María Valverde

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valverde and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
María Valverde
Valverde in 2012
Born
María Valverde Rodríguez

(1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 37)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present
Spouse
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(m. 2017)​

María Valverde Rodríguez (born 24 March 1987) is a Spanish actress. Her feature film acting debut in The Weakness of the Bolshevik (2003) earned her a Goya Award for Best New Actress.

Early life

María Valverde was born in Madrid on 24 March 1987.[1]

Career

Valverde (right) along with fellow Cracks cast members Eva Green and Juno Temple during the 2009 TIFF

At age 16, Valverde had her feature film debut in The Weakness of the Bolshevik,[2] for which she won Best New Actress at the 18th Goya Awards. Her other films include Melissa P., based on the book One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed by Melissa Panarello, and Three Steps Above Heaven.

Valverde's films in English include the 2009 independent British drama film Cracks, produced by Ridley Scott and directed by his daughter, Jordan Scott, and the 2014 film Exodus: Gods and Kings playing Zipporah, directed by Ridley Scott, alongside Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, and Ben Kingsley. In 2015, she played the lead in the drama Broken Horses, co-starring with Anton Yelchin.

Personal life

From 2009 to 2014 Valverde was in a relationship with the Spanish actor Mario Casas with whom she starred in three movies.[3] In March 2017, Valverde married Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2003 La flaqueza del bolchevique (The Weakness of the Bolshevik) María Goya Award for Best New Actress [5]
2004 Fuera del cuerpo (Body Confusion) Cuca [6]
2005 Vorvik Sofía
2005 Melissa P. Melissa Panarello [5]
2006 Los Borgia (The Borgia) Lucrecia Borgia [5]
2007 Ladrones (Thieves) Sara [5]
2007 El rey de la montaña (King of the Hill) Bea [5]
2007 El hombre de arena (The Sandman) Lola [7]
2008 La mujer del anarquista (The Anarchist's Wife) Manuela [5]
2009 Cracks Fiamma Coronna
2010 Tres metros sobre el cielo (Three Steps Above Heaven) Bárbara Alcázar "Babi" [5]
2011 Madrid, 1987 Ángela [5]
2012 A puerta fría (Cold Call) Inés [8]
2012 Tengo ganas de ti (I Want You) Babi
2013 La mula (The Mule) Conchi [5]
2013 Libertador (The Liberator) María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro
2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings Zipporah
2015 Broken Horses Vittoria
2015 Ahora o nunca (It's Now or Never) Eva [5]
2016 La carga Elisa
2016 Ali and Nino Nino Kipiani
2016 Guernica Teresa [5]
2016 The Limehouse Golem Aveline [5]
2017 Back to Burgundy Alicia
2017 Plonger Paz Aguilera
2018 Galveston Carmen
2019 Spider Young Inés
2021 Fever Dream Amanda
2021 Fuimos canciones (Sounds Like Love) Maca [9]

Television

Year Title Role
2012 La fuga Anna Serra
2013 Hermanos Virginia Rodríguez

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2004
 18th Goya Awards Best New Actress The Weakness of the Bolshevik Won
[10]
13th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best New Actress Nominated
[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "María Valverde celebra su 33 cumpleaños cada día más enamorada". Diez Minutos. 24 March 2020.
  2. ^ Soria, Cristina (18 January 2022). "El antes y el después de María Valverde: así ha cambiado la actriz en los últimos tiempos". Divinity.
  3. ^ Ana Campuzano: La ruptura inesperada de Mario Casas y María Valverde. El Mundo, 13 September 2014
  4. ^ "María Valverde se casa con el director de orquesta Gustavo Dudamel". El País. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Hidalgo, Miguel (26 October 2017). "María Valverde: una vida de cine". Metrópoli. pp. 1–14 – via El Mundo.
  6. ^ "Fuera del cuerpo". elmundo.es. January 2005. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Hugo Silva y María Valverde en 'El hombre de arena'". Europa Press. 12 November 2007.
  8. ^ "'A puerta fría', película participada por Canal Sur, se estrena este viernes en toda España". Europa Press. 15 March 2013.
  9. ^ Silvestre, Juan (22 June 2021). "'Fuimos canciones': Tráiler de la comedia romántica con María Valverde y Álex González". Fotogramas.
  10. ^ Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, p. 287, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8
  11. ^ "Intérpretes nominados en los XIII Premios Unión de Actores". El Mundo. 3 May 2004.
  12. ^ Benito, Miren Lucía (10 May 2004). "'Aquí no hay quien viva' y 'Te doy mis ojos', grandes ganadoras en los Premios Unión de Actores". elmundo.es.
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