Victoria April
Victoria Mérida Rojas, known as Victoria Abril (Madrid, July 4, 1959), is a Spanish actress and singer, whose career has developed mainly in Spain. and France, although he has also worked in other countries.
Artistic career
He was born in 1959 and grew up between Benajarafe (Málaga) and Madrid. Since she was little, she has been interested in dance and studies classical ballet. At the age of fifteen, she directs her steps towards the cinema, debuting as an actress in the film Obsession, by Francisco Lara Polop.
In 1975 and 1976 he appeared briefly in the films Robin and Marian, directed by Richard Lester and starring Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn, The Bridge, by Juan Antonio Bardem and The man who knew how to love, by Miguel Picazo.
Between 1976 and 1978, she became very popular when she became a hostess for the contest One, two, three... respond again, devised by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador for Television Spanish.
In 1977 he played the leading role in Cambio de sexo, previously rejected by Ángela Molina. Thus began a fruitful collaboration with Vicente Aranda, for whom he would star in some of his most relevant films, including The Girl with the Golden Panties (1980), Silent Time (1986), The Lute: Walk or Bust (1987), Lovers (1991) and Libertarians (1996). In some deals he coincides with Imanol Arias, Jorge Sanz or Antonio Banderas.
In addition, she works regularly in Italy and especially in France, being a candidate for the César Award on two occasions and establishing her residence there. Thus, he cemented one of the most brilliant acting careers in Spanish cinema, in which directors such as Mario Camus (La colmena), Jaime Chávarri (Bicycles are for summer) have a place.), Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (The most beautiful night), Pedro Almodóvar (Tie me up!, High heels, Kika) or Carlos Saura (The Seventh Day).
Her excellent role in the film Tie me up! by Pedro Almodóvar, impressed a young Penélope Cruz so much that the Madrid-born woman decided that one day she would dedicate herself to the world of cinema as its protagonist, for the which he has always professed a deep admiration.
With El Lute she won her first Silver Shell for Best Actress at the San Sebastian Festival and for her work in Amantes she received the equivalent Silver Bear at the Berlin Festival. Nominated nine times (six in a row) for the Goya Award, she only won it in 1995 for Nobody will talk about us when we die, by Agustín Díaz Yanes, with whom she collaborated again in No news from God (2001) and I just want to walk (2008).
His foray into Hollywood, with Barry Levinson's Jimmy Hollywood, is not very productive. She then rejects the leading role of The Turkish Passion , which then falls to Ana Belén.
On television he appears in series such as La barraca (1979) or Los pazos de Ulloa (1985), as well as under the orders of Vicente Aranda in a chapter of The footprint of the crime (The crime of Captain Sánchez, 1985) and in The riders of dawn (1991). She is also in short films such as Pour elle (2009), directed by Blanca Li.
Since 2005, he has tried his hand at music with the publication of an album of bossa nova classics (Putcheros do Brasil) and performing concert tours with songs in Portuguese, French and Spanish.
In 2013 he was part of the jury for Un air de star, the French version of the talent show Tu cara me suena together with Angel Llácer.
Since 1982, he has lived in Paris (France) where he has developed his artistic career in theater, film and television, where he has received several nominations at the César Awards from the French Film Academy.
Personal life
On July 28, 1977, she married Gustavo Laube, a former Chilean national team soccer player and artistic agent. The couple separated in early 1982.
Victoria Abril has two children from her former relationship with French filmmaker Gérard de Battista.
She is the muse and personal friend of French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Director | Country |
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| 1975 | Robin and Marian (Robin and Marian) | Richard Lester | .svg){kind=small} United Kingdom
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| Obsession | Francisco Lara Polop | Spain Spain
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| 1976 | The man who knew how to love | Miguel Picazo | SpainSpain
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| Riding and Red | Aitor Goirocelaya, Luis Reven | SpainSpain
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| The bridge | Juan Antonio Bardem | SpainSpain
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| 1977 | Doña Perfecta | César Fernández Ardavín | SpainSpain
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| Wife and lover | Angelino Fons | SpainSpain
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| Change of sex | Vicente Aranda | SpainSpain
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| 1980 | The golden panties girl | Vicente Aranda | SpainSpain
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| Mater Amatísimo | José Antonio Salgot | SpainSpain
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| Another woman (Le cœur à l'envers) | Franck Apprederis | SpainSpain .svg){kind=small} France
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| Better bird in hand (Mieux vaut être riche et bien portant que fauché et mal foutu) | Max Pécas | France SpainSpain  Western Germany
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| The house of paradise | Santiago San Miguel | SpainSpain  Venezuela
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| 1981 | Going to you (Comin' at Ya!) | Ferdinando Baldi | Italy Italy SpainSpain  United States
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| The Battle of the Bull | Joan Minguell | SpainSpain
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| The guerrilla (The guerillas) | Pierre Kast | France ItalyItaly SpainSpain
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| 1982 | Murder at the Central Committee | Vicente Aranda | SpainSpain
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| Between parenthesis | Simó Fàbregas, Gustavo Montiel Pagés | SpainSpain  Mexico
