Loles León

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| name = Loles León

| image = Premios Goya 2019 - Loles Leon.jpg

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| caption = León in 2019

| birth_name = María Dolores León Rodríguez

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|8|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain

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| occupation = Actress

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María Dolores León Rodríguez (born 1 August 1950), better known as Loles León, is a Spanish actress.

Career

León travelled to Madrid to start a career as an actress, where she met Pedro Almodóvar during La Movida Madrileña.{{cite web |url=https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/lorcaygranada/en/node/44 |title=Loles León |access-date=27 July 2018 |work=Junta de Andalucía |publisher=Agencia Andaluza de Instituciones Culturales |language=es}} She has played in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1987),{{cite news |url=https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/noticias/2018-03-25/mujeres-al-borde-de-un-ataque-de-nervios-aniversario-30-anos_1539439/ |title='Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios' cumple 30 años |last=Baciero |first=César Andrés |date=25 March 2018 |access-date=27 July 2018 |newspaper=El Confidencial |language=es |publisher=Titania Compañía Editorial, S.L.}} Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989),{{cite web |url=http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/los-amantes-pasajeros/secuencia-almodovar-raul-arevalo/1706891/ |title=Mi secuencia de Almodóvar - Raúl Arévalo |date=4 March 2013 |access-date=27 July 2018 |language=es |work=Radio Televisión Española}} The Bilingual Lover (1993),{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1993/03/25/cultura/733014007_850215.html |title=Aranda retrata con ironía el nacionalismo catalán en 'El amante bilingüe' |last=García |first=Rocío |date=25 March 1993 |access-date=27 July 2018 |location=Madrid |newspaper=El País |language=es |publisher=Prisa}} and Libertarias (1996).{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=Russell |author-link=Russell Campbell |title=Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DQhKTEj9ZzYC&pg=PA101 |publisher=Univ of Wisconsin Press |date=5 April 2006 |page=101 |isbn=9780299212537}} In 1997, she had her first leading role in Amor de hombre,{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.es/play/pelicula/amor-de-hombre-13274/ |title=Amor de hombre |access-date=27 July 2018 |newspaper=ABC |date=24 March 2017 |language=es}} and played Paloma in Aquí no hay quien viva (2003).{{cite web |url=http://atreseries.atresmedia.com/series/aqui-no-hay-quien-viva/loles-leon-paloma-cuesta_20151130573adc4c6584a80ce7af1468.html |title=Loles León es Paloma Cuesta |location=Madrid |date=4 July 2018 |access-date=27 July 2018 |work=Atreseries |publisher=Atresmedia |language=es}} In 2016, she played Menchu in La que se avecina as Yoli's mother.{{cite web |url=https://www.telecinco.es/laqueseavecina/temporadas/temporada-09/t09xc13/Loles-Leon-Yoli-nuevo-avecina_0_2266425843.html |title=Loles León se mete en la piel de la madre de Yoli en 'LQSA': "Por mi hija mato" |date=31 October 2016 |access-date=27 July 2018 |work=Telecinco |publisher=Mediaset España |language=es}}

Selected filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Director ! class="unsortable" \| Notes ! class="unsortable" \| {{Tooltip\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
1987 \| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown \| \| Pedro Almodóvar \|
1989 \| Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! \| \| Pedro Almodóvar \|
1993 \| The Bilingual Lover \| \| Vicente Aranda \|
1996 \| Libertarias \| \| Vicente Aranda \|
1997 \| Amor de hombre \| \| \|
1998 \| The Girl of Your Dreams \| \| Fernando Trueba \|
1999 \| Esa Maldita Costilla \| \| Juan José Jusid \|
2003 \| Obra maestra \| \| David Trueba \|
2003 \| Descongélate \| \| \|
2003 \| El Cid: The Legend \| \| \| Voice
2004 \| Implicación \| \| Julián Quintanilla \|
2005 \| Desde que amanece apetece \| \| Antonio del Real \|
2006 \| Manuela \| \| Marco Castro \|
2020 \| Dos Corazones {{cite web \|title=Experience \|url=https://www.k-one.es/en/talent/loles-leon-2/ \|website=K-one producciones}}{{cite web \|title=Dos Corazones Imdb \|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10980510/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2 \|website=Imdb}} \| Berta \| Francisco Lupini \|
2022 \| Padre no hay más que uno 3	Milagros		{{center\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a40521648/padre-no-hay-mas-que-uno-3-clip-exclusiva/\|website=Fotogramas\|date=6 July 2022\|first=María\|last=Aller\|title='Padre no hay más que uno 3': clip en exclusiva de la tercera aventura familiar de Santiago Segura}}}}
2023	Alimañas	Nieves		{{center\|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aisge.es/imprimir.php?v=los-estrenos-del-27-de-octubre-alimanas\|website=Aisge\|title=Los estrenos del 27 de octubre. 'Alimañas'. Vecinos en lucha\|first=Alberto\|last=Úbeda-Portugués\|date=23 October 2023}}}}

