Victoria Abril

Known for ActingBorn 1959-07-04 (age 66)Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Paprika

La Guérilléra

Les Nuls, l'émission

Hécuba: un sueño de pasión

The Traitors France

Under the Sign of the Fish

Caperucita y Roja

Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas

Bosé renacido

Wishlist

De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs

Drôle de genre

Et après?

Three Days of Christmas

Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead

Law of Desire

De pé a pá

High Heels

Le voyage

Bicycles Are for the Summer

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Gloria’s Law: The Devil’s Advocate

No Trace of Sin

The 7th Day

Champs-Elysées

Lovers: A True Story

Eurotrash

Sandino

I Married a Shadow

Kika

Une époque formidable

Save Lisa

Freedomfighters

Clem

The Shack

Capitaine Marleau

Asesinatos sólo en El Hormiguero

The Beehive

Bernarda

Swindled

101 Reykjavik

Le Cœur à l'envers

El hombre que supo amar

Robin and Marian

Neon Flesh

How Do You Like Iceland?

French Twist

Josephine