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| The hive | Mario Camus | SpainSpain
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| Sem shadow of sin | José Fonseca e Costa |  Portugal
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| Le bâtard | Bertrand Van Effenterre | France
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| J'ai épousé un ombre | Robin Davis | France
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| 1983 | Bicycles are for the summer | Jaime Chávarri | SpainSpain
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| Le voyage | Michel Andrieu | France
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| The moon under the asphalt (The lune dans le caniveau) | Jean-Jacques Beineix | France ItalyItaly
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| 1984 | The last solution (L'addition) | Denis Amar | France
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| The most beautiful night | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | SpainSpain
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| River down (On the Line) | José Luis Borau | SpainSpain United States .svg){kind=small} Australia
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| Rouge-Gorge | Pierre Zucca | France .svg){kind=small} Belgium
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| After Darkness | Sergio Guerraz, Dominique Othenin-Girard |  Switzerland
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| 1985 | Our Father | Francisco Regueiro | SpainSpain
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| Witch time | Jaime de Armiñán | SpainSpain
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| 1986 | Max my love (Max mon amour) | Nagisa Oshima | France United States
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| Ternosecco | Giancarlo Giannini | ItalyItaly
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| Time of silence | Vicente Aranda | SpainSpain
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| 1987 | The Lute: Walk or shine | Vicente Aranda | SpainSpain
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| The law of desire | Pedro Almodóvar | SpainSpain
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| High districts | José Luis Berlanga | SpainSpain
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| The most fun game | Emilio Martínez Lazaro | SpainSpain
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| The pleasure of killing | Felix Rotaeta | SpainSpain
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| 1988 | Ada dans the jungle | Gérard Zingg | France  Ivory Coast
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| Baton Rouge | Rafael Monleón | SpainSpain
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| Sans peur et sans reproche | Gérard Jugnot | France
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| 1989 | If they tell you I fell | Vicente Aranda | SpainSpain
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| Attack me! | Pedro Almodóvar | SpainSpain
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| 1990 | Sandino | Miguel Littín |  Chile SpainSpain  Cuba Mexico  Nicaragua
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| Alone with you | Eduardo Campoy | SpainSpain
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| 1991 | Love | Vicente Aranda | SpainSpain
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| A formidable time (Une époque formidable) | Gérard Jugnot | France
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| Far Tacons | Pedro Almodóvar | SpainSpain
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| 1992 | Too much heart | Eduardo Campoy | SpainSpain
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| 1993 | Intruder | Vicente Aranda | SpainSpain
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| Kika | Pedro Almodóvar | SpainSpain
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| 1994 | Casque bleu | Gérard Jugnot | France
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| Bitch! (Gazon maudit) | Josiane Balasko | France
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| Jimmy Hollywood | Barry Levinson | United States
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| 1995 | No one will talk about us when we're dead. | Agustín Díaz Yanes | SpainSpain
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| 1996 | Libertarian | Vicente Aranda | SpainSpain
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| 1997 | The woman of the cosmonaut (The femme du cosmonaute) | Jacques Monnet | France
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| 1998 | Between the legs | Manuel Gómez Pereira | SpainSpain
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| Mom, introduce me to Dad. (Mon père, ma mère, mes frères et mes sœurs) | Charlotte de Turckheim | France SpainSpain
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| 1999 | 101 Reykjavík | Baltasar Kormákur | Iceland Iceland  Denmark France Norway Norway Germany Germany
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| 2000 | The route to El Dorado (The Road to El Dorado- Double- | Bibo Bergeron, Don Paul | United States
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| 2001 | My husband is a ruin (Mari del sud) | Marcello Cesena | SpainSpain ItalyItaly United Kingdom
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| No news from God | Agustín Díaz Yanes | SpainSpain Mexico
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| 2002 | Et après? | Mohamed Ismail | Morocco Morocco
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| 2003 | Kaena: The Prophecy (Kaena: La Prophétie) - Voz- | Chris Sport, Pascal Pinon | France Canada Canada
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| Inc. | Miguel Bardem | SpainSpain
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| The seventh day | Carlos Saura | SpainSpain
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| 2004 | Cause toujours! | Jeanne Labrune | France
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| The honest people (Les gens honnêtes vivat en France) | Bob Decout | France Colombia Colombia
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| Seduction school | Javier Balaguer | SpainSpain
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| 2005 | Pull the White (Tirant lo Blanc) | Vicente Aranda | SpainSpain
