Victoria Abril

Birthday: 4 July 1959, Madrid, Spain

Birth Name: Victoria Mérida Rojas

Height: 159 cm

This Spanish actress started studying dancing. Her teacher encouraged her to participate in her first film Obsesión (1977). After that, she was chosen by the director Narciso Ibáñez Serra ...Show More

I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earring Show more I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946). Hide

I didn't go to school a lot. I didn't go to school a lot.

Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it w Show more Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me. Hide

Acting is the work of two people-it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the Show more Acting is the work of two people-it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director. Hide

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses. For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

[about turning 40 as an actress] I'm no longer the one who haves sex, but the mother of the one who Show more [about turning 40 as an actress] I'm no longer the one who haves sex, but the mother of the one who does. Hide

Victoria Abril's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (27)

Clem - Season 5

Tacones lejanos

Solo quiero caminar

Robin and Marian

Law of Desire (La ley del deseo)

Capitaine Marleau - Season 1

Capitaine Marleau - Season 4

Clem - Season 3

Clem - Season 6

Kika [Audio: Spanish]