María Valverde Rodríguez born 24 March 1987 is a Spanish actress.
Career
At age 16, Valverde had a major role in La Flaqueza del Bolchevique, for which she won Best New Actress at the 18th Goya Awards. Her other films include Melissa P., based on the book One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed by Melissa Panarello and Tres Metros Sobre el Cielo.
Valverde’s films in English include the 2009 independent British drama film Cracks, produced by Ridley Scott and directed by his daughter, Jordan Scott, and the 2014 film Exodus: Gods and Kings playing Zipporah, directed by Ridley Scott, alongside Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, and Ben Kingsley. In 2015, she played the lead in the drama Broken Horses, co-starring with Anton Yelchin.
Personal life
From 2009 to 2014 Valverde was in a relationship with the Spanish actor Mario Casas with whom she starred in three movies. In March 2017, Valverde married Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | La Flaqueza del Bolchevique | María | Goya Award for Best New Actress |
| Cuando Nadie nos Mira | Anna | Short film | |
| 2004 | Body Confusion | Cuca | Fuera del Cuerpo |
| 2005 | Vorvik | Sofía | |
| Melissa P. | Melissa Panarello | ||
| 2006 | The Borgia | Lucrecia Borgia | Los Borgia |
| Válido para un baile | Short film | ||
| 2007 | Thieves | Sara | Ladrones |
| The King of the Mountain | Bea | El Rey de la Montaña | |
| Las Lágrimas del Cisne | Short film | ||
| The Sandman | Lola | El Hombre de Arena | |
| 2008 | The Anarchist’s Wife | Manuela | La Mujer del Anarquista |
| 2009 | Cracks | Fiamma Coronna | |
| 2010 | Tres Metros Sobre el Cielo | Babi | |
| 2011 | Madrid, 1987 | Ángela | |
| 2012 | A puerta fría | Inés | |
| Tengo Ganas de Ti | Babi | ||
| 2013 | The Mule | Conchi | La Mula |
| The Liberator | Maria Theresa Bolívar | Libertador | |
| 2014 | Tú y Yo | Laura | Short film |
| Exodus: Gods and Kings | Zipporah | ||
| A Lonely Sun Story | Linda | Short film | |
| 2015 | Broken Horses | Vittoria | |
| Ahora o Nunca | Eva | ||
| ¿Y Tú Por Qué Viajas? | Short film | ||
| 2016 | La Carga | Elisa | |
| Ali and Nino | Nino Kipiani | ||
| Guernica | Teresa | ||
| The Limehouse Golem | Aveline Ortega | ||
| 2017 | Back to Burgundy | Alicia | |
| Plonger | Paz Aguilera | ||
| 2018 | 400 Boys | Paiva | |
| Galveston | Carmen | ||
| 2019 | Spider |
Television
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | La Fuga | Anna Serra |
| 2013 | Hermanos | Virginia Rodríguez |