Biography
Soledad Lopez is an acclaimed bilingual actress from Avila, Spain, who began her theatre career at a young age. Since 2000, she has served as the principal resident actress at Thalia Spanish Theatre in New York, where she also holds the roles of Managing Director and Director of the Bilingual Theatre for Children & Youth Workshops. In 2022, she starred in the bilingual world premiere of Eduardo Galán's "Life Lessons/Lecciones de vida," a production that garnered 14 awards—including 1 HOLA, 3 ATI, 7 Talia, and 3 LATA—for artistic excellence in New York, as well as the inaugural Premio Talia Internacional 2023 in Madrid from the Academia de las Artes Escénicas de España for "Best Performing Arts Production in NY by a Hispanic Contemporary Playwright." Additionally, she earned the 2019 Latin ACE Award from the Association of Latin Critics of Entertainment in New York and the 2019 HOLA Award from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors for Best Actress for her role in the New York premiere of Guillem Cluá's LGBT drama "La Golondrina."
In film, Lopez has starred in Francisco Lupini's "Sufrir como dedos que no sangran," "El Nido Vacio," and "Blackout," all showcased at various international festivals and recipients of multiple awards. She also appeared in the popular comedy web series "¡Madre Mía!" and led in Tony Wakefield's "Exilios," a USA Network production that won Best Short Film at Mexico's International Film Festival.
On stage, she has featured in numerous New York productions, including "La Visionaria" (Public Theater), "El Purgatorio de San Patricio" (St. Patrick's Cathedral), "The Misunderstanding" (LATE), "The Audience," and "Play Without A Title" (Haworth Shakespeare Festival). In 1989, she received critical acclaim for her performance in the monologue "Verde doncella asalta un cine." She won Best Actress at the 1984 Golden Age Theatre Festival in El Paso, Texas, for "Don Juan Through the Centuries." Lopez received ACE Best Actress Awards for "Palomas Intrépidas" (1996), the monologue "Las Prostitutas os precederán en el Reino de los Cielos" (1994), and "Entre Mujeres" (1995), which also won an HOLA Award in 2000. At Thalia, she appeared in the world premiere of "Borges & Piazzolla Tango" (2010); the 2008 production of "Don Juan Through the Centuries," winning ACE and HOLA Best Featured Actress Awards; the bilingual world premiere of Ramirez de Haro's "Secret Weapons of FAT Destruction" (2013), earning an ACE Best Actress Award; the bilingual world premiere of Jaime Salom's "La CALLAS & MEDEA" (2012), for which she received the ATI Best Actress Award; the American premiere of Salom's "The Ladies of Avignon" (2007), winning ACE and HOLA Best Actress Awards; the American premiere of Salom's "Almost a Goddess" (2004), also earning ACE and HOLA Best Actress Awards; and the bilingual world premiere of Ed Lopez's "Fireflies," which garnered a HOLA Award for Best Ensemble Cast.
Lopez starred in the American premieres of Ramos Perea's "We Women Do It Better Than Men" in 2003, 2007, 2014, and 2017, winning ACE and HOLA Best Actress Awards for each. Other notable performances include the American premiere of Carlos Fuentes' "The One-Eyed Man Is King" (2002), Jardiel Poncela's "Brake Four Hearts (And Put in Reverse)" (2001), Picasso's "Guernica" (2000), and Calderón's "The Great Theatre of the World," for which she received the HOLA Award for Best Actress. In 2005, she was honored with the Vermeil Medal from the French Académie des Arts-Sciences-Lettres in Paris.
