Maria Rodríguez Soto

Maria Rodríguez Soto was born in Barcelona in 1986.^[1] She earned a degree in dramatic art from the Institut del Teatre.^[2] Some of her stage credits include performances in Misteri de dolor [ca], L'habitació blava, Victòria d'Enric V, and Una gossa en un descampat.^[2]

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),^[3] and Heirs to the Land (portraying Regina).^[4][5]

Her portrayal of the pregnant woman Vir in The Days to Come (2019) won her the Best Actress award at the 12th Gaudí Awards.^[6] She appeared in the film as a real-life expectant woman alongside her then partner David Verdaguer.^[7] In 2022, she featured as Carol in comedy-drama television series The Girls at the Back.^[1][8] 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.^[9][10]