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Victoria Abril is a Actor Espagnol born on 4 july 1959 at Madrid (Espagne)

Victoria Abril

Victoria Abril
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Birth name Victoria Mérida Rojas
Nationality Espagne
Birth 4 july 1959 (65 years) at Madrid (Espagne)
Awards Goya Award for Best Actress

Victoria Abril (born Victoria Mérida Rojas; 4 July 1959) is a Spanish film actress and singer. She is best known to international audiences for her performance in the movie ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) by director Pedro Almodóvar.

Biography

She has two sons with director Gérard de Battista.

Best films

French Twist (1995)
(Actress)
Big is Beautiful (2012)
(Actress)
Nuit d'ivresse (1986)
(Actress)
High Heels (1991)
(Actress)
L'Addition (1984)
(Actress)
Casque bleu (1994)
(Actress)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Victoria Abril (68 films)

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Actress

Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous
Directed by Marilou Berry
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Pregnancy films
Actors Marilou Berry, Mehdi Nebbou, Vanessa Guide, Sarah Suco, Cyril Gueï, Medi Sadoun
Roles la mère de Gilles
Rating55% 2.7918652.7918652.7918652.7918652.791865
Alors que Joséphine a trouvé son « homme-parfait-non-fumeur-bon-cuisinier-qui-aime-les-chats », son existence parfaite est bouleversée lorsqu'elle découvre qu’elle est enceinte. Tout un tas d’épreuves se dressent devant elle : de nouvelles responsabilités, sa sœur « dépressive-qui-habite-chez-elle-depuis-deux-ans », trouver un travail, garder son mec, ne pas se fâcher avec ses amis…
Josephine
Josephine (2013)
, 1h35
Directed by Agnès Obadia
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Marilou Berry, Bérengère Krief, Mehdi Nebbou, Alice Pol, Sarah Suco, Charlie Dupont
Roles la mère de Gilles
Rating58% 2.9066752.9066752.9066752.9066752.906675
Joséphine, 30 ans, célibataire, vit avec son chat Brad Pitt et cherche l'homme de ses rêves. Lors d'un repas de famille, sa jeune sœur, Diane, parfaite en tout point, annonce son futur mariage : c'est la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vase pour Joséphine, qui n'a pas encore trouvé l'homme de sa vie. Sous l'emprise de la jalousie, elle prétend qu'elle aussi va se marier, avec un chirurgien brésilien prénommé Marcelo et partir vivre avec lui dans son pays. Joséphine se laisse alors entraîner dans la spirale d'un mensonge dont les conséquences vont faire basculer sa vie.
Josephine
Josephine (2013)
, 1h28
Directed by Agnès Obadia
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Marilou Berry, Mehdi Nebbou, Bérengère Krief, Charlie Dupont, Amelle Chahbi, Alice Pol
Roles la mère de Gilles
Rating58% 2.9066752.9066752.9066752.9066752.906675
Josephine, 30, single, lives with her cat Brad Pitt and looking for the man of her dreams. During a family meal, her younger sister, Diane, perfect in every way, announces his future marriage: this is the straw that broke the camel to Josephine, who has not found the man her life. Under the influence of jealousy, as she claims she is getting married with a Brazilian surgeon named Marcelo and go live with him in his country. Josephine leaves then lead into the spiral of a lie, the consequences are going to switch his life.
Big is Beautiful, 1h40
Directed by Charlotte de Turckheim
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Obésité, Films about disabilities
Actors Victoria Abril, Lola Dewaere, Catherine Hosmalin, Grégory Fitoussi, Mehdi Nebbou, Julia Piaton
Roles Sophie
Rating54% 2.7340952.7340952.7340952.7340952.734095
The young, round and lovely Nina is married to Gaspard, who, unfortunately, rather likes very thin women. The couple move to Paris and Nina is preparing to launch a sophisticated line of swimwear. Because of her love for her husband, Nina accepts his ambiguous gift: a slimming treatment at Brides-les-Bains, considered "the last hope of the fat". There, she makes two flamboyant friends. Sophie, a lawyer from Marseille who likes to control everything, including herself. Émilie is a caregiver whose weight has begun to affect her health and her love life yet her motto remains, "Big is beautiful".
