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María Valverde
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Valverde in 2012
Born
María Valverde Rodríguez

(1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 37)
Madrid, Spain
Occupation Actress
Years active 2003–present
Spouse(s)
(m. 2017)

María Valverde Rodríguez (born 24 March 1987) is a Spanish actress. Her feature film acting debut in The Weakness of the Bolshevik (2003) earned her a Goya Award for Best New Actress.

Early life

María Valverde was born in Madrid on 24 March 1987.

Career

Lead actresses from Cracks at TIFF 2009
Valverde (right) along with fellow Cracks cast members Eva Green and Juno Temple during the 2009 TIFF

At age 16, Valverde had her feature film debut in The Weakness of the Bolshevik, for which she won Best New Actress at the 18th Goya Awards. Her other films include Melissa P., based on the book One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed by Melissa Panarello, and Three Steps Above Heaven.

Valverde's films in English include the 2009 independent British drama film Cracks, produced by Ridley Scott and directed by his daughter, Jordan Scott, and the 2014 film Exodus: Gods and Kings playing Zipporah, directed by Ridley Scott, alongside Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, and Ben Kingsley. In 2015, she played the lead in the drama Broken Horses, co-starring with Anton Yelchin.

Personal life

From 2009 to 2014 Valverde was in a relationship with the Spanish actor Mario Casas with whom she starred in three movies. In March 2017, Valverde married Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2003 La flaqueza del bolchevique (The Weakness of the Bolshevik) María Goya Award for Best New Actress
2004 Fuera del cuerpo (Body Confusion) Cuca
2005 Vorvik Sofía
2005 Melissa P. Melissa Panarello
2006 Los Borgia (The Borgia) Lucrecia Borgia
2007 Ladrones (Thieves) Sara
2007 El rey de la montaña (King of the Hill) Bea
2007 El hombre de arena (The Sandman) Lola
2008 La mujer del anarquista (The Anarchist's Wife) Manuela
2009 Cracks Fiamma Coronna
2010 Tres metros sobre el cielo (Three Steps Above Heaven) Bárbara Alcázar "Babi"
2011 Madrid, 1987 Ángela
2012 A puerta fría (Cold Call) Inés
2012 Tengo ganas de ti (I Want You) Babi
2013 La mula (The Mule) Conchi
2013 Libertador (The Liberator) María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro
2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings Zipporah
2015 Broken Horses Vittoria
2015 Ahora o nunca (It's Now or Never) Eva
2016 carga, LaLa carga Elisa
2016 Ali and Nino Nino Kipiani
2016 Guernica Teresa
2016 Limehouse Golem, TheThe Limehouse Golem Aveline
2017 Back to Burgundy Alicia
2017 Plonger Paz Aguilera
2018 Galveston Carmen
2019 Spider Young Inés
2021 Fever Dream Amanda
2021 Fuimos canciones (Sounds Like Love) Maca

Television

Year Title Role
2012 La fuga Anna Serra
2013 Hermanos Virginia Rodríguez

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2004
18th Goya Awards Best New Actress The Weakness of the Bolshevik Won
13th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best New Actress Nominated

See also

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