- Born
- Birth nameCarmen García Maura
- Height5′ 3½″ (1.61 m)
- Descendant of the conservative Spanish politician Antonio Maura, Carmen lead an art gallery and appeared in various roles in night- clubs. With Tigres de papel (1977) she had her first successful appearance on the movie screen and thereafter she worked at the theatre, the movies and in TV productions. Although she played dramatic roles, too, her most important genre has always been the comedy, e.g. Sal gorda (1984), Sé infiel y no mires con quién (1985) or Tata mía (1986). She has worked regularly with the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, from the film Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom (1980) (taking in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) for which she was awarded the European Film Award "Felix" as best actress) to, currently Volver (2006).
- IMDb mini biography by: Volker Boehm
- SpouseFrancisco Forteza(1964 - 1970) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenCarmen FortezaPablo Forteza
- ParentsSalvador Garcia Santa-CruzCarmen Maura Arenzana
- Won the "Goya Award" (the Spanish equivalent of the Oscar) in 1989, 1991, 2001 and 2007.
- Fluent in French and some English, but almost always does her interviews in her native Castellano (Spanish).
- Great-grand-niece of the President of the Goverment of Spain Antonio Maura.
- Her role as transsexual on Law of Desire (1987) made her a gay icon.
- Was originally offered the role of Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas's housemaid in The War of the Roses (1989) that was ultimately played by German actress Marianne Sägebrecht.
- On strategy: All the great decisions in my life have been made in less than half an hour.
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