Natalia Verbeke | |
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| Verbeke in 2025 | |
| Born | Natalia Carolina Verbeke Leiva 23 February 1975 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Education | RESAD |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1998 − present |
| Children | 1 |
Natalia Carolina Verbeke Leiva (born 23 February 1975) is an Argentine-Spanish actress. [1] [2] She gained notoriety for her performance in The Other Side of the Bed . [3]
Natalia Verbeke was born on 23 February 1975 in Buenos Aires. [4] At age 11, she moved to Madrid to join her parents, Argentine emigrants to Spain. [3] She completed her secondary education at the Beatriz Galindo high school in the Madrilenian district of Salamanca. [5] She trained her acting chops at Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (RESAD) and at Escuela Guindalera under Juan Pastor . [6]
Verbeke made her debut performance in a feature film in Un buen novio (1998), in which she starred alongside Fernando Guillén Cuervo. [7] It was followed by roles in films such as Nobody Knows Anybody , Son of the Bride , and The Other Side of the Bed , the latter of which earned Verbeke wide popularity. [3]
She received two Ondas Awards for the latter two films. In 2005, she starred as María in By Force . In 2011 she featured in French film The Women on the 6th Floor with Fabrice Luchini and Sandrine Kiberlain.
Onstage, Verbeke has performed in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in England.[ citation needed ] On television, she has starred in El pantano (The Reservoir), Al filo de la ley (At the Edge of the Law), and Los Serrano (The Serranos).[ citation needed ]
She has had one daughter from her relationship with rugby player Marcos Poggi. [8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Un buen novio | Verónica | Feature film debut | [9] [7] |
| 1999 | Nadie conoce a nadie (Nobody Knows Anybody) | María | [10] | |
| 2000 | Carretera y manta (To the End of the Road) | [11] | ||
| 2000 | Kasbah | Alix | [12] | |
| 2001 | Jump Tomorrow | Alicia | [13] | |
| 2001 | El hijo de la novia (Son of the Bride) | Naty | [14] | |
| 2002 | El otro lado de la cama (The Other Side of the Bed) | Paula | [15] | |
| 2002 | Apasionados (Passionate People) | Uma | [16] | |
| 2003 | Días de fútbol (Football Days) | Violeta | [17] | |
| 2003 | Dot the i | Carmen Colazzo | [18] | |
| 2004 | El juego de la verdad (The Truth and Other Lies) | Susana | [19] | |
| 2005 | Tempesta (The Venice Conspiracy) | Chiara | [20] | |
| 2003 | El Cid: La leyenda (El Cid: The Legend) | Gimena | Voice work | [21] |
| 2004 | El juego de la verdad (The Truth and Other Lies) | Susana | [22] | |
| 2005 | A golpes (By Force) | María | [23] | |
| 2005 | El método (The Method) | Montse | [24] | |
| 2006 | GAL | Marta Castillo | [25] | |
| 2007 | Arritmia (Guantanamero) | Manuela | [26] | |
| 2010 | Les femmes du 6e Étage (The Women on the 6th Floor) | María González | [27] | |
2017 | El último traje (The Last Suit) | Claudia |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | El pantano | [ citation needed ] | ||
| 2005 | Al filo de la ley (At The Edge of the Law) | [ citation needed ] | ||
| 2007–08 | Los Serrano | Ana Blanco | Introduced in season 6 | [29] |
| 2009–11 | Doctor Mateo | Adriana Pozuelo | [30] | |
| 2014 | Bienvenidos al Lolita | Violeta Reina | [31] | |
| 2016 | El Caso. Crónica de sucesos | Rebeca Martín | [32] [33] | |
| 2021 | Ana Tramel. El juego (ANA. all in) | Concha | [34] | |
| 2022 | Todos mienten | Ana | [35] |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | 4th British Independent Film Awards | Most Promising Newcomer | Jump Tomorrow | Nominated | |
| 2003 | 12th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Film Actress in a Leading Role | The Other Side of the Bed | Nominated | [38] [39] |
| 2022 | 30th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actress in a Secondary Role | ANA. all in | Nominated | [40] |