Belén Rueda
Acting • Born 1965-03-16
Biography
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 Chus and Violeta (Ms. Rodal). She and her family moved to San Juan, Alicante when she was a child because of her younger sister's asthmatic problems. She was married to Daniel Écija and had three children with him, Beliá (b.1994), María (b.1996) and Lucía (b.1998); unfortunately, their second child died of a heart disease as a baby. She is now a divorcée. 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 finally became a TV presenter. After that she worked as an actress on television, including the show Los Serrano, and eventually acted in films. She won a Goya Award in 2004 for her role as Julia in Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside). She received another Goya nomination for her role in the 2007 film, The Orphanage. Rueda played the lead role of the Spanish thriller Los ojos de Julia, which is produced by Guillermo Del Toro.
Filmography
63 credits
The Chapel
Movie • 2023
Carol
The Sea Inside
Movie • 2004
Julia
The Orphanage
Movie • 2007
Laura
The Tenant
Movie • 2021
Broken Basket
Movie • 2017
Phenomena
Movie • 2023
Sagrario
Retruc
Movie • 2001
Elsa
Julia's Eyes
Movie • 2010
Julia Levin / Sara
For the Good of Others
Movie • 2010
Isabel
Don't Be Afraid
Movie • 2011
Silvia's Mother
The Body
Movie • 2012
Mayka Villaverde
Ismael
Movie • 2013
Nora
7th Floor
Movie • 2013
Delia
Savage Grace
Movie • 2007
Pilar Durán
8 Dates
Movie • 2008
Elena
Strings
Movie • 2013
Maestra (voice)
19
Movie • 2022
Herself
Free Falling
Movie • 2024
Marisol
The Night My Mother Killed My Father
Movie • 2016
Isabel
Los Muértimer
Movie • 2025
La Palma: el último volcán
Movie • 2022
Narrator
Orbiter 9
Movie • 2017
Silvia
Perfect Strangers
Movie • 2017
Eva
Sara's Notebook
Movie • 2018
Laura
La princesa de Éboli
Movie • 2010
Princesa de Éboli
You Shall Not Sleep
Movie • 2018
Alma Böhm
The Pact
Movie • 2018
Mónica
Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City
Movie • 2019
Alba
Querido Fotogramas
Movie • 2018
Self
Una vez
Movie • 2015
Chila
Mirage
Movie • 2018
Dr. Sardón
Spanish Movie
Movie • 2009
Laura
The Perfect Family
Movie • 2021
Lucía
Death at a Funeral
Movie • 2025
Edurne
Asesinatos sólo en El Hormiguero
Movie • 2024
Belén Rueda
A Sucker's Born Every Minute
Movie • 2026
Evil Dress
Movie • 2026
Alicia
Reversion
Movie • 2025
Los Serrano
TV • 2003
Lucía Gómez
B.S.O. con Emilio Aragón
TV • 2021
Self - Invitada
The Witches of Calenda
TV • 2012
Sara Cruz
B&b, de boca en boca
TV • 2014
Candela Bermejo
Estirando el Chicle
TV • 2020
Herself
El Club de la Comedia
TV • 1999
Monologuista
The Cry of the Butterflies
TV • 2023
Pilar Macías
The Embassy
TV • 2016
Claudia
La princesa de Éboli
TV • 2010
Ana de Mendoza
Periodistas
TV • 1998
Eva & Nicole
TV • 2024
Nicole
Planeta Calleja
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Periodistas
TV • 1998
Clara Nadal
La ruleta de la suerte
TV • 1990
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
TV • 2017
Self - Guest
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
TV • 2017
Self
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
TV • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Las que faltaban
TV • 2019
Invitada
Madres: amor y vida
TV • 2020
Marián Ballesteros
El hormiguero
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
The Boat
TV • 2011
Leonor
La agencia
TV • 2025
Belén Rueda
Late Xou con Marc Giró
TV • 2023
Self - Guest
La Noche D
TV • 2021
Self - Guest
En el círculo del asesino
TV