Belén Rueda
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Rueda was born in Madrid. Her father was a civil engineer and her mother was a ballet instructor. She is the second of three children; her siblings are named Chus and Violeta (Ms. Rodal). She and her family moved to San Juan, Alicante when she was a child because of her younger sister's asthmatic problems. She was married to Daniel Écija and had three children with him, Beliá (b.1994), María (b.1996) and Lucía (b.1998); unfortunately, their second child died of a heart disease as a baby. She is now a divorcée. When Rueda was 18 years old she moved to Madrid to study architecture, but she left the university when she met an Italian man whom she later married. Rueda returned to Madrid and worked as a salesperson and a model until she finally became a TV presenter. After that she worked as an actress on television, including the show Los Serrano, and eventually acted in films. She won a Goya Award in 2004 for her role as Julia in Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside). She received another Goya nomination for her role in the 2007 film, The Orphanage. Rueda played the lead role of the Spanish thriller Los ojos de Julia, which is produced by Guillermo Del Toro.
Known for
Credits
A Sucker's Born Every Minute (2026)
as Carmen
The Orphanage (2007)
as Laura
Mirage (2018)
as Dr. Sardón
The Body (2012)
as Mayka Villaverde
The Sea Inside (2004)
as Julia
Free Falling (2024)
as Marisol
Savage Grace (2007)
as Pilar Durán
Julia's Eyes (2010)
as Julia Levin / Sara
Querido Fotogramas (2018)
as Self
Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City (2019)
as Alba
Evil Dress (2026)
as Alicia
Phenomena (2023)
as Sagrario
Orbiter 9 (2017)
as Silvia
Sara's Notebook (2018)
as Laura
Spanish Movie (2009)
as Laura
Death at a Funeral (2025)
as Edurne
Los Muértimer (2025)
Actor
Reversion (2025)
Actor
Perfect Strangers (2017)
as Eva
The Perfect Family (2021)
as Lucía
7th Floor (2013)
as Delia
You Shall Not Sleep (2018)
as Alma Böhm
For the Good of Others (2010)
as Isabel
The Pact (2018)
as Mónica
The Night My Mother Killed My Father (2016)
as Isabel
8 Dates (2008)
as Elena
The Chapel (2023)
as Carol
Amor de Dios (—)
as Sara Lanes
La princesa de Éboli (2010)
as Princesa de Éboli
Don't Be Afraid (2011)
as Silvia's Mother
Broken Basket (2017)
Actor
Strings (2013)
as Maestra (voice)
Ismael (2013)
as Nora
Asesinatos sólo en El Hormiguero (2024)
as Belén Rueda
19 (2022)
as Herself
Retruc (2001)
as Elsa
La Palma: el último volcán (2022)
as Narrator
Una vez (2015)
as Chila
The Tenant (2021)
Actor