María Ruiz Cruz

Maria Ruiz
Born María Ruiz Cruz
(1980-05-18) 18 May 1980
Santander, Cantabria (Spain)
Occupation Actress
Years active 2004–present

María Ruiz (Santander, Cantabria, 18 May 1980) is a Spanish actress, known for her lead role in the film Summer Rain (El Camino de los Ingleses), directed by Antonio Banderas.

Career

María Ruiz studied classical ballet and flamenco in the CAD Armengou[1] school in Santander. In 1999, she moved to Madrid to further complete her dance studies with flamenco and ballet teachers Merche Esmeralda, Carmen Roche and Juan Carlos Santamaría, while working as a professional dancer in TV shows (Sorpresa Sorpresa, Gran Prix, Furor) and as a dancer and choreographer for the musician Nacho Cano. She subsequently studied acting in the drama school 'Theatre for the People.'[2]

In 2004 she participated in her first feature film, playing the role of "Piedad" in El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo, directed and produced by Enrique López Lavigne (The impossible). In 2006, she was cast as the leading role in Antonio Banderas' feature film Summer Rain (El Camino de los Ingleses),[3] the second film directed by Antonio Banderas after Crazy in Alabama, and based on the book by Antonio Soler. This film was screened at Sundance Film Festival[4] and won the European Cinemas Label at Berlin International Film Festival[5] the same year. In 2007 she shot the film 'Un buen día lo tine cualquiera' directed by Spanish cult director Santiago Lorenzo, and worked in several TV series in 2007 and 2008. In 2009 she played the iconic Carmina Ordoñez, the first wife of Spanish bullfighter Francisco Rivera (Paquirri), in the TV movie Paquirri. In 2011 she starred in the experimental film "El sabor salado de las lágrimas"[6] directed by Augusto Martínez Torres.

Ruiz has also performed in theatre. In 2008 she played Iulia Macedonia in Plauto's Miles Gloriosus.[7] The play premiered at the 54th edition of Mérida International Festival of Classical Theatre, becoming the most attended play in the history of this festival.[8] In 2010 she wrote and starred in "Help Me Succeed" (Ayúdame a triunfar),[9] directed by Marisa Lull. In 2012, she performed along with Emilio Gutiérrez-Caba in Dracula as Mina. The play opened in the Lope de Vega theatre (Seville) and toured around Spain before reaching the Marquina theatre (Madrid), where it stayed for several months.

Besides film, TV and theatre, Maria Ruiz has performed in several shorts, including Another Love[10] (2015), produced by MaskedFrame Pictures (UK) and directed by Victor Pérez [11] (VFX in Les Misérables, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter), and co-starred by Nigel Barber (Mission Impossible: Rogue_Nation, Spectre).

Credits

Year Title Type Role Director
2002 El amargo del Pomelo (Nacho Cano) Videoclip Lead Ernesto Martín
2003 Vidas Cruzadas (Quique González) Videoclip Girl David Serrano
2004 El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo Feature Film Piedad Enrique López Lavigne and Juan Cavestany
2006 Summer Rain Feature Film Luli Antonio Banderas
Hikikomori Short Lucía Iván Rivas
2007 Un buen día lo tiene cualquiera Feature Film Maite Santiago Lorenzo
Los simuladores TV series (Cuatro) Clara Hurtado Jorge Torregrossa
2008 El síndrome de Ulises TV series (Antena 3) Leonor Phillips Leguineche Roberto Santiago
Miles Gloriosus Theatre Giulia Macedonia Cuco Afonso
2009 Paquirri TV movie (Telecinco) Carmina Ordóñez Salvador Calvo
Los planes de Cecilia Short Cecilia Belén Gómez Sanz
2010 Help me succeed Theatre Jane Rubi Marisa Lull
Los años del silencio Short Madre Marcel Leal
2011 El sabor salado de las lágrimas Feature Film Chica Augusto Martinez Torres
2012 Dracula Theatre Mina Jorge_de_Juan and Eduardo Bazo
2013 Loose Videoclip Groupie Terence Gross
2015 Another Love Short Kate Victor Pérez

References

  1. ↑ "Centro Autorizado de Danza Armengou".
  2. ↑ "Theatre for the People, Adan Black's school of drama".
  3. ↑ "El Camino de los Ingleses en Film Affinity".
  4. ↑ "Summer Rain at Sundance".
  5. ↑ "Antonio Banderas’EL CAMINO DE LOS INGLESES (SUMMER RAIN)wins Europa Cinemas Label at Berlinale Festival".
  6. ↑ "El sabor salado de las lágrimas".
  7. ↑ "Maria Ruiz plays Iulia Macedonia in Miles Gloriosus".
  8. ↑ ""Miles Gloriosus" es la obra "más vista" del Festival de Mérida en toda su historia".
  9. ↑ "Ayúdame a triunfar, written by Maria Ruiz and directed by Marisa Lull".
  10. ↑ "Anotherlovefilm".
  11. ↑ "Victor Pérez en IMDB".

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