Belén Rueda
María Belén Rueda García-Porrero (born 16 March 1965) is a Spanish actress. She became popular in Spain for her performances in the Globomedia-produced television series Periodistas (1998–2002) and, most notably, Los Serrano (2003–2007). Likewise, she has carved an international reputation among horror fans for her performances in horror and suspense works.[1]
Biography
María Belén Rueda García-Porrero was born in Madrid on 16 March 1965.[2] Her father was a civil engineer and her mother was a ballet instructor. She is the second of three children; her siblings are named María Jesús and Alfonso. She and her family moved to San Juan, Alicante when she was a child. When Rueda was 18 years old she moved to Madrid to study architecture.
Career
While she was a student, she made her television debut as a steward in the night-show VIP Noche originally hosted by José Luis Moreno [es], eventually becoming the co-host together with Emilio Aragón.[3]
While she had been already cast as the photographer Clara Nadal for the series Periodistas she was called to briefly play the same character of Clara Nadal in the popular dramedy Médico de familia (also produced by Globomedia) as a sort of emergency casting to cover a leave on absence,[4] and thus the latter marked her debut as a television actress in 1997 (and both fictions became connected in the same fictional universe).[5][6][4] She went then on to play the character of Clara Nadal in Periodistas from 1998 to 2002.[5]
Starting in 2003 and over the course of six seasons and 107 episodes, Rueda performed the role of Lucía Gómez in the popular series Los Serrano, leaving the series in 2007 reportedly to focus on her stage career.[7]
She landed her feature film debut with a performance in the 2004 film The Sea Inside,[4] for which she won a Goya Award and an Actors Union Award to Best New Actress.[8][9]
She received another Goya nomination for her role in the 2007 film, The Orphanage.[10] Rueda played the lead role of the Spanish thriller Julia's Eyes,[11] which was produced by Guillermo del Toro.[12] She also starred in Oriol Paulo's thriller The Body.[13]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | Mar adentro (The Sea Inside) | Julia | Feature film debut | [14] |
2007 | Savage Grace | Pilar Durán | [14] | |
El orfanato (The Orphanage) | Laura | [15] | ||
2008 | 8 citas (8 Dates) | [16] | ||
2009 | Spanish Movie | Laura | Cameo | [14][15] |
2010 | El mal ajeno (For the Good of Others) | Isabel | [17] | |
Los ojos de Julia (Julia's Eyes) | Julia | [18] | ||
2011 | No tengas miedo (Don't Be Afraid) | Madre de Silvia ('Silvia's mother') | [19] | |
2012 | El cuerpo (The Body) | Mayka Villaverde | [15] | |
2013 | Séptimo (7th Floor) | Delia | [20] | |
Ismael | Nora | [21] | ||
2016 | La noche que mi madre mató a mi padre (The Night My Mother Killed My Father) | Isabel París | [18] | |
2017 | Órbita 9 (Orbiter 9) | Silvia | [22] | |
Perfectos desconocidos (Perfect Strangers) | Eva | [18] | ||
2018 | El cuaderno de Sara (Sara's Notebook) | Laura Alonso | [23] | |
El pacto (The Pact) | Mónica | [15] | ||
No dormirás (You Shall Not Sleep) | Alma Böhm | [15] | ||
2019 | El silencio de la ciudad blanca (Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City) | Alba Díaz de Salvatierra | [24] | |
2023 | Fenómenas [es] (Phenomena) | Sagrario | [25] | |
La ermita (The Chapel) | Carol | [15] | ||
2024 | Caída libre (Free Falling) | Marisol | [26] |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1997 | Médico de familia | Clara Nadal | ||
1998–2002 | Periodistas | Clara Nadal | [18] | |
2000 | 7 vidas | Ana Hacha | [27] | |
2003–2007 | Los Serrano | Lucía Gómez | [18] | |
2010 | La princesa de Éboli | Ana de Mendoza | Miniseries | [18] |
2011 | El Barco | Leonor | [28] | |
2012–2013 | Luna, el misterio de Calenda | Sara Cruz | [29] | |
2014–2015 | B&b, de boca en boca | Candela Bermejo | [18] | |
2020 | Madres. Amor y vida | Marián Ballesteros | [30] |
Awards and nominations
Award | Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
ACE Awards | 2005 | Best Actress | The Sea Inside | Nominated |
2008 | Best Actress | The Orphanage | Won | |
Barcelona Film Awards | 2007 | Best Actress | The Orphanage | Won |
Cinema Writers Circle Awards | 2005 | Best New Artist | The Sea Inside | Won |
2008 | Best Actress | The Orphanage | Nominated | |
European Film Awards | 2008 | Best Actress | The Orphanage | Nominated |
Fantasporto Awards | 2008 | Best Actress | The Orphanage | Won |
Fotogramas de Plata | 2004 | Best Television Actress | Los Serrano | Nominated |
2005 | Best Film Actress | The Sea Inside | Won | |
2008 | The Orphanage | Nominated | ||
2011 | Julia's Eyes | Nominated | ||
Goya Awards | 2004 | Best New Actress | The Sea Inside | Won |
2007 | Best Actress | The Orphanage | Nominated | |
2010 | Julia's Eyes | Nominated | ||
Saturn Awards | 2007 | Best Actress | The Orphanage | Nominated |
Actors and Actresses Union Awards | 2005 | Best Female Newcomer | The Sea Inside | Won |
2006 | Best Leading Female Performance | The Serranos | Nominated | |
2008 | Best Female Leading Performance | The Orphanage | Nominated | |
TP de Oro | 1994 | Best Female Presenter | Ta tocao | Nominated |
2004 | Best Actress | The Seranos | Nominated |
Personal life
During the time of VIP Noche she entered a relationship with producer Daniel Écija, with whom she had 3 daughters, including actress Belén Écija.[31][32] After 14 years of domestic partnership, she got married with Écija in 2003.[32] The couple separated a year later.[32]
She later was in a relationship with Roger Vincent.[32]
References
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (25 August 2018). "'The Pact' ('El Pacto'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "Los geniales 50 años de Belén Rueda en 50 fotos". El Mundo. 16 March 2015.
