Lola Dueñas
Lola Dueñas, is a Spanish actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including two Goya Awards for Best Actress. In addition to her contributions to Spanish cinema and television, she has also worked in the French film industry.
Lola Dueñas
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- Name
- Lola Dueñas
- Birth Name
- María Dolores Dueñas Navarro
- Born
- 6 October 1971
- Birthplace
- Madrid, Spain
- Occupation
- Actress María Dolores Dueñas Navarro (born 6 October 1971), better known as Lola Dueñas, is a Spanish actress.
- Full name
- María Dolores Dueñas Navarro.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Known for
- Volver, Me Too, The Sea Inside and The Black Ball.
- Honours
- Silver Shell for Best Actress, Goya Award for Best Actress, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and Gaudí Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Lola Dueñas, is a Spanish actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including two Goya Awards for Best Actress. In addition to her contributions to Spanish cinema and television, she has also worked in the French film industry.
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The recorded working language is Spanish. Works named in the authority record are Volver, Me Too, The Sea Inside and The Black Ball. Distinctions recorded are Silver Shell for Best Actress, Goya Award for Best Actress, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and Gaudí Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Lola Dueñas • Birth Name — María Dolores Dueñas Navarro • Born — 6 October 1971 • Birthplace — Madrid, Spain • Father — Nicolás Dueñas • Occupation — Actress María Dolores Dueñas Navarro (born 6 October 1971), better known as Lola Dueñas, is a Spanish actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including two Goya Awards for Best Actress. In addition to her contributions to Spanish cinema and television, she has also worked in the French film industry.
Early life and education
Early life and education
María Dolores Dueñas Navarro was born in Madrid on 6 October 1971, to Nicolás Dueñas (an actor) and María Navarro (the longtime manager and confidant of Isabel Pantoja). Her great-grandfather was El Rubio de Telde, a noted Canarian wrestler. She trained at the Teatro de La Abadía.
Acting career
Acting career
Dueñas made her feature film debut in Mensaka (1998), which earned her an Actors Union Award for Best New Performance. She gained early recognition to a television audience for her performance in police drama series Policías, en el corazón de la calle. She then featured in films such as The Sea Inside (2003), Volver (2006), and Me Too (2009). She decided to relocate to Paris, France, in 2011. In 2012, she joined the sitcom Aída for a three-episode arc to portray the flighty ex of Chema (Pepe Viyuela) and mother of Fidel (Eduardo Casanova). For her leading performance as a recently widowed woman opposite Anna Castillo in the mother-daughter drama Journey to a Mother's Room (2018), she earned a Goya Award nomination and a Gaudí Award. After France, she lived for several years in a country house in Dois Portos (Portugal) and, in 2023, she relocated to the Canary Islands, settling in La Palma.
Television
Television
• Policías, en el corazón de la calle • Aída (2012) as Marisa • Instinto (2019) • Veneno (2020) as Faela Sainz • La Mesías (2023)
Feature film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes || Reference(s) • 1998 — Mensaka, páginas de una historia (Mensaka) — Cristina — Feature film debut • 1999 — Marta y alrededores (Marta and Surroundings) — Elisa • Las razones de mis amigos (Friends Have Reasons) — Ainhoa • Terca vida (Miserable Life) — Esther • 2001 — Everything Happens to Me (2001 film) (Everything Happens to Me) — Txell • 2002 — Piedras (Stones) — Daniela • Hable con ella (Talk to Her) — Matilde • 2003 — Días de fútbol (Football Days) — Macarena • 2004 — Mar adentro (The Sea Inside) — Rosa • 2005 — 20 centímetros (20 Centimeters) • 2006 — Volver — Sole • Lo