 Victoria
Abril was born in Malaga, July 4, 1959. Her real
name is Victoria Merida Rojas and since 1991 she
has lived in Paris, France with her two sons (Martin,
the elder, and Felix, the younger) and is emotionally
attached to French producer Pierre Edelman.
A popular, highly regarded Spanish performer,
based in France since 1982, Victoria Abril began
her career as a ballerina. Starting at seven she
studied ballet, but at fourteen she reached great
popularity as a model in the Spanish television
programs "Uno, dos, tres, responda otra vez"
and "625 lineas," becoming known all
over Spain, and for that reason had to suspend
her ballet studies for lack of time.
Her teacher encouraged her to participate in her
first film, in 1974. After that, she was taken
by the director 'Narciso Ibáńez Serrador' to be
one of the maids in his famous TV contest _Un,
dos, tres_ ('One, two, three'), and so she became
to be well known all over Spain. Since 1975 she
made several films in France and Italy. 1976 marked
the start of her film career as she obtained the
lead role in Vicente Aranda's film "Cambio
de Sexo."
In Spain she had great success with Muchacha de
las bragas de oro, La (1979), directed by Vicente
Aranda. In 1987 she won the prize to the Best
Female Performance in the Festival of San Sebastián
for El Lute (camina o revienta). In 1991 she won
the Golden Bear to the Best Actress in the Festival
of Berlin for her work in Amantes (1991).
In 1995 she won the prize to the best actress
in the Festival of Cannes for her work in Nadie
hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto (1995).
Filmography
Sin noticias de Dios (2001) .... Lola Nevado
Mari del sud (2001)
101 Reykjavík (2000) .... Lola
Mon pčre, ma mčre, mes frčres et mes soeurs (1999)
.... Anne
Entre las piernas (1999) .... Miranda
Femme du cosmonaute, La (1998) .... Anna
Libertarias (1996) .... Floren
Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto
(1995) .... Gloria Duque
Gazon maudit (1995) .... Loli
Jimmy Hollywood (1994) .... Lorraine
Casque bleu (1994) .... Alicia
Kika (1993) .... Andrea Caracortada
Intruso (1993) .... Luisa
Demasiado corazón (1992) .... Ana Duque &
Clara Duque
Amantes (1991) .... Luisa
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