Maria Rodríguez Soto

{{Short description|Spanish actress}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

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| image = Maria Rodríguez Soto, XIII Premis Gaudí (2021).jpg

| caption = Rodríguez Soto in 2021

| birth_place = Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1986}}

| other_names = {{ubl|María Rodríguez Soto|María Rodríguez}}

| education = Institut del Teatre

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Maria Rodríguez Soto (born 1986) is a Spanish actress from Catalonia. She has featured in films such as The Days to Come, Mamifera, and A House on Fire.

Life and career

Maria Rodríguez Soto was born in Barcelona in 1986.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20240314/9561112/actriz-espanola-maria-rodriguez-soto-premiada-festival-south-by-southwest-agenciaslv20240314.html|website=La Vanguardia|date=14 March 2024|title=La actriz española María Rodríguez Soto, premiada en el Festival South by Southwest}} She earned a degree in dramatic art from the Institut del Teatre.{{Cite web|url=https://beteve.cat/artic/maria-rodriguez-soto-els-dies-que-vindran/|website=Betevé|date=2 July 2019|title=Maria Rodríguez Soto i els dies que vindran}} Some of her stage credits include performances in {{ill|Misteri de dolor|ca}}, L'habitació blava, Victòria d'Enric V, and Una gossa en un descampat.

Early film credits include appearances in Animals and 100 Meters, while she also worked in television series such as El ministerio del tiempo (portraying Enriqueta Martí, the vampire of the Raval),{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/emergentes-maria-rodriguez|website=Aisge|title=EmerGENTES. Maria Rodríguez. Un talento del que se puede esperar todo|date=2 August 2018|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués}} and Heirs to the Land (portraying Regina).{{Cite web|url=https://esp.xcatalunya.cat/actualidad/nueva-pelicula-maria-rodriguez-soto-enric-auquer|first=Xavi|last=Martín|date=27 April 2024|title=La nueva película de María Rodríguez Soto y Enric Auquer, ex de 'Com si fos ahir'}}{{Cite web|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/series/los-herederos-de-la-tierra-netflix-telenovela-medieval-4989555/|title=‘Los herederos de la tierra’: la secuela de ‘La catedral del mar’ llega a Netflix en forma de telenovela medieval|date=25 April 2022|first=Paula|last=Martínez}}

Her portrayal of the pregnant woman Vir in The Days to Come (2019) won her the Best Actress award at the 12th Gaudí Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcelona/20200120/472977873812/catalunya-maria-rodriguez-soto-mejor-protagonista-femenina-en-los-premis-gaudi-por-els-dies-que-vindran.html|website=La Vanguardia|date=20 January 2020|title=CATALUNYA.-María Rodríguez Soto, Mejor Protagonista Femenina en los Premis Gaudí por 'Els dies que vindran'}} She appeared in the film as a real-life expectant woman alongside her then partner David Verdaguer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/rotterdam-tiger-director-carlos-marques-marcet-on-the-days-to-come/5136259.article|website=ScreenDaily|date=2 February 2019|title=Rotterdam Tiger director: Carlos Marques-Marcet on 'The Days To Come'}} In 2022, she featured as Carol in comedy-drama television series The Girls at the Back.{{Cite web|url=https://decider.com/2022/09/23/the-girls-at-the-back-netflix-review/|website=Decider.com|date=23 September 2022|first=Joel|last=Keller|title=Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Girls At The Back’ On Netflix, Where Five Longtime Friends Go On An Adventurous Vacation After One Of Them Gets Diagnosed With Cancer}} Her portrayal of Lola, a 40-year-old-woman whose happy life is temporarily upended by an unexpected pregnancy, in Liliana Torres' comedy-drama Mamifera (2024) earned her the Best Performance award at the Austin-based SXSW festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/el-cultural/cine/20240428/liliana-torres-estrena-mamifera-queria-liberar-experiencia-aborto-aura-oscura/850915018_0.html|website=El Cultural|via=El Español|date=28 April 2024|title=Liliana Torres estrena 'Mamífera': "Quería liberar la experiencia del aborto de su aura oscura"|first=Javier|last=Yuste}}{{Cite web|url=https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2024/04/25/mamifera-el-drama-que-retrata-los-estigmas-contra-las-mujeres-que-deciden-no-ser-madres-cadena-ser/|website=Cadena SER|date=25 April 2024|first=Pepa|last=Blanes|title='Mamífera', el drama que retrata los estigmas contra las mujeres que deciden no ser madres}}

