Descendant of the conservative Spanish politician 'Antonio Maura' she lead an art gallery and appeared in various roles in night- clubs. With Tigres de papel she had her first successful appearance on the movie screen and thereafter she worked at the theatre, the movies and in TV productions. Although she played dramatic roles, too, her most important genre has always been the comedy, e.g. Coarse Salt, Sé infiel y no mires con quién or Dear Nanny Regularly she worked with the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar from the film Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom until Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown for which she was awarded the European Film Award "Felix" as best actress.



Great-grand-niece of the President of the Goverment of Spain Antonio Maura. Won the "Goya Award" (the Spanish equivalent of the Oscar) in 1989, 1991, 2001 and 2007. Her role as transsexual on La ley del deseo (1987) made her a gay icon. Her ex-husband, Francisco, is a lawyer. Has a granddaughter called Carla (b. 2003).