María Ruiz Cruz
| Maria Ruiz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
María Ruiz Cruz 18 May 1980 Santander, Cantabria (Spain) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Website | Instagram site |
María Ruiz (Santander, Cantabria, 18 May 1980) is a Spanish actress, known for her lead role in the film Summer Rain (El Camino de los Ingleses), directed by Antonio Banderas.
María Ruiz studied classical ballet and flamenco at the CAD Armengou school in Santander. In 1999, she moved to Madrid to further her dance studies with flamenco and ballet teachers Merche Esmeralda, Carmen Roche, and Juan Carlos Santamaría, while working as a professional dancer in TV shows (Sorpresa Sorpresa, Gran Prix, Furor) and as a dancer and choreographer for the musician Nacho Cano. She subsequently studied acting at the drama school Theatre for the People.
In 2004, she acted in her first feature film, playing the role of Piedad in El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo, directed and produced by Enrique López Lavigne (The Impossible). In 2006, she was cast in the leading role in Antonio Banderas' feature film, Summer Rain (El Camino de los Ingleses), which was based on the book by Antonio Soler and was the second film directed by Antonio Banderas, after Crazy in Alabama. This film was screened at the Sundance Film Festival and won the European Cinemas Label at the Berlin International Film Festival the same year. In 2007, she shot the film Un buen día lo tine cualquiera, directed by Spanish cult director Santiago Lorenzo, and worked in several TV series in 2007 and 2008. In 2009, she played the iconic Carmina Ordoñez, the first wife of Spanish bullfighter Francisco Rivera (Paquirri), in the TV movie Paquirri. In 2011, she starred in the experimental film El sabor salado de las lágrimas, directed by Augusto Martínez Torres.
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