The Spanish actress Verónica Forqué was found dead in her home; was winner of several awards and “Almodóvar girl”

The actress Veronica Forqué, one of the best-known faces in Spanish cinema, winner of numerous awards and “Almodóvar girl”, was found dead this Monday at her home in Madrid, in which she has taken her own life, as confirmed to Efe research sources.

A person called 112 hours to report a suicide attempt in a house located in Madrid.

To the domicile, toilets from Summa 112 were displaced, who could only confirm the death of the actress, since there was no possibility of resuscitation.

Specialists point out that suicide deaths never have a single trigger, but are the result of psychological, biological and social factors that have treatment.

Who was Verónica Forqué?

From a family of artists, Forqué has been one of the most important actresses in Spain and has left for history memorable interpretations such as those of The happy life, Kika, Moors and Christians The The year of lights. They were the four titles for which he won his four Goya Awards, a feat only equaled by another great, Carmen Maura.

His death today, at the age of 66, has shocked the Spanish cultural world.

Film, theater and television actress, she was born in Madrid on December 1, 1955. Daughter of the film director and producer José María Forqué and the actress and writer Carmen Vázquez Vigo. He had a brother, Álvaro, now deceased.

He studied at the Liceo Italiano in Madrid and began a career in Psychology. He left these studies to enroll in the School of Dramatic Art, where he spent three years and received classes from Elvira Sanz.

Beginning of his career

In 1971 she began her acting career with My dear lady by Jaime de Armiñán when we have the information. Together with his father he made films such as Madrid, Costa Fleming (1975), The second power (1976) and The song of the cicada (1980). And with his brother he collaborated in Eye, fragile (1981) and The comic order (1985).

She was married for more than thirty years to the director Manuel Iborra, with whom he had his only daughter, María, and with whom he participated in titles such as Cain (1986), The duck dance (1989), Orquesta Club Virginia (1992), The time of happiness (1997), Pepe Guindo (1999) and Clara and Elena (2001).

In Verónica Forqué’s filmography, her roles with directors such as Pedro Almodóvar (What have I done to deserve this? from 1984, Matador from 1986 and Peek from 1993); Antonio Mercero (Daddy’s war from 1977 and Don Juan, my dear ghost 1990) or Fernando Trueba (Be unfaithful and don’t look with whom from 1985 and The year of lights 1986).

Also with Fernando Colomo (The happy life from 1986 and Get off the moor 1988), Luis García Berlanga (Moors and Christians, from 1987), Mario Camus (Self-love, 1994); Joaquín Oristrell (Of what do women laugh about, of 1997).

His first Goya came as a secondary school for The year of lights1987), by Fernando Trueba, and the following year he doubled as best protagonist and best supporting actress for The happy life Y Moors and Christians.

In 1993 he starred Why do they call it love when they mean sex?, by Manuel López Pereira, where she played the role of a “queen of porn.” That same year he made Peek, another of his most memorable roles, and for which he won his fourth Goya.

T.V. series

As for the television series, one of his most prominent roles was that of the wife of the Spanish scientist Ramón y Cajal in the television series of the same title, under the direction of José María Forqué, in 1982.

In 1985, he appeared in the series of TVE Broken plates, for which he won the Fotogramas de Plata Award. In 1989 he shot the series Adam and Eve, marriage agency, for which he again won the Fotogramas and the TP.

But his most popular series was Pepa and Pepe issued in 1995, the story of a quirky family that composed together with Tito Valverde, María Adánez and Silvia Abascal. For his role he won the TP de Oro.

Most recently, between 2014 and 2015, he participated in the popular series The one that looms, playing a minor mayoress character.

theater

In theater he acted in We and the goblin, the stork said yes The Get off the moor, which was a great success and for which its director, José Luis Alonso, received the 1985 National Theater Award.

In 1987 he premiered, together with Manuel Galiana, the play “Ay, Carmela”, by José Sanchís Sinisterra, set in the Civil War. For her he received the Ercilla Theater Award and the “Critical Eye Second Millennium”, from RNE and TVE.

In 1997, with José Luis Gómez, he starred in the play at the Teatro de La Abadía The chairs, by Eugéne Ionesco, directed by Carles Alfaro.

His theatrical performances also include Without shame (2001), by Joaquín Oristrell; I love you babyby Alfonso Albacete; Sugar times (2001), by Juan Luis Iborra, and Queens (2005), by Manuel Gómez Pereira.

Stage director

And as stage director, she directed the assembly of the play Adulterios, the Woody Allen, and 2009. In February 2020 she presented her third work as a director, Spanish, Franco is dead, in Avilés, before the pandemic.

In 1992 she made her debut as a television presenter on Antena 3, in the program Like life itself, a series of fifteen programs that dealt with couple relationships.

Among his latest works are Remember me (2019), by Martín Rosette, and Come out of the closet (2020) by Ángeles Reiné.

In 2020 she won her third 2020 Actors Union award for Best Leading Actress for The things that I know are true, a role for which he also won the Max Theater Award.

Feroz de Honor Award 2018 for her entire career, Verónica Forqué is one of the most recognized Spanish actresses. Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts since 1999.

And in recent months he has regained great popularity due to his participation in the cooking contest Masterchef Celebrity, a program that he voluntarily abandoned because he did not feel capable of keeping up with the imposed pace. (I)