Victoria Mérida Rojas (born 4 July 1959), better known as Victoria Abril, is a Spanish film actress and singer based in France. She is possibly best known to international audiences for her performance in the film Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! by director Pedro Almodóvar. Born in Malaga, Abril became widely known in Spain in 1976 when she appeared in the show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez for two years. In addition to working in Spain, she has made films in France, Italy, and Iceland. She has been nominated eight times for Goya Awards in the Lead Actress category and has won once. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival for her role in Amantes. Two years later, she was awarded with the Berlinale Camera at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Abril is also a singer. In 2005, she made her debut with a bossanova-jazz album called PutchEros do Brasil. She also tried to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with "Bang-Bang-Bang", but Betty Missiego was chosen instead. On 28 July 1977, Abril married Gustavo Laube, former footballer of the Chile national football team. The couple separated in early 1982. Abril has two sons with the French director Gérard de Battista. She lives in France, where she has resided since 1982. Source: Article "Victoria Abril" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

• 2026Marinella
• 2025Panique au grand magasin
• 2024Asesinatos sólo en El Hormiguero — Victoria Abril
• Bosé renacido
• 2023Drôle de genre — Carla
• 2023Jailbirds
• 2021Jailbirds
• Save Lisa — Isabel Alvarez
• 2021The Grand Restaurant III — Une cliente du restaurant
• 2020Wishlist — Carmen
• Three Days of Christmas — María
• 2018Bernarda — Josefa
• 2018Paprika — Eva / Paprika
• 2017Gloria’s Law: The Devil’s Advocate — Maître Gloria Mendoza
• 2016Born to Win — Victoria
• 2016Josephine, Pregnant & Fabulous — la mère de Gilles
• Capitaine Marleau — Mère Louise
• Sin identidad — Fernanda Duque
• 2013Josephine — la mère de Gilles
• Un Air de Star — Jurée
• 2012Big is Beautiful — Sophie
• 2012The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears — Helena
• Tony's Revenge — Olga
• Clem — Caroline "Caro" Muñoz
• 2010The Great Restaurant — Une cliente du restaurant
• 2009Mejor que nunca — Isabel Romero
• 200848 Hours a Day — Anna
• 2008A Day at the Museum — Clara
• 2008Leur morale… et la nôtre — Muriel
• 2008Oscar. The color of destiny — Ana
• 2008Walking Vengeance — Gloria Duque
• X Femmes — Wife
• 2006Les Aristos — La duchesse Pilar de Malaga i Benidorm
• 2006Summer Rain — Srta. del Casco Cartaginés
• 2006The Maidens' Conspiracy — The Peaceful Widow
• 2005Les gens honnêtes vivent en France — Aurore Langlois
• 2005Neon Flesh — Pura
• 2004Cause toujours ! — Jacinthe
• 2004School of Seduction — Sandra Vega
• 2004Swindled — Pilar
• 2004The 7th Day — Luciana
• 2003Kaena: The Prophecy — Queen of the Selenites (voice)
• 2002Et après? — Laura
• 2001Don't Tempt Me — Lola Nevado
• 2001Our Tropical Island — Sabina
• The Apartment
• 2000101 Reykjavik — Lola
• 1999Between Your Legs — Miranda
• El Club de la Comedia — Monologuista
• 1999My Father, My Mother, My Brothers and My Sisters — Anne
• Joséphine, Guardian Angel — Cécilia Arranz
• 1997La Femme du cosmonaute — Anna
• 1996Freedomfighters — Floren
• 1995French Twist — Loli
• 1995Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead — Gloria Duque
• 1994Casque bleu — Alicia
• 1994Jimmy Hollywood — Lorraine de la Peña
• Eurotrash
• 1993Intruso — Luisa
• 1993Kika — Andrea Caracortada
• 1992Too Much Heart — Ana y Clara
• 1991High Heels — Rebeca
• Los jinetes del alba — Marián
• 1991Lovers: A True Story — Luisa
• 1991Une époque formidable — Juliette Berthier
• 1990Alone Together — Gloria
• 1990Sandino — Blanca Arauz
• 1990Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! — Marina Osorio
• El Lute: The Series — Chelo
• 1989If They Tell You I Fell — Menchu / Ramona / Aurora Nin
• 1988Ada in the Jungle — Carmen
• 1988Baton Rouge — Ana Alonzo
• 1988El juego más divertido — Ada/Sara
• 1988El placer de matar — La Merche
• 1988Sans peur et sans reproche — Jeanne
• 1987Barrios altos — Verónica
• 1987Law of Desire — Girl with Juan (uncredited)
• 1987Lute: Forge On or Die — Chelo
• 1987Ternosecco — Brigida
• 1986Max My Love — Maria
• 1986Nuit d'ivresse — Jugnot's partner
• 1986Tiempo de silencio — Dorita
• 1985After Darkness — Pascale
• La Huella del Crimen — María Luisa Sánchez Noguerol
• 1985Our Father — Cardenala
• 1985Robin — Marguerite
• 1985The Crime of Captain Sánchez — María Luisa Sánchez
• The House of Ulloa — Manolita, ...
• 1985The Witching Hour — Saga
• 1984Bicycles Are for the Summer — Manolita
• 1984L'Addition — Patty
• 1984Le voyage — Véronique
• 1984On the Line — Engracia
• 1984The Most Beautiful Night — Elena
• 1984Under the Sign of the Fish — Antoinette
• 1983I Married a Shadow — Fifo
• 1983No Trace of Sin — Maria da Luz / Lucilia
• 1983The Bastard — Betty
• 1983The Moon in the Gutter — Bella, Gérard's possessive mistress
• 1982Entre paréntesis — Carmen
• 1982La Guérilléra — Bárbara Périsson
• 1982La casa del paraíso — Victoria
• 1982Murder in the Central Committee — Carmela
• 1982The Beehive — Julita
• 1981Comin' at Ya! — Abilene
• 1981The Battle of Reefer — Violeta
• 1980Girl with the Golden Panties — Mariana
• 1980Le Cœur à l'envers — The hostess
• 1980Mater amatísima — Clara
• 1980Who Is That Splashing in the Mediterranean? — Mercedes
• La Barraca — Roseta
• 1979The Shack — Roseta
• 1977Caperucita y Roja — Caperucita
• 1977Change of Sex — José María
• 1977Doña Perfecta — Rosario
• 1977Esposa y amante — Marisa
• 1977Foul Play — Lolita - hermana de Pepi
• 1976El hombre que supo amar — Amelia
• 1976Robin Hood, Arrow, Beans and Karate — Lady Anne Birdsley
• 1976Robin and Marian — Queen Isabella
• 1975Obsesión — Angelines

Appearances as themselves (18)

• Masterchef Celebrity Legends — Self
• The Traitors France — Self - Contestant
• 2018On refait les grands duos d'humour — Self
• 2016Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas — Self
• MasterChef Celebrity — Self - Contestant
• 2014Untied! Reflections on Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! — Self
• 2007Grupo Corpo: Dance Theatre from Brazil — Self
• 2006Hécuba: un sueño de pasión — Self
• Salut les Terriens ! — Self - Guest
• 2005How Do You Like Iceland? — Self
• 2004De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs — Self (archive footage)
• 2004Maid in Singapore — Herself
• Star Academy — Self
• De pé a pá — Self
• Lo + plus — Self - Guest
• Les Nuls, l'émission — Self - Guest
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self