Accolades

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{{center|2019}}

| 22nd Málaga Film Festival

Silver Biznaga for Best Actressrowspan = "3" | The Days to Come{{won}}{{center|{{Cite web|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/festival-de-malaga-2019-palmares-completo-125344/|title=Festival de Málaga 2019: Palmarés completo|date=23 March 2019}}}}
rowspan = "2" | {{center|2020}}

| 7th Feroz Awards

Best Main Actress in a Film{{nom}}{{center|{{Cite web|website=HuffPost|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.es/entry/premios-feroz-2020-los-ganadores_es_5e2021adc5b674e44b92cf71.html|date=16 January 2020|title=Premios Feroz 2020: la lista completa de ganadores}}}}
12th Gaudí AwardsBest Actress{{won}}{{center|{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/catalunya/noticia-maria-rodriguez-soto-mejor-protagonista-femenina-premis-gaudi-els-dies-vindran-20200120003644.html|website=Europa Press|title=María Rodríguez Soto, Mejor Protagonista Femenina en los Premis Gaudí por 'Els dies que vindran'|date=20 January 2020}}}}
{{center|2024}}

| SXSW Film Festival

Special Jury Award for Performancerowspan = "2" | Mamifera{{won}}{{center|{{Cite web|website=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/sxsw-festival-awards-2024-winners-1235941504/|title=‘Bob Trevino Likes It,’ ‘Monkey Man’ Lead SXSW Film & TV Festival Audience Awards|first=Michaela|last=Zee|date=13 March 2024}}}}
rowspan = "5" | {{center|2025}}

| rowspan = "2" | 17th Gaudí Awards

Best Actress{{nom}}rowspan = "2" | {{center|{{Cite web|url=https://www.3cat.cat/324/en-directe-premis-gaudi-2025-el-47-i-casa-en-flames-parteixen-com-a-favorites/noticia/3331088/|date=19 January 2025|title=Premis Gaudí: "El 47" triomfa en una gala que també reconeix el risc de "Polvo serán"|website=3/24|via=3Cat}}}}
Best Supporting Actressrowspan = "4" | A House on Fire{{nom}}
12th Feroz AwardsBest Supporting Actress in a Film{{nom}}{{center|{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/cine/premios-feroz-2025-nominados-casa-flames-culminan-exito_1_11858663.html|website=eldiario.es|date=28 November 2024|title=Los Premios Feroz culminan el éxito de 'Casa en flames' con ocho nominaciones|first=Laura|last=García Higueras}}}}
{{Sort|Goya 39|39th Goya Awards}}Best Supporting Actress{{nom}}{{center|{{Cite web|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/premios-goya-2025-nominaciones-directo-gala-cine-espanol-5664953/|date=18 December 2024|first=Daniel de|last=Partearroyo|title=Premios Goya 2025: 'El 47' domina con 14 nominaciones, seguida de 'La infiltrada'}}}}
47th Moscow International Film FestivalBest Actress{{won}}{{center|{{cite web|url=https://www.bfm.ru/news/572217|title=Гран-при ММКФ получила индийская лента «Элизиум»|trans-title=Indian film "The Elysian Field" wins MIFF Grand Prix|date=24 April 2025|access-date=25 April 2025|language=ru|work=BFM.ru|archive-date=25 April 2025|archive-url=http://archive.today/20250425014853/https://www.bfm.ru/news/572217|url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/photo/20933384/closing-of-the-moscow-international-film-festival-2025.shtml|title=Чадов, Дюжев, Астахов: кто пришел на закрытие ММКФ|trans-title=Chadov, Dyuzhev, Astakhov: who came to the closing of the Moscow International Film Festival|date=24 April 2025|access-date=25 April 2025|language=ru|work=Gazeta.Ru|archive-date=25 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425020354/https://www.gazeta.ru/photo/20933384/closing-of-the-moscow-international-film-festival-2025.shtml|url-status=live}}}}

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