Industry mourns death of Spanish actress Verónica Echegui aged 42

The Spanish film industry is reeling from the news of the death of actress Verónica Echegui on August 25 from cancer aged 42.

Discovered by Bigas Luna in 2006’s Yo Soy La Juani, Madrid-born Verónica Echegui went on to appear in nearly 30 features, as well as in national and international series and stage productions.

Yo Soy La Juani saw Echegui deliver a strikingly fresh and energetic performance as a working-class Barcelona teenager —a “choni” in Spanish slang— living in the city’s outskirts, and determined to become an actress.

Her subsequent credits included Marcos Carnevale’s Make A Wish (2007), Peris Romano and Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s 8 Citas (2008), and Belén Macías’ El Patio De Mi Cárcel , produced by Almodovar brothers in 2008.

In 2009, she was named an EFP European Shooti