---
name: "Belén Rueda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/belen-rueda"
fi1m_id: "belen-rueda"
imdb_id: "nm0749104"
tmdb_id: 19907
wikidata_id: "Q237021"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 March 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T04:35:10.014167+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Belén Rueda

## Identity

Belén Rueda

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/belen-rueda
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** belen-rueda
- **IMDb ID:** nm0749104
- **TMDB ID:** 19907
- **Wikidata ID:** Q237021
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C3%A9n_Rueda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237021, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749104/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19907

Actor. Born 16 March 1965 in Madrid, Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 March 1965, Madrid, Spain
- **Also known as:** María Belén Rueda García-Porrero
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C3%A9n_Rueda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237021, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749104/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19907

## Fi1m on Belén Rueda

> Belén Rueda makes maternal fear convincing without turning every scene into a plea for sympathy. Her work in *The Orphanage* is reason enough to seek her out, though the film could move faster.

Laura’s fear of failing a child is already unsettling before the supernatural needs to help in *The Orphanage* (2007). Belén Rueda gives her distress a consistency that keeps the person clear through the suspense. She lets grief remain present without making every scene a request for sympathy, a restraint we value in a film built to frighten us. We were moved more than we expected by her maternal anxiety, because the possibility of letting a child down felt frightening enough on its own. J. A. Bayona knows to give that feeling time before asking us to jump.

Her association with horror followed a substantial stretch in television, including *Periodistas* (1998–2002) and *Los Serrano* (2003–2007). Alejandro Amenábar’s *The Sea Inside* (2004) gave her a feature debut as Julia, before Laura became a breakthrough lead. The subsequent concentration on thrillers made repeated use of her ability to carry women through emotional or physical strain. It is worth remembering that the move into cinema began with drama.

Guillem Morales’s *Julia’s Eyes* (2010) gave her a physically and emotionally demanding central role, dealing with physical decline as she pursues a mystery. Her work with Oriol Paulo runs from *The Body* (2012) to the supporting part of Dr. Sardón in *Mirage* (2018). Both Bayona and Paulo cast her in their first features. The ensemble comedy *Perfect Strangers* (2017), in which she plays Eva, is a useful reminder not to treat the genre as the whole career.

Still, a persuasive lead performance cannot do the editor’s job. *The Orphanage* takes too long through its middle, and Rueda’s conviction does not make the familiar horror machinery less familiar. Her achievement is to keep Laura emotionally consistent without demanding that the film stop for us to admire her distress. We recommend it with that reservation about the pace. For a first encounter, make time for Bayona’s ghost story.

## Biography

Belén Rueda is a Spanish actress. Born María Belén Rueda García-Porrero in Madrid on 16 March 1965, she first gained recognition in Spain for her performances in the television series *Periodistas* (1998–2002) and, most notably, *Los Serrano* (2003–2007).

She made her feature film debut in *The Sea Inside* (2004) as Julia, winning the Goya Award for Best New Actress. Rueda received a further Goya nomination for her leading role as Laura in *The Orphanage* (2007). Subsequent credits include *Julia's Eyes* (2010), *The Body* (2012) and *Mirage* (2018).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Orphanage* (2007), Fi1m 81, as Laura — [page](https://film.one/film/the-orphanage.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Sucker's Born Every Minute* (2026), as Carmen
- *Evil Dress* (2026), as Alicia
- *Reversion* (2025), Actor
- *La agencia* (2025), series, as Belén Rueda
- *Los Muértimer* (2025), Actor
- *Death at a Funeral* (2025), as Edurne
- *Asesinatos sólo en El Hormiguero* (2024), as Belén Rueda
- *Eva & Nicole* (2024), series, as Nicole
- *Free Falling* (2024), as Marisol
- *The Chapel* (2023), as Carol
- *Phenomena* (2023), as Sagrario
- *The Cry of the Butterflies* (2023), series, as Pilar Macías
- *La Palma: el último volcán* (2022), as Narrator
- *The Perfect Family* (2021), as Lucía
- *The Tenant* (2021), Actor
- *Madres: amor y vida* (2020), series, as Marián Ballesteros
- *Twin Murders: The Silence of the White City* (2019), as Alba
- *Mirage* (2018), as Dr. Sardón
- *The Pact* (2018), as Mónica
- *Sara's Notebook* (2018), as Laura
- *You Shall Not Sleep* (2018), as Alma Böhm
- *Perfect Strangers* (2017), as Eva
- *Orbiter 9* (2017), as Silvia
- *Broken Basket* (2017), Actor
- *The Night My Mother Killed My Father* (2016), as Isabel
- *The Embassy* (2016), series, as Claudia
- *Una vez* (2015), as Chila
- *B&b, de boca en boca* (2014), series, as Candela Bermejo
- *Ismael* (2013), as Nora
- *Strings* (2013), as Maestra (voice)
- *7th Floor* (2013), as Delia
- *The Body* (2012), as Mayka Villaverde
- *The Witches of Calenda* (2012), series, as Sara Cruz
- *Don't Be Afraid* (2011), as Silvia's Mother
- *The Boat* (2011), series, as Leonor
- *La princesa de Éboli* (2010), series, as Ana de Mendoza
- *Julia's Eyes* (2010), as Julia Levin / Sara
- *For the Good of Others* (2010), as Isabel
- *La princesa de Éboli* (2010), as Princesa de Éboli
- *Spanish Movie* (2009), as Laura
- *8 Dates* (2008), as Elena
- *Savage Grace* (2007), as Pilar Durán
- *The Orphanage* (2007), as Laura — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-orphanage.md)
- *The Sea Inside* (2004), as Julia
- *Los Serrano* (2003), series, as Lucía Gómez
- *Retruc* (2001), as Elsa
- *El Club de la Comedia* (1999), series, as Monologuista
- *En el círculo del asesino*, series, Actor
- *Amor de Dios*, as Sara Lanes

