Ruth Díaz Muriedas (born 25 January 1975) is a Spanish actress. She made a breakthrough performance in the 2016 film ''

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''.

Biography

Ruth Díaz Muriedas was born in

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, on 25 January 1975. She began to perform in stage plays at age 17, excelling in a stage representation of ''

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'' at the

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in 1993. Díaz graduated from the

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. She landed her first television role in the police drama series ''

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'' in 1999, whereas she made her feature film debut in the 2001 film ''

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''. She featured afterwards in the films ' and '' El calentito''. Some of her early television roles include performances in ''

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'' (2001), ''

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'' (2003), ''

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'' (2009), ''

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'' (2010) and '' Cuéntame'' (2012). After some time relatively distanced from the acting profession with no major roles (due to her pregnancy and the economic crisis, although she made her directorial debut with the 2013 short film ''Porsiemprejamón''), she returned to cinema playing the role of Ana in the 2016 film ''

'', which earned her recognition and awards. In 2018, she starred as Mercedes Carrillo in the third season of '' Locked Up'' and was also cast for the role of Laura in ''

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''.

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