Victoria Abril

Victoria Abril
Victoria Abril at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Born	Victoria Mérida Rojas (1959-07-04) 4 July 1959 Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actress, Singer
Years active	1974–present
Spouse(s)	Pierre Edelman Gustavo Laube
Partner(s)	Gérard de Battista
Children	2
Awards	Silver Bear for Best Actress 1991 Amantes Goya Award for Best Actress 1995 Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead

Victoria Abril (born Victoria Mérida Rojas; 4 July 1959) is a Spanish film actress and singer. She is best known to international audiences for her performance in the movie ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) by director Pedro Almodóvar.

Life and career

Born in Madrid, Abril became widely known in Spain in 1976 when she appeared for two years in the show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez. Besides working in Spain, she also made films in France, where she resides, Italy, and Iceland. She has been nominated eight times for Goya Awards in the Lead Actress category and has won once. She 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.

Victoria Abril performing on stage in 2006.

She 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 in 1979 with "Bang-Bang-Bang", but Betty Missiego was chosen instead.

Personal Life

She has two sons with director Gérard de Battista.

Filmography

Victoria Abril at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.

• Obsesión (1975)
• El puente (1976)
• Y le llamaban Robin Hood / Robin and Marian (1976)
• El hombre que supo amar (1976)
• Caperucita y roja (1976)
• Cambio de Sexo (1977)
• Esposa y amante (1977)
• Doña Perfecta (1977)
• Más vale pájaro en mano (1980)
• La casa del paraíso (1980)
• La Muchacha de las Bragas de Oro (1980)
• Otra mujer (1980)
• Mater Amatísima (1980)
• La batalla del porro (1981)
• Comin' at Ya! (1981)
• La Lune dans le caniveau (1982)
• La colmena (film) (1982)
• Entre parentesis (1982)
• La Luna Bajo el Asfalto (1982)
• Asesinato en el Comité Central (1982)
• Sem sombra de pecado (1983)
• Le Batard (1983)
• La noche más hermosa (1984)
• Yendo hacia ti (1985)
• La hora bruja (1985)
• After Darkness (1985)
• L'Addition (1984)
• Las bicicletas son para el verano (1984)
• Le voyage (1984)
• Padre nuestro (1985)
• Nuit d'ivresse (1986)
• Tiempo de silencio (1986)
• Max, Mon Amour (1986)
• Barrios altos (1987)
• El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987)
• El Juego mas divertido (1987)
• Baton Rouge (1988)
• Sans peur et sans reproche (1988)
• Si te dicen que caí (1989)
• El Placer de Matar (1989)
• Sandino (1990)
• A solas contigo (1990)
• Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Atame!) (1990)
• Une époque formidable (1991)
• Amantes (1991)
• Tacones lejanos (1991)
• Demasiado corazón (1991)
• Intruso (1993)
• Kika (1993)
• Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
• Casque Bleu (1994)
• Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto (1995)
• Gazon maudit (U.S. title: French Twist) (1995)
• Libertarias (1996)
• The Cosmonaut's Wife (Spanish: La mujer del cosmonauta, French: La Femme du cosmonaute) (1997)
• Entre las piernas (1998)
• Mon père, ma mère, mes frères et mes soeurs (1999)
• Mari del sud (2000)
• 101 Reykjavík (2000)
• Et après? (2001)
• Sin noticias de Dios (2001)
• The Tulse Luper Suitcases: The Moab Story (2002)
• Les gens honnêtes vivent en France (2002)
• Escuela de seducción (2004)
• Incautos (2004)
• Les aristos (2006)
• Tirant lo Blanc (2006)
• Óscar, Una Pasión Surrealista (2007)
• 48 heures par jour (2008)
• Musée haut, musée bas (2008)
• Mejor que nunca (2008)
• Sólo quiero caminar (2008)
• The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears (2012)
• Mince alors! (2012)
• Summer Rain (El Camino de los Ingleses) (2012)
• Joséphine est enceinte (2016)

Television

• X Femmes: Pour elle (2009), Season 2, Episode 2.

External links

• Official Website of Victoria
• Victoria Abril at Allmovie
• Victoria Abril at the Internet Movie Database