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Ana Belén is the artistic name of María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta, a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 actress and singer. She was born on 27 May 1951 in Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
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Belén studied acting in Spain during her youth and began acting in theatrical and cinematic productions in the mid-1960s. While working on the film Morbo by Gonzalo Suárez, she met Víctor Manuel
Víctor Manuel

V?ctor Manuel San Jos? S?nchez is a Spain singer-songwriter.He has been married to the Spanish singer and actress Ana Bel?n since 1972. He and his wife are considered symbols of the Spanish transition to democracy, and his songs and albums often feature boldly-titled works with social and political content....
 and later married him in 1972 in Gibraltar
Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory shares a border with Spain to the north....
. At this time she also started her career as a singer, releasing albums like 'Tierra' in 1973, and 'Calle del Oso', with songs composed by Víctor Manuel, some of them with clear political and social content.

Ana Belén became involved in various films: La petición by Pilar Miró
Pilar Miró

Pilar Mir? was an awarded Spanish screenwriter, film director.She directed TVE from 1986 to 1989, and in the 90's the weddings of the daughters of King Juan Carlos I....
, Emilia parada y fonda by Angelino Fons
Angelino Fons

Angelino Fons Fern?ndez , is a Spain film director and screenwriter....
, El buscón by Luciano Berriatúa, La oscura historia de la prima Montse by Jordi Cadena, La criatura by Eloy de la Iglesia
Eloy de la Iglesia

Eloy de la Iglesia was a Spanish screenwriter and film director from Zarautz. He died in Madrid....
 and Sonámbulos by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

Manuel Guti?rrez Arag?n is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director....
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Ana Belén is the artistic name of María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta, a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 actress and singer. She was born on 27 May 1951 in Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
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Biography

Ana Belén studied acting in Spain during her youth and began acting in theatrical and cinematic productions in the mid-1960s. While working on the film Morbo by Gonzalo Suárez, she met Víctor Manuel
Víctor Manuel

V?ctor Manuel San Jos? S?nchez is a Spain singer-songwriter.He has been married to the Spanish singer and actress Ana Bel?n since 1972. He and his wife are considered symbols of the Spanish transition to democracy, and his songs and albums often feature boldly-titled works with social and political content....
 and later married him in 1972 in Gibraltar
Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The territory shares a border with Spain to the north....
. At this time she also started her career as a singer, releasing albums like 'Tierra' in 1973, and 'Calle del Oso', with songs composed by Víctor Manuel, some of them with clear political and social content.

Ana Belén became involved in various films: La petición by Pilar Miró
Pilar Miró

Pilar Mir? was an awarded Spanish screenwriter, film director.She directed TVE from 1986 to 1989, and in the 90's the weddings of the daughters of King Juan Carlos I....
, Emilia parada y fonda by Angelino Fons
Angelino Fons

Angelino Fons Fern?ndez , is a Spain film director and screenwriter....
, El buscón by Luciano Berriatúa, La oscura historia de la prima Montse by Jordi Cadena, La criatura by Eloy de la Iglesia
Eloy de la Iglesia

Eloy de la Iglesia was a Spanish screenwriter and film director from Zarautz. He died in Madrid....
 and Sonámbulos by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

Manuel Guti?rrez Arag?n is an award-winning Spanish screenwriter and film director....
. She gave birth to her first child in 1976.

In 1991 she recorded 'Como una novia' with songs by Gloria Varona, Pancho Varona and Antonio García de Diego, this being the first album that did not include any songs composed or adapted by Víctor Manuel
Víctor Manuel

V?ctor Manuel San Jos? S?nchez is a Spain singer-songwriter.He has been married to the Spanish singer and actress Ana Bel?n since 1972. He and his wife are considered symbols of the Spanish transition to democracy, and his songs and albums often feature boldly-titled works with social and political content....
.

In 1997 she published a new album 'Mírame' which consisted of her own songs and duets and which went on to become the best selling album of her solo career. With its release, she went on tour throughout Spain and in the autumn of the same year, the 'El gusto es nuestro' tour went to America, where it was received with the same enthusiasm as in Spain.

