Magüi Mira

María Luisa Mira Franco (born 1944), better known as Magüi Mira, is a Spanish actress and theatre director. In addition to her stage credits, she has also performed in film and television works.^[1]

Magüi Mira
Born	María Luisa Mira Franco 1944 Valencia, Spain
Occupation(s)	Actress, theatre director

Biography

María Luisa Mira Franco was born in 1944 in Valencia.^[2] Her younger brother Carles [es] was a filmmaker.^[3] She studied medieval history in Valencia.^[4] In 1967, she moved together with her first husband José Sanchis Sinisterra to Teruel.^[3][5] She moved to Barcelona in 1971,^[6] graduating in performing arts from the Institut del Teatre.^[4] She earned early recognition in the Spanish theatre scene by playing Molly Bloom in La noche de Molly Bloom [es], a monologue premiered in 1979 based on the last chapter of Ulysses.^[7][8] After a long acting career in theatre, she made her directorial debut with Top Girls, followed by a staging of The Dog in the Manger in 2002.^[9]

In 2016, she was recognised with the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts.^[10]

She is the mother of actress Clara Sanchis [es].^[11]