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My Take
What strikes me about Maria Valverde is how early the recognition came. Winning the Goya Award for Best New Actress in 2004 for her feature debut in The Weakness of the Bolshevik is the kind of validation most actors chase for years, and she had it almost out of the gate. I find it telling that she lists herself as an actor and a musician both; that dual creative pull usually signals someone who resists being boxed in. Born in Madrid in 1987, she has stayed reachable through her own site and social channels rather than vanishing behind a publicist, which reads as a deliberate, grounded choice to me.
Overview
María Valverde Rodríguez (born 24 March 1987) is a Spanish actress. Her feature film acting debut in The Weakness of the Bolshevik (2003) earned her a Goya Award for Best New Actress.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- María Valverde
- Name (Japanese)
- マリア・バルベルデ
- Reading
- まりあ・ばるべるで
- Born
- March 24, 1987 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rabbit
- Origin
- Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2004 Goya Award for Best New Actress
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from Spain →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.