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Marisa Paredes
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Paredes in 2018
Born
María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé

(1946-04-03) 3 April 1946 (age 78)
Madrid, Spain
Occupation Actress
Years active 1960–present
Children María Isasi

María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé (born 3 April 1946), known professionally as Marisa Paredes, is a Spanish actress.

Biography

Paredes began acting in 1960 film, 091 Policia al Habla (091, Police Speaking!) She became a teen idol across Spain after that film. In 1961, she made her début in theatre and since then she has performed different plays such as Hamlet with Eduard Fernández. In 1975, she and Raphael collaborated in a cartoon film about him, Rafael en Raphael. She has participated in 73 films and television series. She portrayed the leading role of La Peregrina in a television production of Alejandro Casona's La dama del alba.

Pedro Almodóvar helped her to achieve her international fame, as she starred many of his films. In fact, in Spain, she is called "una chica Almodóvar" ("an Almodóvar girl"). She appeared in High Heels (1991), The Flower of My Secret (1995), All About My Mother (1999) and The Skin I Live In (2011). For her role in The Flower of My Secret, she was nominated for the Best Actress Goya Award.

She has appeared in several other acclaimed films, including In a Glass Cage (1986) by Agustí Villaronga (Majorca), Life Is Beautiful (1998) by Roberto Benigni (Italy), Deep Crimson (1996) by Arturo Ripstein and The Devil's Backbone (2001) by Guillermo del Toro (both from Mexico).

In 1996, she was given the National Film Award by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. From 2000 to 2003 she was the president of the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. This period has been one of the most controversial ones as in the beginnings of the Iraq War, the workers of the cinema industry complained about this and other polemical issues.

In 2007, she was given at Gijón International Film Festival, a National Film Award named after Nacho Martinez. Her last cinematic success was the film Latin Lover (Spanish: Mi familia Italiana) (2015).

In the 1970s, she had a domestic partnership of about 7 years with filmmaker Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, whom with she had one daughter, María Isasi. Since 1983, she has been in a relationship with Chema Prado.

Filmography

Year Title Role Awards Ref.
1965 El mundo sigue (Life Goes On) Floren
1983 Dark Habits Sister Manure
1986 Tata mía (Dear Nanny) Paloma
1986 Tras el cristal (In a Glass Cage) Griselda
1987 Cara de acelga (Turnip Top) Olga Nominated-Goya Award for Best Actress
1991 High Heels Becky del Páramo
1992 La reina anónima (The Anonymous Queen) Desconocida
1993 Tombes du ciel (Lost In Transit) Suzana
1995 The Flower of My Secret Leo Macias Nominated-Goya Award for Best Actress
1995 La nave de los locos (The Ship of Fools) Julia Márquez
1996 Trois vies & une seule mort Maria
1996 Deep Crimson (Profundo Carmesi) Irene Gallardo
1997 Life Is Beautiful Madre di Dora Nominated-Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1998 Talk of Angels Doña Consuelo
1999 All About My Mother Huma Rojo
1999 El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (No One Writes To The Colonel) Lola
2001 The Devil's Backbone Carmen
2001 Salvajes (Savages) Berta
2004 Frío sol de invierno (Cold Winter Sun) Raquel
2005 Reinas Reyes
2011 The Skin I Live In Marilia
2015 Latin Lover Ramona
2018 Petra Marisa

Awards

Goya Awards

Year Category Film Result
1995 Best Actress The Flower Of My Secret Nominated
1987 Best Actress Cara de acelga Nominated
2017 Honorary Award Won

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year Category Film Result
1998 Best Cast Life Is Beautiful Nominated

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Year Category Labour Result
2015 All her career Won
2006 Best Theatre Actress Hamlet Won
1995 Best Cinema Actress The Flower Of My Secret Won
1991 High Heels Won
1988 Best Theatre Labour Orquídeas a la luz de la luna Nominated
1968 Best Television Performer All her career Won

Union of Actors Awards

Year Category Film Result
2011 Best Cinema Actress The Skin I Live In Nominated
1995 Best Cinema Leading Performer The Flower Of My Secret Nominated
1991 High Heels Won

See also

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