Belén Rueda

Acting

Belén Rueda

Born

1965-03-16 (61)

Place of birth

Madrid, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

64 titles

​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 wo…

Known for

El hormiguero poster
4.7

El Hormiguero is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and politics running since September 2006. It is hosted and produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos. The show aired on Spain's Cuatro channel from launch until June 2011 and is now broadcast on Antena 3. Recurring guests on the show include Luis Piedrahita, Raquel Martos, Marron & "The Man in Black", and puppet ants Trancas and Barrancas. It has proved a ratings success, and has expanded from a weekly 120-minute show to a daily 40-minute show in its third season, which began on September 17, 2007. The show won the Entertainment prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.

El hormiguero

2006

Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez

2017

Los Serrano poster
6.9

Los Serrano is a Spanish television drama comedy which premiered on 22 April 2003 and aired on Telecinco. It tells the story of the Serrano family, who lives in Round Santa Justa No 133, located in the fictional neighborhood of Santa Justa, in the Ribera del Manzanares, in Madrid. The success of the series in Spain and in several other countries in Europe and elsewhere helped launch the career of several young actors and actresses, especially actor and musician Fran Perea, who acts in the series and sings its theme song, "1 más 1 son 7".

Los Serrano

2003

Mirage poster
7.5

During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.

Mirage

2018

The Cry of the Butterflies poster
7.1

This series examines the events leading up the brutal murder of Dominican activist Minerva Mirabal and her two activist sisters, on the orders of dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. The heinous crime would set in motion not only the end of a vicious regime, but also come to mark the global fight against gender-based violence.

The Cry of the Butterflies

2023

The Body poster
7.5

A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.

The Body

2012

Film credits

2020s · 13 titles

A Sucker's Born Every Minute poster
4.7

Toni, once a famous singer, now has gambling debts and struggles to make ends meet. His luck changes when Malena, a former lover, introduces him to Junior, a wealthy young man, ready to hire him to steal a priceless painting from his own mother. To carry out this supposedly easy heist, Toni recruits a clumsy crew, forming a team in which each one pursues their own interests.

A Sucker's Born Every Minute

2026

Phenomena poster
6.0

Madrid, Spain, 1998. The many resources and skills of Gloria, Paz and Sagrario, three middle-aged women investigating paranormal events, are put to the test when their leader, Father Pilón, has an unpleasant encounter.

Phenomena

2023

The Perfect Family poster
5.5

Lucía is a woman for whom leading a model life and taking control of her life is the most important thing. Since she got married, she has focused all of her efforts on caring for her family, until achieving what for her is a perfect family. However, her entire world begins to collapse with the arrival of Sara, the girlfriend of her son; a young girl with great freedom and without mincing words who has a very different family from what Lucia always dreamed of as a political family. Now, Lucia must accept that the perfect family was not exactly what she thought.

The Perfect Family

2021

Evil Dress poster
6.7

After a difficult divorce, Alicia moves into an old house with her daughter Carla, unaware that it hides a past of recurrent tragedy. As Carla senses perturbing presences, Alicia begins to doubt her own sanity. A blue dress connects Carla to the ghost of a girl from the past, triggering terrifying events. Mother and daughter will try to escape the house, but the house won’t let them get away so easily.

Evil Dress

2026

Free Falling poster
6.5

Marisol is the national rhythmic gymnastics coach, methodical, demanding and authoritative. The World Championship is approaching and she places all her gold medal hopes on Angelica, the team's most promising newcomer. Two weeks before the final, Marisol discovers that her husband is having an affair with a much younger woman with whom she is expecting a child. Marisol does not contemplate failure, so she embarks on a desperate race to win him back, without taking into account her motives and feelings. Her pain is transferred to her tatami, where she becomes even more implacable towards Angelica, in whom she places her hopes of success. At this point, winning gold is all that's left for him.

Free Falling

2024

Reversion poster
6.2

Mario sees his brother David's kidnapping. When David returns 19 days later with no memory, Mario suspects the returnee isn't really his brother. His investigation challenges his grip on reality.

Reversion

2025

Death at a Funeral poster
5.6

The members of a family come to say goodbye to the recently deceased patriarch. But what should have been a heartfelt wake turns into a crazy gathering when one of the attendees reveals the deceased's best kept secret.

Death at a Funeral

2025

Los Muértimer poster
6.5

It tells the story of five friends who discover a jewel theft plot in a cemetery without any adult believing them.

Los Muértimer

2025

The Chapel poster
5.4

Emma wants to learn how to communicate with the spirit of a girl who has been trapped in a hermitage for centuries, and to that end, she tries to persuade Carol, a sceptical medium, to help her.

The Chapel

2023

Asesinatos sólo en El Hormiguero poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Asesinatos sólo en El Hormiguero

2024

19 poster
2.0

A delicate portrait of the longing for security amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

19

2022

The Tenant poster
7.3

Mia wakes up one morning with a strange pain in her leg. Little by little the limp gets worse, until someone warns her that the pain is not what it seems. Either she casts a spell that very night or her life will never be the same again.

