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María Valverde

María Valverde

Actor · Born March 24, 1987 (39) · Madrid, Spain

María Valverde Rodríguez (born March 24, 1987) is a Spanish actress. She was born María Valverde Rodriguez in Carabanchel, Madrid. She was 16 when she got a leading role with Luis Tosar in a Manuel Martín Cuenca movie, La flaqueza del bolchevique, she won the 2003 Goya Award for this role. She has also taken part in several films, such as Melissa P., a film based on the polemic book One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed by Melissa Panarello. Description above from the Wikipedia article María Valverde, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 24, 1987 (39)
From
Madrid, Spain
Works as
Actor
Titles
23 on MovieCove · 40 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 22% in 30 days

What are María Valverde's films like?

Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
38%
Self
23%
Morality
14%
Survival
11%
Power
7%
Society
6%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 22 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 3 · Dark 15

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 12 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 10 · Intense 10

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 18 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 3

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 3 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 16

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 12 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

17 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 7 of 17 analyzed roles.

Hero
7 of 17
Ally
6 of 17
Shadow
2 of 17
Herald
1 of 17
Shapeshifter
1 of 17
Show the 17 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Melancholic
15
Romantic
7
Bittersweet
6
Dread
4
Other
16

How their films linger

Bittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic6
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch María Valverde's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for María Valverde's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

40 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Final Problem(2026)

    Show 4 episodes · as Adela Figueora

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • All We Cannot See (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Song of the Hands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Director · Producer

  • Fever Dream(2021)

    as Amanda

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Sounds Like Love(2021)

    as Maca

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Spider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Young Inés

  • Galveston(2018)

    as Carmen

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • La resistencia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Invitada

  • Diving(2017)

    as Paz Aguilera

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Back to Burgundy(2017)

    as Alicia

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Limehouse Golem(2016)

    as Aveline Ortega

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Guernica(2016)

    as Teresa

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Load(2017)

    as Elisa

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Ali and Nino(2016)

    as Nino Kipiani

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Ahora o nunca(2015)

    as Eva

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Broken Horses(2015)

    as Vittoria

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Exodus: Gods and Kings(2014)

    as Séfora

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Hermanos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · as Virginia Rodríguez

  • A Lonely Sun Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Linda

  • You and I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Laura

  • The Liberator(2013)

    as María Teresa Bolívar

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Mule (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Conchi

  • 400 Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Paiva

  • I Want You(2012)

    as Babi

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Cold Call (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Inés

  • Madrid, 1987(2011)

    as Ángela

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • La fuga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 12 episodes · as Anna Serra

  • Three Steps Above Heaven(2010)

    as Babi

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Cracks(2009)

    as Fiamma

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The King of the Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Bea

  • The Anarchist's Wife(2008)

    as Manuela

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Sandman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Lola

  • Thieves(2007)

    as Ladrona

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • The Borgia(2006)

    as Lucrecia Borgia

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Melissa P.(2005)

    as Melissa P.

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Vorvik (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Sofía

  • Cuando (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Anna

  • Body Confusion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Cuca

  • The Weakness of the Bolshevik(2003)

    as María

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Silenci? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 40 titles from 2002 to 2026; peak year 2013.

Biggest box office

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

$268M worldwide

Highest rated

Ali and Nino (2016)

Midcredits 80th

Most popular right now

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

Film career

20022026

Peak 2013 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 11 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2003Screen debut· The Weakness of the Bolshevik
  • 2005First top-billed film· Melissa P.
  • 2012Career best· I Want You

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting39 of 40: 39 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score47thDirecting1 of 40: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 40: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

2000s12 · acting2010s23 · acting2020s5 · 4 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 17% of 23 roles
0313

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do María Valverde's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 22; across their 22 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Midcredits score across 23 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 23 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

Three Steps Above Heaven (2010)

62nd percentile spread · 13% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Ali and Nino (2016)

Midcredits 80th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 20 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is María Valverde's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles36–76 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles45–70 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles7–53 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles27–56 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles29–70 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does María Valverde work with?

People who share at least 2 of María Valverde's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Francisco Ramos shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers