Natalia Verbeke
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Natalia Verbeke Leiva, is a Spanish actress, of Argentine and Flemish
origin.
until she was 11-years old, when she moved to Madrid
, Spain
to join her family, a decision made by her father due to the political and social crisis that Argentina experienced during that time. In Madrid, Verbeke studied at the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático and at the Escuela Guindalera with Juan Pastor. Verbeke also attended "Interpretation for professionals" by John Strasberg
, in addition to studying contemporary dance with Josefina Tomás and flamenco dance with Miguel Sandoval
, Carmen Romera, and Victor Ullate
.
In 1998, Verbeke debuted in cinema
with Un buen novio (A Good Boyfriend), in which she starred alongside Fernando Guillén Cuervo
. For her role, she received the Max Factor Award for the prettiest face in a Spanish-language film. Other films, such as Nadie conoce a nadie (Nobody Knows Anybody), El hijo de la novia (Son of the Bride) and especially El otro lado de la cama (The Other Side of the Bed), catapulted Verbeke to fame. She received two Ondas Awards
for the latter two films. She was nominated for Best Actress by the Actors' Union for her performance in El otro lado de la cama. In the 2005, she starred as Maria in A golpes.
In 2011 she was acting as a maid in a French movie, Les femmes du 6ème étage with Fabrice Luchini
and Sandrine Kiberlain
.
Onstage, Verbeke has performed in a production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream
", in England
. On television
, she has starred in El pantano (The Reservoir), Al filo de la ley (At the Edge of the Law), and Los Serrano
(The Serranos).
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Flemish
Flemish can refer to anything related to Flanders, and may refer directly to the following articles:*Flemish, an informal, though linguistically incorrect, name of any kind of the Dutch language as spoken in Belgium....
origin.
Biography
Verbeke spent her childhood in ArgentinaArgentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
until she was 11-years old, when she moved to Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
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to join her family, a decision made by her father due to the political and social crisis that Argentina experienced during that time. In Madrid, Verbeke studied at the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático and at the Escuela Guindalera with Juan Pastor. Verbeke also attended "Interpretation for professionals" by John Strasberg
John Strasberg
John Strasberg is the son of Lee and Paula Strasberg of the Actors Studio, and brother of actress Susan Strasberg....
, in addition to studying contemporary dance with Josefina Tomás and flamenco dance with Miguel Sandoval
Miguel Sandoval
Miguel Sandoval is an American film and television actor.Sandoval was born in Washington, D.C. He began working as a professional actor in 1975 when he joined a mime school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He later joined the troupe full time and continued his study of mime. He began his film career in...
, Carmen Romera, and Victor Ullate
Víctor Ullate
Víctor Ullate is a dancer, choreographer and ballet director.Ullate trained with María de Avila and Rosella Hightower. He started his professional dancing life wihth Antonio Ruiz Soler's company in 1962 before joining Maurice Béjart's Ballet as a principal three years later...
.
In 1998, Verbeke debuted in cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
with Un buen novio (A Good Boyfriend), in which she starred alongside Fernando Guillén Cuervo
Fernando Guillén Cuervo
Fernando Guillén Cuervo is a Spanish actor, film director and scriptwriter.His parents are Fernando Guillén and Gemma Cuervo, and his sisters are Cayetana and Natalia. All are actors. He wrote the script of Los novios búlgaros and worked as a direction assistant in Año mariano.- Filmography :-...
. For her role, she received the Max Factor Award for the prettiest face in a Spanish-language film. Other films, such as Nadie conoce a nadie (Nobody Knows Anybody), El hijo de la novia (Son of the Bride) and especially El otro lado de la cama (The Other Side of the Bed), catapulted Verbeke to fame. She received two Ondas Awards
Premios Ondas
The Premios Ondas have been given since 1954 by Radio Barcelona, a subsidiary of Cadena SER, in recognition of professionals in the fields of radio and television broadcasting, the cinema, and the music industry.Past winners have included R.E.M., U2, The Corrs, Eric Clapton, the Red Hot Chili...
for the latter two films. She was nominated for Best Actress by the Actors' Union for her performance in El otro lado de la cama. In the 2005, she starred as Maria in A golpes.
In 2011 she was acting as a maid in a French movie, Les femmes du 6ème étage with Fabrice Luchini
Fabrice Luchini
Fabrice Luchini is a French stage and film actor.-Biography:Fabrice Luchini was born in Île-de-France, Paris, into an Italian immigrant family, who were fruit and vegetable vendors. He grew up around the neighbourhood of Goutte d'Or in Paris's 18th arrondissement...
and Sandrine Kiberlain
Sandrine Kiberlain
Sandrine Kiberlain is a French actress and singer. She has often worked with the director Laetitia Masson, and has also worked with Benoît Jacquot.Kiberlain received the Prix Romy Schneider in 1995...
.
Onstage, Verbeke has performed in a production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
", in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. On television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, she has starred in El pantano (The Reservoir), Al filo de la ley (At the Edge of the Law), and Los Serrano
Los Serrano
Los Serrano is a Spanish television drama comedy which premiered on April 22, 2003 and is played on the channel Telecinco. It tells the story of the Serrano family, who lives in Round Santa Justa No 133, located in the fictional neighborhood of Santa Justa, in the Ribera del Manzanares, in Madrid...
(The Serranos).