The Tenant

2021

La Palma: el último volcán poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

La Palma: el último volcán

2022

2010s · 19 titles

Mirage poster
7.5

During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.

Mirage

2018

The Body poster
7.5

A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.

The Body

2012

Julia's Eyes poster
6.7

Julia, a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease, finds her blind sister Sara hung in a basement. Despite all signs pointing to suicide, Julia decides to investigate what she intuitively feels is a murder case.

Julia's Eyes

2010

Sara's Notebook poster
6.1

Laura has spent years looking for her sister Sara who went missing in the depths of the jungle in the Congo. Neither the NGO she works for, nor the embassy, have news on her whereabouts until a photo appears of Sara in a mining town. Apparently, Sara is being held captive by The Hawk, the fearsome rebel leader who controls the mafias behind the prized mineral coltan.

Sara's Notebook

2018

Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City poster
5.7

Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain, 2019. Two corpses appear in the crypt of the Old Cathedral. Police officer Unai López de Ayala, an expert in criminal profiling, must hunt down the ritual murderer who has been terrorizing the city for two decades.

Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City

2019

Orbiter 9 poster
5.8

Helena, a young woman on a deep space mission, has been alone for 20 years. Her parents abandoned ship after a technical malfunction made it impossible for all three of them to reach their intended destination. Alex, an isolated engineer, is about to enter her life and turn her world upside down.

Orbiter 9

2017

7th Floor poster
5.8

Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sebastián, a successful lawyer, leaves his ex-wife's condo, located on the seventh floor of an apartment building, to take his two children to school. While they run down the stairs, he uses the elevator. Once on the ground floor, Sebastián awaits the arrival of the children.

7th Floor

2013

The Night My Mother Killed My Father poster
5.9

Isabel is torn between the need to feel valued as an actress and her insecurities and contradictions. One night, she hosts a very special dinner: her husband Ángel, who is a scriptwriter, and Susana, Ángel's ex-wife and film director, want to convince Argentinian actor Diego Peretti to star in a movie. But at some point something unexpected happens that surprises everyone and disturbs the evening.

The Night My Mother Killed My Father

2016

You Shall Not Sleep poster
5.6

In an abandoned psychiatric hospital, a theatre group experiments with insomnia for the preparation of a stage play. With the passage of days without sleep, they reach new thresholds of perception that expose them to the secrets of the place and the energies that inhabit it. When Bianca, a young, promising actress, joins the cast, competing for the lead role, she must survive not only the intensity of the work and her cast mates, but the unknown force that is pulling them towards a tragic outcome.

You Shall Not Sleep

2018

The Pact poster
5.9

Suddenly, Clara, Mónica's daughter, falls into a deep coma. With Clara left to die, a mysterious man proposes Monica to make a pact: Clara will be saved if Mónica does something for him.

The Pact

2018

Perfect Strangers poster
6.7

During a lunar eclipse, seven friends gather for dinner and decide to play a game in which they must share with each other the content of every message, email or phone call they receive throughout the evening.

Perfect Strangers

2017

For the Good of Others poster
5.2

Diego is a doctor so used to working in extreme situations that he has immunized himself to others' pain. He has switched off from his work, his partner and his commitment as a father. Over the course of a disturbing meeting, Diego is threatened with a gun. Hours later, he can only remember the sound of a bang and the strange feeling of having being hit with something more than a bullet. Diego has to take an irreversible decision which will affect his own life and that of his loved ones.

For the Good of Others

2010

Querido Fotogramas poster
4.0

The 70th anniversary of the “Fotogramas” magazine comes in the shape of a sentimental voyage through the history of Spanish cinema thanks to a mosaic of voices represented by people who make films, those who write them and those who consume them. The documentary pays tribute to the readers of “Fotogramas” helped by the leading figures of Spanish cinema, who will read to the camera the most representative letters received at its offices in the history of the magazine.

Querido Fotogramas

2018

La princesa de Éboli poster
5.5

Ana de Mendoza y de Silva, Princess of Éboli, is accused of treason and imprisoned in 16th Century Spain.

La princesa de Éboli

2010

Ismael poster
5.9

An aging couple follows after Ismael Tchou, an 8-year-old, who is trying to find his way to his estranged biological father all by himself.

Ismael

2013

Strings poster
8.0

María's routine at school is altered by the arrival of a very special child. Soon, they become close friends.

Strings

2013

Don't Be Afraid poster
6.5

Silvia is a young girl marked by a dark childhood. When she is barely twenty-five, she decides to start over and to face the people, feelings and emotions that keep her bound to the past. In her fight against adversity and against herself, she will learn to control her fears and become an adult, responsible for her own actions.

Don't Be Afraid

2011

Broken Basket poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Broken Basket

2017

Una vez poster
NR

On a day like any other, Chila Huerta wakes up her three children and abandons the house that she shares with her husband. The town is left to wonder what secrets Chila is hiding.

Una vez

2015

2000s · 6 titles

The Orphanage poster
7.2

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.