que sé de Lola (Lola) — Lola • 2008 — Fuera de carta (Chef's Special) — Alex • 2009 — Los abrazos rotos (Broken Embraces) — Lectora de labios ('lip reader') • Yo, también (Me, Too) — Laura • Angèle et Tony (Angel & Tony) — Anabel • Les femmes du 6e étage (The Women on the 6th Floor) — Carmen • Sin ella (Without Her) — Carmen • 2013 — Los amantes pasajeros (I'm So Excited) — Bruna • 10.000 noches en ninguna parte (10,000 Nights Nowhere) — The 'friend' • Suzanne — Irène • La Pièce manquante — Paula • Alleluia — Gloria • Os fenómenos (Aces) — Neneta • Stella cadente (Falling Star) — Cocinera (kitchener) • Tiens-toi droite — Marguerite • Les Ogres (Ogres) — Lola • Incidencias (Stranded) — Nuria • La Fille du patron (The Boss's Daughter) — Virginia • 2017 — No sé decir adiós (Can't Say Goodbye) — Blanca • Zama — Lucía Piñares de Luenga • Something Is Happening (film) (Something Is Happening) — Dolores • Viaje al cuarto de una madre (Journey to a Mother's Room) — Estrella • Love Me Not (2019 film) — Herodías • 2023 — Bird Box Barcelona — Isabel • Sobre todo de noche (Foremost by Night) — Vera • La bola negra — Teresa
Awards and nominations
• Illustration — Dueñas attending the San Sebastián International Film Festival along with Yohana Cobo, Agustín Almodóvar, and Esther García in 2006. • Year — Award — Category — Work — Result — Reference(s) • Best New Performance — Mensaka • 2005 — Best Actress — The Sea Inside • 2006 — Best Actress — Volver — Together with fellow castmates Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave • 2007 — Best Supporting Actress • Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role • 2009 — Silver Shell for Best Actress — Me, Too • 2010 — Best Actress • Best Film Actress in a Leading Role • Best Film Actress in a Minor Role — Broken Embraces • 2014 — Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role — 10,000 Nights Nowhere • 2018 — Best Supporting Actress — Can't Say Goodbye • Best Supporting Actress • 2019 — Best Actress — Journey to a Mother's Room • Best Actress • 74th CEC Awards — Best Actress • Best Actress • 29th Forqué Awards — Best Television Actress — La mesías • Best Main Actress in a Series • Best Television Actress in a Leading Role • Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV series
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- 1.Lola Dueñas "Me encanta ser una chica Almodóvar". Hoy. 24 August 2010.
- 2.Abelenda, Ana. Lola Dueñas, «La Mesías» y «madre coraje» contra la trama criminal de bebés robados: «Hay padres y madres convertidos en detectives privados buscando a sus hijos». La Voz de Galicia. 16 December 2023.
- 3.García, Beatriz. Lola Dueñas y Anna Castillo. mujerhoy. 22 September 2018.
- 4.Martínez, Beatriz. Anna Castillo y Lola Dueñas hablan de madres posesivas y el precio de la libertad. Mujer Hoy. 22 September 2018.
- 5.Muere María Navarro, exrepresentante de Isabel Pantoja y madre de la actriz Lola Dueñas. El País. 7 May 2022.
- 6.García, Beatriz. Lola Dueñas y Anna Castillo. mujerhoy. 22 September 2018.
- 7.Lola Dueñas ficha por Aída. Europa Press. 29 March 2012.
- 8.Juan, Belén. Lola Dueñas: todo lo que no sabes sobre la nominada a los Goya. Marie Claire. 3 January 2019.
- 9.Lola Dueñas, una actriz española que dio el salto al cine francés. rfi.fr. 10 May 2018.
- 10.Lola Dueñas quiere recuperar el amor de Pepe Viyuela. El Mundo. 1 April 2012.
- 11.Lola Dueñas, madre de Fidel y ex de Chema en 'Aída'. Mediaset España. 20 January 2012.
- 12.Benavent, Francisco María. Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Ediciones Mensajero. 385. 2000. 84-271-2326-4.
- 13.Holland, Jonathan. Marta and Surroundings. Variety. 6 February 2000.
- 14.Berlinale. Las razones de mis amigos.
- 15.Fernando Huertas cuenta una historia de "no triunfadores" en la película 'Terca Vida'. Europa Press. 17 November 2000.
- 16.Perriam, Chris. Spanish Queer Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. 45. 2013. 978-0-7486-6586-0.
- 17."Piedras", em cartaz na Mostra, é obra-prima de novato espanhol. Folha Online. 22 October 2002.
