María Ruiz (born 18 May 1980 in Santander, Cantabria) is a Spanish actress, known for her lead role in the film Summer Rain (El Camino de los Ingleses), directed by Antonio Banderas.
[2] In 2004, she acted in her first feature film, playing the role of Piedad in El asombroso mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo, directed and produced by Enrique López Lavigne (The Impossible).
[5] In 2007, she shot the film Un buen día lo tine cualquiera, directed by Spanish cult director Santiago Lorenzo, and worked in several TV series in 2007 and 2008.
In 2011, she starred in the experimental film El sabor salado de las lágrimas, directed by Augusto Martínez Torres.
[6] Maria Ruiz has performed in several short films, including "Another Love" (2015)[7]—produced by MaskedFrame Pictures (UK) and directed by Victor Pérez (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Les Misérables),[8] co-starring Nigel Barber (Mission Impossible: Rogue_Nation, Spectre)—and "Echo" (2016),[9] directed by Perez and produced by Stiller Studios.