Victoria Abril

Actress

Birthday July 4, 1959

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Malaga, Spain

Age 64 years old

Nationality Spain

Height 1.57 m

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1941

She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival for her role in Amantes.

1943

Two years later, she was awarded with the Berlinale Camera at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.

Abril is also a singer.

1959

Victoria Mérida Rojas (born 4 July 1959), better known as Victoria Abril, is a Spanish film actress and singer based in France.

She is possibly best known to international audiences for her performance in the film Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! by director Pedro Almodóvar.

1976

Born in Malaga, Abril became widely known in Spain in 1976 when she appeared in the show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez for two years.

In addition to working in Spain, she has made films in France, Italy, and Iceland.

She has been nominated eight times for Goya Awards in the Lead Actress category and has won once.

1977

On 28 July 1977, Victoria Abril married Gustavo Laube, former footballer of the Chile national football team.

1979

She also tried to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with "Bang-Bang-Bang", but Betty Missiego was chosen instead.

1982

The couple separated in early 1982.

Victoria Abril has two sons with the French director Gérard de Battista.

She lives in France, where she has resided since 1982.

2005

In 2005, she made her debut with a bossanova-jazz album called PutchEros do Brasil.