María José Goyanes

María José Goyanes Muñoz (born 8 December 1948) is a Spanish actress.

Biography María José Goyanes belongs to a family with a long artistic tradition: her grandfather was the actor , her mother the actress , and her sisters Vicky Lagos, , and Goyanes. She was married to the producer and theater director . Their son, , is also an actor.

She began working in the theater while still a child, performing with José María Rodero in . She also made her debut in cinema and television when she was not yet 15. A dedicated theatrical actress, she formed her own company, staging works such as Chekhov's The Seagull.

Goyanes was the subject of a scandal during the 1975 production of the play Equus. In her role, alongside José Luis López Vázquez and , she appeared topless, the first time this had occurred in Spanish theater since the end of Francoist censorship.

Her first big-screen appearance was in 1960's A Ray of Light by Luis Lucia, which also marked the debut of the prodigy Marisol. However her film career has not been extensive, comprising fewer than ten roles, almost all in the 1960s, including Megatón Ye-Ye (1965) by Jesús Yagüe, (1967), (1967), and (1967), the last three by Pedro Lazaga.

She has had a more prominent presence on television, appearing on dozens of Televisión Española (TVE) shows, such as and Estudio 1, notably her two interpretations of Doña Inés in Don Juan Tenorio (1968 and 1973) and of Paula in (1978).

She is also known for acting in the series (1988), with Concha Velasco (1996), Yo soy Bea as Alicia Echegaray (2008–2009), and Hospital Central. In 2016 and 2017 she played Ana María, marquise of Madrigales, in Amar es para siempre.

Awards Nominated for the (1982), for Educating Rita Nominated for the Mayte Theater Award (1984) Nominated for the Mayte Theater Award (1985) Nominated for the Mayte Theater Award (1987)

Selected plays

Television appearances