Celebrities
Loved and hated in equal parts
The actress Victoria AbriHe is one of the myths of our cinema, but he is also remembered for many of the controversies he has been involved in throughout his life because he does not keep quiet about anything. This is the life she has led to live outside of Spain and get away from Pedro Almodóvara director with whom he worked for years and who was his partner in many of his most successful films.
Although currently She is based in France, where she is also a myth and where she feels more recognizedThe truth is that she marked an era in our country in the 80s and 90s. Her first steps in front of the cameras were on television and in the theater, stepping on stage for the first time when she was just a teenager.
How old is Victoria Abril?
Although He was born in Madrid on July 4, 1959, he was halfway between the capital and Benajarafe, a town in Malaga. In his childhood he discovered that his vocation was the world of entertainment, with dancing and acting being what he liked the most, which is why he got on stage at the Teatro de La Zarzuela at just 14 years old.
His childhood was marked by a lie from his mother, who For 15 years he hid the identity of his father by telling him that he had died. In reality he was alive and she did not hear from him until much later, which led her to have a bad relationship with his mother after discovering this deception.
In 1977 she began her career as an actress with small roles in films such as Obsessionbut before she began to make herself known to viewers thanks to the fact that she was the hostess of the legendary contest One, two, three… answer again. In the middle of his television stage got his first major film role sex change, with Bibiana Fernández.
In the 80s his career skyrocketed thanks to Vicente Aranda, a director with whom he worked on seven titles, including films and series. with himThey also receive international awards such as the Berlin Silver Bear. and also jumps into French cinema with the film Other woman.
The 80s made her one of the great actresses of European cinema and led her to be one of Pedro Almodóvar’s muses. Under your orders I work in The law of desire, Tie me up!, Far heels and kikabeing in 1993 the last time he did it. Since then, their relationship has been severed forever.
«All directors like women at a certain age. He likes them at 30, and when you turn 40 it’s over.”he said in MasterChef Celebrity when asked about her relationship with him. «What a pity that he doesn’t even want to see me in painting.she added annoyed about him.
Victoria Abril’s partner and children
In 1977 she married the Chilean soccer player Gustavo Laube., although in 1982 their relationship ended. It was after that breakup when she definitively moved to Paris, a city in which he still lives and which he considers his home after he had been the protagonist of numerous controversies in Spain, the last when did not hesitate to embrace conspiracy theories about the pandemic.
His divorce led him to take refuge at work, where he met the cameraman Gérard de Battista, being the father of her two unknown children: Martin and Félix, born in 1990 and 1992. Despite their fame, he has tried to keep them away from the media and there are few images of them.
Love, Victoria Abril has continued looking for her better half, although she has not had any luck with her. In recent years relations have been known with Pierre Edelman, and with the architect Nicolas Omet.
