Actress Verónica Echegui died on Sunday, August 24, after a lengthy battle with cancer at the age of 42. She had kept news of her illness private and was admitted to the hospital in recent days. The Madrid-born RADA-trained star was known to audiences for her work on the film Bunny and the Bull, alongside Great British Bake Off star Noel Fielding, and Sky Atlantic‘s drama series Fortitude.
Spanish newspaper El País described her as “an essential talent in Spanish cinema of the last two decades”. In 2009, she appeared in the surreal comedy Bunny and the Bull, and starred alongside Noel and his Mighty Boosh co-star Julian Barrett.
She played a foul-mouthed waitress in a hallucinogenic road trip involving a kidnapped stuffed bear, tramps and dogs. From 2015 until 2017, she starred in Sky Atlantic’s horror psychological thriller Fortitude as Elena Ledesma.
In 2022, she starred opposite heartthrob Sam Clafin as Maria Rodríguez in the romantic comedy Book of Love. In 2012, she starred opposite Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, and Sigourney Weaver in the thriller Cold Light of Day.
Other notable films include La gran familia española (Family United, 2013), Explota Explota (My Heart Goes Boom, 2020), and Objetos (Lost and Found, 2022).
She has also appeared in series such as Intimidad (Intimacy, 2022) and Los pacientes del doctor García (The Patients of Dr Garcia, 2023).
Tributes flooded in for the star as the news of her death became public. One user penned: “Oh my goodness, how sad. So many young people dying, and with such rapid and sudden illnesses.”
“I loved this woman… I recently saw the movie ‘Yo soy la Juani’… it was only two weeks ago that I saw it with my wife because she hadn’t seen it… and now this comes out… very sad news to start a Monday…,” another commented.
A third chimed in: “God, I loved this actress! Damn, may she rest in peace. Lots of kisses to heaven.” A fourth shared: “How sad. So young and full of life. I’m so sorry. All my love to all her family.”
“Totally unfair for such a young person. It’s been a true cruelty in life. My deepest condolences to her family and friends. R.I.P.,” a fifth offered. Meanwhile, a sixth simply wrote: “R.I.P My deepest condolences to her family and friends.”
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