The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears, 1h43
Genres Drama
Actors Victoria Abril, Labina Mitevska, Jean-Marie Galey, Arben Bajraktaraj
Roles Helena
Rating60% 3.047783.047783.047783.047783.04778
The storyline of the film revolves around the lives of two women (mothers) — coming from two different social background. The first mother is a Western woman, lives in France after tragic death of her son. The other woman comes from a patriarchal society. She lives with her father Ismail. The first woman has lost interest about life and wants to die, but the second woman is desirous to live.
Le Piquant de la vie
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, BDSM in films
Actors Victoria Abril, Anna Galiena, Macarena Gómez
Roles Isabel Romero
Rating50% 2.505462.505462.505462.505462.50546
Isabel est cadre dirigeante d'une grande entreprise, arrivée à la cinquantaine, elle n'a plus de désir et son mari l'a quitté pour aller vivre avec sa maîtresse enceinte. Elle envoie promener tous ses amis qui lui conseillent de suivre un traitement hormonal afin de se sentir mieux dans sa peau, répondant qu'il vaut mieux laisser faire la nature. Un soir en revenant d'un vernissage, et se promenant à pied, elle rencontre Emiliano, charmeur et dominateur, il la subjugue, lui donne des ordres, l'emmène danser puis ils couchent ensemble chez elle. Cette rencontre l'a transformé, mais l'homme est reparti sans donner ses coordonnées. Curieuse, elle entre dans une sex-shop où on lui conseille d'acheter des vidéos gays. Quand elle veut les visionner, on sonne à sa porte, c'est sa fille, son gendre et leurs deux enfants. La fille, Sybilla très psychorigide fait tout un discours convenu à sa mère sur la façon d'aborder le stress de la séparation, Isabelle l'envoie vertement promener en tenant des propos que sa fille juge choquants, pendant ce temps les enfants demandent à visionner des DVD.... la petite famille quitte l'appartement scandalisée.
Leur morale... et la nôtre, 1h40
Directed by Florence Quentin
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors André Dussollier, Victoria Abril, Samir Guesmi, Micha Lescot, Raphaël Mezrahi, Françoise Bertin
Roles Muriel
Rating55% 2.756282.756282.756282.756282.75628
On peut être un couple de bons Français, toujours amoureux, parents modèles, travailleurs et économes jusqu'à la manie et écouler au noir dans le sous-sol de sa villa de Perpignan hyper sécurisée, des godasses de son ancien magasin et des produits " satisfaits ou remboursés " qu'on détourne dans tous les supermarchés de la région.
A Day at the Museum, 1h47
Directed by Jean-Michel Ribes
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot, Simon Abkarian, Pierre Arditi, Victoria Abril, Isabelle Carré
Roles Clara
Rating53% 2.6819752.6819752.6819752.6819752.681975
The museum seen as a microcosm. This is both a theater, with its stage and behind the scenes, and an anthill with his queen (Conservative), his soldiers (guards) her workers (handlers) and aphids (visitors).
Walking Vengeance
Directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Diego Luna, Victoria Abril, Ariadna Gil, Pilar López de Ayala, Elena Anaya, José María Yazpik
Roles Gloria Duque
Rating56% 2.8489852.8489852.8489852.8489852.848985
Félix, un trafiquant, fait affaire avec la mafia chinoise. Ana, sa femme, est une prostituée qui aime l’argent. Depuis sa cage dorée, entre l’alcool et les coups de son mari, Ana a conçu un plan dangereux pour doubler Félix et son gang. Si elle y parvient, elle tiendra enfin sa revanche…
48 Hours a Day, 1h29
Directed by Catherine Castel, Catherine Castel
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Aure Atika, Antoine de Caunes, Victoria Abril, Aurore Clément, Catherine Jacob, Bernadette Lafont
Roles Anna
Rating51% 2.582812.582812.582812.582812.58281
