Loles León

Loles León (August 3, 1952, Barcelona) is a Spanish actress.

She went to Madrid to start a career as an actress. She met Pedro Almodóvar during La Movida Madrileña. He offered her the roles she played in Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1987) and ¡Átame! (1989). Later, she became the fetish actress of directors like Vicente Aranda for El Amante Bilingüe (1993) and Libertarias (1996). In 1997, she had her first leading role in Amor de hombre.

In 2003, she became very popular thanks to her role of Paloma in Aquí no hay quien viva, where she had economic problems with the production.

She has been related to liberal^{[citation needed]} movements and she has a son called Bertoldo in honour of Bertolt Brecht.

Selected filmography

• 2006 - Manuela (Marco Castro)
• 2005 - Desde que amanece apetece (Antonio del Real)
• 2004 - Implicación (Julián Quintanilla)
• 2003
  • El Cid: La leyenda (voice)
  • Descóngelate
  • Obra maestra (David Trueba)
• 1999 - Esa Maldita Costilla (Juan José Jusid)
• 1998 - La niña de tus ojos (Fernando Trueba)
• 1997 - Amor de hombre
• 1996 - Libertarias (Vicente Aranda)
• 1993 - El Amante Bilingüe (Vicente Aranda)
• 1989 - ¡Átame! (Pedro Almodóvar)
• 1987 - Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios

TV

• Manolo y Benito Corporeision (2006)
• Fuera de control (2006)
• Aquí no hay quien viva (2003-2004)

Prizes

• Festival de Cine de Girona.
• 2004: Mejor Actriz. Implicación
• Fotogramas de Plata.
• 2003: Mejor actriz de televisión.
• Unión de actores.
• 2003: candidata al premio de mejor actriz protagonista de televisión.

Goya Awards (Premios Goya)

External links

• Loles León at the Internet Movie Database

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