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María del Carmen García Maura OAXS is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned six decades, Maura is best known for her collaborations with noted Spanish film directors Pedro Almodóvar and Álex de la Iglesia. Maura holds the record for most Goya Awards for Best Leading Actress than any other actress in the history of Spanish film. She also won a Cesar Award in 2013 and a Cannes Film Festival Award in 2006.
Birth Name
Carmen García Maura
Born
Saturday, 15 September 1945
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mi otro Jon | Merche | 2023 |
| La memoria del cine: una película sobre Fernando Méndez-Leite | Self | 2023 |
| Rainbow | Coco Cabrera | 2022 |
| Limbo | Alicia Castelló | 2022 |
| Queer You Are | Gloria | 2021 |
| Chasing Wonders | Maribel | 2021 |
| Deudas | Pepa Carranza | 2021 |
| Someone Has to Die | Amparo | 2020 |
| Historias de nuestro cine | Self / Herself - Actress | 2019 |
| My Family and the Wolf | Mamie Sara / Grandma Sara | 2019 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mi otro Jon | Merche | 2023 |
| La memoria del cine: una película sobre Fernando Méndez-Leite | Self | 2023 |
| Rainbow | Coco Cabrera | 2022 |
| Limbo | Alicia Castelló | 2022 |
| Queer You Are | Gloria | 2021 |
| Chasing Wonders | Maribel | 2021 |
| Deudas | Pepa Carranza | 2021 |
| Someone Has to Die | Amparo | 2020 |
| Historias de nuestro cine | Self / Herself - Actress | 2019 |
| My Family and the Wolf | Mamie Sara / Grandma Sara | 2019 |
| In Family I Trust | Ángela | 2019 |
| ¡Ay, Carmen! | Self | 2018 |
| Querido Fotogramas | Self / Herself | 2018 |
| Cuernavaca | Carmen | 2018 |
| Oh! Mammy Blue | Laura | 2018 |
| All About Mothers | Thérèse | 2018 |
| The Kids Are Back | Adelina | 2017 |
| Sales gosses | Teresa | 2017 |
| El futuro ya no es lo que era | Carmen Segarra / Carmen | 2016 |
| People You May Know | Rodrigo's mom | 2016 |
| Vanity | Esperanza | 2015 |
| Musical Chairs | Lucie | 2015 |
| Home Sweet Home | Carmen | 2014 |
| The Mother | Maddalena / la madre | 2013 |
| Witching and Bitching | Graciana / Graciana Barrenetxea | 2013 |
| Y'a pas d'âge | Hélène | 2013 |
| Barefoot in the Kitchen | (archive footage) | 2013 |
| Paulette | Maria | 2012 |
| Letter to Eva | Paca | 2012 |
| Stamos okupa2 | Lucía Piqueras | 2012 |
| Sofía y el Terco | Sofía | 2012 |
| Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | Pepa | 2012 |
| Let My People Go! | Rachel | 2011 |
| 5ºB Escalera dcha. | Carmen | 2011 |
| Escalade | Alice Nabat / Alice | 2011 |
| The Women on the 6th Floor | Concepción Ramirez / Concepcion | 2011 |
| Un cine como tú en un país como éste | Self / Herself | 2010 |
| Las chicas de oro | Rosa | 2010 |
| Chicas | Pilar | 2010 |
| The Pimp | La mère | 2010 |
| Tetro | Alone | 2009 |
| Águila Roja | Olivia, duquesa de Fournier | 2009 |
| Que parezca un accidente | Pilar | 2008 |
| La Virgen Negra | Sra. Isabel | 2008 |
| The Garden of Eden | Madame Aurol | 2008 |
| Círculo rojo | Victoria Villalobos | 2007 |
| El menor de los males | Julia | 2007 |
| Here's Looking at You, Boy | Tina Quintero | 2007 |
| Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar | Self | 2007 |
| Protagonistas del recuerdo | (archive footage) | 2006 |
| Hécuba, un sueño de pasión | Self / Herself | 2006 |
| El hormiguero | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| Volver | Irene | 2006 |
| Editor of Illusions | Carmela / Pepi | 2005 |