Promised a brilliant professional future but tired to cap his career because she also has to care for her children, Marianne dreams of swapping roles with her husband Bruno so that he comes home earlier to take care of home and it can in turn devote more time to her job! From dream to reality, a humorous eye on the fate of women today who are constantly juggling job, children and home, often alone to bear everything.
Oscar. The color of destiny, 1h48
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Joaquim de Almeida, Victoria Abril, Emma Suárez, Jorge Perugorría
Roles Ana
Rating60% 3.045273.045273.045273.045273.04527
Le film s'inspire de la biographie d'Óscar Domínguez.
Les aristos, 1h25
Directed by Charlotte de Turckheim
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport en Île-de-France, Métro parisien dans la culture populaire
Actors Charlotte de Turckheim, Jacques Weber, Vincent Desagnat, Julia Piaton, Victoria Abril, Rossy de Palma
Roles La duchesse Pilar de Malaga i Benidorm
Rating39% 1.955041.955041.955041.955041.95504
The Arbac Family Neuville is a family of penniless aristocrats, that to survive and continue living their castle into disrepair, need to conduct some tricks like selling fake antiques to tourists. One day arises a bailiff commissioned by the Treasury for the recovery of a sum of nearly two million euro in respect of tax. In the event of default, all the family property will be seized. Follows a race against time to find the money. Everything is tried: a visit to the distant cousins still rich, a job search at the employment center in the Pauline boards, letter carrier and family friend, nothing works. Finally, Charles-Antoine, the eldest, who will have to go to a rally to go fishing to young unmarried aristocrat, namely Marie-Astrid Saumur-Chantilly Fortemure, wealthy heiress but particularly repulsive and stupid. Marriage is about to be organized, but Anthony Charles becomes infatuated with Pauline, opposing the interests of the family, the reasons of which reason knows nothing heart .
Summer Rain, 1h58
Directed by Antonio Banderas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Raúl Arévalo, Fran Perea, Maria Ruiz, Victoria Abril, Mario Casas, Antonio Garrido
Roles Srta. del Casco Cartaginés
Rating55% 2.751062.751062.751062.751062.75106
The film takes place in 1978 in Málaga (Spain), and depicts the life of teenager Miguelito Dávila (Alberto Amarilla), who, after suffering from kidney disease and spending some time at the hospital, has learned such classic poetry as Dante's Divine Comedy and dreams of leaving his job at a hardware store and pursuing his dream of becoming a poet.
The Maidens' Conspiracy, 2h
Directed by Vicente Aranda
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Alternate history films, Films about virginity
Actors Victoria Abril, Leonor Watling, Casper Zafer, Jane Asher, Charlie Cox, Ingrid Rubio
Roles The Peaceful Widow
Rating40% 2.0157852.0157852.0157852.0157852.015785
In 1401, Tirant lo Blanc, a famous knight, arrives with his small but battle-hardened troops of Almogavars, to the port of Constantinople. The emperor's only son has recently been killed by the Turks and the Byzantine emperor is too old to lead his army in battle. Constantinople is under treat of a Ottoman invasion and therefore it is in desperate need of a skilful military leader. Upon arrival, Tirant is received by the emperor who makes him commander in chief of the Imperial army.
Les gens honnêtes vivent en France
Directed by Bob Decout
Genres Comedy
Actors Victoria Abril, Bruno Putzulu, Hélène de Fougerolles, Artus de Penguern, Philippe Volter, Valérie Bonneton
Roles Aurore Langlois
Rating43% 2.1534052.1534052.1534052.1534052.153405
Licencié en droit et modeste employé d'une bibliothèque municipale, Rodolphe mène une vie simple, partagé entre son amour pour les auteurs sud-américains et sa passion inavouée pour sa collègue Agnès. Mais celle-ci n'aime que les amours foireuses et ne préfère se jeter que dans les bras de ceux qui vont l'humilier.