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Maribel Verdú (born 2 October 1970) is a Spanish
Spanish people

Spanish people or Spaniards are a nation or ethnic group native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. They are often considered an amalgam of different ethnic groups, rather than an ethnic group by itself....
 actress. She is perhaps best known to English-speaking audiences playing the roles of Luisa in the 2001 film, Y tu mamá también
Y tu mamá también

Y tu mam? tambi?n is a 2001 Cinema of Mexico directed by Alfonso Cuar?n and written by Carlos Cuar?n. The film is a coming-of-age story about two teenage boys taking a road trip with a woman in her late twenties....
 and Mercedes in Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro G?mez is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican filmmaker. He is one of the film directors known as the Three Amigos that include Alfonso Cuar?n and Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu....
's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth is a 2006 in film Spanish films of 2006 Spanish language fantasy film written and directed by Mexico film-maker Guillermo del Toro....
. In her native Spain, like Ariadna Gil
Ariadna Gil

Ariadna Gil i Giner is a Spain actress. She is known for her expressive acting in films such as Belle Epoque or Lagrimas Negras.Gil was born in Barcelona, Spain....
, she is admired for her highly expressive acting in films such as Belle Époque
Belle Epoque (film)

Belle ?poque is a 1992 Spain film directed by Fernando Trueba. The title derives from the period French history known as the Belle ?poque ....
 and Huevos de oro
Huevos de oro

Huevos de oro is a 1993 in film Cinema of Spain directed by Bigas Luna, starring Javier Bardem, Alessandro Gassman, Maribel Verd? and Benicio del Toro....
.

Verdú was born María Isabel Verdú Rollán 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...
. She began her career at age 13.






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Maribel Verdú (born 2 October 1970) is a Spanish
Spanish people

Spanish people or Spaniards are a nation or ethnic group native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. They are often considered an amalgam of different ethnic groups, rather than an ethnic group by itself....
 actress. She is perhaps best known to English-speaking audiences playing the roles of Luisa in the 2001 film, Y tu mamá también
Y tu mamá también

Y tu mam? tambi?n is a 2001 Cinema of Mexico directed by Alfonso Cuar?n and written by Carlos Cuar?n. The film is a coming-of-age story about two teenage boys taking a road trip with a woman in her late twenties....
 and Mercedes in Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro G?mez is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican filmmaker. He is one of the film directors known as the Three Amigos that include Alfonso Cuar?n and Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu....
's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth is a 2006 in film Spanish films of 2006 Spanish language fantasy film written and directed by Mexico film-maker Guillermo del Toro....
. In her native Spain, like Ariadna Gil
Ariadna Gil

Ariadna Gil i Giner is a Spain actress. She is known for her expressive acting in films such as Belle Epoque or Lagrimas Negras.Gil was born in Barcelona, Spain....
, she is admired for her highly expressive acting in films such as Belle Époque
Belle Epoque (film)

Belle ?poque is a 1992 Spain film directed by Fernando Trueba. The title derives from the period French history known as the Belle ?poque ....
 and Huevos de oro
Huevos de oro

Huevos de oro is a 1993 in film Cinema of Spain directed by Bigas Luna, starring Javier Bardem, Alessandro Gassman, Maribel Verd? and Benicio del Toro....
.

Verdú was born María Isabel Verdú Rollán 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...
. She began her career at age 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.*TriStar Entertainment, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film....
. The majority of her movie appearances have been in Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
. She has also been in various TV shows. In 2007, Verdú was invited to join to 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....
.

Verdú is married to Pedro Larrañaga, child of actors Carlos Larrañaga
Carlos Larrañaga

Carlos Larra?aga, is a Spanish actor....
 and María Luisa Merlo.

She won a Goya Award
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....
 in 2008 for her lead role in Seven Billiard Tables (Siete mesas de billar francés).

