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Verónica Echegui
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Verónica Fernández Echegaray
16 June 1983 Madrid, Spain
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Verónica Fernández Echegaray (born on June 16, 1983), known as Verónica Echegui, is a Spanish actress. She has starred in many films and TV shows. Some of her well-known movies include My Name Is Juani (2006), My Prison Yard (2008), and Kathmandu Lullaby (2012). She has also appeared in TV series like Intimacy (2022). In 2020, she directed her first short film, Tótem loba.
About Her Early Life
Verónica Echegui was born in Madrid, Spain, on June 16, 1983. Her father was a lawyer, and her mother worked for the government. She knew she wanted to be an actress from the age of eight. However, her parents wanted her to study a different career.
Later, she moved to London to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. While studying, she worked as a waitress and walked dogs to support herself.
Her Acting Career
Verónica Echegui was discovered by a Spanish director named Bigas Luna. He cast her in the 2006 film My Name Is Juani. In this movie, she played an 18-year-old girl who moves to Madrid to follow her dreams of becoming an actress. For this role, she was nominated for a Goya Award for Best New Actress. The Goya Awards are very important film awards in Spain.
In 2009, she became known to audiences in the UK. She appeared in Bunny and the Bull, a spin-off film from the TV show The Mighty Boosh. She played a waitress in the movie.
In 2012, she played different kinds of roles. In Six Points about Emma, she was a strong blind woman. In Half of Oscar, she played a quiet sister. And in Icíar Bollaín's Kathmandu Lullaby, she showed great passion as a teacher helping children in Nepal.
In 2018, Verónica Echegui made her first appearance on American television. She was in the FX series Trust. She played Luciana, one of J. Paul Getty's girlfriends.
In 2020, she played a tough police officer named Norma in the film Unknown Origins. Norma also loved cosplay, which is dressing up as characters.
In 2021, Verónica Echegui became a director with her short film Tótem loba. This film won the Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film. This was a big achievement for her first time directing!
Her Personal Life
Verónica Echegui can speak Spanish, Italian, and English very well.
She used to live in Brixton, London, with her partner, Spanish actor Álex García.
Awards and Recognition
Verónica Echegui has won and been nominated for several awards for her acting.
- In 2007, she won the Best Spanish Actress award at the Sant Jordi Awards for My Name Is Juani.
- Also in 2007, she won Best Supporting Actress at the Málaga Film Festival for The Lesser Evil.
- In 2012, she won Best Actress at the 4th Gaudí Awards for her role in Kathmandu Lullaby.
- In 2021, she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 8th Feroz Awards for My Heart Goes Boom!.
- In the same year, she also won Best Supporting Actress at the 13th Gaudí Awards for The Offering.
See also
In Spanish: Verónica Echegui para niños
