We bring you the best Spanish actresses. Here we will find the most famous Spanish actresses and we will mention some of their most outstanding works. Surely all of them will ring a bell. They have angelic faces and they have talent for acting.
Ranking of the best Spanish actresses
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10. Victoria Abril
Sexual icon of the 90’s. She is known for her many erotic films: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, Lovers: A True Story, Between Your Legs…. She is one of the best Spanish actresses. She is not higher in the ranking because after 40 she lived a cursed period in her career, appearing in series and movies of very little success. Perhaps her most stellar appearance in recent years has been in the series Without Identity.
9. Elsa Pataky
Actress who started very strongly in series such as When Class is Over and debuted in film with The Art of Dying. Then she grew up, stagnated and returned to fame with the series Fast & Furious. She is the most beautiful.
8. Michelle Jenner
Spanish actress of English descent, famous for her character in Paco’s Men. After that she can be seen in famous movies such as Spanish Movie, Our Lovers, We Need To Talk, Julieta…
7. Paz Vega
She became known as Laura in 7 vidas. But undoubtedly she did not make the leap in cinema until she starred in Sex and Lucía. And then her fame has been reduced as she showed less and less…
6. María Valverde
Famous Spanish actress, winner of a Goya award. Her fame skyrocketed in Three Steps Above Heaven where she was the new fashionable partner of Mario Casas. But she has done much more. She is one of the best Spanish actresses.
5. Blanca Suárez
She became known in The Boarding School as Julia. Since then, she has not stopped appearing in film and television: The Boat, Brain Drain, The Skin I Live In… One of the best Spanish actresses.
4. Carmen Maura
She is one of the most acclaimed actresses, and has been in the cinema since 1969. For many years she was the most internationally awarded actress, along with Juliette Binoche, Isabelle Huppert and Charlotte Rampling. Her works include Witching and Bitching, Águila Roja and To Return. More recently she appeared in Someone Has to Die.
3. Maribel Verdú
This actress has made a number of Spanish and foreign films. Her biggest success is Pan’s Labyrinth, but her most erotic film is And Your Mother Too.
2. Belén Rueda
She became known in Los Serrano as Diego’s wife, appeared in The Boat and from there to fame. But undoubtedly her greatest success is the fantastic The Orphanage. She is one of the best Spanish actresses.
1. Penélope Cruz
She is the most international Spanish actress. Among her filmography we find famous movies such as To Rome With Love, Midnight in Barcelona, Open Your Eyes and Vanilla Sky… and some erotic ones.
Other good Spanish actresses
Elena Anaya
She won a Goya for The Skin I Live In. He debuted in film with the movie Africa. He rose to fame in Sex and Lucía. She confirmed her talent in No News From God and Talk to Her. And she continued to be very active in cinema.
Leticia Dolera
Another actress who debuted in the series When Class is Over. She made the leap to cinema with The Other Side of The Bed. After that she has continued to appear in Spanish films and series, but her greatest success has been in REC 3: Genesis.
Clara Lago
She became known in Compañeros, as Lolo’s friend Desiree. Since then she has appeared in many Spanish series and movies. She became famous in I Want You, as the partner of Mario Casas.
Manuela Velasco
She jumped to fame surviving zombies in the REC saga, although she can also be seen in series such as Águila Roja, Aída and Velvet. She is one of the best Spanish actresses.
Amaia Salamanca
Like many Spanish actors, he became known in the series SMS. Then her fame grew also in series: Sin tetas no hay paraíso, Gran Hotel, Velvet… and she has also made movies with less success.
Úrsula Corberó
Another acting crack. Although it must be recognized that for some years she was typecast in the role of a rebellious teenager, since that’s how she became known in Physics or Chemistry and some other works. But she broke all stereotypes playing the wild character of Tokio in Money Heist.
Ester Expósito
We could not finish the list of the best Spanish actresses without mentioning the emerging figures that are rising in Spain. In particular we talk about the blonde we met in Élite and who has become a mass phenomenon, being the actress with the most followers on Instagram in 2020.