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Those Goyas must be heavy!
Happy 50th birthday, today, to Spanish beauty Maribel Verdú of Y Tu Mama Tambien and Pan's Labyrinth fame. How many women can claim to have terrorized Snow White and been tag teamed by Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, and knifed a dictator's officer right in the face? How many women have been nominated for a Goya eleven times and won twice*. Just Maribel, that's who...
Maribel first broke through in the early 90s when she co-starred with Victoria Abril in the steamy romantic triangle Lovers: A True Story (1991) and the Academy Award winning Belle Epoque (1992) with Penélope Cruz but she's best known today for two international hits from the Aughts Y Tu Mama Tambien (2000) and Pan's Labyrinth (2006). I'm always frustrated that her Goya winning turn in the silent Snow White film Blancanieves didn't win more international attention because that movie was delicious.
*Okay I haven't actually studied the Goya's (Spain's Oscars) and their statistics closely but Maribel was at one point the all time nominee champ (though Penelope Cruz has now surpassed her). Here's the list I could come up with. For fun I've included how many Almodóvar pictures these actresses have been in since he's the King of Actressexuals in Spain. It's pretty impressive that Verdú racked up all those nods without ever stepping foot in one of Pedro's pictures!
GOYA's FAVORITE ACTRESSES
The Goyas started in 1986. The nominations normally arrive in December but who knows this season given the COVID-19 pandemic. 🔺 = upward movement in past four years.
- 🔺 Penelope Cruz, 12 nominations / 3 wins *most nominations* (6 Almodóvars)
- Maribel Verdú, 11 nominations / 2 wins (N/A)
- Victoria Abril, 9 nominations / 1 win (3 Almodóvars - all leading roles)
- 🔺 Candela Peña, 7 nominations / 3 wins (1 Almodóvar)
- Carmen Maura, 6 nominations / 4 wins *tied for most wins* (8 Almodóvars)
- 🔺Emma Suarez, 6 nominations / 3 wins (1 Almodóvar)
- Chus Lampreave, 6 nominations / 1 win *deceased* (8 Almodóvars)
Ariadna Gil, 6 nominations / 1 win (N/A)
Adriana Ozores, 6 nominations / 1 win (N/A) - Verónica Forqué, 5 nominations / 4 wins *tied for most wins* (3 Almodóvars)
- Maria Barranco, 5 nominations / 2 wins (2 Almodóvars)
🔺Lola Dueñas, 5 nominations / 2 wins (5 Almodóvars) - Pilar López de Ayala, 5 nominations / 1 win (N/A)
Ana Belén, 5 nominations / 1 honorary (N/A)
Terele Pávez, 5 nominations / 1 win (N/A)
🔺Nathalie Poza, 5 nominations / 1 win (1 Almodóvar) - Angela Molina, 5 nominations / 0 wins (2 Almodóvars)
- 🔺 Natalie de Molina, 4 nominations / 2 wins (N/A)
- Elena Anaya, 4 nominations / 1 win (2 Almodóvars)
Marta Etura, 4 nominations / 1 win (N/A)
Elvira Mínguez, 4 nominations / 1 win (N/A)
🔺Bárbara Lennie, 4 nominations / 1 win (1 Almodóvar) - Laia Marull, 3 nominations / 3 wins (N/A)
- Rosa Maria Sarda, 3 nominations / 2 wins (1 Almodóvar)
- Belén Rueda, 3 nominations / 1 win (N/A)
🔺Belen Cuesta, 3 nominations / 1 win (N/A)
🔺Anna Castillo, 3 nominations / 1 win (N/A)
Ana Wagener, 3 nominations / 1 win (N/A)
Rosana Pastor, 3 nominations / 1 win (N/A)
Nora Navas, 3 nominations / 1 win (N/A)
María León, 3 nominations / 1 win (N/A)
Mercedes Sampietro, 3 nominations / 1 win (N/A)
🔺 Julieta Serrano, 3 nominations / 1 win (6 Almodóvars) - Loles Leon, 3 nominations / 0 wins (3 Almodóvars)
Blanca Portillo, 3 nominations / 0 wins (2 Almodóvars)
Verónica Sánchez, 3 nominations / 0 wins (N/A)
Inma Cuesta, 3 nominations / 0 wins (1 Almodóvar)
Goya Toledo, 3 nominations / 0 wins (N/A)
Veronica Echegui, 3 nominations / 0 wins (N/A)
Silvia Abascal, 3 nominations / 0 wins (N/A)
🔺Najwa Nimri, 3 nominations / 0 wins *also nominated for music categories (N/A) - Cecilia Roth, 2 nominations / 2 wins (7 Almodóvars)
- 🔺 Susi Sánchez, 2 nominations / 1 win (4 Almodóvars)
Geraldine Chaplin, 2 nominations / 1 win (1 Almodóvar)
Marian Alvarez, 2 nominations / 1 wins (N/A)
Concha Velasco, 2 nominations / 1 honorary (N/A)
Amparo Rivelles, 2 nominations / 1 win *deceased* (N/A) - Rossy de Palma, 2 nominations / 0 wins (7 Almodóvars)
Marisa Paredes, 2 nominations / 0 wins (5 Almodóvars)
Tina Sáinz, 2 nominations / 0 wins (N/A)
Aura Garrido, 2 nominations / 0 wins (N/A)
Vicky Peña, 2 nominations / 0 wins (N/A)
Leonor Watling, 2 nominations / 0 wins (1 Almodóvar) - Rafaela Aparacio, 1 nomination / 1 win / 1 honorary *deceased* (N/A)