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| Neon meat | Paco Cabezas | SpainSpain
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| Les aristos | Charlotte de Turckheim | France
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| 2006 | The Way of the English | Antonio Banderas | SpainSpain
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| 2007 | Oscar, a surreal passion | Lucas Fernández | SpainSpain
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| 2008 | Better than ever | Dolores Payás | SpainSpain France ItalyItaly
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| I just want to walk. | Agustín Díaz Yanes | SpainSpain Mexico
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| 2012 | The woman who brushed off her tears | Teona Strugar Mitevska |  ARY Macedonia
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| Mince alors | Charlotte de Turckheim | France
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| 2016 | Joséphine s'arrondit | Marilou Berry | France
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| Born to win | Vicente Villanueva | SpainSpain
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| 2018 | Bernarda | Emilio Ruiz Barrachina | SpainSpain
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| 2020 | The list of wishes | Álvaro Díaz Lorenzo | SpainSpain
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Television
TV series
| Year | Series | Canal | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | The books | 1 | Eugenia | 1 episode |
| 1979 | The boat | 1 | Roseta | 9 episodes |
| 1982 | Study 1 | 1 | Elena | 1 episode |
| 1984 | Chambre television | TF1 | Antoinette | 1 episode |
| 1985 | The fingerprint of the crime | 1 | María Luisa Sánchez | 1 episode |
| The peace of Ulloa | 1 | Nucha / Manolita | 4 episodes | |
| 1990 | The woman of your life | 1 | Bel | 1 episode |
| The horsemen of the dawn | 1 | Marian | 5 episodes | |
| 1994 | Sandino | 1 | Blanca Arauz | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | Mister Mocky presente | Calle 13 | 1 episode | |
| X Femmes | Canal + | Women | 1 episode | |
| 2010 | Le Grand Restaurant | France 2 | Client of the restaurant | 1 episode |
| 2010 - 2018 | Clem | TF1 | Caroline Ferran | |
| 2011 | Les beaux mecs | France 2 | Olga | 4 episodes |
| La Chanson du dimanche | France 2 | Francesca | 1 episode | |
| Hospital Central | Telecinco | The Polish | 1 episode | |
| 2014 | Without Identity | Antenna 3 | Fernanda Duque Expósito | 9 episodes |
| 2019 | Christmas Days | Netflix | Mary | 3 episodes |
| 2021 | MasterChef Celebrity Spain | Spanish Television | Victoria | Episodes |
| 2021 | Demain nous appartient | TF1 | Rebecca Flores | 20 episodes |
| 2021 | Sauver Lisa | M6 |
TV Shows
- One, two, three... answer again (Narcissus Ibáñez Serrador, 1976-1978)
- 625 lines (1978) (presentative)
- On foot, on bike or motorcycle (1982) (presentative)
- Opening Gala of Tele 5 (1990)
- The Comedy Club (2012)
- MasterChef Celebrity (2021)
Discography
- Turn on my passion (1979)
- Putcheros do Brasil (2005)
- Olala! (2007)
Awards and nominations
- Berlin International Film Festival
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Silver Bear to the best female interpretation | Love | Winner |
- San Sebastian International Film Festival
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Silver shell to the best Actress | No one will talk about us when we're dead. | Winner |
| 1987 | Silver shell to the best actress | The Lute: Walk or shine | Winner |
- César Awards
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Best secondary actress | The moon in the stream (La lune dans le caniveau) | Nominated |
| 1985 | The last solution (L'addition) | Nominated |
- Goya Awards
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Best female interpretation protagonist | Time of silence | Nominated |
| 1987 | The Lute: Walk or shine | Nominated | |
| 1988 | Baton Rouge | Nominated | |
| 1989 | If they tell you I fell | Nominated | |
| 1990 | Attack me! | Nominated | |
| 1991 | Love | Nominated | |
| 1995 | No one will talk about us when we're dead. | Winner | |
| 2001 | No news from God | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Best female distribution interpretation | The seventh day | Nominated |
- Feroz Awards
| Year | Category | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Feroz de Honor | Winner |
- Silver Photogram Awards
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Best movie actress | The most beautiful night Bicycles are for the summer Downstream (On the line) | Nominated |
| 1985 | Best television interpreter | Witch time The last solution (L'addition) Our Father | Winner |
| Best television interpreter | The Footprint of Crime 1: The Crime of Captain Sanchez The peace of Ulloa | Nominated | |
| 1986 | Best movie actress | Time of silence | Nominated |
| 1987 | High districts The Lute: Walk or shine | Winner | |
| 1988 | Baton Rouge The most fun game The pleasure of killing | Nominated | |
| 1989 | If they tell you I fell | Winner | |
| 1990 | Alone with you Attack me! | Nominated | |
| 1991 | Love Sandino Far Tacons | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Intruder | Nominated | |
| 1995 | No one will talk about us when we're dead. | Nominated | |
| 2001 | No news from God | Nominated |
- Awards of the Union of Actors
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Best protagonist interpretation of cinema | No one will talk about us when we're dead. | Winner |
| 2001 | No news from God | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Best movie casting actress | The seventh day | Winner |
| 2011 | Best Secondary Television Actress | Hospital Central | Nominated |
| 2014 | No identity | Winner |
- TP Gold Awards
| Year | Category | Series | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Best actress | The Lute: Walk or shine | Winner |
| 1991 | The horsemen of the dawn | Nominated |
Other awards and recognitions
- He has been a French Arts and Letters Officer since 1998.
- In 2002 he was named ‘caballer’o' de la Legion of Honor French
- Gold Medal to merit in the Fine Arts (2004).
- Star walk of fame Almeria (2019).
- Feroz Award of Honor (2021).
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