Marisa PAREDES

Actress, Actress

Spain

Marisa PAREDES

Born in Madrid, Marisa Paredes began her career in the sixties with plays by Spanish language playwrights (Lopez Rubio, Lope de Vega, Valle Inclan, Carlos Fuentes) and foreign authors (Robert Thomas, Félicien Marceau, Peter Schaffer, Tennessee Williams, Samuel Beckett) classics as well as many works by Spanish playwrights. She also played Shakespeare, Ibsen, Schiller, Chekhov, Dostoievsky and Oscar Wilde for television. Her fame grew with more and more important parts in films. Long associated with Pedro Almodovar (Entre Tinieblas in 1983, Tacones Lejanos in 1991, La Flor de mi secreto in 1995, Todo sobre mi madre in 1999), she also supported beginners like Agusti Villaronga and Fernando Trueba. She participated in films by foreign directors like Raul Ruiz for Trois vies et une seule mort in 1996, Arturo Ripstein for Profundo Carmesi in 1996 and Roberto Benigni for La Vita e bella.


Jury attendance

  • Member Cinéfondation & Short Films, 2004

Feature films

LA PIEL QUE HABITO

LA PIEL QUE HABITO

In Competition - Feature Films, 2011Actress
EL CORONEL NO TIENE QUIEN LE ESCRIBA

EL CORONEL NO TIENE QUIEN LE ESCRIBA

In Competition - Feature Films, 1999Actress
TODO SOBRE MI MADRE

TODO SOBRE MI MADRE

In Competition - Feature Films, 1999Actress
TROIS VIES ET UNE SEULE MORT

TROIS VIES ET UNE SEULE MORT

In Competition - Feature Films, 1996Actress