 Beautiful,
sensuous, intelligent and dazzling. A Spanish actress with more than 60 films produced in
Spain, France
and Italy. She has won several prizes as Best Actress: in 1987, for "El
Lute: camina o revienta," in 1991 for "Amantes," and in 1995 and
1996 for "Nadie hablara de nosotras quandos hallamos muertas".
She was born in Malaga, July 4, 1959. Her real name is Victoria Merida Rojas and since 1991 she has lived in Paris, France with her two sons (Martin, the elder, and Felix, the younger) and is emotionally attached to French producer Pierre Edelman. Starting at seven she studied ballet, but at fourteen
she reached great popularity as a model in the Spanish televisision programs
"Uno, dos, tres, responda otra vez" and "625 lineas,"
becoming known all over Spain, and for that reason had to suspend her ballet
studies for lack of time. 1976 marked the start of her film career as she
obtained the lead role in Vicente Aranda's film "Cambio de Sexo." Among her films are "Robin y Marian," (1976); "La Muchacha de las bragas de oro" (1979); "La Colmena" (1982); "Baton Rouge" (1988); "Atame" (1990); "Tacones Lejanos" (1991); "Gazon Maudit" (1995); and "La mujer del cosmonauta" (1997). Her one entry into American cinema was in "Jimmy Hollywood" (1994) by director Barry Levinson and co-starring Joe Pesci and Christian Slater; it was not well received by the public. |