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Director

! class="unsortable" | Notes

! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

1987

| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

| Pedro Almodóvar

1989

| Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

| Pedro Almodóvar

1993

| The Bilingual Lover

| Vicente Aranda

1996

| Libertarias

| Vicente Aranda

1997

| Amor de hombre

1998

| The Girl of Your Dreams

| Fernando Trueba

1999

| Esa Maldita Costilla

| Juan José Jusid

2003

| Obra maestra

| David Trueba

2003

| Descongélate

2003

| El Cid: The Legend

| Voice

2004

| Implicación

| Julián Quintanilla

2005

| Desde que amanece apetece

| Antonio del Real

2006

| Manuela

| Marco Castro

2020

| Dos Corazones {{cite web |title=Experience |url=https://www.k-one.es/en/talent/loles-leon-2/ |website=K-one producciones}}{{cite web |title=Dos Corazones Imdb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10980510/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2 |website=Imdb}}

| Berta

| Francisco Lupini

2022

| Padre no hay más que uno 3

Milagros

{{center|{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a40521648/padre-no-hay-mas-que-uno-3-clip-exclusiva/|website=Fotogramas|date=6 July 2022|first=María|last=Aller|title='Padre no hay más que uno 3': clip en exclusiva de la tercera aventura familiar de Santiago Segura}}}}

2023

Alimañas

Nieves

{{center|{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/imprimir.php?v=los-estrenos-del-27-de-octubre-alimanas|website=Aisge|title=Los estrenos del 27 de octubre. 'Alimañas'. Vecinos en lucha|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués|date=23 October 2023}}}}

= Television =

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class="unsortable" \| Date ! Title ! Role ! Network ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2003–2004 \| Aquí no hay quien viva \| Paloma \| Antena 3 \| 30 episodes
2006 \| Fuera de control \| Mariví \| Televisión Española \| 13 episodes
2006 \| Manolo y Benito Corporeision \| Milagros García \| Antena 3 \| 10 episodes
2013-2014 \| Águila Roja \| Sagrario de Castro \| Televisión Española \| 14 episodes
2015 \| Benidorm \| Dolores \| ITV \| 1 episode
2016-present \| La que se avecina \| Menchu \| Telecinco \|

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class="unsortable" | Date

! Title

! Role

! Network

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2003–2004

| Aquí no hay quien viva

| Paloma

| Antena 3

| 30 episodes

2006

| Fuera de control

| Mariví

| Televisión Española

| 13 episodes

2006

| Manolo y Benito Corporeision

| Milagros García

| Antena 3

| 10 episodes

2013-2014

| Águila Roja

| Sagrario de Castro

| Televisión Española

| 14 episodes

2015

| Benidorm

| Dolores

| ITV

| 1 episode

2016-present

| La que se avecina

| Menchu

| Telecinco

Awards and nominations

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Year !Award !Category !Work !Result
1990 \| Goya Award \| Best Supporting Actress \| Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! \|{{nom}}
1996 \| Goya Award \| Best Supporting Actress \| Libertarias \|{{nom}}
1998 \| Goya Award \| Best Supporting Actress \| The Girl of Your Dreams \|{{nom}}
2003 \| Unión de Actores y Actrices \| Best Television Main Actress \| Aquí no hay quien viva \|{{nom}}
2003 \| Fotogramas de Plata \| Best Television Actress \| Aquí no hay quien viva \|{{won}}
2004 \| Festival de Cine de Girona \| Best Actress \| Implicación \|{{won}}

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Year

!Award

!Category

!Work

!Result

1990

| Goya Award

| Best Supporting Actress

| Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

|{{nom}}

1996