María Dolores León Rodríguez (born 1 August 1950), better known as Loles León, is a Spanish actress.
Career
León travelled to
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
to start a career as an actress, where she met
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and author. His films are distinguished by Melodrama (film genre), melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular c ...
during
La Movida Madrileña. She has played in ''
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' (1987), ''
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'' (1989), ''
The Bilingual Lover'' (1993), and ''
Libertarias'' (1996). In 1997, she had her first leading role in ''
Amor de hombre'', and played Paloma in ''
Aquí no hay quien viva'' (2003). In 2016, she played Menchu in ''
La que se avecina'' as Yoli's mother.
Selected filmography
Film
Television
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1950 births
Living people
Actresses from Barcelona
Spanish film actresses
Spanish television actresses
20th-century Spanish actresses
21st-century Spanish actresses
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