Maribel Verdú: “Sometimes I look at the girl I used to be and wish I had protected her more”
An adolescent phenomenon in the eighties, a rising star in the nineties, an established artist and guarantee of success since the year 2000..., Maribel Verdú has been it all and has done it all in the industry: popular and auteur cinema, television, theatre. At 55 and with 40 years of career behind her, she just wants a bit of peace. “At this point, I dream of working well, not of accumulating medals,” she says
Maribel Verdú, the renowned Spanish actress, has found herself in a variety of romantic entanglements throughout her career. In the early nineties and early two thousands, she starred in several memorable trios that captivated audiences. These included the film Amantes alongside Jorge Sanz and Victoria Abril; La buena estrella with Antonio Resines and Jordi Mollà; and Y tu mamá también with Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna.
Additionally, she played the role of a platonic love interest to Fernando Rey and Gonzalo Vega in Al otro lado del túnel, and was part of a quintet in Fernando Trueba's Oscar-winning film Belle époque in 1994.
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