Molina was born in Madrid on 5 October 1955, the daughter of singer Antonio Molina and Ángela Tejedor. Her siblings Paula [es], Mónica and Miki [es] are also actors. Another of her siblings, Noel [es], is a composer.
She studied dance and theatre art in the Escuela Superior de Madrid. She made her film debut in 1975 with César Fernández Ardavín's No matarás. Another early major credit is her performance as Rosa (a sexually provocative woman and unwed mother) in Black Brood (1977), a film portraying fascist violence in post-Francoist Spain. She rose to international prominence after starring in Luis Buñuel's last film That Obscure Object of Desire (1977).
She has worked with such directors as Luis Buñuel, the Taviani brothers, Jaime Chávarri, Pedro Almodóvar, Fernando Colomo, Jaime Camino, José Luis Borau, Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, Giuseppe Tornatore, Bigas Luna, Alain Tanner, Julio Medem, Ridley Scott, Lina Wertmüller, Sergio Castellitto and Jaime de Armiñán.

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