María Luisa Martín López (born in

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on 23 February 1960) is a Spanish actress.

Professional career

Martín still preserves a photograph that her father José Luis took of her when she was four years old, in which he wrote: "Mi cómica hija María Luisa tienes madera de actriz, ¿pero será bueno eso para ti?" ("My funny daughter María Luisa, you have the material of an actress, but will this be good for you?". Years later, when she was seventeen years old and decided that she wanted to be an actress, her father influenced her in that decision and continued to influence her when she entered the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático in Madrid from where she graduated in 1980. Later she joined the William Layton's Workship in the National School of Classical Theatre. She began her professional career in theater with the company ''Teatro estudio 80''. During the 1980s she cut her teeth on stage with plays like ''The travels of Pedro the lucky'', ''The scandals of a village'', ''The balconies of Madrid'', ''Phaedra'', '' The rhinoceros'', and '' Can't Pay? Won't Pay!''. Her television debut was in 1990 in

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's program ''La guardería''. Later, she would appear in other shows like ''Noche Noche'' with Emilio Aragón, ''The Pedro Ruiz Show'', and '' Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez'', where she played different characters every week. Her first successful television role was in 1993 with the character of ''la Chirla'', the young apprentice to the fishmonger in ''¿Quién da la vez?'' a series created by

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. However it was only in 1995 when she became a household name as a result of her involvement in the series ''

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'' where she played the role of domestic assistant Juani Ureña, a role for which she won the Actors' Guild Award for Best Actress in 1996 and the Best Actress Award at the 1997 International Festival of Cinema and Television in Cartagena de Indias. After this break in television in 1999 she embarked on a successful theatrical project alongside the actor

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''. Her performance in the role of "Carmen" won her the SGAE Miguel Mihura Award, the Ercilla Theatre Award, and the Silver Screen Award; and a nomination for the Max Award; in 2000. In this same year 2000 she made her cinematic debut in the film ''Terca Vida'' by Fernando Huertas. Later, in 2004, she would film

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's '' Tiovivo c. 1950'', and in 2006,

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''. In 2003 together with her production partner Albert Bori she started the theatrical company Art Media Producciones with whom she produced her own shows after her divorce from Joan Llaneras. One of them was ''Historia de una vida'' 004), where she was reunited with her ''Médico de familia'' co-star Isabel Aboy. In 2007 she returned to the stage with the work ''Like bees trapped in honey'', and starred the television series ''

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'' ('Missing'). In 2008 she returned to the television with the 2-part miniseries ''Wanninkhof case, Wanninkhof Case'', in which she played the part of Dolores Vázquez. The cast included Juanjo Puigcorbé, :es:Frank Feys, Frank Feys and Belén Constenla, In 2010 she joined the new production of ''Gran Reserva'' on

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in which she played a police officer. On 27 and 28 December 2011,

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released two episodes on the life of

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, with the title of ''Rocío Dúrcal, volver a verte''. she played the part of Rocío's mother, María Ortiz. In September 2013, she announced her signing by the series ''B&B, de boca en boca'' on the

network, and after that series ended, she signed on for ''Frágiles ''on the same network, that premiered in 2013.

Personal life

Martín has collaborated with the organisation

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since 1986, and has traveled with them to

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, and

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, among other places, and collaborated in diverse activities of the organisation in her home country. She is separated from the actor

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and is in a relationship with Albert Bori. They have a son.Revista Unión de Actores

Filmography

Film

* '' Terca vida'' (2000), by Fernando Huertas. * '' El sueño de la maestra ''(2002), by

. * '' Tiovivo c. 1950'' (2004), by

. * '' Pactum'' (2006), by Juan Padrón. * ''

'' (2007), by

. * '' Entrelobos'' (2010), by

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. * '' Matar el tiempo'' (2015), by Antonio Hernández.

Television

Main roles

* (1990) * '' Noche, noche'' (1993) * '' Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez'' (1993–1994). * (1995) as Chirla * ''

'' (1995–1999) as Juana "Juani" Ureña * (2004) as Carmen * (2006) * ''

''(2007) as Lola Álvarez * '' Wanninkhof case'' (2008) as Dolores Vázquez * ''Gran Reserva'' (2010–2013) as Agent Isabel Ortega * (2012 -2013) as Luisa * '' B&B, de Boca en Boca'' (2014–2015) as Carmen Sánchez * (2015–2016) as Soledad "Sol" * ''

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'' (2016) as Lidia Abad * ''

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'' (2017–present) as Claudia Miralles Rodríguez

Guest Roles

* ' (1991) * ''

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'' (1997) * '' Periodistas'' (1998) * '' El club de la comedia'' * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2014)

Theatre

* '' El señor de Pigmalion'', by

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. * ''

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'', by

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. * '' La carátula'', by

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. * '' Los viajes de Pedro el Afortunado'', by A. Strindberg. * '' El gran circo de los cinco continentes'', by collective creation. * '' Los escándalos de un pueblo'', by

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. * '' Las picardías scapin'', by

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. * '' Ha llegado el bululu'', an adaptation of the classic text by

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. * ''Phaedra'', by

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. * '' Los balcones de Madrid'', by

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. * '' El emperador de China'', by George Rivemon-Desaignes. * '' Las cartas de una religiosa portuguesa'', attributed to

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. * '' La cueva de Salamanca y el viejo celoso'', by

. * ''

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'', by Muñoz Seca. * '' El retablo jovial'', by

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. * '' Can't Pay? Won't Pay!'', by Darío Fo. * ''Rhinoceros'', by

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. * '' El pisito clandestino'', by A. Martínez Ballesteros. * '' El marinero'', by

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. * ''La malcasada'' (musical version) by

. * ''

'' (2000), by Luís García Berlanga and

. * '' Abre el ojo'' (2002), by Rojas Zorrilla. * '' Historia de una vida'' (2006), by

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. * '' Como abejas atrapadas en la miel'' (2007) by

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. * ''Death and the Maiden'' (2009) by

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. * ''

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'' (2011) by

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. * '' El Show de Kafka'' (2012) Academic Book Report Version by

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. * '' El arte de la entrevista'' by Juan Mayorga. * ''En el oscuro corazón del bosque'' (2016), by

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Awards

Goya Awards

Actors Guild Awards

ATV Awards

TP Awards

Silver Screen Awards

Islantilla Film and Television Festival

Other prizes

* 1997: ** Gold Catalina Award for Best Actress in an Ensemble Cast for

at the International Festival of Film and Television in

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. * 1999: ** ATECA (Association of TV Viewers of Andalusia) Award for Best TV Actress for

. * 2000: ** Miguel Míhura Award for Best Theater Actress by the

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for ''

''. ** Ercilla Award for Best Female Performance in Theater for ''

''. ** Award by the City Council of

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for Best Female Performance for ''

''. **

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Award for Theater for ''

''. * 2009: ** 49th New York International Festival. Bronze Medal for Best Actress for ''Desaparecida''. ** Rojas Teatro Award for Best Female Performance for '' Death and the Maiden''.

References

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