Belén Rueda

Known for ActingBorn 1965-03-16 (age 61)Madrid, Spain

Rueda was born in Madrid. Her father was a civil engineer and her mother was a ballet instructor. She is the second of three children; her siblings are named Chus and Violeta (Ms. Rodal). She and her family moved to San Juan, Alicante when she was a child because of her younger sister's asthmatic problems. She was married to Daniel Écija and had three children with him, Beliá (b.1994), María (b.1996) and Lucía (b.1998); unfortunately, their second child died of a heart disease as a baby. She is now a divorcée. When Rueda was 18 years old she moved to Madrid to study architecture, but she left the university when she met an Italian man whom she later married. Rueda returned to Madrid and worked as a salesperson and a model until she finally became a TV presenter. After that she worked as an actress on television, including the show Los Serrano, and eventually acted in films. She won a Goya Award in 2004 for her role as Julia in Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside). She received another Goya nomination for her role in the 2007 film, The Orphanage. Rueda played the lead role of the Spanish thriller Los ojos de Julia, which is produced by Guillermo Del Toro.Read more

Movies & web series

La agencia

A Sucker's Born Every Minute

Strings

Retruc

The Boat

The Body

Mirage

The Sea Inside

The Tenant

The Cry of the Butterflies

The Orphanage

The Witches of Calenda

Evil Dress

Los Muértimer

Perfect Strangers

Free Falling

Julia's Eyes

La Palma: el último volcán

Los Serrano

Don't Be Afraid

Reversion

The Embassy

Sara's Notebook

Asesinatos sólo en El Hormiguero

Eva & Nicole

B.S.O. con Emilio Aragón

Phenomena

The Pact

La ruleta de la suerte

The Night My Mother Killed My Father

Ismael

7th Floor

Orbiter 9

Las que faltaban

Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City

Death at a Funeral

You Shall Not Sleep

Savage Grace

Estirando el Chicle

Madres: amor y vida

The Perfect Family

The Chapel

La princesa de Éboli

For the Good of Others

8 Dates

Spanish Movie

Periodistas

El hormiguero