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Belén Rueda in The Perfect Family (2021)

Juana Acosta, Ernesto Alterio, Dafne Fernández, Eduard Fernández, Pepón Nieto, Eduardo Noriega, and Belén Rueda in Perfect Strangers (2017)

Emilio Aragón, Belén Rueda, and Thalía in VIP noche (1990)

Belén Rueda in Madres. Amor y vida (2020)

Geraldine Chaplin, Belén Rueda, and Edgar Vivar in The Orphanage (2007)

Geraldine Chaplin, Fernando Cayo, Andrés Gertrúdix, Belén Rueda, and Edgar Vivar in The Orphanage (2007)

Belén Rueda and Adriana Ugarte in Mirage (2018)

Belén Rueda, Eugenia Tobal, and Juan Manuel Guilera in You Shall Not Sleep (2018)

Olivia Molina, Belén Rueda, Daniel Grao, and Fran Perea in The Witches of Calenda (2012)

Belén Rueda and Hugo Silva in The Body (2012)

Belén Rueda and Daniel Grao in Julia's Eyes (2010)

María Belén Rueda García-Porrero (born March 16, 1965) is a Spanish actress. She is best known for her roles as Lucía in the TV series Los Serrano (2003); as Julia in The Sea Inside (2004), for which she won a Goya Award; and as Laura in The Orphanage (2007), for which she received another Goya Award nomination. Most recently she played the lead role in the movie Julia's Eyes (2010).

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 María Jesús (Chus) and Alfonso. She and her family moved to San Juan, Alicante when she was a child. 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 became a TV presenter. After that she worked as an actress on television, including the show Los Serrano (2003), and eventually acted in films. She won a Goya Award in 2004 for her role as Julia in The Sea Inside (2004). She received another Goya nomination for her role in the 2007 film, The Orphanage (2007). Rueda played the lead role of the Spanish thriller Julia's Eyes (2010), which was produced by Guillermo del Toro. She also starred in Oriol Paulo's thriller The Body (2012).

Belén Rueda at an event for Los Goya 25 años (2011)

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