María Dolores Dueñas Navarro (born 6 October 1971), better known as Lola Dueñas, is a Spanish actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including two Goya Awards for Best Actress. In addition to her contributions to Spanish cinema and television, she has also worked in the French film industry.
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Early life and education
María Dolores Dueñas Navarro was born in Madrid on 6 October 1971, to Nicolás Dueñas (an actor) and María Navarro (the longtime manager and confidant of Isabel Pantoja). Her great-grandfather was El Rubio de Telde, a noted Canarian wrestler. She trained at the Teatro de La Abadía.
Acting career
Dueñas made her feature film debut in Mensaka (1998), which earned her an Actors Union Award for Best New Performance. She gained early recognition to a television audience for her performance in police drama series Policías, en el corazón de la calle. She then featured in films such as The Sea Inside (2003), Volver (2006), and Me Too (2009). She decided to relocate to Paris, France, in 2011.
In 2012, she joined the sitcom Aída for a three-episode arc to portray the flighty ex of Chema (Pepe Viyuela) and mother of Fidel (Eduardo Casanova).
For her leading performance as a recently widowed woman opposite Anna Castillo in the mother-daughter drama Journey to a Mother's Room (2018), she earned a Goya Award nomination and a Gaudí Award.
After France, she lived for several years in a country house in Dois Portos (Portugal) and, in 2023, she relocated to the Canary Islands, settling in La Palma.
Filmography
Television
Policías, en el corazón de la calle
Aída (2012) as Marisa
Instinto (2019)
Veneno (2020) as Faela Sainz
La Mesías (2023)
