Rueda was born in Madrid. Her father was a civil engineer and her mother was a ballet instructor. She is the second of three children; her siblings are named Chus and Violeta (Ms. Rodal). She and her family moved to San Juan, Alicante when she was a child because of her younger sister’s asthmatic problems. She was married to Daniel Écija and had three children with him, Beliá (b.1994), María (b.1996) and Lucía (b.1998); unfortunately, their second child died of a heart disease as a baby. She is now a divorcée. When Rueda was 18 years old she moved to Madrid to study architecture, but she left the university when she met an Italian man whom she later married. Rueda returned to Madrid and worked as a salesperson and a model until she finally became a TV presenter. After that she worked as an actress on television, including the show Los Serrano, and eventually acted in films. She won a Goya Award in 2004 for her role as Julia in Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside). She received another Goya nomination for her role in the 2007 film, The Orphanage. Rueda played the lead role of the Spanish thriller Los ojos de Julia, which is produced by Guillermo Del Toro.

2006 • TV

2025 • Movie

2025 • TV

2011 • TV

2003 • TV

2025 • Movie
as Edurne
as Delia
as Carol
as Pilar Durán
as Lucía
as Elena
as Laura
as Dr. Sardón
as Maestra (voice)
as Mayka Villaverde
as Julia
as Alicia
as Alba
as Herself
as Laura
as Self
as Julia Levin / Sara
as Nora
as Silvia
as Self - Guest
3 episodes
as Belén Rueda
1 episodes
as Leonor
3 episodes
as Lucía Gómez
124 episodes
as Monologuista
1 episodes
as Marián Ballesteros
34 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self (archive footage)
1 episodes
as Herself
1 episodes
as Nicole
8 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
14 episodes
as Clara Nadal
121 episodes
as Sara Cruz
20 episodes
as Claudia
11 episodes
as Candela Bermejo
29 episodes
as Pilar Macías
13 episodes