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Carmen Maura

Actress / Television Presenter / Film Actress | * 09/15/1945 (78) | Madrid (Spain)
María del Carmen García Maura (born 15 September 1945) is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned six decades, she has starred in films such as Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, ¡Ay Carmela!, Common Wealth, and Volver. She holds the record for most Goya Awards for Best Leading Actress (with three). She also won a Cesar Award in 2013 and a Cannes Film Festival Award in 2006. ()
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Carmen García Maura is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned six decades, Maura is best known for her collaborations with noted Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events. ...

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

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1988 | 3.7/5 | 1h 28min
Comedy, Drama
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Raimunda lives and works in Madrid with her husband Paco and their daughter Paula. Raimunda's sister Sole lives nearby. The two sisters miss their mother Irene who died several years ago in a house fi ...

Volver

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2006 | 3.7/5 | 2h 1min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Julia, a real estate agent, finds an enormous amount of money hidden in a dead man's apartment, a stroke of luck that will force her to face the wrath of the very peculiar inhabitants of the condomini ...

Common Wealth

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2000 | 3.5/5 | 1h 45min
Comedy, Thriller, Crime
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Paulino and Carmela are husband and wife, troubadours touring the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. They are Republicans, and with their mute assistant, Gustavete, they journey into rebel terr ...

Ay, Carmela!

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1990 | 3.4/5 | 1h 42min
Drama, Comedy, War
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Awards & Nominations for Carmen Maura

Donostia Award Grand Cross of The Civil Order of Alfonso X The Wise Silver Shell for Best Actress Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress 3x Goya Award for Best Actress Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Supporting Actress 2x European Film Award for Best Actress European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award Platino Honorary Award 2x European Film Award for Best Actress Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Carmen Maura as Actress(123)

2024 Como el mar
as Self - Actress2023 The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite
2023 Mieux vaut courir
as Coco Cabrera2022 Rainbow
as Gringa2021 Venice
2021 Chasing Wonders
as Herself - Actress2020 La corte de Ana
as Grandma Sara2019 My Family and the Wolf
as Ángela2019 In Family I Trust
as Herself - Actress2019 Stories of Our Cinema
as herself2018 Querido Fotogramas
as Carmen2018 Seeds
2018 Oh! Mammy Blue
as Self - Actress2018 ¡Ay, Carmen!
as Thérèse2018 La Fête des mères
as Teresa2017 Dirty Kids
as Adelina2017 The Kids Are Back
as Simone2017 La peur du vide
as Carmen2016 El futuro ya no es lo que era
as herself2016 Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
as Esperanza2015 Vanity
as Lucie2015 Musical Chairs
2015 Vaca Paloma
as Carmen2014 A Village Almost Perfect!
as la madre2013 La madre
2013 Barefoot in the Kitchen
as Graciana Barrenetxea2013 Witching & Bitching
as Maria2012 Paulette
as Sofía2012 Sofia and the Stubborn Man
as Rachel2011 Let My People Go!
as Alice2011 Escalade
as Concepcion2010 The Women on the 6th Floor
as La mère2010 Le Mac
as herself2010 Un cine como tú en un país como éste
as Alone2009 Tetro
as Herself (archive footage)2009 50 años de... Canciones
as Madame Aurol2008 Garden of Eden
as Pilar2008 Que parezca un accidente
2008 The Black Virgin
as Julia2007 El menor de los males
as herself2006 Hécuba: un sueño de pasión
as Irene2006 Volver
as Mrs. Breitberg2005 Free Zone
as Esperanza2005 To the Other Side
as Magda2005 Queens
as Ana2004 Searching for Love
as Celia2004 La promesa
as Abuelita2004 25 Degrees in Winter
as Mère Emmanuelle2003 The Pact of Silence
as Doña Manuela de Fora2003 Arroz y tartana
as Julia2003 Le ventre de Juliette
as Abuela2002 Valentin
as Laura2002 800 Bullets
as Illuminata2002 Assassini dei giorni di festa
as Elena2001 Clara y Elena
as (Voice, Spanish version)2001 Clouds: Letters to My Son
as Maite2001 The Hold-Up
as Isabel2001 Arregui, la noticia del día
as Madama Osmane2000 The Harem of Madame Osmane
as Julia2000 Common Wealth
2000 To the End of the Road
as Teresa1999 Superlove
1999 The Comet
as Berta1999 Lisboa
as Jeanine1998 Alice and Martin
as Maria1998 Enthusiasm
1997 Tortilla y Cinema
as Linda1997 Women
as Geneviève Lechat1997 Alliance cherche doigt
1996 Amores que matan
1996 Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español
as Dolores Thivart1995 Happiness Is in the Field
as Ana1995 Parella de tres
as Carmen1995 El rey del río
1995 The Lame Pigeon
as Carmen1994 How to Be Miserable and Enjoy It
as Anne d'Autriche1993 Louis, the Child King
as Ana1993 Shadows in a Conflict
as Ana Luz1992 La reina anónima
as Maria Garcia1992 Between Heaven and Earth
as Carmen1991 How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt
as Zabú1991 Chatarra
1990 La mujer feliz
as Carmela1990 Ay, Carmela!
as Isabel1988 Baton Rouge
as Pepa1988 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
as Tina Quintero1987 Law of Desire
as Julia1986 Matador
as Elvira1986 Dear Nanny
as Carmen (segment "Delirio 3") (uncredited)1986 Love Ravings
as Higinia Balaguer1985 El crimen de la calle Fuencarral
as Self / Gloria (archive footage) (uncredited)1985 Trailer for Lovers of the Prohibited
as Sor Ana1985 Beyond the Walls
as Carmen1985 Be Wanton and Tread No Shame
as Presentadora T.V.1984 Coarse Salt
as Gloria1984 What Have I Done to Deserve This?
as Sor Perdida1983 Dark Habits
as Jimena1983 The Angry Cid
as Luisa Matas1982 Femenino singular
as Constanza1981 Cervantes
as Carmen1980 El hombre de moda
as Rosa1980 The Black Hand
as Social Assistant1980 That House in the Outskirts
as Pepi1980 Pepi, Luci, Bom
as Begoña1980 Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven
as Rosa1978 What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
as La enfermera1978 Blindfolded Eyes
1978 Fuck... Fuck... Fuck Me, Tim!
1977 Paper Tigers
as Eugenia Grandet1977 Eugenia Grandet
as Manolita1976 La mujer es cosa de hombres
1976 Pomporrutas imperiales
as Virtuosa1976 El libro de buen amor II
as Chica que se insinua a Julián1976 La petición
as María José1975 Fierce Love, or When Children Play at Love
as Leonor1975 Usted tiene ojos de mujer fatal
as The Nun1975 A Diary of a Murderess
1975 Leonor
as Mujer de Jorge1975 Vida íntima de un seductor cínico
as Dª Garoza1974 El libro del buen amor
as Profesora de Música1973 A Chaste Spanish Man
as Laura1973 The Killer Is One of Thirteen
as Belén1971 Man in Hiding

