Actress Veronica Ichigoi dies of cancer
(Web News)Actress Verónica Echegui has died at the age of 42.
The Spanish star was hospitalised in Madrid and died on Sunday after privately battling cancer, local press have reported.
Appearing in over 30 films and TV shows over an 18 year career, Echegui was known for her 2008 role in My Prisoner’s Yard (2008), directed by Belén Macías and produced by Pedro Almodóvar.
Her breakout film I am Juani (2006) meanwhile catapulted her to fame in Spanish cinema.
Alongside her success in her native Spain, she made her Hollywood foray in 2013 with a part in The Cold Light Of Day alongside Sigourney Weaver and Bruce Willis.
She also shared the screen with British talents Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade in 2009 film Bunny And The Bull.Actress Verónica Echegui has died at the age of 42. The Spanish star was hospitalised in Madrid and died on Sunday after privately battling cancer, local press have reported (pictured in February 2025)
