Ángeles Cruz

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Place of Birth Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco

Ángeles Cruz

Biography

Ángeles Cruz is a Mexican actress, screenwriter and filmmaker. Originally from La Mixteca area in Oaxaca, she has a degree in acting from the School of Theater Art of the National Institute of Fine Arts. She has participated as an actress in more than a dozen national and international feature films with directors such as Ignacio Ortiz, Jorge Pérez Solano and Francisco Vargas among others. Her work in "Tamara y la Catarina" of Lucía Carreras, earned her the "Colón de Plata" as Best Actress awarded by the "Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva" 2017 and was "Nominated for Ariel" for best female performance in 2018. It was "Nominated for the Golden Beetle" as Best Actress by the Swedish Film Academy for her work in the film "La hija del puma"(Ulf Hulberg, 1994) and in 2000 for Ariel as best female co-acting for the film "Rito Terminal" (Óscar Urrutia, 2000). Her work as a screenwriter and director has produced three award-winning short films: "La tiricia or como curar la tristeza", "La carta" and "Arcángel". Her first feature film "Nudo mixteco" will be released soon.

Known For

Actor

2023
Broken Borders

as Gabriela

2023
Familia

as Teresa

2022
Medusa

as Nora

2021
Finlandia

as Sara

2021
Dirt

as Consuelo

2021
I Carry You with Me

as Rosa Maria

2018
Two Fridas

as La Adelita

2014
Ramona

as Carmela

2012
Get the Gringo

as Evicted Woman

2012
The Girl

as Rosa's Mother

2011
Eternal Ashes

as Matiri

2009
Spiral

as Araceli 2

2005
The Violin

as Jefa Guerrillera 1

1994
The Garden of Eden

as Margarita Luna

Director

2021
Nudo Mixteco

as Director

2018
Arcángel

as Director

2014
The Letter

as Director

Writer

2021
Nudo Mixteco

as Screenplay

2018
Arcángel

as Screenplay

Producer

2021
Nudo Mixteco

as Producer