{"id":6429,"date":"2017-06-25T20:17:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T18:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=6429"},"modified":"2017-06-07T20:19:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T18:19:28","slug":"actress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/actress\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous actresses from Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you are familiar with Spanish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/english-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cinema<\/a>, you probably have already heard of the names that we will mention on our list. And even if you are not, chances are you have seen some of these <strong>leading ladies<\/strong> playing roles in your favorite American movies, like &#8220;Zoolander 2&#8221; and &#8220;The Fate of the Furious&#8221;. Let&#8217;s get to know some of the most famous and beautiful faces of the Madrilean cinematographic landscape, shall we?<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/actress\/#penelope-cruz\" title=\"Pen\u00e9lope Cruz\">Pen\u00e9lope Cruz<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/actress\/#elsa-pataky\" title=\"Elsa Pataky\">Elsa Pataky<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/actress\/#belen-rueda\" title=\"Bel\u00e9n Rueda\">Bel\u00e9n Rueda<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/actress\/#clara-lago\" title=\"Clara Lago\">Clara Lago<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"penelope-cruz\"><\/span>Pen\u00e9lope Cruz<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_6433\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Tabercil-via-Visualhun.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6433\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Tabercil-via-Visualhun-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Tabercil-via-Visualhun-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Tabercil-via-Visualhun-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Tabercil-via-Visualhun.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Tabercil via Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Perhaps one of the most famous celebrities from our list,\u00a0<strong>Pen\u00e9lope Cruz<\/strong> is a famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/language-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spanish<\/a> actress that rose to international fame. She has worked in over 70 movies, having even written a directed a couple as well, two video shorts &#8220;L&#8217;Agent&#8221; and &#8220;L&#8217;Agent by Provocateur&#8221;, and a documentary called &#8220;Yo soy un entre cien mil&#8221;, which talks about leukemia in children. She has starred opposite a number of famous actors, such as <strong>Johnny Depp<\/strong>, in &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean &#8211; On strange tides&#8221;, <strong>Scarlet Johansson<\/strong>, in &#8220;Vicky Cristina Barcelona&#8221;, and <strong>Salma Hayek<\/strong> in &#8220;Bandidas&#8221;. <strong>Pen\u00e9lope<\/strong> has also acted opposite her husband, the Spanish actor <strong>Javier Bardem<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/movies-shot-in-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Movies shot in Madrid<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"elsa-pataky\"><\/span>Elsa Pataky<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This Spanish actress of Romanian and Hungarian descent is most famously known for being the gorgeous wife of Australian actor<strong> Chris Hemsworth<\/strong>. Her attractive features have granted her work not only as an <strong>actress<\/strong> but also as a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/model-agencies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">model<\/a>.<\/strong> On the big screen, she has acted opposite <strong>Vin Diesel<\/strong> in the &#8220;Fast &amp; Furious&#8221; series, <strong>Samuel L. Jackson<\/strong> in &#8220;Snakes on a plane&#8221;, having also participated in a number os Spanish projects for both cinema and TV.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"belen-rueda\"><\/span>Bel\u00e9n Rueda<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Another great <strong>actress<\/strong> to have been born in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/discounts-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spanish capital<\/a> is\u00a0<strong>Bel\u00e9n Rueda<\/strong>. She has mainly worked in Spanish productions, having <strong>acted<\/strong> in such films as &#8220;El Orfanato&#8221;, directed by <strong>J.A. Bayona<\/strong>, for which she won awards, &#8220;Los ojos de Julia&#8221;, directed by <strong>Guillem Morales<\/strong>, which earned her a handful of nominations for <strong>best actress<\/strong>, and a large number of TV shows, in which she played leading roles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/the-best-5-cinemas-in-madrid-you-should-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The best 5 cinemas in Madrid you should visit<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"clara-lago\"><\/span>Clara Lago<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_6432\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ruben-Ortega-Wikimedia.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6432\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ruben-Ortega-Wikimedia-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ruben-Ortega-Wikimedia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ruben-Ortega-Wikimedia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ruben-Ortega-Wikimedia.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Ruben Ortega via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Clara Lago<\/strong> is a petite <strong>Madrilenian actress<\/strong> which rose to fame with such blockbusters as &#8220;Ocho Apellidos Vascos&#8221;, which was a roaring success in Spain, sparking a sequel called &#8220;Ocho Apellidos Catalanes&#8221;. She started her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/employment-in-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">career<\/a> with parts in a variety of TV shows, eventually graduating to the big screen. She has worked alongside Matthew Fox in &#8220;Extinction&#8221;, Lisa Kudrow in &#8220;Web Therapy&#8221;, Noah Wyle in &#8220;The Librarian&#8221;, and is set to appear in the upcoming film &#8220;The Commuter&#8221;, starring Liam Neeson.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Looking for an apartment in the city?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ShMadrid<\/strong><\/a> is the answer.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>* Main photo by\u00a0Ping Foo via VisualHunt<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-center kksr-disabled\"\n    data-id=\"6429\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 125px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 20px; height: 20px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">1<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            vote        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are familiar with Spanish cinema, you probably have already heard of the names that we will mention on our list. 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