- ^ Pizarro, Miguel Ángel (18 August 2018). "De 'Periodistas' a 'El cuaderno de Sara', los mejores papeles de Belén Rueda". ecartelera.
- ^ a b c Sanguino, Juan (14 February 2018). "Belén Rueda, la estrella total del cine español". Vanity Fair.
- ^ a b "Belén Rueda, Premio Especial a la Contribución Artística en la Ficción Televisiva de los MiM Series 2016". Canarias7. 2 November 201.
- ^ "Te acuerdas de... cómo empezó su carrera Belén Rueda". La Nueva España. 5 June 2012.
- ^ Baragaño, Techu (6 March 2007). "'Los Serrano' despide a Belén Rueda con un adiós "a lo grande"". El País.
- ^ "'Mar adentro' consigue 14 premios Goya". El País. 30 January 2005.
- ^ "'Aquí no hay quien viva', 'Mar adentro' y 'Yo Claudio' vencen en los Premios de la Unión de Actores". El Mundo. 21 June 2005.
- ^ Miska, Brad (22 February 2010). "Optimum Acquires UK Rights to Guillermo del Toro Produced 'Julia's Eyes'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ Jones, Gareth (3 August 2012). "UK's Optimum Releasing Focuses on Julia's Eyes". Dread Central. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ Miska, Brad (13 May 2010). "Spanish Trailer for Guillermo Del Toro Produced 'Julia's Eyes'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ Uncle Creepy (23 April 2012). "First Images and Sales Trailer for The Body (El Cuerpo)". Dread Central. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ a b c Da Costa, Diego (16 March 2015). "Belén Rueda cumple 50 años: repaso a sus éxitos personales y profesionales". Bekia.
- ^ a b c d e f "Belén Rueda y sus personajes más terroríficos en la gran pantalla". rtve.es. 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Belén Rueda se pasa a la comedia con '8 citas'". Europa Press. 17 April 2008.
- ^ Herruzo Martínez, Ignacio (6 February 2024). "Tiene más de 10 años y pasó desapercibida, pero esta película española de Belén Rueda es ahora la más vista de Netflix". Diez Minutos.
- ^ a b c d e f g Pizarro, Miguel Ángel (18 August 2018). "De 'Periodistas' a 'El cuaderno de Sara', los mejores papeles de Belén Rueda". ecartelera.
- ^ Sáez-González, Jesús Miguel (2011). "No tengas miedo (Montxo Armendáriz)". Revista de Comunicación Vivat Academia. 14 (115): 153. doi:10.15178/va.2011.115.152-153. ISSN 1575-2844.
- ^ Santos, Daniel (6 September 2013). "¿Ver o no ver "Séptimo", la nueva película con Ricardo Darín?". La Voz del Interior.
- ^ "Mario Casas se convierte en el hijo de Belén Rueda en 'Ismael'". 20minutos.es. 26 March 2013.
- ^ Medina, Marta (7 April 2017). "'Órbita 9': amor, distopía y ciencia ficción a la española". El Confidencial.
- ^ Mbomío, Lucía (6 February 2021). "'Podría destruirte': ¿Qué trauma debe sufrir una mujer negra para merecer un Globo de Oro?". El País.
- ^ Escalona, Maribel (25 October 2019). "Belén Rueda, comisaria en el cine y 'Madre' en televisión". Diez Minutos.
- ^ Jorge, Estefanía (17 April 2023). "Belén Rueda y Toni Acosta, entre las investigadoras de éxito de 'Fenómenas', la nueva película de Netflix". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Rivera, Alfonso (31 May 2023). "Belén Rueda se precipita en Caída libre para Laura Jou". Cineuropa.
- ^ Rus, Oscar (1 July 2007). "Anabel Alonso: «Como persona LGTBI, me pareció maravilloso que mi personaje en '7 vidas' fuera lesbiana»". ABC.
- ^ Bustos, J.J. (30 September 2011). "Belén Rueda saca su lado malvado en 'El barco'". Ideal. Grupo Vocento.
- ^ "Belén Rueda, Fran Perea, Olivia Molina... vuelve la intriga de 'Luna, el misterio de Calenda'". ¡Hola!. 12 February 2013.
- ^ Onieva, Álvaro (7 September 2020). "Telecinco lanza 'Madres. Amor y vida' y Antena 3 responde con 'Mujer'". Fuera de Series.
- ^ "Belén Rueda y su hija compartirán serie de televisión". abcplay. ABC. 1 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Belén Rueda en 10 claves para conocer su vida". Diez Minutos. 17 March 2018.
External links
- Belén Rueda at IMDb
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