María Rojo
Born: 1943-08-15 in Mexico City, Mexico
Known For: Acting
Biography
María Rojo is the artistic name of María de Lourdes Rojo e Incháustegui (Mexico City, August 15, 1943), a Mexican film, theater and television actress. Daughter of Roberto Rojo, an agronomist, and Águeda Incháustegui, a school teacher. From her childhood, she remembers being nervous and suffering from dyslexia, which brought her personality problems and insecurity, but she soon stood out for her artistic skills. She began her artistic career at the age of eight, when she was selected in a casting to participate in the Teatro Fantástico program, where she played the girl Ciquirritica. Then, she has developed a fruitful career that exceeds 60 years, and in 2018, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially invited her to be a special part of its new members. She is the first actress to receive the "Premio Bellas Artes" for her great career, and Winner of the Ariel Award, including the "Ariel de Oro" out of a total of 11 nominations, she is considered one of the best actresses in the history of Mexico.
Filmography
2025
- Tespis Teporocho
- Amanecer as Prudencia Morales
- Grayffiti as Rosa
2024
- Atypical Pirate
- We Were Kings as Herminia
2023
- Pole Dance as Lic. García
2022
- Malvada as Doña Claudia
- A Not So Merry Christmas as Silvia
- Pena Ajena as Tere
2021
- Mi Canción as Abue
- Your Love Is My Fortune as Magos Domínguez Negrete (Recast)
2020
- The Day I Lost Myself as Sofía “Old Twinky”
2018
- Narcos: Mexico as Norma Arellano Felix
- The Cousin as Juliana
- Valentina's Wedding as Luz Evelia
2017
- Crimes of the North Sea
- One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo as Self
- Sincronía as Madame
- Su nombre era Dolores, la Jenn que yo conocí as Doña Rosa
2016
- Hasta que te conocí as Maribel
- Gabo & Cinema as Self
2015
- Ayotzinapa ... (Thanks)
- Las Horas Contigo as Julieta
- She's Ramona as Marcela Godínez
2014
- Senora Acero as Mercedes "La Mecha" Berríos
- The Perfect Dictatorship as Doña Chole
- The Crime of Cacaro Gumaro as María Cocinera
- Hasta el fin del mundo as Guadalupe
- A Shred Of Mist as Tía Elizabeth
- Crónica de castas as Bertha
2012
- El Albergue as Esperanza de la Lama
- Cloroformo as Doña Consuelo
2011
- Todos hemos pecado as La Perfida
2010
- El Infierno as Doña Mari Reyes
- Exquisite Corpse
- File of Attempted Murder as Madre de Arroyo
- Gritos D Muerte y Libertad as Madre de Pedro
- Gritos de Muerte y Libertad as Madre de Pedro
2009
- María de Todos los Ángeles
- Wild Heart as Clemencia
- Me importas tú... y tú
2008
- El Garabato as Senator
- Killer Women as Milagros
- Tomorrow is forever as Soledad Cruz
2007
- Under the Same Moon as Reyna
2006
- El malogrado amor de Sebastián as Herself
- A Wonderful World as Comadre chismosa
- Amor
2005
- Casados con Hijos as Fabiola
- Alborada as Victoria Mansera de Oviedo
- Dos auroras as Aurora
2004
- El edén as Magda
- The Mystery of the Almond Trees as Dona Josefina
2003
- Dark Fate as Lucrecia Vargas
2002
- To Love Too Much as Tía Greta
- Las Lunas del Auditorio as Self
2001
- Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You as Madre de Yessica
2000
- A Breakfast Chronicle as Luzma
1997
- Alta Tensión
- Reclusorio as Gloria Castro (segment "La Prostituta violada")
- Reencuentros as Soledad
- Conversando con Cristina Pacheco as María Rojo
- Esmeralda Comes by Night as Esmeralda Loyden
1996
- Doble indemnización as Paulina
- Danish Girls Show Everything as Nun
- Salón México as Mercedes
- The Overturning Of The Heart as Raquel
- De muerte natural
- Te Sigo Amando as Felipa
1995
- Midaq Alley as Doña Cata
1994
- La señorita as Amida
- Passionate Mobile
- Amor que mata as Adriana
1993
- Encuentro Inesperado as Estela
- Las mil y una aventuras del metro
- Autumn as Woman
1992
- El chupes as Martha
- Tequila as Bailarina
- Forbidden Homework as María / Aisel / Mother
- La casa de los cuchillos
1991
- Homework as Virginia / María
- Infamia
- Danzón as Julia Solórzano
- El extensionista as Güera
- Blue Memories as Esperanza Gómez
- The Legend of a Mask as Emilia
- Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta
1990
- Red Dawn as Alicia
- La mudanza
- Dying in the Gulf as Conchita
- La sombra del ciprés es alargada as Jane
- With Fear in the Veins as Francisca
1989
- Las asesinas del panadero
- Bathroom Intimacy as Esperanza
1988
- All Souls' Day as Yolanda
- Break of Dawn as Maria
- The Marked Hour as Francisca
- El otro crimen
1987
- Los confines as Natalia
- Living Is What Matters as Chabela
- Zapata en Chinameca as Amalia Martínez
1986
- Astucia as Mujer Melesio
- Me llaman la Chata Aguayo
- The Humiliated as Mother Teresa
- Robachicos
1985
- Viaje al paraíso as Queta
1984
- The Heart of the Night as Interprete
1983
- Deceitful Appearances as Fina
- Under the Shrapnel as Maria
1982
- The Eve as Margarita
- Confidencias as Anastasia
1979
- Maria of My Heart as Maria Torres Lopez
- The Enemy Sister
1977
- Lo mejor de Teresa as Carmen
1976
- Las Poquianchis as Lupe
- The Heist as Meche
1974
- Candy Stripe Nurses as Marisa Valdez
1973
- The Cubs as Lucy
- Castle of Purity as Young at store
1969
- Memories of the Future as Prostituta del burdel
1956
- Forbidden Kisses as Alicia