TV Shows/Series with Carmen Maura as Actress(14)

as Julia2024 Land of Women
as Pepa Carranza2021 Deudas
as Amparo2020 Someone Has to Die
as Costanza Cervantes2015 Two More Eggs
as Paca2013 Letter to Eva
as Lucía Piqueras2012 Stamos okupa2
as Rosa2010 Las chicas de Oro
as Olivia, duquesa de Fournier2009 Red Eagle
as Victoria Villalobos2007 Círculo rojo
as Invitada2006 El hormiguero
1998 A las once en casa
as Marisa Novoa1990 La mujer de tu vida
as Higinia Balaguer1985 La Huella del Crimen
as Remedios1976 Curro Jiménez

Citizenship: Spain
Born: Saturday, 09/15 1945 (September) in Madrid (Spain) (current age: 78 years + 218 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES, native language), French (FR)
Educated at: Beaux-Arts de Paris
Member of: Academia de las Artes Escénicas de España
Spouses (current/former): Francisco Forteza Pujol
Related to: Bartomeu Maura i Montaner
Other names for Carmen Maura (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"카르멘 마우라"
"Carmen García Maura"
"Carmen G. Maura"
"María del Carmen García Maura"
Carmen Maura frequently works together with these people:
Pedro Almodóvar (30x, Crew)
Antonio Resines (15x, Actor)
Agustín Almodóvar (14x, Crew)
Fernando Colomo (13x, Crew)
Félix Rotaeta (11x, Actor)
Fernando Trueba (9x, Crew)
Julieta Serrano (9x, Actress)
José Salcedo (9x, Crew)
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba (9x, Actor)
Ana Belén (9x, Actress)
Marisa Paredes (8x, Actress)
Agustí Villaronga (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:7742, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024