# Natalia Verbeke

Natalia Carolina Verbeke Leiva (born 23 February 1975) is an Argentine-Spanish actress. She gained notoriety for her performance in The Other Side of the Bed.

## Biography

Natalia Verbeke was born on 23 February 1975 in Buenos Aires. At age 11, she moved to Madrid to join her parents, Argentine emigrants to Spain. She completed her secondary education at the Beatriz Galindo high school in the Madrilenian district of Salamanca. She trained her acting chops at Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (RESAD) and at Escuela Guindalera under Juan Pastor [es].
Verbeke made her debut performance in a feature film in Un buen novio (1998), in which she starred alongside Fernando Guillén Cuervo. 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.
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. 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).
She has had one daughter from her relationship with rugby player Marcos Poggi.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1998 | Un buen novio | Verónica | Feature film debut |
| 1999 | Nadie conoce a nadie (Nobody Knows Anybody) | María | |
| 2000 | Carretera y manta [ca] (To the End of the Road) | | |
| 2000 | Kasbah | Alix | |
| 2001 | Jump Tomorrow | Alicia | |
| 2001 | El hijo de la novia (Son of the Bride) | Naty | |
| 2002 | El otro lado de la cama (The Other Side of the Bed) | Paula | |
| 2002 | Apasionados (Passionate People) | Uma | |
| 2003 | Días de fútbol (Football Days) | Violeta | |
| 2003 | Dot the i | Carmen Colazzo | |
| 2004 | El juego de la verdad (The Truth and Other Lies) | Susana | |
| 2005 | Tempesta [de] (The Venice Conspiracy) | Chiara | |
| 2003 | El Cid: La leyenda (El Cid: The Legend) | Gimena | Voice work |
| 2004 | El juego de la verdad (The Truth and Other Lies) | Susana | |
| 2005 | A golpes (By Force) | María | |
| 2005 | El método (The Method) | Montse | |
| 2006 | GAL | Marta Castillo | |
| 2007 | Arritmia [es] (Guantanamero) | Manuela | |
| 2010 | Les femmes du 6e Étage (The Women on the 6th Floor) | María González | |
| 2017 | El último traje (The Last Suit) | Claudia | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | El pantano | | |
| 2005 | Al filo de la ley (At The Edge of the Law) | | |
| 2007–08 | Los Serrano | Ana Blanco | Introduced in season 6 |
| 2009–11 | Doctor Mateo | Adriana Pozuelo | |
| 2014 | Bienvenidos al Lolita | Violeta Reina | |
| 2016 | El Caso. Crónica de sucesos | Rebeca Martín | |
| 2021 | Ana Tramel. El juego (ANA. all in) | Concha | |
| 2022 | Todos mienten | Ana | |

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 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 |
| 2022 | 30th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actress in a Secondary Role | ANA. all in | Nominated |