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Verónica Echegui

ベロニカ・エチェーギ　/　べろにか・えちぇーぎ

Film director from Spain

June 16, 1983 (age 42)　・　Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Community of Madrid
film director
screenwriter
film producer

My Take

Verónica Echegui's passing in August 2025, at only forty-two, still feels like an unfinished sentence. From her debut lead in My Name Is Juani she brought a rawness Spanish cinema badly needed — characters who were stubborn, unpolished, fully alive. The 2022 Goya confirmed what audiences already knew, but what I find most poignant is the direction she was heading: writing, directing, producing, taking ownership of her stories rather than only inhabiting them. We lost not just an actress in her prime but a filmmaker getting started. I revisit her work with gratitude and a quiet sense of what might have been.

Overview

Verónica Fernández Echegaray (16 June 1983 – 24 August 2025), known professionally as Verónica Echegui (Spanish: [beˈɾonika eˈtʃeɣi]), was a Spanish actress. After making her feature film debut as the title character of the 2006 drama My Name Is Juani, she appeared in films such as My Prison Yard (2008), Six Points About Emma (2010), Kathmandu Lullaby (2012), The Cold Light of Day (2012), Family United (2013), You're…

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Verónica Echegui
Name (Japanese): ベロニカ・エチェーギ
Reading: べろにか・えちぇーぎ
Born: June 16, 1983 (age 42)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Boar
Origin: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter / film producer / film actor / stage actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2022 Goya Awards
2006 Barcelona Film Award for Best Actress
2012 Gaudí Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/veronicaechegui/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ver%C3%B3nica%20Echegui

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