1998 saw the centenary of Federico García Lorca
Federico García Lorca

Federico Garc?a Lorca was a Spain poet, dramatist and theatre director. An emblematic member of the Generation of '27, he was abducted and murdered by persons likely affiliated with the Nationalist cause at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War....
 and Ana commemorated this by releasing two albums under the title of Lorquiana, a collection of poems and popular songs by Lorca. The following year another album was released 'Ana Belén y Miguel Rios
Miguel Ríos

Miguel R?os is a Spanish people singing, composer, actor and one of the pioneers of rock and roll in Spain....
 cantan a Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill

Kurt Julian Weill , was a Germany, and in his later years American, composer active from the 1920s until his death. He was a leading composer for the theatre....
' and she had a role in the Tele 5 series, Petra Delicado.

Discography


  • 1965
    • Zampo y yo
    • Qué difícil es tener 18 años


  • 1973
    • Al diablo con amor (BSO)
    • Tierra


  • 1975
    • Calle del Oso


  • 1976
    • La paloma del vuelo popular


  • 1977
    • De paso


  • 1979
    • Ana
    • Lo mejor de Ana Belén


  • 1980
    • Con las manos llenas


  • 1982
    • Ana en Río
  • 1983
    • Victor y Ana en vivo


  • 1984
    • Géminis


  • 1985
    • BSO La corte de faraón


  • 1986
    • Para la ternura siempre hay tiempo (with Víctor Manuel
      Víctor Manuel

      V?ctor Manuel San Jos? S?nchez is a Spain singer-songwriter.He has been married to the Spanish singer and actress Ana Bel?n since 1972. He and his wife are considered symbols of the Spanish transition to democracy, and his songs and albums often feature boldly-titled works with social and political content....
      )
    • Grandes éxitos


  • 1987
    • BSO Divinas palabras


  • 1988
    • A la sombra de un león


  • 1989
    • 26 grandes canciones y una nube blanca
    • Rosa de amor y fuego


  • 1991
    • Como una novia


  • 1993
    • Veneno para el corazón


  • 1994
    • Mucho más que dos
  • 1996
    • 20 exitos
    • El gusto es nuestro


  • 1997
    • Mírame


  • 1998
    • Lorquiana. Popular songs of Federico García Lorca
    • Lorquiana. Poems by Federico García Lorca


  • 1999
    • Cantan a Kurt Weill (with Miguel Ríos
      Miguel Ríos

      Miguel R?os is a Spanish people singing, composer, actor and one of the pioneers of rock and roll in Spain....
      )


  • 2001
    • Peces de ciudad
    • Dos en la carretera


  • 2003
    • Viva L`Italia


  • 2006
    • Una canción me trajo aquí


  • 2007
    • Anatomía


Filmography as actress and director



Television



Theatre


  • Fedra
    Fedra

    Fedra can refer to:* MV Fedra, ship which hit the rocks in Gibraltar in 2008* Fedara, village in India...
     (2007)
  • Diatriba de amor contra un hombre sentado (2004/2005)
  • Defensa de dama (2002)
  • La bella Helena (1995/1996)
  • La gallarda (1992)
  • El mercader de Venecia (1991/1992)
  • Hamlet
    Hamlet

    Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle King Claudius, who has murdered King Hamlet, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude ....
     (1989)
  • La casa de Bernarda Alba (1984)
  • La hija del aire (1982)
  • Tío Vania (1979)
  • Antígona
    Antigone (Sophocles)

    Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles written before or in 442 BC. Chronologically, it is the third of the three Theban plays but was written first....
     (1975)
  • Ravos (1972)
  • Sabor a miel (1971)
  • Los niños (1970)
  • Te espero ayer (1969)
  • Don Juan Tenorio
    Don Juan Tenorio

    Don Juan Tenorio: Drama religioso-fant?stico en dos partes , is a Play written in 1844 by Jos? Zorrilla. It is the more Romantic of the two principal Spanish-language literary interpretations of the Mythology of Don Juan....
     (1969)
  • Medida por medida (1968)
  • Las mujeres sabias (1968)
  • El sí de las niñas
    El sí de las niñas

    The Maidens' Consent is a Play by the Spain playwright Leandro Fern?ndez de Morat?n. It was written in 1801 in literature and first performed in 1806 in literature....
     (1967)
  • El rufián castrucho (1967)
  • El rey Lear (1966)
  • Numancia
    Numancia