- 18.Andina Díaz, Elena. La Enfermería en "Hable con ella". Index de Enfermería. 13. 4445. 2004. 1132-1296.
- 19.Días de fútbol. elmundo.es. January 2004.
- 20.Aguado Díaz, Antonio-León. Mar adentro (2004). Una visión diferente seis años después del Óscar. Revista de Medicina y Cine. Universidad de Salamanca. 6. 2. 40. 2010.
- 21.Silvestre, Juan. Las 15 mejores películas y series de Macarena Gómez. Fotogramas. 10 June 2021.
- 22.Las estrellas de 'Volver', 15 años después. Cinemanía. 17 March 2021.
- 23.Torreiro, Mirito. Lo que sé de Lola. Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
- 24.Ellis, Robert Richmond. Spanish Constitutional Democracy and Cinematic Representations of Queer Sexuality, or, Saving the Family: Los novios búlgaros, Reinas; and Fuera de carta. Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos. 35. 1. 75. 2010. 23055668.
- 25.González Álvarez, José Manuel. Intermedialidad y circulación de los relatos en Los abrazos rotos de Pedro Almodóvar. Pasavento. Revista de Estudios Hispánicos. Universidad de Alcalá. 1. 129. 2013. 2255-4505.
- 26.Holland, Jonathan. Me, Too. Variety. 25 September 2009.
- 27.Caviaro, Juan Luis. Estrenos de cine 8 de julio 'Cars 2' eclipsa al resto de novedades. Espinof. 11 July 2011.
- 28.Chapuys, Sébastien. L'Ibère et moi. Critikat. 15 February 2011.
- 29.Vargas, Gaby. Sin Ella. El Vigía. 10 November 2010.
- 30.¿Quién es quién en 'Los amantes pasajeros'?. Fotogramas. 2. 4 March 2013.
- 31.Holland, Jonathan. '10,000 Nights Nowhere' ('10000 noches en ninguna parte'): Film Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 8 June 2014.
- 32.Kleiner, Felicitas. Die unerschütterliche Liebe der Suzanne. Filmdienst. 28 February 2019.
- 33.De Cyrano à André, Philippe Torreton aime "se mettre à la place de quelqu'un". L'Express. 14 March 2014.
- 34.Holden, Stephen. Review: 'Alleluia' Follows Partners in Crime, but Not Necessarily in Love. The New York Times. 16 July 2015.
- 35.Yáñez, Jara. Ese «otro» cine español (7). Los fenómenos, de Alfonso Zarauza. Rinconete. 21 April 2015. 1885-5008.
- 36.Arribas, A.G. Amadeo de Saboya, un personaje de comedia. Granada Hoy. Grupo Joly. 27 May 2014.
- 37.Tiens-toi droite. Télérama. 29 November 2014.
- 38.Young, Neil. 'Ogres' ('Les ogres'): Rotterdam Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 8 February 2016.
- 39.Fernández, Fausto. Incidencias. Fotogramas. 28 July 2015.
- 40.Cines Renoir. Humor en el AVE Barcelona-Madrid. La Gran Ilusión. 29 December 2015.
- 41.Håkansson, Soleil. La graine est émulée. Critikat. 5 January 2016.
- 42.Holland, Jonathan. 'Can't Say Goodbye' ('No Se Decir Adios'): Film Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 29 May 2017.
- 43.Medina, Marta. 'Zama': las desdichas de un funcionario de la Corona española América. El Confidencial. 6 November 2017.
- 44.Soage, Cristóbal. Review: Something Is Happening. Cineuropa. 18 November 2018.
- 45.Martínez, Beatriz. 'Viaje al cuarto de una madre': cuando los hijos vuelan. El Periódico de Catalunya. Prensa Ibérica. 24 September 2018.
- 46.Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto. Los estrenos del 31 de octubre. 'Love Me Not'. El lado más perverso de la guerra. Aisge. 30 October 2019.
- 47.Rooney, David. 'Bird Box Barcelona' Review: Spanish Spinoff of Netflix's Horror Hit Pads Out a Thin Concept With Meager Gains. The Hollywood Reporter. 9 July 2023.
