Ofelia Medina

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1950-04-04

Place of Birth

Mérida - Yucatán - Mexico

Ofelia Medina

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.

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Acting History

2025
Memoria de Los Olvidados as Self
2025
Follow as Tamara
2025
Our Times as Julia
2025
1938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil as grown up Amalia Solórzano
2025
The LIberation
2024
Sara: Amor y Revolución
2024
Dante y Soledad as Madre
2023
The Beast as Doña Tomasa
2023
La Hora Marcada
2023
María: La Diva Eterna as Self
2023
Triptych as Pilar Mancera de Trujano
2022
Mambo Dreams
2022
Evil Eye as Josefa
2021
MasterChef Celebrity México as Self - Los Clásicos
2021
MasterChef Celebrity México as Self - Invitada
2021
The Mosquito Coast as Lucrecia
2021
No Man's Land
2020
El Candidato as María Teresa de Velasco
2020
Deadly Embroidered Memories as Señora Z
2019
Not A Minute To Lose as Elisa del futuro
2019
Guadalupe-Kings as Doña Ceci
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
2013
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)
2007
Juarez: The City Where Women Are Disposable as Self
2006
I Love Miami
2005
Salted Water
2005
Club eutanasia as The Director
2005
Innocent Voices as Mama Toya
2004
Mónica y el Profesor as Esposa del Profesor
2000
Before Night Falls as Landlady
1999
Las cenizas del volcán
1997
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco as Self
1996
Para toda la vida as Elena
1996
El repartidor de pensamientos
1993
A Wall of Silence as Silvia
1992
Nocturno a Rosario as Rosario De La Peña
1992
Gertrudis as Gertrudis Bocanegra
1992
Diplomatic Immunity as Sara
1992
Íntimo terror
1991
Camino largo a Tijuana
1990
Orgy of Terror
1986
Frida Still Life as Frida Kahlo
1981
Toda una vida as Alejandra Pastora
1981
Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra
1981
Pueblo de Boquilla
1978
The Big Fix as Alora
1977
Rina as Rina Galeana
1977
Vacaciones misteriosas
1976
La palomilla al rescate
1976
The Fungi Man as Lucila / daughter
1975
Paloma as Paloma Romero
1974
La Casa de Bernarda Alba as Adela
1973
Uno y medio contra el mundo
1973
What Color is the Wind? as Adelita
1972
Queen Doll as Amilamia
1972
Apolinar
1971
El águila descalza as Chona
1971
The Gates of Paradise as Lucia
1971
El Cambio as Tania
1970
Paradise as Magaly
1970
La rebelion de las hijas
1970
Las figuras de arena
1969
Las impuras
1969
Patsy My Love as Patsy
1969
Piranhas Love in Lent as Milta / Daughter
1968
Pax?
Spicy Will as Doña Martha
Barefoot Woman