Victoria Abril
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Victoria Abril 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
.
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
. Two years later, she was awarded with the Berlinale Camera at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival
.
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
.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
film actress. She is best known to international audiences for her performance in the movie ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! is a 1990 Spanish film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, a dark romantic comedy starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. The plot follows a recently released psychiatric patient who kidnaps an actress in order to make her fall in love with him...
) by director Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of his generation. His films, marked by complex narratives, employ the codes of melodrama and use elements of pop culture, popular...
.
Abril was born in 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 became widely known in Spain in 1976 when she appeared for two years in the show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez
Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez
Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez , often shortened as Un, dos, tres, and named Un, dos, tres... a leer esta vez in the last season, was a Spanish game show created by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador. The show, which ran from 1972 to 2004 spanning ten seasons, became the most famous game show in the...
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
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, where she resides, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
. She has been nominated eight times for Goya Awards
Goya Awards
The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered by many in Spain, and internationally, to be the Spanish equivalent of the American Academy Awards....
in the Lead Actress category and has won once. She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress
Silver Bear for Best Actress
The Silver Bear for Best Actress is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actress.-Awards:- External links :*...
at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival
41st Berlin International Film Festival
The 41st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 15 to 26, 1991.-Jury:* Volker Schlöndorff * Chantal Akerman* Laurie Anderson* José Luis Borau* Judith Godrèche* Yuri Klepikov* Renate Krößner* Gillo Pontecorvo...
for her role in Amantes
Lovers (film)
Lovers is a 1991 Spanish film noir written and directed by Vicente Aranda, starring Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz and Maribel Verdú. The film brought Aranda to widespread attention in the English-speaking world...
. Two years later, she was awarded with the Berlinale Camera at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival
43rd Berlin International Film Festival
The 43rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 11 to 22, 1993.-Jury:* Frank Beyer * Juan Antonio Bardem* Michel Boujut* François Duplat* Katinka Faragó* Krystyna Janda* Naum Kleiman* Brock Peters...
.
Bossanova
Bossanova is the third album by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released in August 1990 on the English independent record label 4AD in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. All of Bossanovas original material was written by the band's frontman Black Francis; it...
-jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
album called PutchEros do Brasil. She tried to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
in 1979 with "Bang-Bang-Bang", but came second by just one point in the national final, losing to Betty Missiego
Betty Missiego
Beatriz Teresa "Betty" Missiego Campos is a Peruvian singer, who now holds dual Spanish citizenship and lives in Spain....
with 26 out of a maximum 29.
She has two sons (Martín and Félix) with director Gérard de Battista
Gérard de Battista
Gérard de Battista is a cinematographer, had a long relationship with the Spanish actress Victoria Abril and they have two sons together, one in 1990 and another one in 1992 .-References:...
.
Filmography
- Clem' 2010
- Tirant lo BlancTirant lo Blanc (film)Tirant lo Blanc is a 2006 historical adventure film directed by Vicente Aranda. It is based on Tirant lo Blanch, a Catalan language chivalry novel dating to 1490, written by Joanot Martorell...
(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 Reykjavík101 Reykjavík101 Reykjavík is a 2000 film set in Reykjavík, Iceland based on a book of the same name by Hallgrímur Helgason. It was directed by Baltasar Kormákur and stars Victoria Abril and Hilmir Snær Guðnason. The name of the film is taken from the postal code for down-town Reykjavík, "the old city"...
(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 (SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
: La mujer del cosmonauta, FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: La Femme du cosmonaute) (1997) - LibertariasLibertariasLibertarias is a Spanish historical drama made in 1996. It was written and directed by Vicente Aranda.In 1936, Maria , a young nun is recruited by Pilar , a militant feminist, into an anarchist militia following the onset of the Spanish Civil War...
(1996) - Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muertoNadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muertoNadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto was awarded 1995 Spanish noir drama film written and directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes.-Cast:*Gloria Duque - Victoria Abril*Doña Julia - Pilar Bardem*Eduardo - Federico Luppi...
(1995) - Gazon Maudit (1995)
- Jimmy HollywoodJimmy HollywoodJimmy Hollywood is an American comedy film written and directed by Barry Levinson and starring Joe Pesci and Christian Slater.- Plot :Jimmy Alto is a failing actor living in Los Angeles. After increasing frustration with crime in the city Jimmy, along with his 'spaced-out' best friend William ,...
(1994) - Casque Bleu (1994)
- IntrusoIntrusoIntruder is a 1993 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda. It stars Victoria Abril, Imanol Arias and Antonio Valero. The film is a psychological thriller. A middle class woman torn between her love for her spouse and her ill ex-husband, both of them were her childhood friends...
(1993) - KikaKikaKika is a 1993 Spanish language Pedro Almodóvar film starring Verónica Forqué as the title character.-Plot:Kika , a young, bubbly aspiring actress turned cosmetologist, is called to the cottage of Nicholas Pierce , an American freelance writer who has moved to Spain to write about game hunting, to...
(1993) - Une époque formidable (1991)
- AmantesLovers (film)Lovers is a 1991 Spanish film noir written and directed by Vicente Aranda, starring Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz and Maribel Verdú. The film brought Aranda to widespread attention in the English-speaking world...
(1991) - Tacones lejanosTacones lejanosHigh Heels is a 1991 melodrama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Marisa Paredes, Victoria Abril and Miguel Bosé. The plot follows the fractured relationship between a self-involved mother who is a famous torch song singer and the grown daughter she had abandoned as a child...
(1991) - Demasiado corazón (1991)
- Sandino (1990)
- A solas contigo (1990)
- Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! is a 1990 Spanish film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, a dark romantic comedy starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. The plot follows a recently released psychiatric patient who kidnaps an actress in order to make her fall in love with him...
