Victoria Abril
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
1959-07-04
Biography: Victoria Mérida Rojas (born 4 July 1959), better known as Victoria Abril, is a Spanish film actress and singer based in France. She is possibly best known to international audiences for her performance in the film Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! by director Pedro Almodóvar. Born in Malaga, Abril became widely known in Spain in 1976 when she appeared in the show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez for two years. In addition to working in Spain, she has made films in France, Italy, and Iceland. She has been nominated eight times for Goya Awards in the Lead Actress category and has won once. She also 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. Abril is also a singer. In 2005, she made her debut with a bossanova-jazz album called PutchEros do Brasil. She also tried to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with "Bang-Bang-Bang", but Betty Missiego was chosen instead. On 28 July 1977, Abril married Gustavo Laube, former footballer of the Chile national football team. The couple separated in early 1982. Abril has two sons with the French director Gérard de Battista. She lives in France, where she has resided since 1982. Source: Article "Victoria Abril" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Movies:
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
I Married a Shadow
French Twist
101 Reykjavik
Paprika
Jimmy Hollywood
High Heels
Kika
Walking Vengeance
Nuit d'ivresse
The 7th Day
Lovers: A True Story
Max My Love
48 Hours a Day
Don't Tempt Me
Leur morale… et la nôtre
The Moon in the Gutter
The Maidens' Conspiracy
A Day at the Museum
School of Seduction
Mejor que Nunca
Casque bleu
Summer Rain
Une époque formidable
Sans peur et sans reproche
Les Aristos
Bicycles Are for the Summer
Between Your Legs
Swindled
Comin' at Ya!
Our Tropical Island
Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead
Freedomfighters
Cause toujours !
If They Tell You I Fell
Esposa y amante
Intruso
Big is Beautiful
The Beehive
Drôle de genre
Barrios altos
Change of Sex
Girl with the Golden Panties
Murder in the Central Committee
Tiempo de silencio
Lute: Forge On or Die
My Father, My Mother, My Brothers and My Sisters
On the Line
Alone Together
Too Much Heart
Oscar. The color of destiny
Ternosecco
Mater amatísima
The Battle of Reefer
Who Is That Splashing in the Mediterranean?
Baton Rouge
L'Addition
Les gens honnêtes vivent en France
Kaena: The Prophecy
Our Father
No Trace of Sin
After Darkness
The House of Ulloa
El placer de matar
El juego más divertido
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
Rouge-gorge
Le voyage
Born to Win
The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears
La Femme du cosmonaute
The Bastard
Le Cœur à l'envers
The Most Beautiful Night
Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous
The Witching Hour
La Guérilléra
Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
Josephine
Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
Sous le signe du poisson
Caperucita y Roja
Foul Play
Entre paréntesis
Robin Hood, Arrow, Beans and Karate
Obsesión
El crimen del capitán Sánchez
The Shack
La casa del paraíso
Doña Perfecta
Ada in the Jungle
Robin and Marian
Et après?
Bernarda
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
Neon Flesh
Wishlist
The Great Restaurant
El hombre que supo amar
On refait les grands duos d'humour
La mujer lunática
Gloria’s Law: The Devil’s Advocate
Law of Desire
The Grand Restaurant III
Asesinatos sólo en El Hormiguero
Grupo Corpo: Dance Theatre from Brazil
Jailbirds
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