Verónica Forqué

Verónica Forqué
Forqué in 2019
Born
Verónica Forqué Vázquez-Vigo

(1955-12-01)1 December 1955
Madrid, Spain
Died13 December 2021(2021-12-13) (aged 66)
Madrid, Spain
Cause of deathSuicide by hanging
OccupationActress
Years active1972–2021
Spouse
Manuel Iborra
(m. 1981; div. 2014)
Children1
Parents
RelativesJosé Vázquez-Vigo (grandfather)

Verónica Forqué Vázquez-Vigo (Spanish pronunciation: [beˈɾonika foɾˈke]; 1 December 1955 – 13 December 2021) was a Spanish stage, film and television actress. She was a four-time Goya Award winner, the most award-winning actress alongside Carmen Maura. She had a knack for characters "between ridiculous and tender, stunned and vehement".

Biography

Background

Forqué was born in Madrid on 1 December 1955, to a family with an artistic background: her mother was the writer María del Carmen Vázquez-Vigo [es] and her father was filmmaker José María Forqué. Her grandfather, José Vázquez Vigo [es], was a musician and composer. She had an older brother, film director Álvaro Forqué.

She began to study for a degree in psychology, but at the age of 17, switched to drama.

Beginnings

Her first film appearances were in the movie My Dearest Senorita, under the direction of Jaime de Armiñán in 1972 and her second appearance was in Una pareja... distinta [es], a movie directed by her father.

Onstage, she debuted in 1975, at age 19, with Núria Espert in the play Divinas palabras. Other early dramatic roles on stage include those of "Laura" in El zoo de cristal and "María" in María la mosca.

Stanley Kubrick selected Forqué for the European Spanish-language dub of Shelley Duvall (playing the role of "Wendy Torrance") in The Shining (1980).

She married director Manuel Iborra [es] in 1981; they had a daughter, María.

In 1982, she featured in the television series Ramón y Cajal directed by her father; she played the wife of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Silveria Fañanás García.

Breakout

Her career took a leap forward with her breakout performance as Cristal, "a toothy heart-of-gold hooker" in Pedro Almodóvar's 1984 film, What Have I Done to Deserve This? She landed her first major television role in the 1985 sitcom Platos rotos, earning a Fotogramas de Plata in 1986 for her performance as Loli. She won her first Goya Award with a supporting role in Fernando Trueba's 1986 film Year of Enlightment.

In 1988, she won the Goya Awards for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, for her roles in La vida alegre and Moors and Christians, respectively. She and Emma Suárez are the only two to have won two Goyas in the same year. Of Forqué's performance as a doctor treating sexually transmitted diseases in La vida alegre, Paula Corroto wrote in El Confidencial, Forqué's "smile (and laughter) were forever in the hearts of everyone who saw this film. A comedian from head to toe."

Forqué played the lead in Almodóvar's Kika (1993). A review by Stanley Kauffmann in The New Republic said her part in the film was "a better role than her American debut in Jimmy Hollywood, but it doesn't make the most of this spirited comedienne." Janet Maslin, writing in The New York Times, found Forqué's performance "spirited and appealing, never in danger of being overpowered by [her] surroundings."

She starred in television series such as Pepa y Pepe (1995) and La vida de Rita (2003). The former series, loosely inspired by Roseanne and earning audience ratings breaking seven million viewers mark and 40% share, earned Forqué a great deal of popularity in Spain.

Late career

Forqué during the Sahara International Film Festival in 2007

Forqué fell into a depression in the wake of her 2014 separation from Iborra, a situation aggravated by the death of her brother Álvaro some months later.

In 2017, she won the Nacho Martínez award from the Gijón International Film Festival. At the 5th Feroz Awards (2018), Forqué received the Honorary Award, which recognised her long career.

One of Forqué's last starring roles was in the Ángeles Reiné's LGBTQ romantic comedy film So My Grandma's a Lesbian, playing Sofía, the lesbian partner of the character Rosa María Sardá played in her final role; the film was released in 2020 after Sardá's death.

A participant in the sixth season of the competitive reality television cooking show MasterChef Celebrity, she quit the show during the November 2021 semifinal, citing exhaustion.

Death

Forqué was found dead in her Madrid residence on 13 December 2021 at the age of 66. The cause of death was suicide by hanging. She left two posthumous performances in feature films: 1000 Miles from Christmas (released on 24 December 2021) and Espejo, espejo (released on 20 May 2022). She was also providing the voice for Rose in the upcoming animation series Pobre diablo, yet some scenes were still pending for recording; Buendía Estudios declined immediate comment on the show's future.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref
1976 El segundo poder
1976 Madrid, Costa Fleming
1977 La guerra de papá [es] Vítora
1977 The Standard Louise Lang
1978 Las truchas
1984 ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (What Have I Done to Deserve This?) Cristal
1985 Sé infiel y no mires con quién [es] Silvia
1986 El año de las luces (Year of Enlightment) Irene
1986 Matador Periodista
1987 La vida alegre Ana
1987 Moros y cristianos (Moors and Christians) Monique
1988 Bajarse al moro Chusa
1992 Salsa rosa [es] Ana
1993 ¿Por qué lo llaman amor cuando quieren decir sexo? (Why Do They Call It Love When They Mean Sex?)
1993 Kika Kika
1996 ¿De qué se ríen las mujeres? Luci
1997 El tiempo de la felicidad (Time of Happiness) Julia
2001 Tiempos de azúcar [es] Isabel
2001 Sin vergüenza (No Shame) Isabel
2001 Clara y Elena [es] Clara
2006 Reinas (Queens) Nuria
2006 La dama boba (The Idiot Maiden) Otavia
2008 Enloquecidas (Crazy) Barbara
2012 Ali Alicia
2016 Tenemos que hablar (We Need to Talk) Patricia
2019 Salir del ropero [es] (So My Grandma's a Lesbian) Sofía
2021 A mil kilómetros de la Navidad (1000 Miles from Christmas) Blanca Posthumous release
2022 Espejo, espejo Álvaro's mother Posthumous release
Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref
1982 Ramón y Cajal: Historia de una voluntad [es] Silveria Fañanás García
1985 Platos rotos [es] Loli
1990 Eva y Adán, agencia matrimonial [es] Eva Salvador
1995 Pepa y Pepe Pepa
2003 La vida de Rita Rita
2014–15 La que se avecina María Teresa Sáenz de Tejada Season 8
2019 Días de navidad (Three Days of Christmas) Adela
2019 Amar es para siempre Amparo Sáez de Abascal Recurring role. Season 9. 4 episodes
2020 Señoras del (h)AMPA Cándida Guest role. Season 2

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
1986 35th Fotogramas de Plata Best Television Performance Platos rotos Won
1987 1st Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress Year of Enlightment Won
1988 2nd Goya Awards Best Actress La vida alegre Won
Best Supporting Actress Moors and Christians Won
1990 4th Goya Awards Best Actress Bajarse al moro Nominated
1994 8th Goya Awards Best Actress Kika Won
2020 29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Stage Actress in a Leading Role Las cosas que sé que son verdad Won
23rd Max Awards Best Leading Actress Won

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