Belén Rueda
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
Madres: amor y vida
Marián Ballesteros
Los Serrano
Lucía Gómez
The Boat
Leonor
Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City
Alba
Orbiter 9
Silvia
The Orphanage
Laura
Death at a Funeral
Edurne
Julia's Eyes
Julia Levin / Sara
Mirage
Dr. Sardón
The Body
Mayka Villaverde
Savage Grace
Pilar Durán
Every Day a Smart Guy Is Born
The Tenant
Phenomena
Sagrario
The Chapel
Carol
El Club de la Comedia
Monologuista
Los Muértimer
8 Dates
Elena
For the Good of Others
Isabel
Planeta Calleja
Self - Guest
7th Floor
Delia
Broken Basket
Arctic Tale
Narradora
La agencia
Belén Rueda
Perfect Strangers
Eva
The Cry of the Butterflies
Pilar Macías
The Sea Inside
Julia
La Noche D
Self - Guest
Spanish Movie
Laura
19
Herself
Ismael
Nora
La Palma: el último volcán
Narrator
Late Xou con Marc Giró
Self - Guest
The Pact
Mónica
B&b, de boca en boca
Candela Bermejo
Strings
Maestra (voice)
Eva & Nicole
Nicole
La princesa de Éboli
Princesa de Éboli
The Embassy
Claudia
Don't Be Afraid
Silvia's Mother
The Perfect Family
Lucía
Una vez
Chila
The Witches of Calenda
Sara Cruz
Retruc
Elsa
La princesa de Éboli
Ana de Mendoza
Querido Fotogramas
Self
Asesinatos sólo en El Hormiguero
Belén Rueda
Reversion
Free Falling
Marisol
The Night My Mother Killed My Father
Isabel
Sara's Notebook
Laura
You Shall Not Sleep
Alma Böhm
Evil Dress
Alicia
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Self - Guest
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Self
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Self (archive footage)
El hormiguero
Self - Guest
La ruleta de la suerte
Las que faltaban
Invitada
Periodistas
Periodistas
Clara Nadal
Estirando el Chicle
Herself
B.S.O. con Emilio Aragón
Self - Invitada