María Valverde

Acting

María Valverde

Born

1987-03-24 (39)

Place of birth

Madrid, Spain

Known for

Acting

Credits

45 titles

María Valverde Rodríguez (born March 24, 1987) is a Spanish actress. She was born María Valverde Rodriguez in Carabanchel, Madrid. She was 16 when she got a leading role with Luis Tosar in a Manuel Martín Cuenca movie, La flaqueza del bolchevique, she won the 2003 Goya Award for this role. She has also taken part in several films, such as Melissa P., a film based on the polemic book One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed by Melissa Panarello. Description above from the Wikipedia article María Valverde, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 20 titles

Exodus: Gods and Kings poster
5.9

The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014

Three Steps Above Heaven poster
7.7

Babi, a sheltered upper-class girl, and Hache, a reckless rebel obsessed with illegal motorcycle races, fall into a forbidden love that pulls them deeper into passion and risk.

Three Steps Above Heaven

2010

I Want You poster
7.5

After two years away, Hache returns to Barcelona seeking a fresh start. Falling for Gin while facing unresolved feelings for Babi, he must confront love, loss, and who he's becoming.

I Want You

2012

The Limehouse Golem poster
6.2

A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.

The Limehouse Golem

2016

Madrid, 1987 poster
6.6

In 1987 Madrid, the unexpected encounter between a seasoned journalist and a young student leads to a profound exploration of love, desire, politics, power, and discovery of each other.

Madrid, 1987

2012

Back to Burgundy poster
6.9

Jean left his hometown ten years ago. When his father falls ill, he comes back and reunites with his sister Juliette and his brother Jérémie. As seasons go by around their vineyard, they'll have to trust each other again.

Back to Burgundy

2017

Guernica poster
5.8

The fates of Henry - an American correspondent - and Teresa, one of the Republic's censors during the Spanish Civil War.

Guernica

2016

Galveston poster
6.1

After a violent encounter, Roy finds Rocky and sees something in her eyes that prompts a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he flees to Galveston, an action as ill-advised as it is inescapable.

Galveston

2018

Broken Horses poster
5.8

The bonds of brotherhood, the laws of loyalty, and the futility of violence in the shadows of the US Mexico border gang wars.

Broken Horses

2015

The Liberator poster
6.8

Bolívar was instrumental in Latin America’s struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire, and is today considered one of the most influential politicians and emancipators in American history. Libertador is told from the viewpoint of Bolívar, portrayed by Ramírez, about his quests and epic military campaigns, which covered twice the territory Alexander the Great conquered, and his vision to unify South America.

The Liberator

2013

400 Boys poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

400 Boys

2013

The Load poster
6.7

Late sixteenth century. A Tameme Indian man and a noble Spanish woman flee through the forests of the New World in search of freedom. Their frantic journey softens the tension between them and dissolves their longstanding differences and creates intimate bonds that threaten their very survival.

The Load

2016

Spider poster
6.8

Three friends are part of a fascist opposition group in the chaotic Chile of the early 70's and together commit a political crime that changes the history of the country and incidentally involves them in a betrayal that separates them forever.

Spider

2019

Ali and Nino poster
6.5

Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.

Ali and Nino

2016

Diving poster
6.0

A restless photographer leaves her family to "find herself" and takes up deep-sea diving.

Diving

2017

It's Now or Never poster
5.4

Narrates the preparation for a wedding of a Spanish couple in which everything goes wrong.

It's Now or Never

2015

A Lonely Sun Story poster
5.0

When Linda can't find a solution to her problems, she decides to run away, but a stranger event will cause her to meet a peculiar boy, Óscar, with whom she will live an experience that will change both of their lives forever.

A Lonely Sun Story

2014

The Cold Call poster
5.9

The story of salesman Salvador Lozano and his ambiguous relationship with young hostess Inés.

The Cold Call

2012

You and I poster
6.0

During an imaginary tour of David Bisbal, a young woman happens to take refuge in his caravan. That unexpected encounter brings about some emotional consequences that will mark the artist's life forever.

