Ana de la Reguera
Ana de la Reguera | |
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.jpg) Reguera in 2017 | |
| Born | Anabell Gardoqui de la Reguera 8 April 1977 Veracruz, Mexico |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Anabell Gardoqui de la Reguera (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈana ðe la reˈɣeɾa]; born 8 April 1977) is a Mexican[1] actress. She has starred in telenovelas, films, the HBO television series Eastbound & Down and Capadocia, the Amazon television series Goliath, and the 2006 comedy Nacho Libre.
Early life
[edit]Reguera was born in Veracruz, Mexico. Her mother, Nena de la Reguera, was a Miss Veracruz who became a journalist and television personality.[2] Reguera began taking classes in classic ballet and later began performance arts studies at Instituto Veracruzano de la Cultura. She left Veracruz to study at Televisa's CEA, and later studied with Juan Carlos Corazza in Spain and then in Los Angeles with Aaron Spicer, Lisa Robertson, and Joan Scheckel.
Acting career
[edit]Telenovelas
[edit]Reguera's acting career began with her role in the telenovela Azul (1996) followed by Pueblo chico, infierno grande (1997), with Verónica Castro, for which she received the Heraldo award for best female acting, and Desencuentro which was her third telenovela under the direction of Ernesto Alonso.
Tentaciones (1998) marked her beginning with the production company Argos Comunicación. She was immediately offered a role in Tentaciones and Todo por amor, for which she received the Palmas de or award.
Cara o Cruz was the first telenovela to be co-producted between Argos Comunicación and Telemundo. Reguera played María Salome in the telenovela Gitanas.
Television
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In 2014, Reguera was cast in the Netflix crime drama Narcos as Elisa.[3]
Reguera played the role of Lorena Guerra in the HBO series Capadocia. It ran for three seasons, beginning in 2008. The series received good reviews[4] and awards.[5]
Other television credits include Eastbound & Down,[6] Twin Peaks,[7] Power,[8] From Dusk Till Dawn[9] and The Blacklist.[10]
Reguera played the role of Marisol Silva in season 2 of Goliath as part of the main cast, and in season 3 as a recurring character.[11][12] Season 2 aired in 2018 on Amazon Prime, while season 3 aired in 2019 on the same service.
Theater
[edit]Reguera participated in El Cartero, directed by Raúl Quintanilla, for which she received two awards from the Mexican Association of Theatre Journalists. She then played Desdemona in Othello and Danna in the play Nadando con Tiburones,[13] alongside Demián Bichir and Alfonso Herrera.
Film
[edit]Her introduction to film was in Por la libre. Later she appeared in Ladies Night alongside Ana Claudia Talancón, for which she received an MTV Movie Award for 'Favorite Actress'. At the 40th Diosas de Plata Awards of the Mexican Cinema, she received the Dolores del Rio award. In 2005 she played the starring role in Gitanas which aired on Telemundo.
She is known for her role as Sister Encarnación in Nacho Libre.[14] She played Sam Rockwell's wife Maria in Cowboys & Aliens.
She won a CANCACINE and Imagen Award for her role in Backyard, a 2009 Mexican crime film directed by directed by Carlos Carrera which was Mexican Choice for foreign film at the Oscars.
In 2010, she played the historical Josefa Quintana, a mistress of Mexican Independence War hero Miguel Hidalgo, played by Demián Bichir, in the film Hidalgo: La historia jamás contada.
Reguera played Carla in MGM's teen romance Everything, Everything.[15]
She also appeared in Zack Snyder's film Army of the Dead and later also starred in The Forever Purge.
Other ventures
[edit]In 2006, Reguera hosted the MTV Video Music Awards Latin America. She also co-hosted the 2018 Latin Grammy Awards alongside Carlos Rivera.
Reguera has been the face of CoverGirl, to be one of the company's official faces.[2]
Charity
[edit]In September 2010, Reguera founded VeraCruzANA, a civil association.[16] VeraCruzANA supports the underprivileged community in Veracruz, Mexico. It seeks to generate employment by promoting projects and programs that contribute to the development of community.
