Overview

• Echegui died on August 24 in Madrid, with the Unión de Actores and her family confirming the death and identifying cancer as the cause.
• She had been hospitalized at Hospital 12 de Octubre since late July, with close circles keeping her illness private and undisclosed to most colleagues.
• Rising to fame with Yo soy la Juani (2006), she earned multiple Goya nominations and won the 2022 Goya for Best Short Film as director of Tótem loba.
• Her recent credits include the film Justicia artificial (2024) and the Apple TV+ series A muerte, which premiered in February 2025.
• Condolences poured in from Spain’s president Pedro Sánchez, Antonio Banderas, Juan Diego Botto, the Academia de Cine, and others, with a farewell held at Madrid’s Tanatorio de La Paz on Monday, according to local reports.