
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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Known For
Acting History
2025
Memoria de Los Olvidados as Self
2025Follow as Tamara
2025Our Times as Julia
20251938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil as grown up Amalia Solórzano
2025The LIberation
2024Sara: Amor y Revolución
2024Dante y Soledad as Madre
2023The Beast as Doña Tomasa
2023La Hora Marcada
2023María: La Diva Eterna as Self
2023Triptych as Pilar Mancera de Trujano
2022Mambo Dreams
2022Evil Eye as Josefa
2021MasterChef Celebrity México as Self - Los Clásicos
2021MasterChef Celebrity México as Self - Invitada
2021The Mosquito Coast as Lucrecia
2021No Man's Land
2020El Candidato as María Teresa de Velasco
2020Deadly Embroidered Memories as Señora Z
2019Not A Minute To Lose as Elisa del futuro
2019Guadalupe-Kings as Doña Ceci
2018No One Will Ever Know as Fidela
2016Macho as Mamá Evaristo
2015Tanto Amor as Silvia Lombardo
2013The Blue Eyes as Yaxte
2013Panorama as Ofelia
2012Los Rey as Manuela San Vicente de Rey
2011Colombiana as Mama
2010The Good Herbs as Lala
2008Killer Women as Beatriz Fernández
2007The Legend of the Nahuala as Nahuala (voice)
2007Juarez: The City Where Women Are Disposable as Self
2006I Love Miami
2005Salted Water
2005Club eutanasia as The Director
2005Innocent Voices as Mama Toya
2004Mónica y el Profesor as Esposa del Profesor
2000Before Night Falls as Landlady
1999Las cenizas del volcán
1997Conversando con Cristina Pacheco as Self
1996Para toda la vida as Elena
1996El repartidor de pensamientos
1993A Wall of Silence as Silvia
1992Nocturno a Rosario as Rosario De La Peña
1992Gertrudis as Gertrudis Bocanegra
1992Diplomatic Immunity as Sara
1992Íntimo terror
1991Camino largo a Tijuana
1990Orgy of Terror
1986Frida Still Life as Frida Kahlo
1981Toda una vida as Alejandra Pastora
1981Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra
1981Pueblo de Boquilla
1978The Big Fix as Alora
1977Rina as Rina Galeana
1977Vacaciones misteriosas
1976La palomilla al rescate
1976The Fungi Man as Lucila / daughter
1975Paloma as Paloma Romero
1974La Casa de Bernarda Alba as Adela
1973Uno y medio contra el mundo
1973What Color is the Wind? as Adelita
1972Queen Doll as Amilamia
1972Apolinar
1971El águila descalza as Chona
1971The Gates of Paradise as Lucia
1971El Cambio as Tania
1970Paradise as Magaly
1970La rebelion de las hijas
1970Las figuras de arena
1969Las impuras
1969Patsy My Love as Patsy
1969Piranhas Love in Lent as Milta / Daughter
1968Pax?
—Spicy Will as Doña Martha
—Barefoot Woman









