Carmen Maura

Biography

Carmen García Maura is a Spanish actress. In a career that has spanned six decades, Maura is best known for her collaborations with noted Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar.

Known For

El hormiguero

Self - Guest

What Have I Done to Deserve This?

Gloria

What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?

Rosa

The Killer Is One of Thirteen

Laura

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Pepa

Usted tiene ojos de mujer fatal

Leonor

Fierce Love, or When Children Play at Love

María José

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2026	Calle Málaga	María Ángeles Muñoz
2025	Crazy Old Lady	Alicia
2024	Como el mar	Mecha
2023	My Other Jon	Merche
2023	The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite	Self - Actress
2022	Rainbow	Coco Cabrera
2021	Venice	Gringa
2021	Chasing Wonders	Maribel
2020	La corte de Ana	Herself - Actress
2020	Hormigueddon	Carmen Maura
2019	In Family I Trust	Ángela
2019	My Family and the Wolf	Grandma Sara
2019	Stories of Our Cinema	Herself - Actress
2018	Seeds	Carmen
2018	Oh! Mammy Blue
2018	All About Mothers	Thérèse
2018	Querido Fotogramas	Self
2018	¡Ay, Carmen!	Self - Actress
2017	Dirty Kids	Teresa
2017	The Kids Are Back	Adelina
2017	La peur du vide	Simone
2016	People You May Know	Rodrigo's mom
2016	El futuro ya no es lo que era	Carmen
2016	Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas	Self
2015	Vanity	Esperanza
2015	Musical Chairs	Lucie
2015	Vaca Paloma
2014	A Village Almost Perfect!	Carmen
2013	Witching & Bitching	Graciana Barrenetxea
2013	La madre	la madre
2013	Barefoot in the Kitchen	(archive footage)
2012	Paulette	Maria
2012	Sofia and the Stubborn Man	Sofía
2011	The Women on the 6th Floor	Concepcion
2011	Escalade	Alice
2011	Let My People Go !	Rachel
2010	The Pimp	La mère
2010	Chicas	Pilar
2010	Un cine como tú en un país como éste	Herself
2009	Tetro	Alone
2009	50 años de... Canciones	Self (archive footage)
2008	Garden of Eden	Madame Aurol
2008	The Black Virgin
2008	Que parezca un accidente	Pilar
2007	El menor de los males	Julia
2007	Deconstructing Almodóvar	Self
2007	Directed by Almodóvar	Self
2007	Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar	Self
2006	Volver	Irene
2006	Hécuba: un sueño de pasión	Self
2005	Free Zone	Mrs. Breitberg
2005	Queens	Magda
2005	To the Other Side	Esperanza
2005	Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido!	Self / Gloria (archive footage)
2004	25 Degrees in Winter	Abuelita
2004	La promesa	Celia
2004	Searching for Love	Ana
2004	New York: La capital del Mundo	Presentadora
2003	The Pact of Silence	Mère Emmanuelle
2003	Arroz y tartana	Doña Manuela de Fora
2002	Valentin	Abuela
2002	800 Bullets	Laura
2002	Le ventre de Juliette	Julia
2002	Holiday Assassins	Illuminata
2001	The Notice of the Day	Isabel
2001	Clara y Elena	Elena
2001	Clouds: Letters to My Son	(Voice, Spanish version)
2001	The Hold-Up	Maite
2001	El apagón
2000	Common Wealth	Julia
2000	To the End of the Road
2000	The Harem of Madame Osmane	Madama Osmane
1999	Lisboa	Berta
1999	El Cometa
1999	Superlove	Teresa
1998	Alice and Martin	Jeanine
1998	Enthusiasm	Maria
1997	Women	Linda
1997	Tortilla y Cinema	Carmen Maura, the movie star
1997	Alliance cherche doigt	Geneviève Lechat
1996	Amores que matan
1996	Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español
1995	Happiness Is in the Field	Dolores Thivart
1995	Parella de tres	Ana
1995	King of the River	Carmen
1995	The Lame Pigeon	Tía Victoria
1994	How to Be Miserable and Enjoy It	Carmen
1993	Shadows in a Conflict	Ana
1993	Louis, the Child King	Anne d'Autriche
1992	La reina anónima	Ana Luz
1992	Between Heaven and Earth	Maria Garcia
1991	How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt	Carmen
1991	Chatarra	Zabú
1990	Ay, Carmela!	Carmela
1990	La mujer feliz
1989	Mieux vaut courir	Anna
1988	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Pepa
1988	Baton Rouge	Isabel
1987	Law of Desire	Tina Quintero
1986	Matador	Julia
1986	Tata Mía	Elvira
1986	Love Ravings	Carmen (segment "Delirio 3") (uncredited)
1985	Move Over, Mrs. Markham	Carmen
1985	Beyond the Walls	Sor Ana
1985	El crimen de la calle Fuencarral	Higinia Balaguer
1984	What Have I Done to Deserve This?	Gloria
1984	Coarse Salt	Presentadora T.V.
1983	Dark Habits	Sor Perdida
1983	The Angry Cid	Jimena
1982	Femenino singular	Luisa Matas
1980	Pepi, Luci, Bom	Pepi
1980	Gary Cooper, Who Art in Heaven	Begoña
1980	The Black Hand	Rosa
1980	That House in the Outskirts	Social Assistant
1980	El hombre de moda	Carmen
1978	Blindfolded Eyes	La enfermera
1978	What's a Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?	Rosa
1978	Fuck... Fuck... Fuck Me, Tin!
1977	Eugenia Grandet	Eugenia Grandet
1977	Paper Tigers
1976	Pomporrutas imperiales
1976	El libro de buen amor II	Virtuosa
1976	La mujer es cosa de hombres	Manolita
1976	La petición	Chica que se insinua a Julián
1976	Miracles of Our Lady	La abadesa encinta
1975	A Diary of a Murderess	The Nun
1975	Leonor
1975	Vida íntima de un seductor cínico	Mujer de Jorge
1975	Usted tiene ojos de mujer fatal	Leonor
1975	Fierce Love, or When Children Play at Love	María José
1974	La Celestina	Melibea
1974	El libro del buen amor	Dª Garoza
1973	The Killer Is One of Thirteen	Laura
1973	A Chaste Spanish Man	Profesora de Música
1971	Man in Hiding	Belén
1969	El espíritu
	La Cuidadora	Carmen

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Land of Women	Julia
2023	100% únicos
2021	Deudas	Pepa Carranza
2020	Someone Has to Die	Amparo
2018	Lo Siguiente	Self (archive footage)
2013	Letter to Eva	Paca
2012	Stamos okupa2	Lucía Piqueras
2010	Las chicas de Oro	Rosa
2009	Red Eagle	Olivia, duquesa de Fournier
2007	Círculo rojo	Victoria Villalobos
2006	El hormiguero	Self - Guest
1998	A las once en casa	Olga
1995	Lo + plus	Self - Guest
1990	La mujer de tu vida	Marisa Novoa
1985	La Huella del Crimen	Higinia Balaguer
1981	Cervantes	Costanza Cervantes
1976	Curro Jiménez	Remedios