(¡Atame!) (1990) - Si te dicen que caí (1989)
- El Placer de Matar (1989)
- Baton RougeBâton rouge (film)-Synopsis:In a town on the outskirts of Paris, the life of Karim, Abdenour and Mozart is made of searching for small acting jobs. Karim's father reassures him that he become someday someone important. Abdenour, orphaned, promises his brother that he may soon withdraw from welfare. For his part,...
(1988) - Sans peur et sans reproche (1988)
- Barrios altos (1987)
- El Lute (1987)
- El Juego mas divertido (1987)
- Nuit d'Ivresse (1986)
- Tiempo de silencioTiempo de silencioTiempo de Silencio is a 1986 Spanish film directed by Vicente Aranda adapted from a well-regarded novel written by Luis Martín-Santos. It stars Imanol Arias, Victoria Abril and Francisco Rabal...
(1986) - Max, Mon AmourMax, Mon AmourMax mon amour aka Max, My Love is a 1986 film directed by Nagisa Oshima and starring Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins, Victoria Abril, Pierre Étaix and Milena Vukotic...
(1986) - Yendo hacia ti (1985)
- La hora bruja (1985)
- After DarknessAfter DarknessAfter Darkness is a 1985 Swiss horror film directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard and Sergio Guerraz. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* John Hurt as Peter Hunningford* Julian Sands as Laurence Hunningford...
(1985) - L'Addition (1984)
- Las bicicletas son para el veranoLas bicicletas son para el veranoBicycles Are for the Summer is a Spanish play written by Fernando Fernán Gómez in 1984 that deals with the effects of Spanish Civil War on citizens of Madrid...
(1984) - Le voyageLe VoyageLe Voyage is the fourth album by Paul Motian to be released on the ECM label. It was released in 1979 and features performances by Motian with Jean-François Jenny Clark and Charles Brackeen.-Reception:...
(1984) - Padre nuestroPadre nuestro (1985 film)Padre nuestro is a 1985 Spanish drama film directed by Francisco Regueiro. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Victoria Abril - Cardenala* Rafaela Aparicio* Luis Barbero* Lina Canalejas...
(1985) - La noche más hermosaLa noche más hermosaLa noche más hermosa is a 1983 film directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and starring José M. Sacristán, Victoria Abril, and Bibi Andersen. A reviewer for All Movie Guide called an "ostensible comedy" and said it was "almost as hard to believe as director Manuel Gutiérrez-Aragón's previous effort...
(1984) - Sem sombra de pecado (1983)
- Le Batard (1983)
- La Lune dans le caniveau (1982)
- La colmena (film)La colmena (film)La Colmena is a 1982 Spanish film directed by Mario Camus. Based on the novel The Hive by Camilo José Cela, it depicts the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and its impact on several characters. Cela has a small role as Matías.- Synopsis :The film is set in Madrid during the postwar period,...
(1982) - Entre parentesis (1982)
- La Luna Bajo el Asfalto (1982)
- Asesinato en el Comité CentralAsesinato en el Comité CentralMurder in the Central Committee is a 1982 Spanish Film directed by Vicente Aranda. It stars Patxi Andión and Victoria Abril. The film was based on a novel by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán...
(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 OroLa Muchacha de las Bragas de OroThe Girl with the Golden Panties is a 1980 Spanish Film directed by Vicente Aranda. It stars Victoria Abril and Lautaro Murúa. The film was based upon a novel by Catalonian author Juan Marsé. La Muchacha de las Bragas de Oro explores the changing nature of a former fascist, a reflection of Spain...
(1980) - Otra mujer (1980)
- Mater Amatísima (1980)
- Cambio de SexoCambio de SexoSex Change is a 1976 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda. It stars Victoria Abril. The film dramatizes the story of a young effeminate boy, who moves to the city to explore his desire to become a woman.-Synopsis :...
(1977) - Esposa y amante (1977)
- Doña PerfectaDoña PerfectaDoña Perfecta is a 19th century realist novel by Benito Pérez Galdós from what is called the first of Galdós's three epochs in his novels of social analysis.-Plot summary:...
(1977) - El puenteEl PuenteEl Puente, or the Parque Arqueológico El Puente , is a Maya archaeological site in the department of Copán in Honduras. Once an independent Maya city, the city of El Puente became a tributary to the nearby city of Copán between the 6th and 9th centuries AD...
(1976) - Y le llamaban Robin Hood (1976)
- El hombre que supo amar (1976)
- Caperucita y roja (1976)
- Robin and MarianRobin and MarianRobin and Marian is a 1976 British/American co-produced romantic adventure period film filmed in Pamplona, Spain starring Sean Connery as Robin Hood, Audrey Hepburn as Lady Marian, Nicol Williamson as Little John, Robert Shaw as the Sheriff of Nottingham and Richard Harris as King Richard. It also...
(1976) - El puenteEl PuenteEl Puente, or the Parque Arqueológico El Puente , is a Maya archaeological site in the department of Copán in Honduras. Once an independent Maya city, the city of El Puente became a tributary to the nearby city of Copán between the 6th and 9th centuries AD...
(1976) - Obsesión (film) (1975)
Trivia
- An Argentine rockArgentine rockArgentine rock , is composed or made by Argentine bands or artists, in the Spanish language. For nearly half a century it has been a major popular genre, and it is considered part of the popular music tradition of Argentina alongside Argentine Tango, and Argentine folk music.The moment when...
band was formerly known as Victoria Abril, in reference to the actress, but was later renamed Victoria Mil for legal reasons.
External links
- www.victoria-abril.com - Official Website of Victoria
- Victoria Abril at Allmovie