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María Valverde
Valverde in 2012
Born	María Valverde Rodríguez (1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 37) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Gustavo Dudamel ​(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

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

Television

Accolades

References

1. "María Valverde celebra su 33 cumpleaños cada día más enamorada". Diez Minutos. 24 March 2020.
2. Soria, Cristina (18 January 2022). "El antes y el después de María Valverde: así ha cambiado la actriz en los últimos tiempos". Divinity.
3. Ana Campuzano: La ruptura inesperada de Mario Casas y María Valverde. El Mundo, 13 September 2014
4. "María Valverde se casa con el director de orquesta Gustavo Dudamel". El País. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
5. ^ Hidalgo, Miguel (26 October 2017). "María Valverde: una vida de cine". Metrópoli. pp. 1–14 – via El Mundo.
6. "Fuera del cuerpo". elmundo.es. January 2005. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
7. "Hugo Silva y María Valverde en 'El hombre de arena'". Europa Press. 12 November 2007.
8. "'A puerta fría', película participada por Canal Sur, se estrena este viernes en toda España". Europa Press. 15 March 2013.
9. Silvestre, Juan (22 June 2021). "'Fuimos canciones': Tráiler de la comedia romántica con María Valverde y Álex González". Fotogramas.
10. Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, p. 287, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8
11. "Intérpretes nominados en los XIII Premios Unión de Actores". El Mundo. 3 May 2004.
12. Benito, Miren Lucía (10 May 2004). "'Aquí no hay quien viva' y 'Te doy mis ojos', grandes ganadoras en los Premios Unión de Actores". elmundo.es.

External links

• Official website of María Valverde
• María Valverde at IMDb

• 1987 births
• Living people
• Spanish film actresses
• Actresses from Madrid
• Spanish television actresses
• Spanish child actresses
• 21st-century Spanish actresses