- 48."Sobre todo de noche", de Víctor Iriarte, competirá en Giornate degli Autore de Venecia. EiTB. 27 July 2023.
- 49.Wise, Damon. ‘La Bola Negra’ Review: Spain’s Javier Calvo And Javier Ambrossi Capture Hearts With Their Unashamedly Romantic Decades-Spanning Drama – Cannes Film Festival. Deadline. 22 May 2026.
- 50.Lola Dueñas se incorpora a «Aída» como la exmujer de Chema y madre de Fidel. ABC. 29 March 2012.
- 51.Herrera, Nuria. Quién es quién en 'Instinto'. Diez Minutos. 30 April 2019.
- 52.Prensa Ibérica. Así contó Faela cómo descubrió a La Veneno y logró llevarla al 'Mississipi'. El Periódico de Catalunya. 1 April 2020.
- 53.Martínez, Beatriz. Los Javis ('La Mesías'): "Cada uno cree en algo, en los aliens, en la Virgen o en el cine como vehículo salvador". infobae. 30 September 2023.
- 54.Díaz de Tuesta, M. José. 'Yo, también', el papel de la vida de Lola Dueñas. El País. 16 October 2009.
- 55.Ganadores de la 8ª edición de los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices. Unión de Actores.
- 56.Lola Dueñas, Goya a la mejor actriz por "Mar adentro". La Nación. 30 January 2005.
- 57.Ebert, Roger. Cannes #9: 'Barley' d'Or. RogerEbert.com. 28 May 2006.
- 58.Lista completa de premiados de los Goya 2007. 20minutos.es. 29 January 2007.
- 59.'Volver' y 'Así es (si así os parece)', las favoritas a los premios Unión de Actores. El Mundo. 5 January 2007.
- 60.La Unión de Actores premia 'Volver´, 'El método Grönholm´ y 'Mujeres´. La Opinión de La Coruña. 13 February 2007.
- 61.Vidiella, Rafael. La película 'City of life and death', Concha de Oro en el Festival de San Sebastián. 20minutos.es. 26 September 2009.
- 62.Goya.- Lola Dueñas, premio a la mejor actriz protagonista, afirma que "ha ganado un Goya, pero no ha ganado a nadie". Europa Press.
- 63.Premios Unión de Actores: Nominados. Fotogramas. 4 February 2010.
- 64.Cultura Los repartos de 'La señora' y 'Gordos', de TVE, arrasan en los premios de la Unión de Actores. rtve. 30 March 2010.
- 65.Caz, Ángela del. 'La gran familia española' y 'Caníbal' se llevan los Premios Unión de Actores 2014. ecartelera. 11 March 2014.
- 66.Lázaro, Margarita. La lista completa de ganadores de los premios Feroz 2018. HuffPost. 22 January 2018.
- 67.Santos, Elena. Lista de ganadores de los Premios Goya 2018. HuffPost. 2 February 2018.
- 68.Prats, Marina. La lista completa de ganadores de los Premios Feroz 2019. HuffPost. 19 January 2019.
- 69.Salvans, Roger. ¡Ozú, menudos Gaudí!. 28 January 2019.
- 70.‘El Reino’ arrasa en las Medallas CEC con seis premios de los diez a los que optaba. Audiovisual451. 29 January 2019.
- 71.Estos son todos los ganadores de los Premios Goya 2019. GQ. 1 February 2019.
- 72.Palmarés completo de los Premios Forqué 2023: '20.000 especies de abejas' y 'La Mesías' lideran la apertura de la temporada. Cinemanía. 17 December 2023.
- 73.Sánchez Casademont, Rafael. Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz 2024: 'La mesías' sigue arrasando y los Goya ganan emoción con unos premios muy divididos en cine. Fotogramas. 27 January 2024.
- 74.'Chinas', Alterio y Verdaguer triunfan en la gala de la Unión de Actores y Actrices. Infobae. 11 March 2024.
- 75.Premios Platino 2024 Palmarés completo: el triunfo de 'La sociedad de la nieve' y todos los ganadores de la noche. Cinemanía. 21 April 2024.
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