María Valverde • Spain
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María Valverde won the Goya for Best Newcomer for The Weakness of the Bolshevik and has since worked on numerous films both at home and abroad, such as Exodus and Ali and Nino
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María Valverde won the Goya for Best Newcomer for her acting debut as the lead actress in Manuel Martin Cuenca's 2002 film The Weakness of the Bolshevik and has since worked on numerous films both at home and abroad. María made her first film in English in 2008 with Jordan Scott's Cracks [+see also:
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