Natalia Verbeke

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Verbeke and the second or maternal family name is Leiva.

Natalia Carolina Verbeke Leiva (born 23 February 1975) is an Argentine-Spanish actress.^[1][2] She gained notoriety for her performance in The Other Side of the Bed.^[3]

Natalia Verbeke
Verbeke in 2025
Born	Natalia Carolina Verbeke Leiva (1975-02-23) 23 February 1975 (age 50) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Education	RESAD
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998 − present
Children	1

Biography

Natalia Verbeke was born on 23 February 1975 in Buenos Aires.^[4] At age 11, she moved to Madrid to join her parents, Argentine emigrants to Spain.^[3] She completed her secondary education at the Beatriz Galindo high school in the Madrilenian district of Salamanca.^[5] She trained her acting chops at Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (RESAD) and at Escuela Guindalera under Juan Pastor [es].^[6]

Verbeke made her debut performance in a feature film in Un buen novio (1998), in which she starred alongside Fernando Guillén Cuervo.^[7] It was followed by roles in films such as Nobody Knows Anybody, Son of the Bride, and The Other Side of the Bed, the latter of which earned Verbeke wide popularity.^[3]

She received two Ondas Awards for the latter two films. In 2005, she starred as María in By Force. In 2011 she featured in French film The Women on the 6th Floor with Fabrice Luchini and Sandrine Kiberlain.

Onstage, Verbeke has performed in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in England.^{[citation needed]} On television, she has starred in El pantano (The Reservoir), Al filo de la ley (At the Edge of the Law), and Los Serrano (The Serranos).^{[citation needed]}

She has had one daughter from her relationship with rugby player Marcos Poggi.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1998	Un buen novio	Verónica	Feature film debut	[9][7]
1999	Nadie conoce a nadie (Nobody Knows Anybody)	María		[10]
2000	Carretera y manta [ca] (To the End of the Road)			[11]
2000	Kasbah	Alix		[12]
2001	Jump Tomorrow	Alicia		[13]
2001	El hijo de la novia (Son of the Bride)	Naty		[14]
2002	El otro lado de la cama (The Other Side of the Bed)	Paula		[15]
2002	Apasionados (Passionate People)	Uma		[16]
2003	Días de fútbol (Football Days)	Violeta		[17]
2003	Dot the i	Carmen Colazzo		[18]
2004	El juego de la verdad (The Truth and Other Lies)	Susana		[19]
2005	Tempesta [de] (The Venice Conspiracy)	Chiara		[20]
2003	El Cid: La leyenda (El Cid: The Legend)	Gimena	Voice work	[21]
2004	El juego de la verdad (The Truth and Other Lies)	Susana		[22]
2005	A golpes (By Force)	María		[23]
2005	El método (The Method)	Montse		[24]
2006	GAL	Marta Castillo		[25]
2007	Arritmia [es] (Guantanamero)	Manuela		[26]
2010	Les femmes du 6e Étage (The Women on the 6th Floor)	María González		[27]
2017	El último traje (The Last Suit)	Claudia		[28]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	El pantano			[citation needed]
2005	Al filo de la ley (At The Edge of the Law)			[citation needed]
2007–08	Los Serrano	Ana Blanco	Introduced in season 6	[29]
2009–11	Doctor Mateo	Adriana Pozuelo		[30]
2014	Bienvenidos al Lolita	Violeta Reina		[31]
2016	El Caso. Crónica de sucesos	Rebeca Martín		[32][33]
2021	Ana Tramel. El juego (ANA. all in)	Concha		[34]
2022	Todos mienten	Ana		[35]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2001	4th British Independent Film Awards	Most Promising Newcomer	Jump Tomorrow	Nominated	[36][37]
2003	12th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actress in a Leading Role	The Other Side of the Bed	Nominated	[38][39]
2022	30th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actress in a Secondary Role	ANA. all in	Nominated	[40]