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Alternate Names: Белен Руэда

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• Retruc (2001) as Elsa

Most Important Roles:

• The Chapel (2023) as Carol
• The Sea Inside (2004) as Julia
• The Orphanage (2007) as Laura
• The Tenant (2021) as
• Broken Basket (2017) as
• Phenomena (2023) as Sagrario
• Retruc (2001) as Elsa
• Julia's Eyes (2010) as Julia Levin / Sara
• For the Good of Others (2010) as Isabel
• Don't Be Afraid (2011) as Silvia's Mother

Career Highlights:

• The Chapel (2023)
• The Sea Inside (2004)
• The Orphanage (2007)
• The Tenant (2021)
• Broken Basket (2017)
• Phenomena (2023)
• Retruc (2001)
• Julia's Eyes (2010)
• For the Good of Others (2010)
• Don't Be Afraid (2011)

Awards:

• Nominated for 1 Saturn Award - Best Actress (2008)
• Won Grand Honorary Award (2021)
• Nominated for 1 CEC Award - Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) (2014)
• Nominated for 1 CEC Award - Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz Secundaria) (2012)
• Nominated for 1 CEC Award - Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) (2011)
• Nominated for 1 CEC Award - Best Actress (Mejor Actriz) (2008)
• Won CEC Award - Best New Artist (Premio Revelación) (2005)
• Nominated for 1 European Film Award - European Actress (2008)
• Won International Fantasy Film Award - Best Actress (2008)
• Nominated for 1 Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) (2013)
• Nominated for 1 Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) (2011)
• Won Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) (2008)
• Won Fotogramas de Plata - Best Movie Actress (Mejor Actriz de Cine) (2005)
• Nominated for 1 Fotogramas de Plata - Best TV Actress (Mejor Actriz de TV) (2004)
• Nominated for 1 Goya - Best Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz Protagonista) (2011)
• Nominated for 1 Goya - Best Lead Actress (Mejor Actriz Principal) (2008)
• Won Goya - Best New Actress (Mejor Actriz Revelación) (2005)
• Won Golden Nymph - Outstanding Actress in a Comedy TV Series (2015)
• Nominated for 1 Award of the Spanish Actors Union - Best Actress in an International Production (Mejor Actriz en Producción Internacional) (2019)
• Nominated for 1 Award of the Spanish Actors Union - Film: Lead Performance, Female (Protagonista Cine - Categoría Femenina) (2008)

​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.

Alternate Names: Hiba Aboukhris

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• Historias de Lavapiés (2015) as Rachida

Most Important Roles:

• Manos Libres (2021) as Laura
• Caribbean All Inclusive (2020) as Alicia
• Les mains sales (2021) as Souria
• Project Time (2017) as Energy Advisor
• Malek (2019) as Shoreh
• Historias de Lavapiés (2015) as Rachida

Career Highlights:

• Manos Libres (2021)
• Caribbean All Inclusive (2020)
• Les mains sales (2021)
• Project Time (2017)
• Malek (2019)
• Historias de Lavapiés (2015)

Hiba Abouk is known for her role as Fátima, the engaged Muslim teacher and younger sister of local drug baron Faruq, in the Spanish television series 'El Príncipe' (2014). Her character becomes a key asset in chief inspector Morey's investigation into Islamic terrorist recruitment in Ceuta, while also searching for her missing brother Abdu.