Ofelia Medina
Born: 1950-04-04 in Mérida - Yucatán - Mexico
Known For: Acting
Biography
Ofelia Medina (born April 4, 1950) is a Mexican actress, singer and screenwriter of Mexican films. She made her film debut in Mexico in 1968 with the film La paz and in Hollywood with The Big Fix ten years later. In 1977 she played a hunchback in the telenovela Rina. She portrayed Frida Kahlo in Paul Leduc's film about the artist in 1984. In Canada, Medina was nominated for the Genie Award for her work in Diplomatic Immunity in 1991. Ofelia Madine has also played in various theatres worldwide. Since 2000 Ofelia played Frida Kahlo in the play Cada quien su Frida. In 2007 she came to Denmark, playing in Århus, Copenhagen and Odense at the gallery of Jens Galschiøt.
Filmography
2026
- Lobo, morir matando as Guillermina Ortiz
2025
- The LIberation
- Follow as Tamara
- Our Times as Julia
- 1938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil as grown up Amalia Solórzano
- Memoria de Los Olvidados as Self
2024
- Dante y Soledad as Madre
- Sara: Love and Revolution
2023
- Triptych as Pilar Mancera de Trujano
- La Hora Marcada
- The Beast as Doña Tomasa
- María: La Diva Eterna as Self
2022
- Evil Eye as Josefa
- Mambo Dreams
2021
- The Mosquito Coast as Lucrecia
- MasterChef Celebrity México as Self
- No Man's Land
- La llevada y la traída ... (Director)
2020
- El Candidato as María Teresa de Velasco
- Deadly Embroidered Memories as Señora Z
2019
- Guadalupe-Kings as Doña Ceci
- Not A Minute To Lose as Elisa del futuro
2018
- No One Will Ever Know as Fidela
2016
- Macho as Mamá Evaristo
2015
- Tanto Amor as Silvia Lombardo
2013
- The Blue Eyes as Yaxte
- Panorama as Ofelia
2012
- Los Rey as Manuela San Vicente de Rey
2011
- Colombiana as Mama
2010
- The Good Herbs as Lala
2008
- Killer Women as Beatriz Fernández
2007
- The Legend of the Nahuala as Nahuala (voice)
- Juarez: The City Where Women Are Disposable as Self
2006
2005
- Innocent Voices as Mama Toya
- Salted Water
- Club eutanasia as The Director
2004
- Mónica y el Profesor as Esposa del Profesor
2000
- Before Night Falls as Landlady
1997
- Conversando con Cristina Pacheco as Self
1996
1993
- A Wall of Silence as Silvia
1992
- Íntimo terror
- Gertrudis as Gertrudis Bocanegra
- Diplomatic Immunity as Sara
- Nocturno a Rosario as Rosario De La Peña
1990
1986
- Frida Still Life as Frida Kahlo
1981
- Toda una vida as Alejandra Pastora
- Pueblo de Boquilla
- Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra
1978
- The Big Fix as Alora
1977
- Rina as Rina Galeana
- Vacaciones misteriosas
1976
- The Fungi Man as Lucila / daughter
- La palomilla al rescate
1975
- Paloma as Paloma Romero
1974
- La casa de Bernarda Alba as Adela
1973
1972
- Queen Doll as Amilamia
- Apolinar
1971
- El águila descalza as Chona
- The Gates of Paradise as Lucia
- El Cambio as Tania
1970
1969
- Patsy My Love as Patsy
- Las impuras
- Piranhas Love in Lent as Milta / Daughter