María Vázquez (born 19 March 1979) is a Spanish actress from Galicia.

Biography

Born in

Vigo Vigo (, ; ) is a city and Municipalities in Spain, municipality in the province of province of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest ...

on 19 March 1979, she was raised however in between the provinces of

Ourense Ourense (; ) is a city and the capital of the province of province of Ourense, Ourense, located in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, northwestern Spain. It is on the Camino Sanabrés path o ...

and

Lugo Lugo (, ) is a city in northwestern Spain in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It is the capital of the Lugo (province), province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 100,060 in 2024, ...

. She appeared as a child in '' Sempre Xonxa''. Upon completing her Baccalaureate studies, she moved to

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

to pursue a dancing career, but switched to acting and joined the Juan Carlos Corazza workshop. Early film roles include credits in '' Broken Silence'' (2001), ''

Desire Desires are states of mind that are expressed by terms like "wanting", "wishing", "longing" or "craving". A great variety of features is commonly associated with desires. They are seen as propositional attitudes towards conceivable states of affa ...

'' (2002), ' (2004), '' The Night of the Brother'' (2005), and '' The Idiot Maiden'' (2006). She won the 2007 Critical Eye Award. She earned nominations for the

Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress The Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación femenina de reparto'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. Since its inception, the award has been given to 31 actresses. ...

for her performance in '' Mataharis'' (2007) and

Goya Award for Best Actress The Goya Award for Best Actress (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor interpretación femenina protagonista'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. Since its inception, the award has been given to 26 actresses. At the 1 ...

for ''

Matria ''Matria'' is a 2023 Spanish social drama film directed by Álvaro Gago (in his feature debut) which stars María Vázquez. It is shot in Galician. Plot Set in a Galician fishing village, the plot follows the plight of Ramona, a financially-in ...

'' (2024).

Accolades

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vázquez, María 1979 births Living people Actors from Vigo Spanish film actresses Spanish television actresses Actresses from Galicia (Spain) 21st-century Spanish actresses