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Victoria Abril
  • Birth Name:
    Victoria Merida Rojas
  • Date of Birth:
    July 4, 1959
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Cancer
  • Place of Birth:
    Madrid, Spain
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Nationality:
    Spanish

Family

Victoria Abril
  • Spouse:
    Pierre Edelman, Gustavo Laube
  • Son:
    Martin, Felix

Career

Victoria Abril

Trivia

Victoria Abril
  • In 1991 she won the Golden Bear to the Best Actress in the Festival of Berlin for her work in Amantes (1991).
  • In 1987 she won the prize to the Best Female Performance in the Festival of San Sebastián for El Lute (camina o revienta).
  • In Spain she had great success with Muchacha de las bragas de oro, La (1979) directed by Vicente Aranda.
  • In 1995 she won the prize to the best actress at the San Sebastian film festival for her work in Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto (1995).
  • Since 1975 she made several films in France and Italy.
  • Her teacher encouraged her to participate in her first film, in 1974.

Quotes

Victoria Abril
  • "The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle."
  • "The director took my face in his hands and asked me to show him my teeth, as with a horse. This happened on a Wednesday, and by the following Monday I was shooting."
  • "The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked."
  • "Psychiatrists don't solve anything from one day to the next."
  • "People love coming on television, even if they have to show their miseries"
  • "On my fifth film, it was then that I stopped dancing."
  • "My only friends were boys, and I was just one more of them."
  • "My first vocation was dance."
  • "My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons."
  • "Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn!"
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Biography

Victoria Abril
Last Updated: Thursday, September 17, 2009

Victoria Abril was born on July 4, 1959 in Madrid. She intends herself for a career of prima ballerina but, on the councils of its professor, she directs herself towards the trade of actress. She makes her first appearance with the cinema at the sides of Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn in "Obsession" in 1975. She multiplies the minor parts in other production before turning to the television and the presentation of emission.

In 1982, she gave a new impetus to his career by coming to settle in Paris. It quickly became an actress sought by the directors and enchaine roles for the cinema french ( "Blue Helmet", "Gazon Maudit", etc.) without forgetting Spanish cinema ( "Talons Aiguilles", "Attache-Moi", etc. ).

At age 45, Victoria Abril, which has succeeded in a movie, is launching a new challenge, recording an album, "Do Brasil Putcheros" released in May 2005. End 2007 with the album "O Lala", resumed French classic in a flamenco style / bossa, Victoria Abril are confirmed interest in music and is increasingly as a singe

Filmography

Victoria Abril

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