Victoria Abril (born Victoria Merida Rojas, July 4, 1959) is a Spanish film actress. She is best known to international audiences for her performance in the movie ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) by director Pedro Almodóvar.

Abril was born in Madrid. She became widely known in Spain in 1976 when she appeared for two years in the show Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez as secretary, although later she has frequently disowned this work and does not like to remember it on interviews. Besides working in Spain, she also made films in France, where she resides, Italy and Iceland. She has been nominated eight times for Goya Awards in the Lead Actress category and has won once.

She is also a singer; in 2005, she made her debut with a bossanova-jazz album called PutchEros do Brasil. She tried to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1979 with "Bang-Bang-Bang", but came second by just one point in the national final, losing to Betty Missiego with 26 out of a maximum 29.

She has two sons (Martín and Félix) with director Gérard de Battista.

Filmography

• Tirant lo Blanc (2006)
• Escuela de seducción (2004)
• The Tulse Luper suitcases: The Moab story (2002)
• Les gens honnêtes vivent en France (2002)
• Et après? (2001)
• 101 Reykjavík (2000)
• Sin noticias de Dios (2001)
• Mari del sud (2000)
• Mon père, ma mère, mes frères et mes soeurs (1999)
• Entre las piernas (1998)
• The Astronaut's Wife (Spanish: La mujer del cosmonauta) (1997)
• Libertarias (1996)
• Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto (1995)
• Gazon Maudit (1995)
• Jimmy Hollywood (1994)
• Casque Bleu (1994)
• Intruso (1993)
• Kika (1993)
• Une époque formidable (1991)
• Amantes (1991)
• Tacones lejanos (1991)
• Demasiado corazón (1991)
• Sandino (1990)
• A solas contigo (1990)
• Si te dicen que caí (1989)
• El Placer de Matar (1989)
• Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Atame!) (1989)
• Baton Rouge (1988)
• Barrios altos (1987)
• El Lute (1987)
• El Juego mas divertido (1987)
• Nuit d'Ivresse (1986)
• Tiempo de silencio (1986)
• Max, Mon Amour (1986)
• Yendo hacia ti (1985)
• La hora bruja (1985)
• After Darkness (1985)
• L'Addition (1984)
• Las bicicletas son para el verano (1984)
• Le voyage (1984)
• Padre nuestro (1985)
• La noche más hermosa (1984)
• Le Batard (1983)
• La Lune dans le caniveau (1982)
• La colmena (1982)
• Entre parentesis (1982)
• La Luna Bajo el Asfalto (1982)
• Asesinato en el Comité Central (1982)
• La batalla del porro (1981)
• Comin' at Ya! (1981)
• Más vale pájaro en mano (1980)
• La casa del paraíso (1980)
• La Muchacha de las Bragas de Oro (1980)
• Otra mujer (1980)
• Mater Amatísima (1980)
• Cambio de Sexo (1977)
• Esposa y amante (1977)
• Doña Perfecta (1977)
• El puente (1976)
• Y le llamaban Robin Hood (1976)
• El hombre que supo amar (1976)
• Caperucita y roja (1976)
• Robin and Marian (1976)
• El puente (1976)
• Obsesión (1975/1974)

Trivia

• An Argentine rock band was formerly known as Victoria Abril, in reference to the actress, but was later renamed Victoria Mil for legal reasons.

External links

• www.victoria-abril.com - Official Website of Victoria
• Victoria Abril at Allmovie