María Isabel Rivera Torres (born 1952) better known as Mabel Rivera is a Spanish actress from Galicia (

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). She was born in the City and Naval Station of Ferrol ( Corunna), North-western Spain. Though she started her career as an

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in the 1980s, it was not until her lead

role in the Oscar-winning Best Foreign Language Film 2004 ''

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'' that she received broad recognition. She is fluent in Galician,

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, and

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, regional languages of Spain. She also speaks

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and French with varying degrees of fluency.

Filmography

External links

Marian Rivera Unlimited
* 1952 births Living people Spanish actresses People from Ferrol, Spain Best Supporting Actress Goya Award winners 20th-century Spanish actresses 21st-century Spanish actresses Actresses from Galicia (Spain) {{spain-actor-stub