María Botto

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Botto and the second or maternal family name is Rota.

María Florencia Botto Rota (born 10 February 1974)^[1] is an Argentine-Spanish actress.^[2] In 1978, she moved to Spain with her mother Cristina Rota and her brother Juan Diego Botto, also actors.^[3]

María Botto
At the 32nd Goya Awards in 2018
Born	(1974-02-10) 10 February 1974 (age 51) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Other names	María Botto Rota
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1984-present
Mother	Cristina Rota
Relatives	Juan Diego Botto (brother)

She made her feature film debut at age 10, with a performance in Berta's Motives.^[4] On television, she portrayed the recurring role of Ava Pereira, sister of Juan Diego Botto's character Javier, on the TNT drama series Good Behavior.^[5]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1984	Los motivos de Berta (Berta's Motives)		Film debut	[4]
1989	Si te dicen que caí (If They Tell You I Fell)			[4]
1999	Celos (Jealousy)	Cinta Vidal		[6]
2001	Silencio roto (Broken Silence)	Lola		[7]
2003	Soldados de Salamina (Soldiers of Salamina)	Conchi		[8]
2003	Carmen	Fernanda		[9]
2003	Los abajo firmantes (With George Bush on My Mind)	Laura	Also a co-writer	[10][11]
2004	Seres queridos (Only Human)	Tania		[12]
2004	María querida (Dearest Maria)	Lola		[13]
2005	El penalti más largo del mundo (The Longest Penalty Shot in the World)	Ana		[14]
2007	Barcelona (un mapa) (es) (Barcelona (A Map))	Violeta		[15]
2008	Paisito (es) (Small Country)	Rosana		[16]
2008	Animales de compañía	Sofía		[17]
2009	My Life in Ruins	Lala		[18]
2013	3 bodas de más (Three Many Weddings)	jefa de Ruth		[19]
2015	Hablar	Piedad		[20]
2015	De chica en chica (Girl Gets Girl)	Sofía		[21]
2016	Risen	Mary Magdalene		[22]
2020	Malnazidos (Valley of the Dead)	Sor Flor		[23]
2022	Código Emperador (Code Emperor)	Charo		[24]
2022	Hustle	Paola		[25]
2023	De perdidos a Río			[26]
2024	Odio el verano (I Hate Summer)	Fátima		[27]
2025	The Night My Dad Saved Christmas 2	Pilar	Netflix release	[28]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2000	Un chupete para ella (es)			[29]
2005–06	7 días al desnudo	Marta Castillo		[30]
2007	Círculo rojo	Andrea Onieva		[31]
2009–10	Pelotas	Marta		[32][33]
2016	Bajo sospecha	Sara Guzmán	Introduced in season 2	[34]
2016–17	Good Behavior	Ava	Recurring	[35][36]
2018	Cuerpo de élite	Andrea Zimmerman		[37]
2019	Cuéntame cómo pasó	Fabiola	Introduced in season 20	[38]
2023	Mentiras pasajeras	Patricia		[39]
2023	El otro lado (The Other Side)	Eva		[40]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2000	14th Goya Awards	Best New Actress	Jealousy	Nominated	[41]
2004	18th Goya Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Soldiers of Salamina	Nominated	[42]
	13th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actress in a Secondary Role		Nominated	[43][44]