--- name: "Lola Dueñas" canonical: "https://film.one/person/lola-duenas" fi1m_id: "lola-duenas" imdb_id: "nm0240318" tmdb_id: 2759 wikidata_id: "Q283513" roles: ["Actor"] born: "6 October 1971" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 77 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-10-01T20:34:51.006839+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." --- # Lola Dueñas ## Identity Lola Dueñas - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lola-duenas - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** lola-duenas - **IMDb ID:** nm0240318 - **TMDB ID:** 2759 - **Wikidata ID:** Q283513 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Due%C3%B1as, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q283513, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0240318/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2759 Actor. Born 6 October 1971 in Barcelona, Spain. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 6 October 1971, Barcelona, Spain - **Active:** 2002–present - **Also known as:** 롤라 두에냐스, 로라 두에나스, María Dolores Dueñas Navarro - **Frequently works with:** [Blanca Portillo](https://film.one/person/blanca-portillo.md), [Esther García](https://film.one/person/esther-garcia.md), [Pedro Almodóvar](https://film.one/person/pedro-almodovar.md), [Penélope Cruz](https://film.one/person/penelope-cruz.md) - **Cannes Film Festival:** 1 Cannes prize (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (3), 2020s 74 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 78 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 3, Comedy 1, Thriller 1, War 1 - **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $181m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Due%C3%B1as, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q283513, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0240318/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2759 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*Broken Embraces*](https://film.one/film/broken-embraces.md) (66) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Lola Dueñas > Lola Dueñas makes uncertainty funny without making the person seem foolish. We value her most in an ensemble: in *Volver*, her natural delivery helps make the women’s willingness to help one another feel ordinary and convincing. In *Volver* (2006), Lola Dueñas lets Sole be uncertain even when the scene offers a chance for a clean laugh. She does not tidy that uncertainty away for the sake of the comedy. We laughed, then felt protective of her, because the performance lets us notice how unsure Sole is without inviting us to look down on her. This is the Dueñas we value: natural in her delivery and attentive to the people sharing the scene. Her early Almodóvar role was Matilde in *Talk to Her* (2002), a small part that brought her to wider attention. She then took a lead in Amenábar’s *The Sea Inside* (2004), before returning to Almodóvar for *Volver*. She went on to play Laura in *Me Too* (2009), another lead, and the lip reader in Almodóvar’s *Broken Embraces* (2009). Leading parts have not meant giving up the smaller ones. Her later work has also extended to French as well as Spanish productions, beyond the Almodóvar ensembles through which many viewers first encountered her. *Volver* gives the clearest account of why her supporting work matters. Penélope Cruz gives Raimunda an impatient practicality, while Carmen Maura makes Irene’s place in the family feel familiar; Dueñas allows someone in their company to be less assured. Almodóvar gives the women time to establish how they behave together, and Dueñas uses that space without making Sole seem more important than the others. Alongside Blanca Portillo’s Agustina, she helps make their willingness to help feel like something they have been doing for years, rather than a kindness required by the plot. Almodóvar occasionally makes forgiveness too comfortable in *Volver*, and Dueñas’s careful performance cannot make that problem disappear. It is a useful limit to set on our admiration: the acting persuades us about these women more fully than the film persuades us about what they should forgive. Start with *Volver*, and watch Sole as closely as the women who seem to know what they are doing. ## Biography Lola Dueñas is a Spanish actress. Born María Dolores Dueñas Navarro on 6 October 1971 in Madrid, she is the daughter of actor Nicolás Dueñas. She trained at the Teatro de La Abadía in Madrid under José Luis Gómez. Dueñas made her feature film debut in *Mensaka* (1998). She is known for her roles as Matilde in Pedro Almodóvar’s *Talk to Her* (2002), Rosa in Alejandro Amenábar’s *The Sea Inside* (2004), Sole in *Volver* (2006), and Teresa in *La bola negra* (2026). She has also appeared in television series including *Veneno* (2020) and *Instinto* (2019). Dueñas has received two Goya Awards for Best Actress, for *The Sea Inside* and *Me Too* (2009), and shared the Best Actress prize at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival for *Volver*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, es.