (1982)
- La colmena (film) (1982)
- Entre parentesis (1982)
- La Luna Bajo el Asfalto (1982)
- Asesinato en el Comité Central (1982)
- La batalla del porro (1981)
- Comin' at Ya! (1981)
- Más vale pájaro en mano (1980)
- La casa del paraíso (1980)
- La Muchacha de las Bragas de Oro (1980)
- Otra mujer (1980)
- Mater Amatísima (1980)
- Cambio de Sexo (1977)
- Esposa y amante (1977)
- Doña Perfecta (1977)
- El puente (1976)
- Y le llamaban Robin Hood (1976)
- El hombre que supo amar (1976)
- Caperucita y roja (1976)
- Robin and Marian (1976)
- Obsesión (film) (1975)
Television [edit]
- X Femmes: Pour elle (2009), Season 2, Episode 2.
Trivia [edit]
- An Argentine rock band was formerly known as Victoria Abril, in reference to the actress, but was later renamed Victoria Mil for legal reasons.
References [edit]
- ^ "Berlinale: 1991 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1993 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
External links [edit]
- www.victoria-abril.com - Official Website of Victoria
- Victoria Abril at Allmovie
- Victoria Abril at the Internet Movie Database
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Actresses from Madrid
- Spanish film actresses
- Bossa nova singers
- Madrilenian actresses
- European Film Awards winners (people)
- Best Actress Goya Award winners
- Spanish female singers
- Spanish jazz singers
- Spanish expatriates in France
- French-language singers
- Portuguese-language singers
- English-language singers of Spain
- Italian-language singers
- Silver Bear for Best Actress winners
- 20th-century actresses
- 21st-century actresses
- Spanish actresses
