Victoria Abril

Birthday: 4 July 1959, Madrid, Spain

Birth Name: Victoria Mérida Rojas

Height: 159 cm

This Spanish actress started studying dancing. Her teacher encouraged her to participate in her first film Obsesión (1977). After that, she was chosen by the director Narciso Ibáñez Serrador to be one of the co-hostesses of the famous TV contest Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (1972) becoming very well known all over Spain. Since 1975 she also made several films in France and Italy. In Spain, she had her first success with La muchacha de las bragas de oro (1980), directed by Vicente Aranda. She has won twice the Best Actress Award at the San Sebastial Film Festival for El Lute (camina o revienta) (1987) and for Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto (1995). In 1991 she won the Silver Bear at Berlin Film Festival for her work in Amantes (1991). Show less «

I didn't go to school a lot.

I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earring...Show more »

I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946). Show less «

Acting is the work of two people-it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the...Show more »

Acting is the work of two people-it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director. Show less «

Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it w...Show more »

Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me. Show less «

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

[about turning 40 as an actress] I'm no longer the one who haves sex, but the mother of the one who ...Show more »

[about turning 40 as an actress] I'm no longer the one who haves sex, but the mother of the one who does. Show less «

Victoria Abril

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