The veteran Spanish actress Carmen maura (Madrid 1945) has just been chosen by the Film Academy to receive the Gold Medal 2009 for his contribution to the improvement of Spanish cinema.
Carmen maura She has worked with the best Spanish directors (Fernando Colomo, Pedro Almovodar, Álex de la Iglesia, etc.) and has won very important international awards such as the award for the best European actress for her role in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown at the 1988, an award that he would receive again in 1990 for the film ¡Ay, Carmela!
In addition, she has also received three Goya Awards for Women for…, Ay Carmela! and The Community of Álex de la Iglesia.
In the 90's he worked a lot in French cinema, also achieving important successes.
It should be noted that just a few weeks ago he released his latest film, titled Tetro, where it has been directed by nothing more and nothing less than a Hollywood historian like Francis Ford Coppola.
From here, congratulations to Maura for this award… and may it not be the last.