Belén Rueda
Also Known As: Белен Руэда
Biography: 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
Adult: No
Birthday: March 16, 1965
Age: 60 years old
Gender: Female
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The Chapel
Overview: Emma wants to learn how to communicate with the spirit of a girl who has been trapped in a hermitage for centuries, and to that end, she tries to persuade Carol, a sceptical medium, to help her.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2023-11-17
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The Sea Inside
Overview: Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ramón manages to inspire those around him to live life to the fullest.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-09-03
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The Orphanage
Overview: A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-05-20
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The Tenant
Overview: Mia’s leg has suddenly gone numb. We’ll reveal no more. A hair-raising new nightmare from Lucas Paulino and Ángel Torres, gifted Spanish filmmakers behind BEDTIME STORY, a standout premiere at Fantasia in 2019 that’s currently being developed into a feature with Sam Raimi producing. Starring Belen Rueda (THE ORPHANAGE, THE SEA INSIDE).
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-23
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Broken Basket
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-02-24
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Phenomena
Overview: Madrid, Spain, 1998. The many resources and skills of Gloria, Paz and Sagrario, three middle-aged women investigating paranormal events, are put to the test when their leader, Father Pilón, has an unpleasant encounter.
Genres: Comedy Horror Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2023-04-14
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Retruc
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2001-10-07
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Julia's Eyes
Overview: Julia, a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease, finds her blind sister Sara hung in a basement. Despite all signs pointing to suicide, Julia decides to investigate what she intuitively feels is a murder case.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-08-16
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For the Good of Others
Overview: Diego is a doctor so used to working in extreme situations that he has immunized himself to others' pain. He has switched off from his work, his partner and his commitment as a father. Over the course of a disturbing meeting, Diego is threatened with a gun. Hours later, he can only remember the sound of a bang and the strange feeling of having being hit with something more than a bullet. Diego has to take an irreversible decision which will affect his own life and that of his loved ones.
Genres: Thriller Drama Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-06-03
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Don't Be Afraid
Overview: Silvia is a young girl marked by a dark childhood. When she is barely twenty-five, she decides to start over and to face the people, feelings and emotions that keep her bound to the past. In her fight against adversity and against herself, she will learn to control her fears and become an adult, responsible for her own actions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-04-28
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The Body
Overview: A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2012-12-21
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Ismael
Overview: An aging couple follows after Ismael Tchou, an 8-year-old, who is trying to find his way to his estranged biological father all by himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2013-12-26
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7th Floor
Overview: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Sebastián, a successful lawyer, leaves his ex-wife's condo, located on the seventh floor of an apartment building, to take his two children to school. While they run down the stairs, he uses the elevator. Once on the ground floor, Sebastián awaits the arrival of the children.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2013-09-05
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Savage Grace
Overview: This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-18
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8 Dates
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2008-04-18
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Strings
Overview: María's routine at school is altered by the arrival of a very special child. Soon, they become close friends.
Genres: Animation Drama Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2013-11-15
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19
Overview: A delicate portrait of the longing for security amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2022-03-31
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Free Falling
Overview: Marisol is the national rhythmic gymnastics coach, methodical, demanding and authoritative. The World Championship is approaching and she places all her gold medal hopes on Angelica, the team's most promising newcomer. Two weeks before the final, Marisol discovers that her husband is having an affair with a much younger woman with whom she is expecting a child. Marisol does not contemplate failure, so she embarks on a desperate race to win him back, without taking into account her motives and feelings. Her pain is transferred to her tatami, where she becomes even more implacable towards Angelica, in whom she places her hopes of success. At this point, winning gold is all that's left for him.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-05-17
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Arctic Tale
Overview: Arctic Tale is a 2007 documentary film from the National Geographic Society about the life cycle of a walrus and her calf, and a polar bear and her cubs, in a similar vein to the 2005 hit production March of the Penguins, also from National Geographic.
