birth_place othername name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
ferrol , galicia , spain mabel rivera maría isabel rivera torres 1952 enrique banet mabel rivera-praza publica.jpg mabel rivera
 maría isabel rivera torres actress
mabel rivera

maría isabel rivera torres -lrb- born 1952 -rrb- is a spanish actress from the autonomous region of galicia -lrb- spain -rrb- .
she was born in the city and naval station of ferrol , in galicia , north-western spain .
though she started her career as an actress in the 1980s , it was not until the her lead actress role in the oscar winning best foreign language film 2004 `` the sea inside '' that she received broad recognition .
she is fluent in galician , spanish , and catalan , regional languages of spain .
she also speaks english and french with varying degrees of fluency .
