Verónica Forqué Vázquez-Vigo; 1 December 1955 – 13 December 2021) was a Spanish stage, film and television actress.

She was a four-time Goya Award winner.

Spouse - Manuel Iborra, ​(m. 1981; div. 2014)​

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Parents

• José María Forqué (father)
• Carmen Vázquez-Vigo (mother)

Biography

Born in Madrid on 1 December 1955, to a family with an artistic background: her mother was the writer Carmen Vázquez-Vigo and her father was the filmmaker José María Forqué. She had an older brother, film director Álvaro Forqué. She began a degree in psychology even though she switched to drama.

Some of her early dramatic roles on stage include those of 'Laura' in El zoo de cristal and 'María' in María la mosca.

Her career took a leap forward with her breakout performance as Cristal in Pedro Almodóvar's 1984 film, What Have I Done to Deserve This?. She played the lead in Almodóvar's Kika (1993).[7] A review by Stanley Kauffman 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."

She married actor Manuel Iborra in 1981 (they separated in 2014), by whom she had a daughter, María.

She had starred in television series such as Pepa y Pepe (1995) and La vida de Rita (2003).

In 2017, she received from the Gijón International Film Festival, the Nacho Martínez award.

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

She was found dead in her Madrid residence on 13 December 2021. The cause of death is suspected to be suicide. She will make a posthumous appearance in the film Espejo, espejo, tentatively slated for a 2022 release date.