    *Numantia – Spanish spelling of Celtiberian city of Numantia*Numancia de la Sagra – a town in Toledo, Spain.*Numancia, Aklan – a town in the Philippines....
     (1965)
  • beach


Awards


  • 1971 Best TV actress for Retablo de las mocedades del Cid Fotogramas Award
  • 1972 Special mention for Morbo San Sebastián International Film Festival
    San Sebastián International Film Festival

    The San Sebasti?n International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category film festival which originated in 1953 and is held in the Spain city of San Sebasti?n ....
  • 1980 Best TV actress for Fortunata y Jacinta
    Fortunata y Jacinta

    Fortunata y Jacinta , was written by Benito P?rez Gald?s in 1887. It is, together with Leopoldo Alas y Ure?a's La Regenta , one of the most popular and representative novels of Spanish literary Literary realism....
     Fotogramas de Plata
  • 1980 Best actress for Fortunata y Jacinta TP de Oro
  • 1980 Best actress for La Corte del Faraón Bronce
  • 1980 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
    Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

    The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres is an Order of France, established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture , and confirmed as part of the Ordre National du M?rite by President of France Charles de Gaulle in 1963....
  • 1987 Best actress for La Casa de Bernarda Alba and Divinas palabras Fotogramas de Plata
  • 1988 Nominated for Best actress for Miss Caribe Goya Awards
    Goya Awards

    The Goya Awards, known in Spanish language as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered the Spanish equivalent to the American Academy Awards....
  • 1989 Nominated for Best actress for El vuelo de la Paloma Goya Awards
  • 1991 Nominated for Best director for Como ser mujer y no morir en el intento Premios Ondas
  • 1991 Nominated for Best director debut for Como ser mujer y no morir en el intento Goya Awards
  • 1994 Best song for Contaminame Premios Ondas
  • 1994 Nominated for Best actress for La Pasión Turca
    La Pasión Turca

    La Pasi?n Turca is a 1994 Spain film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda adapted from a popular novel by Antonio Gala. It stars Ana Bel?n and Georges Corraface....
     Goya Awards
  • 1994 Best Actress for La Pasión Turca Goya Awards
  • 1995 Gold Medal from the Spanish Cinema Academy
  • 1995 Best theatre actress for La bella Helena Fotogramas de Plata
  • 1996 Cadena Dial Award
  • 1997 Best Female soloist. Carlos Gardel Awards
  • 1997 Best actress El amor perjudica seriamente la salud Festival de Peñíscola
  • 1997 Silver Lighthouse Award. Festival de Alfás del Pí
  • 1997 Best Tour El gusto es nuestro Spanish Music Awards
  • 1998 Nominated for Best Spanish female soloist for Lorquiana Premios Amigo
  • 2000 William Layton Award
  • 2001 Woman of the Year. Premios Elle
  • 2001 Nominated Best Spanish female soloist for Peces de ciudad Premios Amigo
  • 2002 Nominated Best female soloist for Peces de ciudad Latin Grammy Awards
    Latin Grammy Awards

    The Latin Grammy Awards were launched in 2000 with a telecast aired on CBS. It was the first primarily Spanish language prime-time program carried on an English-language television network....
  • 2002 Runner up Defensa de dama Premios Mayte of Theatre
  • 2003 Homage by the Instituto Cervantes
    Instituto Cervantes

    The Cervantes Institute is a worldwide non-profit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. It is named after Miguel de Cervantes , the author of Don Quixote and perhaps the most important figure in the history of Spanish literature....
     of Toulouse
    Toulouse

    Toulouse is a commune of France in southwest France on the banks of the Garonne, half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea....
  • 2004 Nominated for Best actress Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena Goya Awards
  • 2004 Nominated for Best actress Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena Fotogramas de Plata
  • 2004 Nominated for Best actress Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena Spanish Actors' Union
  • 2004 Best actress Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena Premios Turia
  • 2006 Malaga Award. Film Festival of Málaga
    Málaga

    M?laga is a port city in Andalusia, southern Spain, on the Costa del Sol coast of the Mediterranean. At the 2007 census the population is 576,725....


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