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Almudevar was posthumously awarded BBC Programme Maker of the Year by the BBC World Service in 2008, in recognition of her documentary work.

Almudevar was killed going out to cover a story for the BBC. The taxi she was travelling in collided at night with the wreckage from a previous collision between lorries which had not been cleared off the main highway. The accident happened near the Bolivian village of Calamarca on 25 November 2007. She was 29 years old.

She took a sabbatical leave from the BBC in 2006, when she travelled to several Latin American countries, including Bolivia, Colombia, Peru and Argentina. She produced a number of news pieces while on sabbatical which focused on issues facing the region, including street children and a campaign to legalize the production of the coca leaf.

She was first hired by the BBC in 2002. She initially worked for BBC Midlands. Almudevar also worked on radio and television programs while working at BBC Midlands, including Midlands Today and Inside Out. She also created "docu-dramas" for the network before becoming an overseas reporter and correspondent for the BBC.

Almudevar moved to Brussels, Belgium, following her graduation, where she worked for the European Union. She was subsequently awarded the Schwarzkopf Foundation's Young European of the Year prize in 1999 for her work in promoting unity among diverse young people through her journalism.

In 1999, she won the Young European of the Year award, given by the Heinz-Schwarzkopf Foundation and the European parliament, for her work in promoting understanding among young people from different cultures.

Almudevar was born in London, England to a Spanish father, s psychiatrist, and a British-born mother, the child of emigre German Jews who survived the Holocaust. Almudevar grew up in Nottingham and appeared as a child actress in the BBC's The Rainbow (1988). She graduated from the University of Leeds in 1999 with a degree in European Studies. While attending the school, she wrote for the university newspaper, the Leeds Student (now known as The Gryphon).

Lola Almudevar (28 June 1978, in London – 25 November 2007, in La Paz) was a British journalist and news reporter. She reported for BBC News.