Carmen Maura will be awarded the Platinum of Honor. This was announced on Tuesday by the organization of these Ibero-American film awards, whose gala will be held on May 1.
The award is given to him, as indicated in a statement, for "his more than fifty years dedicated to the interpretation in films, series and theatrical works around the world".
The IX edition of these awards will be held on May 1
In addition, they emphasize that the Madrilenian "is one of the great institutions of interpretation worldwide" and one of the "most outstanding actresses in the Ibero-American panorama". And it is that he has worked with directors of the stature Pedro Almodóvar, Álex de la Iglesia, Mario Camus, Carlos Saura, Fernando Trueba, Pilar Miró or Francis Ford Coppola, among many others.
With this award, Maura picks up the baton of Diego Luna, recognized with the Platinum of Honor in the previous edition. But, beyond this award, other recognitions also stand out in her career, such as the two European Film Awards for best actress, the Silver Shell of the San Sebastian Festival in 2000 for The Community or the best actress of Cannes, shared with all her colleagues from Volver, in 2006.Do not forget either the four Goya Awards that he has in his palmares.
Carmen Maura was the first Almodóvar girl
After graduating in French Letters and studying Philosophy and Literature at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Maura began acting at the Teatro Español Universitario to turn to acting in the late seventies, with her first roles in film and television.
He participated in television productions such as Novela, Las doce caras de Eva or Los libros, as well as in the short film El espíritu, by Juan Tamariz or films such as Un casto varón español (1973), by Jaime de Armiñán.
In the 80s he received a shower of successes under the direction of Pedro Almodóvar, such as Pepi, Luci, Bom and other girls of the bunch (1980) or What have I done to deserve this? (1984), made her the first 'Almodóvar girl'.He also collaborated with Carlos Saura in Los ojos vendados (1978), and with Miguel Picazo in Extramuros (1985), as well as with Fernando Trueba in Sé infiel y no mires con quién (1985).
The nineties were the definitive consecration for the actress in Spain, Europe and Latin America
One of her most important performances was in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), a film that would earn Pedro Almodóvar his first Oscar nomination and with which the actress got her first Goya and the Felix of the European Film Awards.
The nineties were the definitive consecration for the actress in Spain, Europe and Latin America starring in films such as ¡Ay, Carmela! (1990), by Carlos Saura; Shadows in a Battle (1993), by Mario Camus; Vivir después (1997), by Carlos Galettini, or El entusiasmo (1998), by Ricardo Larraín.
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