María Valverde Spain 2016

María Valverde won the Goya for Best Newcomer for her acting debut as the lead actress in Manuel Martin Cuenca s 2002 film THE BOLSHEVIK S WEAKNESS and has since worked on numerous films both at home and abroad. María made her first film in English in 2008 with Jordan Scott s CRACKS and also had a supporting role as Moses wife in Ridley Scott s EXODUS in 2014. She was cast in 2015 as one of the leads for Asif Kapadi s ALI AND NINO, adapted from Kurban Said s acclaimed novel set in Azerbaijan.