## Gallery

- ![Belén Rueda en la alfombra roja de los Premios Goya 2024 celebrados en Valladolid](https://film.one/media/person/5693583/gallery-e33f8d1c4bb8.jpg) Belén Rueda en la alfombra roja de los Premios Goya 2024 celebrados en Valladolid — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Goyas_2024_-_Bel%C3%A9n_Rueda.jpg/1280px-Goyas_2024_-_Bel%C3%A9n_Rueda.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Belén Rueda en la alfombra roja del Festival de Málaga 2024 frente al Teatro Cervantes](https://film.one/media/person/5693583/gallery-81604c89e8a1.jpg) Belén Rueda en la alfombra roja del Festival de Málaga 2024 frente al Teatro Cervantes — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2024_-_Bel%C3%A9n_Rueda.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_M%C3%A1laga_2024_-_Bel%C3%A9n_Rueda.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![32nd Goya Awards, 2018.](https://film.one/media/person/5693583/gallery-509dd6321970.jpg) 32nd Goya Awards, 2018. — Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Premios_Goya_2018_-_Bel%C3%A9n_Rueda.jpg/1280px-Premios_Goya_2018_-_Bel%C3%A9n_Rueda.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Belen Rueda en la alfombra roja de los Premios Goya celebrados en Sevilla en Febrero 2019](https://film.one/media/person/5693583/gallery-69f931cc1683.jpg) Belen Rueda en la alfombra roja de los Premios Goya celebrados en Sevilla en Febrero 2019 — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Premios_Goya_2019_-_Belen_Rueda.jpg/1280px-Premios_Goya_2019_-_Belen_Rueda.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Belén Rueda](https://film.one/media/person/5693583/gallery-0b1bec97ea7a.jpg) Belén Rueda — Image via TMDB
- ![Belén Rueda](https://film.one/media/person/5693583/gallery-31b5fce0d4b2.jpg) Belén Rueda — Image via TMDB
- ![Belén Rueda en la alfombra roja de los premios Goya 2023 celebrados en Sevilla](https://film.one/media/person/5693583/gallery-db645c58b405.jpg) Belén Rueda en la alfombra roja de los premios Goya 2023 celebrados en Sevilla — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Goyas_2023_-_Sin_identificar_061.jpg/1280px-Goyas_2023_-_Sin_identificar_061.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Belén Rueda at Red Carpet of Goya Awards 2026 in Barcelona](https://film.one/media/person/5693583/gallery-0ffdfba611f7.jpg) Belén Rueda at Red Carpet of Goya Awards 2026 in Barcelona — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Premios_Goya_2026_-_Bel%C3%A9n_Rueda.jpg/1280px-Premios_Goya_2026_-_Bel%C3%A9n_Rueda.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won, 1 nominated

- Sitges Grand Honorary Award 2021: Sitges Grand Honorary Award (won)
- Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy TV Series 2015: Golden Nymph for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy TV Series (won), for *B&b, de boca en boca*
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2008: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *The Orphanage*
- Barcelona Film Award for Best Actress 2007: Barcelona Film Award for Best Actress (won), for *The Orphanage*
- Goya Award for Best New Actress 2005: Goya Award for Best New Actress (won), for *The Sea Inside*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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