Ángeles Cruz
Actor
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.
Filmography
Get the Gringo
as Evicted Woman 2012
I Carry You with Me
as Rosa Maria 2021
The Violin
as Jefa Guerrillera 1 2005
Tlatelolco, Summer of 68'
as Ángeles 2013
The Girl
as Rosa's Mother 2012
The Follies
as Irlanda 2025
Familia
as Teresa 2023
Spiral
as Araceli 2 2009
Tamara and the Ladybug
as Tamara 2016
The Daughter of the Puma
as Aschlop Pérez Pérez 1994
El último evangelio
2008
The Doldrums or How to Cure Sadness
2012
Ramona
as Carmela 2014
Finlandia
as Sara 2021
Two Fridas
as La Adelita 2018
Rito terminal
2000
Traición
2018