Overview

• The Unión de Actores confirmed the Madrid-born actor and director died on 24 August after spending days at Hospital 12 de Octubre with cancer kept out of the public eye.
• Reports from EFE and multiple outlets indicate she had been hospitalized since late July as her condition worsened.
• Echegui broke out with Bigas Luna’s Yo soy la Juani (2006), earned multiple Goya nominations as an actor, and won a 2022 Goya as director for the short Tótem loba.
• Public tributes poured in from figures including Antonio Banderas and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, with the Spanish Film Academy also honoring her legacy.
• Completed work will reach audiences posthumously, notably Netflix’s police thriller Ciudad de sombras (date not yet announced) and the feature Hortelana, alongside her recent Apple TV+ series A muerte released in February.