María Botto

Personal context

Summary

María Botto is a Spanish actress known for films including Celos, Soldados de Salamina, Malnazidos, and Código Emperador. Her screen work ranges from comedy and genre films to stories touching on Spanish and Argentine political history. She has spoken in support of feminism and trans people, joined a campaign about the disappearance of Sahrawi leader Bassiri, and publicly addressed colonialism, racism, and Black Lives Matter. She also joined Ione Belarra’s Podemos leadership slate and has named Belarra and Irene Montero as political inspirations. No public self-identification of her sexuality is on record.