A native of Barcelona, she relocated to Madrid to launch her acting career, joining the vibrant La Movida Madrileña scene where she met director Pedro Almodóvar. Her early screen appearances include roles in Almodóvar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1987) and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989), followed by parts in The Bilingual Lover (1993) and the historical drama Libertarias (1996). Th…