In 2017, Reguera served as chair of the ONE Children's Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Claudia Pinto in the city of Los Angeles, which gave birth to Los Angeles en Mexico, a movement created by Reguera, Karla Souza, Kate del Castillo and Olga Segura, after the Puebla earthquake that hit Mexico on September 19, 2017.[17][18]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Por la libre | María | |
| 2002 | Un secreto de Esperanza | Lety | |
| 2003 | Ladies' Night | Ana | |
| 2006 | El Caco | ||
| 2006 | Nacho Libre | Sister Encarnación | |
| 2006 | Así del precipicio | Lucía | |
| 2007 | Sultanes del Sur | Mónica Silvari | |
| 2008 | Paraiso Travel | Milagros | |
| 2009 | Empire State | Ellen Cochrane | |
| 2009 | Backyard | Blanca | |
| 2010 | Cop Out | Gabriela | |
| 2010 | Di Di Hollywood | Rita Marlow | |
| 2010 | Hidalgo: La historia jamás contada | Josefa Quintana | |
| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens | Maria | |
| 2014 | Jessabelle | Rosaura | |
| 2014 | The Book of Life | Carmen Sánchez | Voice |
| 2015 | Las Aparicio | Alma | |
| 2017 | Everything, Everything | Carla | |
| 2018 | Collisions | Yoana | |
| 2021 | Army of the Dead | Maria Cruz | |
| 2021 | The Forever Purge | Adela | |
| 2021 | The King of All the World | Sara | |
| 2022 | Army of Thieves | Maria Cruz | Uncredited |
| 2023 | ¡Que viva México! | Maria "Mari" Elena Reyes |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Azul | Cecilia | |
| 1997 | Pueblo chico, infierno grande | Priscila | |
| 1997–1998 | Desencuentro | Beatriz | |
| 1998 | Tentaciones | Fernanda Segovia | |
| 2000–2001 | Todo por amor | Lucía | |
| 2001 | Cara o cruz | Mariana Medina / Aída | |
| 2002 | Por tí | María Aldana / Isabel Miranda | |
| 2003 | Como Pedro por su casa | Astrid | |
| 2003 | Luciana y Nicolás | Luciana | |
| 2004 | Gitanas | María Salomé | |
| 2008–2012 | Capadocia | Lorena Guerra | |
| 2009 | Empire State | Ellen Cochrane | Pilot |
| 2010 | Eastbound & Down | Vida | |
| 2010 | Royal Pains | Carmen | |
| 2014 | Anger Management | Livi | |
| 2015 | The Blacklist | Vanessa Cruz | Episode 2.18, "Vanessa Cruz (No. 117)" |
| 2015 | Narcos | Elisa Alvaro | |
| 2016 | Drunk History: El Lado Borroso De La Historia | Amada Diaz | |
| 2016 | Jane the Virgin | Paola | |
| 2016 | From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series | Venganza Vordugo | |
| 2017–2019 | Power | Alicia Jimenez | |
| 2017 | Twin Peaks | Natalie | |
| 2018–2021 | Goliath | Marisol Silva | |
| 2020 | Ana | Ana | |
| TBA | Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas | Maria Cruz |
References
[edit]- ^ Reed Johnson (25 February 2007). "Latinos are ready for their Kodak moments". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ a b Ana de la Reguera, Conquering Hollywood Archived 2013-01-22 at archive.today. Exploretaca.com. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.
- ^ "Cynthia Stevenson Joins 'Your Family Or Mine'; Ana De La Reguera In 'Narcos'". Deadline.com. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ Johnson, Reed (17 September 2008). "Captive women, free of cliches". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Capadocia". IMDb.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ 'Eastbound & Down' Heads to Mexico For Season 2, Taps New Regulars Archived 7 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Deadline.com (April 2010). Retrieved on 2012-06-02.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (19 March 2016). "'Twin Peaks': Ana De La Reguera & Hugh Dillon Join Showtime Revival". Deadline.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth (1 March 2017). "Ana De La Reguera Joins Season 4 of 'Power' on Starz (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ Petski, Denise (26 April 2016). "'From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series': Ana de la Reguera, Tom Savini & Marko Zaror Join Cast". Deadline.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "'The Blacklist' Casting News: Mexican Actress Ana De La Reguera Joins NBC Show [PHOTO]". Latin Times. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "Ana de la Reguera: Marisol Silva". IMDb.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "Ana de la Reguera". rottentomatoes.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "Ana de la Reguera y Demián Bichir presentan Nadando con tiburones - La Crónica de Hoy". Cronica.com.mx. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ Carina Chocano (16 June 2006). "Nacho Libre". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ McNary, Dave (29 August 2016). "Ana De La Reguera Joining 'Everything Everything' Movie". Variety.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "VERACRUZ ANA". VERACRUZ ANA. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "Los Ángeles en México". Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "Strong earthquake shakes Mexico, killing more than 200 people - the Washington Post". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
External links
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Mexican film actresses
- Mexican telenovela actresses
- Mexican television actresses
- Actresses from Veracruz
- Mexican female models
- People from Veracruz (city)
- Mexican expatriate actresses in the United States
- 20th-century Mexican actresses
- 21st-century Mexican actresses
- Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival award winners