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Victoria Abril

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Victoria Abril
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This Spanish actress started studying dancing. Her teacher encouraged her to participate in her first film Obsesión (1977). After that, she was chosen by the director Narciso Ibáñez Serrador to be one of the co-hostesses of the famous TV contest Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (1972) becoming very well known all over Spain. Since 1975 she also made several films in France and Italy. In Spain, she had her first success with Girl with the Golden Panties (1980), directed by Vicente Aranda. She has won twice the Best Actress Award at the San Sebastial Film Festival for El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987) and for Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995). In 1991 she won the Silver Bear at Berlin Film Festival for her work in Lovers: A True Story (1991).
BornJuly 4, 1959
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      • 30 wins & 27 nominations total

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    Known for

    Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)
    Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
    7.0
    • Marina Osorio
    • 1989
    High Heels (1991)
    High Heels
    7.0
    • Rebeca Giner
    • 1991
    Victoria Abril and Penélope Cruz in No News from God (2001)
    No News from God
    6.3
    • Lola Nevado
    • 2001
    Victoria Abril in Uptown (1987)
    Uptown
    5.1
    • Veronica
    • 1987

    Credits

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    Actress



    • L'homme des signes
      • Karen Lasri
      • Post-production
    • L'assistant
      • Valerie
      • Pre-production



    • Marinella (2026)
      Marinella
      TV Movie
      • Claudia
      • 2026
    • Victoria Abril, Antoine Duléry, François-Xavier Demaison, Arnaud Ducret, and Tom Villa in Panique au Grand Magasin (2025)
      Panique au Grand Magasin
      4.3
      TV Movie
      • Mme Ledoux, la banquière
      • 2025
    • Sólo asesinatos en El Hormiguero (2024)
      Sólo asesinatos en El Hormiguero
      3.0
      Short
      • Victoria Abril
      • 2024
    • Victoria Abril and Lucie Lucas in Clem (2010)
      Clem
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Caroline Boissier
      • Caroline
      • 2010–2023
    • Drôle de genre (2023)
      Drôle de genre
      TV Movie
      • Carla
      • 2023
    • Jailbirds (2023)
      Jailbirds
      7.3
      Short
      • 2023
    • Suzane: Clit Is Good (2022)
      Suzane: Clit Is Good
      Music Video
      • 2022
    • Alexandre Brasseur, Ingrid Chauvin, Charlotte Valandrey, Lorie Pester, and Samy Gharbi in Tomorrow Is Ours (2017)
      Tomorrow Is Ours
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Rebecca Flores
      • 2021
    • Victoria Abril, Capucine Sainson-Fabresse, and Caroline Anglade in Saving Lisa (2021)
      Saving Lisa
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Isabel Alvarez
      • 2021
    • Josephine, Guardian Angel (1997)
      Josephine, Guardian Angel
      4.0
      TV Series
      • Cécilia Arranz
      • 2021
    • Victoria Abril, María León, and Silvia Alonso in Wishlist (2020)
      Wishlist
      5.8
      • Carmen
      • 2020
    • Three Days of Christmas (2019)
      Three Days of Christmas
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • María
      • 2019
    • Caïn (2012)
      Caïn
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Patricia Vautrin
      • 2019
    • Bernarda (2018)
      Bernarda
      5.8
      • Josefa
      • 2018
    • La loi de... (2014)
      La loi de...
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Gloria Mendoza
      • 2017

    Voice Actor - Dubbing



    • Corinne Masiero in Captain Marleau (2014)
      Captain Marleau
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Mère Louise (Spanish (Spain))
      • 2016
    • Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Kline, and Frank Welker in The Road to El Dorado (2000)
      The Road to El Dorado
      6.9
      • Chel (Spanish (Spain))
      • 2000
    • Victoria Abril in French Twist (1995)
      French Twist
      6.4
      • Loli (Spanish (Spain))
      • 1995
    • Max My Love (1986)
      Max My Love
      6.0
      • Maria (Spanish (Spain))
      • 1986

    Soundtrack



    • Ochéntame... otra vez (2014)
      Ochéntame... otra vez
      7.1
      TV Series
      • performer: "Cuando tu me besas"
      • 2015
    • Los Goya 26 edición (2012)
      Los Goya 26 edición
      5.0
      TV Special
      • performer: "Apertura"
      • 2012
    • ¿Donde estabas tú en los 70? (2012)
      ¿Donde estabas tú en los 70?
      TV Movie
      • performer: "Si, al final"
      • 2012
    • José Luis López Vázquez in XIX premios Goya (2005)
      XIX premios Goya
      6.3
      TV Special
      • performer: "Tu Verras" (O Que Será ?)
      • 2005
    • Victoria Abril and Penélope Cruz in No News from God (2001)
      No News from God
      6.3
      • performer: "I Want to be Evil"
      • 2001
    • My Father, My Mother, My Brothers and My Sisters (1999)
      My Father, My Mother, My Brothers and My Sisters
      5.2
      • lyrics: "La luna negra"
      • performer: "La luna negra"
      • writer: "La luna negra"
      • 1999
    • Aplauso (1978)
      Aplauso
      6.2
      TV Series
      • performer: "Si al final"
      • performer: "Tu eres"
      • 1979
    • La barraca (1979)
      La barraca
      7.8
      TV Series
      • performer: "Si, al final"
      • 1979
    • 625 líneas (1976)
      625 líneas
      5.1
      TV Series
      • performer: "Solos tú y yo"
      • performer: "Dulcemente"
      • 1979
    • Especial Nochevieja 1978
      TV Special
      • performer: "Cuando tú me besas"
      • 1978
    • Change of Sex (1977)
      Change of Sex
      6.4
      • performer: "Mi cosita"
      • 1977

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    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Victoria Merida Roja
    • Height
      • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
    • Born
      • July 4, 1959
      • Madrid, Spain
    • Spouses
        Gustavo LaubeJuly 28, 1977 - 1982 (divorced)
    • Other works
      Play: "Viernes, día de la libertad", by Hugo Claus. Dir. Manuel Manzaneque. Teatro Benavente, Madrid.
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Print Biography
      • 3 Interviews
      • 4 Articles
      • 13 Pictorials
      • 6 Magazine Cover Photos

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Her powerful performance in Pedro Almodóvar's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989) ("Tie me up, tie me down!") inspired Penélope Cruz to become an actress.
    • Quotes
      Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me.

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