Maribel Verdú and Leonor Watling will be the presenters of the Goya 2025 in Granada

The actresses Maribel Verdú y Leonor Watling will be the presenters of the Goya Awards gala that will take place in Granada on February 8, the Film Academy has announced in a statement.

“For the first time in the history of these awards, two actresses will host the gala“, highlighted the institution, organizer of the event.

The one in Granada on February 8 will be the 39th edition of these awards that recognize the best works of Spanish cinema during the year.

Verdú, 54 years old, is one of the most important actresses in Spanish cinema in recent years, as proven by the films she has starred in and the directors she has worked with.

According to the Academy, he has won two Goya awards for Seven French pool tables and for snow whitealthough she has been nominated up to 11 times.

In 2008, he won the National Film Award and also received the Academy Gold Medal.

Although he has participated in television and theater, it is in cinema where Verdú has performed the most, as he has been part of the cast of more than 80 films.

Montxo Armendáriz, Fernando Trueba, Alfonso Cuarón, Rodrigo García, Gracia Querejeta and even Francis Ford Coppola are some of the filmmakers with whom he has worked.

Leonor Watling, 49 years old, is another actress with a long career and in her career her works with Pedro Almodóvar, Isabel Coixet, Bigas Luna, Cesc Gay, Mariano Barroso and Daniela Ferjerman and Inés París stand out. He recently released ‘Anatema’, a horror film, in theaters.

He has two Goya nominations for The hour of the brave y My mother likes women.

Watling, furthermore, She is the singer and lyricist of Marlango, a facet that she has combined with cinema for practically the last 20 years..

Verdú, as stated in the statement, was happy with the decision of the Film Academy. “Leonor and I are friends, we have the same energy and we both understand this job in the same way, like a game. And that is why, in the gala that we are going to present, we intend to enjoy ourselves and make the people who see us also enjoy themselves,” he said.

“May the force (and good scriptwriters) be with us!” Watling highlighted.