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *La bola negra* (2026), Fi1m 74, as Teresa — [page](https://film.one/film/la-bola-negra.md) - *Broken Embraces* (2009), Fi1m 66, as Lip Reader — [page](https://film.one/film/broken-embraces.md) - *Volver* (2006), Fi1m 84, as Sole — [page](https://film.one/film/volver.md) - *Talk to Her* (2002), Fi1m 84, as Matilde — [page](https://film.one/film/talk-to-her.md) ## Complete filmography (53) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *La bola negra* (2026), as Teresa — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/la-bola-negra.md) - *Foremost by Night* (2023), as Vera - *La Mesías* (2023), series, as Montserrat Baró (adulta) - *Bird Box Barcelona* (2023), as Isabel - *The Bride* (2023), as Mme. Gonzalez - *Summer Storm* (2022), Actor - *Robust* (2022), Actor - *This Other Winter* (2021), as Lili - *Veneno* (2020), series, as Faela, Faela Sainz - *Te lo digo a mí* (2020), as Bea adulta - *Instinto* (2019), series, as Laura - *7 Reasons to Run Away (from Society)* (2019), as Work: The Wife - *Love Me Not* (2019), Actor - *Journey to a Mother's Room* (2018), as Estrella - *Something Is Happening* (2018), as Dolores - *Zama* (2017), as Luciana Piñares de Luenga - *Can't Say Goodbye* (2017), as Blanca - *Ogres* (2016), as Lola - *The Boss's Daughter* (2016), as Virginia - *Stranded* (2015), as Nuria - *Os fenómenos* (2014), as Nenete - *Alleluia* (2014), as Gloria - *French Dolls* (2014), as Marguerite - *La pièce manquante* (2014), as Paula Mouton - *Falling Star* (2014), as Eloïsa, the cook - *Suzanne* (2013), as Irène - *10,000 Nights Nowhere* (2013), as His friend - *I'm So Excited!* (2013), as Bruna - *The Women on the 6th Floor* (2011), as Carmen - *Angèle and Tony* (2011), as Anabel - *Without Her* (2010), as Carmen - *Me Too* (2009), as Laura - *Broken Embraces* (2009), as Lip Reader — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/broken-embraces.md) - *Chef's Special* (2008), as Alex - *Lola* (2006), as Dolores - *Volver* (2006), as Sole — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/volver.md) - *20 Centimeters* (2005), as Rebeca Mayor - *Aída* (2005), series, as Marisa González - *The Sea Inside* (2004), as Rosa - *Soccer Days* (2003), as Macarena - *En camas separadas* (2003), as Chica joven - *Talk to Her* (2002), as Matilde — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/talk-to-her.md) - *Stones* (2002), as Daniela - *Everything Happens to Me* (2001), as Txell - *Miserable life* (2000), as Estela - *Las razones de mis amigos* (2000), as Ainhoa - *Marta and Surroundings* (2000), as Elisa - *Policías, en el corazón de la calle* (2000), series, as Susana Ramos - *The open luggage* (1999), as Amanda - *Mensaka* (1998), as Cristina - *En medio de ninguna parte* (1997), as Lola - *From Reading Flaubert on a Gray Day* (1997), as Claudia - *Florida*, series, Actor ## Gallery - ![Lola Dueñas on the red carpet of the Goya Awards held in Granada in 2025](https://film.one/media/person/96057/gallery-a5555e144437.jpg) Lola Dueñas on the red carpet of the Goya Awards held in Granada in 2025 — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Goyas_2025_-_Lola_Due%C3%B1as.jpg/1280px-Goyas_2025_-_Lola_Due%C3%B1as.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Lola Dueñas](https://film.one/media/person/96057/gallery-85216788ff53.jpg) Lola Dueñas — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Goyas_2025_-_Lola_Due%C3%B1as_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Goyas_2025_-_Lola_Due%C3%B1as_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Lola Dueñas on the red carpet of the Goya Awards held in Granada in 2025](https://film.one/media/person/96057/gallery-6b643af17f70.jpg) Lola Dueñas on the red carpet of the Goya Awards held in Granada in 2025 — Pedro J Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Goyas_2025_-_Lola_Due%C3%B1as_02.jpg/1280px-Goyas_2025_-_Lola_Due%C3%B1as_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Spanish actress w:Lola Dueñas. (2005)](https://film.one/media/person/96057/gallery-9a7bc24f1078.jpg) Spanish actress w:Lola Dueñas. (2005) — Mario Antonio Pena Zapatería from Irun, Spain, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Lola_Duenas.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Visitad el blog del Zinemaldi en dvdenlared.com (2005)](https://film.one/media/person/96057/gallery-68e95b499721.jpg) Visitad el blog del Zinemaldi en dvdenlared.com (2005) — Mario Antonio Pena Zapatería from Irun, Spain, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Lola_Due%C3%B1as.jpg/1280px-Lola_Due%C3%B1as.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won - 2006: Best Actress (won) ### Other awards — 4 won - Gaudí Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 2019: Gaudí Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (won) - Goya Award for Best Actress 2010: Goya Award for Best Actress (won) - Silver Shell for Best Actress 2009: Silver Shell for Best Actress (won) - Goya Award for Best Actress 2005: Goya Award for Best Actress (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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