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Mabel Rivera

Mabel Rivera

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María Isabel Rivera Torres (born 1952) is a Galician (Spain) actress.

She was born in the City and Naval Station of El Ferrol, in Galicia, North-western Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...

. Though she started her career as an actress
Actor
An actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 in the 1980s it was not till the dawn of the new century that she achieved broad notice, for her lead actress
Actor
An actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 role in the Oscar winning Best Foreign Language Film 2004
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

 The Sea Inside.
This actress
Actor
An actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 is not only brilliant when it comes to the performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms of art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...

 but she is magnificent when it comes to mastering foreign languages as well.
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María Isabel Rivera Torres (born 1952) is a Galician (Spain) actress.

She was born in the City and Naval Station of El Ferrol, in Galicia, North-western Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...

. Though she started her career as an actress
Actor
An actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 in the 1980s it was not till the dawn of the new century that she achieved broad notice, for her lead actress
Actor
An actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 role in the Oscar winning Best Foreign Language Film 2004
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

 The Sea Inside.
This actress
Actor
An actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 is not only brilliant when it comes to the performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms of art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...

 but she is magnificent when it comes to mastering foreign languages as well. Apparently, she can speak fluently, not only Galician
Galician language
Galician is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community located in northwestern Spain, as well as in small bordering zones in the neighbouring autonomous communities of Asturias and Castile and León and in Northern Portugal.Galician and Portuguese...

, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish or Castilian is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that originated in northern Spain and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile, evolving into the principal language of government and trade in the Iberian peninsula...

 and Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and official language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencià , as well as in the city of Alghero on the Italian island of...

 but English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...

 and French
French language
French is a Romance language globally spoken by about 65 million people as a first language , by 50 million as a second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired foreign language, with significant speakers in 57 countries. Most native speakers of the language live in France,...

 too though up to different degrees of proficiency.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2007
2007 in film
The year 2007 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...

 
The Orphanage
The Orphanage (film)
The Orphanage is a 2007 Spanish-language horror film and the debut feature of Spanish filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona. The film stars Belén Rueda as Laura, Fernando Cayo as her husband, Carlos, and Roger Príncep as their adopted son Simón. The plot centers on Laura, who returns to her childhood...

Pilar USA Release date: December 28, 2007
2007
2007 in film
The year 2007 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...

 
Mataharis
Mataharis
Mataharis is a 2007 Spanish drama film directed by Icíar Bollaín. It stars Najwa Nimri, Tristán Ulloa, María Vázquez and Nuria González. The plot follows the lives of three female detectives who investigate the secrets of others, but end up uncovering their own families' lies, and truths they...

Mujer engañada
2007
2007 in film
The year 2007 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...

 
Hotel Tívoli Josefa
2006
2006 in film
The year 2006 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...

 
Goya's ghosts
Goya's Ghosts
Goya's Ghosts is a 2006 Spanish film directed by Miloš Forman, and produced by Xuxa Producciones and by Saul Zaentz, and written by Miloš Forman and Jean-Claude Carrière. The film stars Natalie Portman, Javier Bardem, and Stellan Skarsgård, and was shot on location in Spain during late 2005...

María Isabel Bilbatúa
2006
2006 in film
The year 2006 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...

 
Faltas leves Trini
2004
2004 in film
The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

 
The Sea Inside Manuela  Oscar Winning 2004
1987
1987 in film
-Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records.*May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers....

 
El bosque animado Sra. Gundín

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