Mourning in Spanish cinema: the actress Veronica Echegui, eclectic interpreter of Bigas Luna films but remembered in Italy as amparo in “Ballo Ballo”, the Italian-Spanish music comedy of 2020 based on Raffaella Carrà’s songs, died in Madrid at just 42 years old. Veronica passed away to the hospital where she had been hospitalized for almost two weeks for a tumor. The Spanish premier, Pedro Sanchez, said he was shocked for the disappearance of “an actress with an enormous talent and humility that leaves us too young”.
The success had arrived with Bigas Luna’s’ Yo Soy La Juani “who earned Echegui the first Goya nomination in 2006 as a debutant. He was then a candidate for best leading actress for” El Patio de Mi Càrcel “(2008) and” Katmandù, an Espejo en el cielo “(2011).
In Italy he had starred with Toni Servillo and Carla Sinoris in Francesco Amato’s comedy of 2017 ‘left going. In 2020 he had been the protagonist of ‘Ballo, Ballò and then’ The house of the objects of Jorge Dorado from 2022. He had also played successful TV series such as ‘Intimidad’ell 2022 and’ Patients of Dr. Garcìà of 2023. Last year his latest film, the political thriller “Justicia artificial”. He had also been a director and in 2022 he had also been awarded with Goya for the best fiction short film with “Tòtem Loba”.