Genres: Documentary Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-17
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The Night My Mother Killed My Father
Overview: Isabel is torn between the need to feel valued as an actress and her insecurities and contradictions. One night, she hosts a very special dinner: her husband Ángel, who is a scriptwriter, and Susana, Ángel's ex-wife and film director, want to convince Argentinian actor Diego Peretti to star in a movie. But at some point something unexpected happens that surprises everyone and disturbs the evening.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-04-29
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Los Muértimer
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Genres: Comedy Horror Mystery Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2025-08-15
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La Palma: el último volcán
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2022-09-19
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Orbiter 9
Overview: Helena, a young woman on a deep space mission, has been alone for 20 years. Her parents abandoned ship after a technical malfunction made it impossible for all three of them to reach their intended destination. Alex, an isolated engineer, is about to enter her life and turn her world upside down.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-04-07
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Perfect Strangers
Overview: During a lunar eclipse, seven friends gather for dinner and decide to play a game in which they must share with each other the content of every message, email or phone call they receive throughout the evening.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-12-01
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Sara's Notebook
Overview: Laura has spent years looking for her sister Sara who went missing in the depths of the jungle in the Congo. Neither the NGO she works for, nor the embassy, have news on her whereabouts until a photo appears of Sara in a mining town. Apparently, Sara is being held captive by The Hawk, the fearsome rebel leader who controls the mafias behind the prized mineral coltan.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-02-02
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La princesa de Éboli
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-01-14
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You Shall Not Sleep
Overview: In an abandoned psychiatric hospital, a theatre group experiments with insomnia for the preparation of a stage play. With the passage of days without sleep, they reach new thresholds of perception that expose them to the secrets of the place and the energies that inhabit it. When Bianca, a young, promising actress, joins the cast, competing for the lead role, she must survive not only the intensity of the work and her cast mates, but the unknown force that is pulling them towards a tragic outcome.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-01-11
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The Pact
Overview: Suddenly, Clara, Mónica's daughter, falls into a deep coma. With Clara left to die, a mysterious man proposes Monica to make a pact: Clara will be saved if Mónica does something for him.
Genres: Horror Thriller Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-08-17
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Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City
Overview: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain, 2019. Two corpses appear in the crypt of the Old Cathedral. Police officer Unai López de Ayala, an expert in criminal profiling, must hunt down the ritual murderer who has been terrorizing the city for two decades.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2019-10-25
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Querido Fotogramas
Overview: The 70th anniversary of the “Fotogramas” magazine comes in the shape of a sentimental voyage through the history of Spanish cinema thanks to a mosaic of voices represented by people who make films, those who write them and those who consume them. The documentary pays tribute to the readers of “Fotogramas” helped by the leading figures of Spanish cinema, who will read to the camera the most representative letters received at its offices in the history of the magazine.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-10-05
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Una vez
Overview: On a day like any other, Chila Huerta wakes up her three children and abandons the house that she shares with her husband. The town is left to wonder what secrets Chila is hiding.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-03-16
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Mirage
Overview: During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-11-30
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Spanish Movie
Overview: Large doses of humor, ingenious nods to Spain's most recent national cinema, an artistic cast highly linked to comedy and a high reserve of surprises constitute the ingredients of this crazy comedy: Spanish Movie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2009-12-03
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The Perfect Family
Overview: Lucía (Belén Rueda) is a woman for whom leading a model life and taking control of her life is the most important thing. Since she got married, she has focused all of her efforts on caring for her family, until achieving what for her is a perfect family. However, her entire world begins to collapse with the arrival of Sara (Carolina Yuste), the girlfriend of her son; a young girl with great freedom and without mincing words who has a very different family from what Lucia always dreamed of as a political family. Now, Lucia must accept that the perfect family was not exactly what she thought.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2021-12-03
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Un funeral de locos
Overview: The members of a family come to say goodbye to the recently deceased patriarch. But what should have been a heartfelt wake turns into a crazy gathering when one of the attendees reveals the deceased's best kept secret.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2025-04-11
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Asesinatos sólo en El Hormiguero
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-09-03
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Every Day a Smart Guy Is Born
Overview: Toni Lomas, a successful talent show performer, is broke and reunites with his past love, Malena, to steal a valuable painting. He forms a team with Mari and Gallego, a sharp satire of the country's picaresque society.
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Original Language: es
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Evil Dress
Overview: After her divorce, Alicia moves to a remote house with daughter Carla. When Carla finds a blue dress and contacts a ghost girl, dark secrets surface, leading to violence and a child in a coma.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: es
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