Veronica Echegui

Verónica Fernández Echegaray was born in Madrid on June 16, 1986. After small roles in series like Paco y Veva and the occasional short film, Echegui was chosen among no less than 3,000 applicants to star in the Bigas Luna film . The director found in her the one he would perfectly embodyJuaniof the title, a young woman from a popular neighborhood who dreams of being an actress and goes to Madrid leaving everything behind, including her ex-boyfriend, ‘el Jonah’. Her interpretation of a humble girl but thrown “p’alante” earned her an award from the Milan Festival in 2007 and a Goya nomination for best new actress in the same year.

After this film came the opportunity to work under the orders of Antonio Hernández ( Los Borgia ) in the film The Lesser of Evils , where he had Roberto Álvarez and Carmen Maura as co-stars . In this case, Echegui displayed her seduction weapons playing a sensual ‘lolita’, lover of a mature businessman.

With Tocar el cielo , an Argentine and Spanish co-production, Verónica Echegui played the comedy genre in a kind story with an ensemble cast. Fleeting was her appearance in 8 dates , another ensemble film; and finally, El patio de mi jail , by Belén Macías , has been the title that confirms her interpretive potential. The story takes place in a prison where several women, each one with her own drama, begin to be part of a theater group. Echegui plays Isa, a robber and drug addict, a role for which she was again nominated for a Goya award, this time for best leading actress.

In My Father’s House, he shares the screen with another young promise, Juan José Ballesta , among others, and is preparing Bunny and the Bull , an English film that represents his first experience outside Hispanic borders.

Verónica Echegui has a particular presence, a mix between a sensual girl and a determined young woman; They say that she physically resembles Natalie Portman , because she has part of that innocent simplicity of hers, although she also brings out the eroticism that is asked of her for certain roles. In addition, she dares with everything and with the same claw she plays a ‘lolita’ as an ugly junkie. Starting her acting career “personally has changed my life a lot, because I have matured and I have overcome many fears,” she said. She affirms that she loves the work of her colleagues Maribel Verdú , Victoria Abril or Blanca Portillo and she honestly admits that she still lacks some confidence in this profession. Little by little, she has a whole future ahead of her.