Belén Rueda
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. 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 Julia, which is produced by Guillermo Del Toro.
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Mirage
as Dr. SardónDuring a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but...
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Savage Grace
as Pilar DuránThis examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara...
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Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City
as AlbaVitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain, 2019. Two corpses appear in the crypt of the Old...
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Julia's Eyes
as Julia / SaraJulia, a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease, finds her blind sister Sara hung in...
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The Sea Inside
as JuliaThe Sea Inside is about Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right...
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The Body
as Mayka VillaverdeA woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime...
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Orbiter 9
as SilviaHelena, a young woman on a deep space mission, has been alone for 20 years. Her parents...
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Phenomena
as SagrarioMadrid, Spain, 1998. The many resources and skills of Gloria, Paz and Sagrario, three...
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Free Falling
as MarisolMarisol is the national rhythmic gymnastics coach, methodical, demanding and authoritative. The...
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The Night My Mother Killed My Father
as IsabelIsabel is torn between the need to feel valued as an actress and her insecurities and...
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Perfect Strangers
as EvaDuring a lunar eclipse, seven friends gather for dinner and decide to play a game in which they...
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Sara's Notebook
as LauraLaura has spent years looking for her sister Sara who went missing in the depths of the jungle...
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Spanish Movie
as LauraLarge doses of humor, ingenious nods to Spain's most recent national cinema, an artistic cast...
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The Chapel
as CarolEmma wants to learn how to communicate with the spirit of a girl who has been trapped in a...
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The Perfect Family
as LucíaLucía (Belén Rueda) is a woman for whom leading a model life and taking control of her life is...
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7th Floor
as DeliaBuenos Aires, Argentina. Sebastián, a successful lawyer, leaves his ex-wife's condo, located on...
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You Shall Not Sleep
as Alma BöhmIn an abandoned psychiatric hospital, a theatre group experiments with insomnia for the...
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Strings
as Maestra (voice)María's routine at school is altered by the arrival of a very special child. Soon, they become...
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The Pact
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For the Good of Others
as IsabelDiego is a doctor so used to working in extreme situations that he has immunized himself to...
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Arctic Tale
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Don't Be Afraid
as Silvia's MotherSilvia is a young girl marked by a dark childhood. When she is barely twenty-five, she decides...
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Ismael
as NoraAn aging couple follows after Ismael Tchou, an 8-year-old, who is trying to find his way to his...
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Querido Fotogramas
as SelfThe 70th anniversary of the “Fotogramas” magazine comes in the shape of a sentimental voyage...
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The Tenant
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19
as HerselfA delicate portrait of the longing for security amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Una vez
as ChilaOn a day like any other, Chila Huerta wakes up her three children and abandons the house that...
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El hormiguero
as Self - GuestEl Hormiguero is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science,...
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The Boat
as LeonorA global cataclysm, caused by a fatal accident in Geneva (Switzerland) during the implementation...
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Los Serrano
as Lucía GómezLos Serrano is a Spanish television drama comedy which premiered on 22 April 2003 and aired on...
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The Cry of the Butterflies
as Pilar MacíasThis series examines the events leading up the brutal murder of Dominican activist Minerva...
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The Embassy
as ClaudiaLuis Salinas, the new ambassador to Thailand, who knows he's going to get his hands dirty in the...
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Luna, el misterio de Calenda
as Sara CruzThe judge named Sara has moved to Calenda, along with her teenage daughter, Leire. Her plan to...
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