Film
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Les Femmes du 6ème Etage | Philippe Le Guay |
| 2006 | GAL | Miguel Courtois |
| 2006 | Arritmia | Vicente Peñarrocha |
| 2005 | El método (The Method) | Marcelo Piñeyro Marcelo Piñeyro Marcelo Piñeyro is an Argentine award-winning film director, screenwriter, and film producer.-Biography:Born in Buenos Aires, Piñeyro studied cinematography at the University of La Plata's School of Fine Arts... |
| 2005 | A golpes | Juan Vicente Córdoba |
| 2005 | Tempesta (The Venice Conspiracy) | Tim Disney |
| 2004 | The three ages of the crime | Elena C. Lario |
| 2004 | El juego de la verdad | Álvaro Fernández Armero |
| 2003 | El punto sobre la i (Dot the i Dot the i dot the i is a 2003 psychological thriller starring Gael García Bernal, Natalia Verbeke, and James D'Arcy. It was written and directed by Matthew Parkhill.-Plot:... ) |
Matthew Parkhill |
| 2003 | El Cid: La leyenda (El Cid: The Legend) | José Pozo |
| 2003 | Hermanas Hermanas Hermanas is a 2005 Argentine, Brazilian and Spanish drama film written and directed by Julia Solomonoff, her first feature motion picture. The picture has a number of producers, including: Mariela Besuievski, Pablo Bossi, Florencia Enghel, Gerardo Herrero, Vanessa Ragone, Walter Salles, and Ariel... (Sisters) |
Julia Solomonoff Julia Solomonoff Julia Solomonoff is an Argentine film actor, producer, film and television director, and screenplay writer.She works in the cinema of Argentina.-Filmography:Directing & Writer* Octavo 51... |
| 2003 | Días de fútbol (Soccer Days / Football Days) | David Serrano |
| 2002 | Apasionados Apasionados Apasionados is a 2002 Argentine romantic comedy film directed by Juan José Jusid, starring Pablo Echarri, Nancy Dupláa and Natalia Verbeke.-Plot summary:... (Passionate People) |
Juan José Jusid Juan José Jusid Juan José Jusid is an Argentine film director and screenwriter.He started his professional career as an actor, Puppeteer and stage photographer in the 1960s then switched to film studies at the Association of Short Film Directors.He turned director and screenwriter in 1968 and has directed... |
| 2002 | El otro lado de la cama (The Other Side of the Bed The Other Side of the Bed The Other Side of the Bed a.k.a. The Wrong Side of the Bed is a 2002 film directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro.-Main cast:*Ernesto Alterio – Javier*Paz Vega – Sonia... ) |
Emilio Martínez Lázaro Emilio Martínez Lázaro Emilio Martínez Lázaro is a Spanish film director famous for such films as The Other Side of the Bed and His Master's Voice.... |
| 2001 | El Hijo de la Novia (Son of the Bride) | Juan José Campanella Juan J. Campanella - Life and career :Campanella was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He started studying engineering, but dropped out in 1980 after four years at university. He would later remark that the decisive factor for this decision was watching All That Jazz on the very day he was going to apply for a fifth... |
| 2001 | Jump Tomorrow Jump Tomorrow Jump Tomorrow is a 2001 independent film and romantic comedy written and directed by Joel Hopkins, starring Tunde Adebimpe, Hippolyte Girardot, and Natalia Verbeke. It concerns George , a shy, bespectacled man who is about to marry a fellow Nigerian American woman named Sophie Ochenado, played by... |
Joel Hopkins Joel Hopkins Joel Hopkins is a British independent film director and screenwriter best known for his films Jump Tomorrow and Last Chance Harvey .-Career:Hopkins was born in London, England, though he moved to New York to attend university... |
| 2000 | Kasbah | Mariano Barroso |
| 2000 | Carretera y manta (To the End of the Road) | Alfonso Arandia |
| 1999 | Nadie conoce a nadie (Nobody Knows Anybody) | Mateo Gil Mateo Gil Mateo Gil Rodríguez is a Spanish screenplay writer and director.-Writer:*Agora *Mar adentro *Vanilla Sky... |
| 1998 | Un buen novio | Jesús R. Delgado |
Television
| Year | Show | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Doctor Mateo Doctor Mateo Doctor Mateo is a Spanish television comedy drama produced by Notro Films for Antena 3. It is an adaptation of the British series Doc Martin, created by Dominic Minghella.-Characters:*Mateo Sancristobal... |
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| 2007 | Los Serrano Los Serrano Los Serrano is a Spanish television drama comedy which premiered on April 22, 2003 and is played on the channel Telecinco. It tells the story of the Serrano family, who lives in Round Santa Justa No 133, located in the fictional neighborhood of Santa Justa, in the Ribera del Manzanares, in Madrid... |
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| 2005 | Al filo de la ley (At The Edge of the Law) | José María Caro José María Caro José María Caro Rodríguez was a Chilean Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Santiago from 1939 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.... and Javier Olivera |
| 2003 | El pantano | Daniela Fejerman Daniela Fejerman Daniela Fejerman is an Argentine director and film writer and a licensed psychologist. Her brother is Argentine musician Andy Chango. Her sister is Laura Fejerman. She has worked together with Inés París for 13 years.-Filmography:... and Inés París |
External links
- Website about Natalia Verbeke (since 2002)