Victoria Abril

Victoria Mérida Rojas alias Victoria Abril is an actress and Spanish singer born the July 4th 1959 with Madrid (Spain). It carries out a double career and turns as much to France as to Spain. Its exubérance natural did of it one of the actresses fetishes of Pedro Almodovar. It begins in 1975 in Obsession .

In 2005, it leaves a disc where it interprets standards of the Bossa nova, and starts a series in concerts.

It is mother of two boys with Gerard de Battista

Catalog of films

1975 : Obsession of Francisco Lara Polop
1976: El Puente of Juan Antonio Bardem - Lolita
1976: El Hombre that supo amar of Miguel Picazo
1976: the Rose and the arrow of Richard To ballast - the queen Isabelle
1977: Robin, arrow and karate of Tonino Ricci
1977: Cambio of sexo of Vicente Aranda - Jose María/María Jose
1980: the Girl with the breeches of gold ( Muchacha of mow bragas of oro ) of Vicente Aranda - Mariana
1980: MATER amatíssima of Jose Antonio Salgot
1980: Mieux is worth rich and quite bearing being that mown and badly foutu of max Pécas - Mercedes
1980: the Heart with back of Franck Apprederis - the hostess
1981: the pitiless Revenge on Ferdinando Baldi
1981: Asesinato in el Central committee of Vicente Aranda - Carmela
1982: Guérilléra of Pierre Kast - Barbara
1983: the Voyage of Michel Andrieu - Veronique
1983: Noche farmhouse hermosa of Manual Gutiérrez Aragon - Elena
1983: the Hive ( Colmena ) of Mario Camus - Julita
1983: Without the shade of one fished of Jose Fonseca E Costa
1983: I married a shade Robin Davis - Fifo
1983: the Moon in the gutter of Jean-Jacques Beineix - Bleated - Tournage in 1983

1983: Bastard the of Bertrand Van Effenterre - Betty

1984: One The Line ( Río abajo ) of Jose Shines Borau - Engracia

1984: the Bicycles are for the summer of Jaime Chávarri - Manolita

1984: Padre nuestro ( Our Father ) of Francisco Regueiro

1984: the Addition of Denis Amar - Patty

1985: max, my love of Nagisa Oshima - Maria

1985: Robin of Pierre Zucca - Marguerite

1986: the Hour of the magic spells ( Hora bruja ) of Jaime de Armiñán

1986: Night of intoxication of Bernard Nauer - the partner of Jugnot

1986: Tiempo of silencio of Vicente Aranda - Dorita

1987: Barrios violas of Jose Ignacio Berlanga - Veronica

1987: Ternosecco of Giancarlo Giannini - Brigida

1987: El Lute, walk or bad cold of Vicente Aranda - Chelo

1988: Ada in the jungle of Gerard Zingg - Carmen

1988: El Placer matar of Felix Rotaeta - Merche

1988: red Stick of Rafael Moleón

1988: Without fear and reproach of Gerard Jugnot - Jeanne

1988: the Law of the desire of Pedro Almodóvar - the girl with Juan

1990: Attaches me! ( ¡ Átame! ) of Pedro Almodóvar - Turning in June 1990

1989: If you Dicen that Cai of Vicente Aranda - Menchu/Cleaned/Aurora Nin

1989: Sandino of Miguel Littin - Blanca Arauz

1990: Only with you of Eduardo Campoy - Gloria

1991: One formidable time… of Gerard Jugnot - Juliette Berthier

1992: Stiletto heels ( Tacones lejanos ) of Pedro Almodovar - Rebeca - Turning in 1991
1993: Intruso (Intruder) of Vicente Aranda - Luisa
1993: Lovers (Amantes) of Vicente Aranda - Luisa
1994: Jimmy Hollywood of Barry Levinson - Lorraine
1994: Kika of Pedro Almodóvar - Andrea Caracortada - Turning in 1993

1994: Blue helmet of Gerard Jugnot - Alicia
1995: Libertarias of Vicente Aranda - Floren
1995: Nobody will speak about us when we die of Agustín Díaz Yanes - Gloria Duque
1995: cursed Grass of Josiane Balasko - Loli - Left in February 1995

1997: the Woman of the cosmonaut of Jacques Monnet - Anna

1999: Between the legs of Manual Gómez Pereira - Miranda

1999: My father, my mother, my brothers and my sisters… of Charlotte de Turckheim - Anne

1999: All on my mother of Pedro Almodovar - Oscar of best foreign film on March 26th, 2000
2001: 101 Reykjavik of Baltasar Kormákur - Lola
2001: And afterwards? of Mohamed Ismail

2002: Incautos of Miguel Bardem - Pilar

2003: Kaena, prophecy of Chris Delaporte - the Queen (voice)

2003: Without news of God of Agustín Díaz Yanes - Lola Nevado

2004: Cause always! of Jeanne Labrune - Hyacinth

2005: honest people live in France of Bob Decout - Aurore Langlois

2005: the 7 {{E}} Jour of Carlos Will know - Luciana Izquierdo

2005: Drawing the White from Vicente Aranda - the Rested Widow

2006: the Nobs of Charlotte De Turckheim - Duquessa Pilar de Málaga I Benidorm

Discography

Putcheros C Brasil , RCA, 2005 and 2006.
Olala 2007, For its second album Victoria Abril brings together four big families of the Flamenco of Andalusia and Extremadure: Los Moraos (Cadiz), Los Habichuelas (Granada), Los Parrilla (Sherry), Los Porrinas (Badajoz), with a song in favor of the Euthanasia sung in Spanish among the remainder of the song sung in French.

Received honors

1991 : Money bear of the best actress to the Festival of Berlin for the film Amantes (Lovers) of Vicente Aranda.
1995 : Better actress with the Cannes festival for the film Nadie hablará of will nosotras cuando hayamos muerto ( Nobody will speak about us when we die ) of Agustín Díaz Yanes. Victoria Abril will receive for same film Goya of the best actress in 1996.

Engagement

Victoria Abril supports the action of Orphelinats association of Africa (OA).

External bonds

www.victoria-abril.com - Official site of Victoria
www.myspace.com/victoriaabril - MySpace

Source: Chronicle of the Cinema (Book)

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