Alejandra Márquez Abella

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1982-04-30 (42 years old)

Place of Birth San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Also Known As Alejandra Márquez

Alejandra Márquez Abella

Biography

Born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico in 1982, she studied filmmaking at the Centre d’Estudis Cinematogràfics de Catalunya in Barcelona. Her debut feature film, Semana Santa, and her second film, The Good Girls, both premiered at Toronto, the latter going on to screen at several festivals around the world and being nominated for 14 Mexican Academy of Film Awards. She has been working for television for more than a decade, including directing two episodes of the Narcos: Mexico series. El norte sobre el vacío is her third feature-length film.

Known For

Director

2023
2019
The Good Girls

as Director

2018
Narcos: Mexico

as Director

2015
Semana Santa

as Director

2011
Mal de tierra

as Director

Writer

2023
A Million Miles Away

as Screenplay

2019
The Good Girls

as Writer

2015
Semana Santa

as Screenplay

Producer

2025
La liberación

as Executive Producer

Creator

2025
La liberación

as Creator

Actor

2005