Overview
- Spanish media cited relatives in reporting her death, and accounts differ on whether she was hospitalized at Dos de Octubre or 12 de Octubre as no official medical bulletin was issued.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez posted condolences on X, calling her a gifted and humble artist.
- Her breakthrough came with Bigas Luna’s 2006 film Yo soy la Juani, which led to multiple Goya nominations.
- She won a Goya in 2022 for directing the fiction short Tótem loba.
- Her work spanned international films and television, including Lasciati andare with Toni Servillo, Explota, Explota, Intimidad, Los pacientes del doctor García, and the 2024 thriller Justicia artificial.