Overview

• Spain's actors' union confirmed her death in a post on X after local media reports.
• El País, citing people close to her, reported she died Sunday in a Madrid hospital.
• Those reports said she had been suffering from cancer, with no formal family statement published.
• Echegui broke through in 2006 with the lead role in Bigas Luna’s 'Yo soy la Juani,' earning multiple prizes and a Goya newcomer nomination.
• She later received the Berlinale Shooting Star honor in 2009 and won a 2022 Goya for directing, co-writing, and co-producing the short 'Tótem Loba.'