| 80s | Gloria | 2005 |
| Free Zone | Mrs. Breitberg | 2005 |
| To the Other Side | Esperanza | 2005 |
| Queens | Magda | 2005 |
| Searching for Love | Ana | 2004 |
| 25 Degrees in Winter | Abuelita | 2004 |
| Arroz y tartana | Doña Manuela de Fora | 2003 |
| The Pact of Silence | Mère Emmanuelle | 2003 |
| Le ventre de Juliette | Julia | 2003 |
| Valentin | Abuela | 2002 |
| Eight Hundred Bullets | Laura | 2002 |
| Killers on Holiday | Illuminata | 2002 |
| Clara y Elena | Elena | 2001 |
| Cuéntame cómo pasó | Self | 2001 |
| Arregui, la noticia del día | Isabel | 2001 |
| Clouds: Letters to My Son | Narrator (Spanish) / (Voice, Spanish version) | 2001 |
| The Hold-Up | Maite | 2001 |
| Common Wealth | Julia | 2000 |
| The Harem of Madame Osmane | Madama Osmane / Madame Osmane | 2000 |
| Carretera y manta | Concha | 2000 |
| Lisboa | Berta | 1999 |
| The Comet | Lupe | 1999 |
| El entusiasmo | Maria | 1998 |
| Alice and Martin | Jeanine / Jeanine Sauvagnac | 1998 |
| Alliance cherche doigt | Geneviève Lechat | 1997 |
| Tortilla y cinema | Carmen Maura, the movie star | 1997 |
| Amores que matan | Consuelo | 1996 |
| Happiness Is in the Field | Dolores Thivart | 1995 |
| The Lame Pigeon | Tía | 1995 |
| Pareja de tres | Ana | 1995 |
| El rey del río | Carmen | 1995 |
| How to Be Miserable and Enjoy It | Carmen | 1994 |
| Sombras en una batalla | Ana | 1993 |
| Louis, enfant roi | Anne d'Autriche | 1993 |
| La reina anónima | Ana Luz | 1992 |
| Between Heaven and Earth | Maria Garcia | 1992 |
| Chatarra | Zabú | 1991 |
| How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt | Carmen | 1991 |
| Oh, Carmela! | Carmela | 1990 |
| La mujer de tu vida | Marisa Novoa | 1990 |
| Mieux vaut courir | Anna | 1989 |
| Baton Rouge | Isabel Harris / Isabel | 1988 |
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Pepa | 1988 |
| The Request | Chica que se insinua a Julián | 1987 |
| Law of Desire | Tina Quintero | 1987 |
| Delirios de amor | Carmen (segment "Delirio 3") | 1986 |
| Matador | Julia | 1986 |
| Dear Nanny | Elvira | 1986 |
| Sé infiel y no mires con quién | Carmen | 1985 |
| Beyond the Walls | Sor Ana | 1985 |
| El crimen de la calle Fuencarral | Higinia Balaguer | 1985 |
| La huella del crimen | Higinia Balaguer | 1985 |
| What Have I Done to Deserve This? | Gloria | 1984 |
| Coarse Salt | Presentadora T.V. | 1984 |
| El Cid cabreador | Jimena | 1983 |
| Dark Habits | Sor Perdida | 1983 |
| Femenino singular | Luisa Matas | 1982 |
| Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom | Pepi | 1980 |
| Aquella casa en las afueras | Social Assistant / Asistente social | 1980 |
| The Black Hand | Rosa | 1980 |
| Man of Fashion | Carmen | 1980 |
| Folle... folle... fólleme Tim! | 1978 | |
| ¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como éste? | Rosa | 1978 |
| Blindfolded Eyes | La enfermera | 1978 |
| Tigres de papel | Carmen - ex-mujer de Juan | 1977 |
| Curro Jiménez | Misterios | 1976 |
| Leonor | Jeanne | 1975 |
| El love feroz o Cuando los hijos juegan al amor | María José | 1975 |
| A Diary of a Murderess | The Nun / Nun | 1975 |
| Vida íntima de un seductor cínico | Mujer de Jorge | 1975 |
| Suspiros de España | Almudena / Luisa Boronat | 1974 |
| Los libros | Dª Garoza / Elisa / Tessa / La Dama Encinta / Melibea | 1974 |
| Un casto varón español | Profesora de Música | 1973 |
| The Killer Is One of 13 | Laura, mujer de Guillermo / Laura | 1973 |
| The Man in Hiding | Belén | 1971 |