Filmography

  • 2009
    • Tetro
      Tetro

      Tetro is an upcoming film written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Vincent Gallo, Maribel Verd? and Carmen Maura. Filming took place in 2008 in Argentina , and studio shots in Alicante, Spain....
  • 2008
    • Los girasoles ciegos
    • Gente de mala calidad
  • 2007
    • Oviedo Express
    • Seven Billiard Tables (Siete mesas de billar francés)
    • La Zona
      La Zona (2007)

      La Zona is a Mexican film by director Rodrigo Pl?. He describes a failed break-in attempt in a gated community and the consequences for the thieves and the residents....
    • The Mudboy (El niño de barro)
  • 2006
    • Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
      Pan's Labyrinth

      Pan's Labyrinth is a 2006 in film Spanish films of 2006 Spanish language fantasy film written and directed by Mexico film-maker Guillermo del Toro....
  • 2005
    • Mar Rojo
  • 2003
    • Stormy Weather (Tiempo de tormenta)
      Stormy Weather

      "Stormy Weather" is a 1933 song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler. Ethel Waters first sang it at The Cotton Club night club in Harlem, Manhattan....
  • 2002
    • Lisístrata
      Lisístrata

      Lis?strata is a 2002 in film Spain comedy film directed by Francesc Bellmunt. It is based on a comic book by the German cartoonist Ralf K?nig, which in turn is loosely based on the play Lysistrata by Aristophanes....
  • 2001
    • Black Serenade (Tuno negro)
    • And Your Mother Too (Y tu mamá también)
    • The Hold-Up (El palo)
  • 2000
    • Dinosaurio
    • The Goalkeeper (El portero)
    • Toreros aka La hora del silencio
  • 1999
    • Goya en Burdeos
      Goya en Burdeos

      Goya en Burdeos is a 1999 in film Spain historical drama film written and directed by Carlos Saura about the life of Francisco de Goya....
  • 1998
    • El entusiasmo
    • Frontera Sur
  • 1997
    • Lucky Star (La buena estrella)
      Lucky Star

      "Lucky Star" is a song by United States singer-songwriter Madonna . It was first released as a single by Sire Records in the UK in September 1983, an international single release did not come until August 1984 in music....
    • Carreteras secundarias
  • 1996
    • La Celestina
  • 1994
    • Canción de cuna
    • El cianuro ¿sólo o con leche?
    • Al otro lado del túnel
  • 1993
    • Tres palabras
    • Huevos de oro
      Huevos de oro

      Huevos de oro is a 1993 in film Cinema of Spain directed by Bigas Luna, starring Javier Bardem, Alessandro Gassman, Maribel Verd? and Benicio del Toro....
    • El Amante Bilingüe
      El Amante Bilingüe

      El Amante Biling?e is a 1993 Spain film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda adapted from a novel by Juan Mars?. It stars Imanol Arias, Ornella Muti and Loles Le?n....
  • 1992
    • El beso del sueño
    • Belle Époque
      Belle Epoque (film)

      Belle ?poque is a 1992 Spain film directed by Fernando Trueba. The title derives from the period French history known as the Belle ?poque ....
    • Salsa rosa
  • 1991
    • El sueño de Tánger
    • Lovers (Amantes)
      Lovers (film)

      Amantes is a 1991 Spain film noir written and directed by Vicente Aranda, starring Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz and Maribel Verd?. The film brought Aranda to widespread attention in the English-speaking world....
  • 1990
    • Badis
    • Ovejas negras
    • Los jinetes del alba
      Los Jinetes del Alba

      Los Jinetesdel Alba is a 1990 Spain film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda, an adaptation of a novel by Jes?s Fern?ndez Santos. It stars Victoria Abril and Jorge Sanz....
  • 1989
    • Sabor a rosas
    • Los días del cometa
  • 1988
    • Feliz cumpleaños
    • El aire de un crimen
    • Soldadito español
    • Sinatra
    • Barcelona Connection
    • El juego más divertido
  • 1987
    • La estanquera de Vallecas
    • El señor de los Llanos
  • 1986
    • Year of Enlightment (El año de las luces)
    • 27 Hours (27 horas)
    • El orden cómico


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