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Belén Rueda

Belén Rueda in Paris in January 2008
Born María Belén Rueda García-Porrero
March 16, 1965 (1965-03-16) (age 44)
Flag of Spain.svg Madrid, Spain

María Belén Rueda García-Porrero (born 16 March 1965) is a Spanish actress.

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Biography

Early life

Rueda was born in Madrid. Her father was a civil engineer and her mother was a ballet instructor. She is the second of three children; her siblings are named Chus and Violeta(Ms. Rodal). She and her family moved to San Juan, Alicante when she was a child because of her younger sister's asthmatic problems. She was married to Daniel Écija and had three children with him, Beliá (b.1994), María (b.1996) and Lucía (b.1998); unfortunately, their second child died of a heart disease as a baby. She is now a divorcée. When Rueda was 18 years old she moved to Madrid to study architecture, but she left the university when she met an Italian man whom she later married.

Career

Rueda returned to Madrid and worked as a salesperson and a model until she finally became a TV presenter. After that she worked as an actress on television, including the show Los Serrano, and eventually acted in films. She won a Goya Award in 2004 for her role as Julia in Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside). She received another Goya nomination for her role in the 2007 film, The Orphanage. Rueda played the lead role of the spanish thriller Los ojos de Julia1, which is produced by Guillermo Del Toro.2

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2010 Julia's Eyes Julia
2009 Spanish Movie Laura
2008 8 citas Elena
2007 The Orphanage Laura
2007 Savage Grace
2007 El orfanato llega a Hollywood
2005 Retruc Elsa
2004 The Sea Inside Julia
2001 Retruc Elsa

Series

  • 1997: "Médico de familia"
  • 1998-2002: "Periodistas"
  • 2001: "7 vidas"
  • 2003-2008: "Los Serrano"

References

  1. ^ UK's Optimum Releasing Focuses on Julia's Eyes
  2. ^ Optimum Acquires UK Rights to Guillermo del Toro Produced 'Julia's Eyes'

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