Ana Belén

Ana Belén
María del Pilar Cuesta Acosta (born 27 May 1951, Madrid), known professionally as Ana Belén, is a Spanish actress and singer.
Life/career
Born in 1951, Ana Belén is the eldest of three children. Her father was a cook in Hotel Palace, and her mother worked as doorwoman at an estate. Ana Belén studied acting in Spain during her youth and began acting in theatrical and cinematic productions in the mid-1960.
While working on the film Morbo by Gonzalo Suárez, she met Víctor Manuel, marrying him in 1972 in Gibraltar. At this time she also started her career as a singer, releasing several successful albums. She appeared in various films: La petición by Pilar Miró; Emilia parada y fonda by Angelino Fons; El buscón by Luciano Berriatúa; La oscura historia de la prima Montse by Jordi Cadena; La criatura by Eloy de la Iglesia, and Sonámbulos by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón.
In 1986, Ana Belén, alongside songwriter Víctor Manuel, performed the song "La Puerta de Alcalá". The single remained at the top position in Spain for seven weeks in summer 1986. In 1991, she recorded Como una novia, her first album that did not include any songs composed or adapted by Víctor Manuel. In 1997, she released a new album, Mírame, of her own songs and duets and which went on to become the best-selling album of her solo career. In autumn of 1996, she – along with Joan Manuel Serrat, Miguel Ríos, and Víctor Manuel – set ticket sales records throughout Spain with their "El gusto es nuestro" tour. In 1998, Belen commemorated Federico García Lorca's centenary by releasing two albums under the title of Lorquiana, a collection of poems and popular songs by Lorca. The following year another album was released Ana Belén y Miguel Ríos cantan a Kurt Weill, and she had a role in the Tele 5 series, Petra Delicado.
Discography
1965
Zampo y yo
Qué difícil es tener 18 años
1973
Al diablo con amor (BSO)
Tierra
1975
Calle del Oso
1976
La paloma del vuelo popular
1977
De paso
1979
Ana
Lo mejor de Ana Belén
1980
Con las manos llenas
1982
Ana en Río
1983
Victor y Ana en vivo
1984
Géminis
1985
BSO La corte de faraón
1986
Para la ternura siempre hay tiempo (with Víctor Manuel)
Grandes éxitos
1987
BSO Divinas palabras
1988
A la sombra de un león
1989
26 grandes canciones y una nube blanca
Rosa de amor y fuego
1991
Como una novia
1993
Veneno para el corazón
1994
Mucho más que dos
1996
20 exitos
El gusto es nuestro
1997
Mírame
1998
Lorquiana. Popular songs of Federico García Lorca
Lorquiana. Poems by Federico García Lorca
1999
Cantan a Kurt Weill (with Miguel Ríos)
2001
Peces de ciudad
Dos en la carretera
2003
Viva L`Italia
2006
Una canción me trajo aquí
2007
Anatomía
2008
Los grandes éxitos... y mucho más
2011
A los hombres que amé
2015
Canciones regaladas (with Víctor Manuel)
2018
Vida
2021
Ana Belén 70
Filmography
Film
Television
Stage
Romeo y Julieta (2023)
Antonio y Cleopatra (2021)
Eva contra Eva (2021/2022)
Medea (2015/2016).
Kathie y el hipopótamo (2013/2015)
Electra (2012)
Fedra (2007, 2009/2010)
Diatriba de amor contra un hombre sentado (2004/2005)
Defensa de dama (2002)
La bella Helena (1995/1996)
La gallarda (1992)
El mercader de Venecia (1991/1992)
Hamlet (1989)
La casa de Bernarda Alba (1984)
La hija del aire (1982)
Tío Vania (1979)
Antígona (1975)
Ravos (1972)
Sabor a miel (1971)
Los niños (1970)
Te espero ayer (1969)
Don Juan Tenorio (1969)
Medida por medida (1968)
Las mujeres sabias (1968)
El sí de las niñas (1967)
El rufián castrucho (1967)
El rey Lear (1966)
Numancia (1965)
Awards
1971 Best TV actress for Retablo de las mocedades del Cid Fotogramas Award
1972 Special mention for Morbo San Sebastián International Film Festival
1980 Best TV actress for Fortunata y Jacinta Fotogramas de Plata
1980 Best actress for Fortunata y Jacinta TP de Oro
1980 Best actress for La Corte del Faraón Bronce
1980 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
1987 Best actress for La Casa de Bernarda Alba and Divinas palabras Fotogramas de Plata
1988 Nominated for Best actress for Miss Caribe Goya Awards
1989 Nominated for Best actress for El vuelo de la Paloma Goya Awards
1991 Nominated for Best director for Como ser mujer y no morir en el intento Premios Ondas
1991 Nominated for Best director debut for Como ser mujer y no morir en el intento Goya Awards
1994 Best song for Contaminame Premios Ondas
1994 Nominated for Best actress for La Pasión Turca Goya Awards
1994 Best Actress for La Pasión Turca Goya Awards
1995 Gold Medal from the Spanish Cinema Academy
1995 Best theatre actress for La bella Helena Fotogramas de Plata
1996 Cadena Dial Award
1997 Best Female soloist. Carlos Gardel Awards
1997 Best actress El amor perjudica seriamente la salud Festival de Peñíscola
1997 Silver Lighthouse Award. Festival de Alfás del Pí
1997 Best Tour El gusto es nuestro Spanish Music Awards
1998 Nominated for Best Spanish female soloist for Lorquiana Premios Amigo
2000 William Layton Award
2001 Woman of the Year. Premios Elle
2001 Nominated Best Spanish female soloist for Peces de ciudad Premios Amigo
2002 Nominated Best female soloist for Peces de ciudad Latin Grammy Awards
2002 Runner up Defensa de dama Premios Mayte of Theatre
2003 Homage by the Instituto Cervantes of Toulouse
2004 Nominated for Best actress Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena Goya Awards
2004 Nominated for Best actress Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena Fotogramas de Plata
2004 Nominated for Best actress Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena Spanish Actors' Union
2004 Best actress Cosas que hacen que la vida valga la pena Premios Turia
2006 Málaga Award. Film Festival of Málaga
2007 Fine Arts Golden Medal presented by the Spanish royal family at Toledo Cathedral
2015 Latin Grammy Awards for Musical Excellence.
2017 Honorary Goya Award.
References
External links
portalatino.com
1951 births
Living people
Actresses from Madrid
Singers from Madrid
Spanish film actresses
Spanish women singers
Spanish stage actresses
Spanish television actresses
Sony Music Spain artists
Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners
20th-century Spanish actresses
21st-century Spanish actresses
Women in Latin music