María Dolores León Rodríguez (born 1 August 1950), better known as Loles León, is a Spanish actress.
Career
León travelled to
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
to start a career as an actress, where she met
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narra ...
during
La Movida Madrileña. She has played in ''
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' (1987), ''
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'' ( es, link=no, ¡Átame!, , "Tie Me!") is a 1989 Spanish dark romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Victoria Abril and Antonio Banderas alongside Loles Léon, Francisco Rabal, Juli ...
'' (1989), ''
The Bilingual Lover
''The Bilingual Lover'' ( es, El Amante Bilingüe) is a 1993 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda and adapted from a novel by Juan Marsé. The film stars Imanol Arias, Ornella Muti and Loles León. The film is a grotesque drama, wi ...
'' (1993), and ''
Libertarias'' (1996). In 1997, she had her first leading role in ''
Amor de hombre
''Amor de hombre'' (also known as ''Love of a Man'' in English-speaking markets) is a 1997 Spanish gay-themed drama film directed by Yolanda García Serrano and Juan Luis Iborra. An intimate, warm and tender Spanish film about the very close fr ...
'', and played Paloma in ''
Aquí no hay quien viva'' (2003). In 2016, she played Menchu in ''
La que se avecina
''La que se avecina'', is a Spanish television situation comedy created by Alberto Caballero, Laura Caballero and Daniel Deorador. The show is set in Mirador de Montepinar, a condominium located in the suburbs of Madrid. The show is an indirec ...
'' as Yoli's mother.
Selected filmography
Film
Television
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1950 births
Living people
Actresses from Barcelona
Chicas Almodóvar
Spanish film actresses
Spanish television actresses
20th-century Spanish actresses
21st-century Spanish actresses
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