The Orphanage

2007

The Sea Inside poster
7.6

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ramón manages to inspire those around him to live life to the fullest.

The Sea Inside

2004

Savage Grace poster
5.7

This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.

Savage Grace

2007

Spanish Movie poster
5.0

Large doses of humor, ingenious nods to Spain's most recent national cinema, an artistic cast highly linked to comedy and a high reserve of surprises constitute the ingredients of this crazy comedy: Spanish Movie.

Spanish Movie

2009

8 Dates poster
5.3

Men and women deal with different stages of love. Desire, jealousy, longing and melancholy are part of the romantic story of each of the characters, including a teacher, a middle-aged couple and a jealous boyfriend.

8 Dates

2008

Retruc poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Retruc

2001

Series credits

El hormiguero poster
4.7

El Hormiguero is a Spanish television program with a live audience focusing on comedy, science, and politics running since September 2006. It is hosted and produced by screenwriter Pablo Motos. The show aired on Spain's Cuatro channel from launch until June 2011 and is now broadcast on Antena 3. Recurring guests on the show include Luis Piedrahita, Raquel Martos, Marron & "The Man in Black", and puppet ants Trancas and Barrancas. It has proved a ratings success, and has expanded from a weekly 120-minute show to a daily 40-minute show in its third season, which began on September 17, 2007. The show won the Entertainment prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.

El hormiguero

2006

Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez

2017

Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez

2017

Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez

2017

Los Serrano poster
6.9

Los Serrano is a Spanish television drama comedy which premiered on 22 April 2003 and aired on Telecinco. It tells the story of the Serrano family, who lives in Round Santa Justa No 133, located in the fictional neighborhood of Santa Justa, in the Ribera del Manzanares, in Madrid. The success of the series in Spain and in several other countries in Europe and elsewhere helped launch the career of several young actors and actresses, especially actor and musician Fran Perea, who acts in the series and sings its theme song, "1 más 1 son 7".

Los Serrano

2003

The Cry of the Butterflies poster
7.1

This series examines the events leading up the brutal murder of Dominican activist Minerva Mirabal and her two activist sisters, on the orders of dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. The heinous crime would set in motion not only the end of a vicious regime, but also come to mark the global fight against gender-based violence.

The Cry of the Butterflies

2023

Madres: amor y vida poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Madres: amor y vida

2020

El Club de la Comedia poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

El Club de la Comedia

1999

The Boat poster
7.9

A global cataclysm, caused by a fatal accident in Geneva (Switzerland) during the implementation of the particle accelerator will lead to the crew and students of the school-ship Polar Star to live the greatest adventure of their lives. Isolated and aware that we only have each other, the ship will become their only home.

The Boat

2011

Periodistas poster
4.9

No synopsis available yet.

Periodistas

1998

Periodistas poster
4.9

No synopsis available yet.

Periodistas

1998

Late Xou con Marc Giró poster
1.0

Marc Giró presents a very entertaining late night show with interviews with prominent personalities from the world of cinema, theatre, music, television, literature and social activism in our national scene.

Late Xou con Marc Giró

2023

La Noche D poster
3.3

No synopsis available yet.

La Noche D

2021

Estirando el Chicle poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Estirando el Chicle

2020

Planeta Calleja poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Planeta Calleja

2014

La ruleta de la suerte poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

La ruleta de la suerte

1990

La agencia poster
8.3

No synopsis available yet.

La agencia

2025

B&b, de boca en boca poster
4.6

No synopsis available yet.

B&b, de boca en boca

2014

The Embassy poster
6.2

Luis Salinas, the new ambassador to Thailand, who knows he's going to get his hands dirty in the next four years – if he makes it that long. He's accompanied by his wife, Claudia, and their daughter Ester. Aware that the familiar constellation of life in the embassy is about to change radically, the staff gear up in nervous anticipation. Life does change, but in a way that Luis would never have imagined it. He must not only cope with the chaos and corruption he was expecting, but also with the implosion of his family life, as Claudia and Ester become involved in affairs that might seriously damage relations between Spain and Thailand. Will the glamorous, globe-trotting diplomatic life swallow up Luis or will he continue to fight for integrity and morals?           

The Embassy

2016

The Witches of Calenda poster
7.2

The judge named Sara has moved to Calenda, along with her teenage daughter, Leire. Her plan to rebuild the family life has been spoiled when her husband disappears. This will be the first of a series of shocking events that will convince the judge that Calenda is not the peaceful place as it seemed to be.

The Witches of Calenda

2012

Eva & Nicole poster
6.0

Nicole lives her dream life in Marbella with her husband Manuel when Eva, an acquaintance from the past, reappears and turns her world upside down.

Eva & Nicole

2024

Las que faltaban poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Las que faltaban

2019

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

En el círculo del asesino

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B.S.O. con Emilio Aragón poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

B.S.O. con Emilio Aragón

2021

La princesa de Éboli poster
2.0

Ana de Mendoza y de Silva, Princess of Éboli, is accused of treason and imprisoned in 16th Century Spain.

La princesa de Éboli

2010