María Valverde

María Valverde is a well-known Spanish actress. She is a young and beautiful actress and has secured a lot of popularity and fame in her career.


María Valverde was born in the year 1987 on March 24th. She was born in Spain and spent her childhood years there. It has been recorded that she was taken care of by her foster parents. She was brought up by them and she considered them as her parents. We failed to collect the information about her real parents and there is also no official confirmation by her or any of her family members. She was brought up with an elder brother and a younger sister.

She had a strong bond with her siblings and loved her family a lot. She had a striking personality and a charm which impressed everyone around her. When she was only six years old, she developed an interest towards acting and the glamour industry. She had a potential within her and practiced acting by looking at the mirror. Her mother saw her growing potential towards acting and sent her to a theatre school after her school hours. She used to enjoy her drama classes as she always got something new to learn from these classes. She also joined the drama group of her school to take part in the annual programs of her school. She was very popular in her school due to her talents as an actress.

When she was only sixteen years old, she made her first film debut. She had given the auditions and was selected for the film La Flaqueza del Bolchevique. She was offered a major role in the film as she impressed everyone with her acting during the audition. She portrayed the character so well that she was even awarded with the 18th Goya Award for the category of Best New Actress. After her huge success in the first film, she got several offers from the other popular directors and producers.

Next, she appeared in the film One Hundred Strokes of the Brush which also gained a lot of popularity among the people. She also made her appearance in the film Tres Metros Sobre el Cielo after the grand success of her previous film. Even this was also a huge success in her career like her other films. Besides her incredible acting talent, she was also fluent in many other languages other than Spanish.

From the year 2009, she started strengthening her career roots in the Hollywood industry. Her first English film was Cracks which was produced by the famous producer Ridley Scott. After that, she made several appearances in the films like Broken Horses and Exodus: Gods and Kings. Coming to her personal life, she was in a relationship with Mario Casas from the year 2010. Mario Casas was her co-star and they have also been starred in three movies. The relationship continued for four years and they broke up in the year 2014. After that, she remained single for quite a few years and in the year 2017, she got married to Gustavo Dudamel.

Last Modified: Mar 8, 2020


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