You and I

2014

The Mule poster
5.3

A soldier protects a mule during the Spanish Civil War.

The Mule

2013

2000s · 13 titles

Melissa P. poster
4.7

An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.

Melissa P.

2005

Cracks poster
6.6

Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.

Cracks

2009

The Borgia poster
5.2

A portrait of the bloody dynasty that spawned a pope, Alexander VI, as well as the role model for Machiavelli's “The Prince,” his son Cesare Borgia, and a legend of femme duplicity, daughter Lucrezia Borgia.

The Borgia

2006

The Anarchist's Wife poster
5.6

Manuela is left behind when her husband Justo fights for his ideals against Franco's Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. He is deported to a concentration camp, and upon his release, continues the fight against nationalism in the French resistance. Years pass without a word from him, but his wife never gives up hope of seeing him again.

The Anarchist's Wife

2008

The Weakness of the Bolshevik poster
6.5

After getting into a minor traffic accident, Pablo attempts to make light of the situation by asking the driver of the other car, Sonsoles, out on a date. When she refuses and instead files an injury report, Pablo snaps and begins stalking her. He soon discovers that Sonsoles has a beautiful teenage sister, Maria, with whom Pablo is immediately infatuated -- a lust that soon turns dark. Can Pablo control his obsession, or will it consume him?

The Weakness of the Bolshevik

2003

The King of the Hill poster
5.7

Quim drives around an isolated rural area through a maze of lanes. When he drives into the woods, he gets lost. Trying to find his direction, he suddenly gets shot from the hill. On his escape from gunshots, he meets Bea, an attractive young woman, who apparently is lost as well. Suspicious of each other, they join forces to run away through the forest, unprotected, cold, hunted...

The King of the Hill

2008

Thieves poster
5.6

The main character is a nameless boy (Juan Jose Ballesta) who was taught to steal wallets by his absent mother. He is able to do the trick effortlessly, using his "earnings" to survive while he looks for his mom. As he runs into an antique store owner, he might have found a trace that will lead to her. First, however, he will have to pull off a few "jobs" for the store owner, and he can't do it alone: enter a nameless girl (Maria Valverde) who gets to learn all the secret techniques the young boy has been using all his life.

Thieves

2007

Sexo en el plató poster
5.8

How are the sex scenes filmed? What tricks are used to fake the desire? How do the interpreters prepare and feel? Spanish actors and directors talk about the most intimate side of acting, about the tricks and work methods when narrating exposed sex. In Spain the general rule is that there are no rules. Each film, each interpreter, faces it in very different ways.

Sexo en el plató

2007

El último truco poster
7.5

Documentary film about visual effects master Emilio Ruiz del Rio. From his early works on films at 1942, to his last contribution at 2007, Emilio Ruiz talks on his film experiences and traditional trickery, using foreground miniatures, glass shots, and painted cut out miniatures. It shows interviews with some of the professionals he has worked with, like, Rafaela de Laurentiis, Ray Harryhausen, Guillermo del Toro, or Enzo Castellari

El último truco

2008

Vorvik poster
6.3

The president of a major biogenetic laboratory crazy for a board and falls down dead. His daughter Sofia inherited, just eighteen years a true empire, and make it impossible to discover the cause of the strange death of his father.

Vorvik

2005

The Sandman poster
6.5

Two love birds fly out of the cuckoo's nest in a stirring Spanish romance of mad love and doomed passion.

The Sandman

2007

Cuando poster
6.0

In a near futures a young woman, Anna, suffers a progressive addiction to a drug which begins to have bizarre side-effects, threatening to ruin the already tenuous relationship she has with her mother. With communication almost non-existent, her mother decides to take an extraordinary step to restore Anna's innocence.

Cuando

2004

Body Confusion poster
6.0

Bruno, a young traffic agent of the Spanish Guardia Civil, is abandoned by his wife after having an affair. Bruno, devastated, discovers one night, by chance, a strange passageway that leads him to another level of reality.

Body Confusion

2004

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