María Elena Enríquez Ruiz (born August 18, 1944), known as Helena Rojo, is a Mexican actress and model.

Biography

Born in Mexico City, Mexico, she began her career as a model in the 1961. Toward the end of the decade, she studied drama with renowned Mexican directors

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and José Luis Ibáñez, making her film debut in

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in the film ''El club de los suicidas''. That same year, Rojo also appeared in her second film, ''Los amigos''. She continued working as a model and appearing in small film roles in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1969, she signed an exclusivity contract with Productora Cinematográfica Marte. Later, she began expanding her acting career into television and theater. In 1974, her first television role was the lead in the telenovela ''

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''. Rojo's cinematic career lad her to work with the most important Mexican film directors of the 1970s and 1980s, such as

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, Alberto Bojórquez, Marcela Fernández Violante and

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. She has worked with international talent, such as

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director Werner Herzog and actor

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with a role in the film ''Aguirre, the Wrath of God''. She also appeared in the film ''

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'' (1976), directed by Arturo Ripstein, and alongside actors

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and

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. In 2006, she appeared on the American dramedy series ''

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'', playing a mother who tries to steer her son away from the stepmother who has eyes for him on a "faux" telenovela that is watched on TV by the main character's family.

Filmography

Movies

Television

Theater performances

*''Mujeres de Ceniza'' (Women of ashes) *''Dios mio hazme viuda por favor'' (God please make me a widow) *''Las muchachas del club'' (The Club Girls) *''Cuentas muertas'' (Dead accounts) *''El cartero'' (The Mailman) *''Bajo cero'' (Below zero) *''10, el marido perfecto'' (10, The Perfect Husband) *''Lecciones para casadas'' (Lectures for Married Women) *''Se infiel y no mires con quien'' (Be Unfaithful with Whomever) *''Cena de Matrimonios'' (Dinner with Married Couples) *''Me enamoré de una bruja'' (I fell in love with a Witch) *''La mujer del pelo rojo'' (The Redheaded Woman) *''Pecado en la isla de las cabras'' (Sin on the Isle of Goats) *''La Ronda de las Arpías'' (Song of the Harpies) *''Una oferta inmoral'' (Indecent Proposal) *''Yo miento, tú mientes, todos mentimos'' (I Lie, You Lie, We All Lie)

Ariel Awards

* Won - 1972 Best Supporting Actress

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from the

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, for her role in ''Fin de Fiesta'' * Nominated - 1973 Best Actress Ariel Award from the Mexican Academy of Film, for her role in ''Los Cachorros'' * Won - 1981 Best Actress Ariel Award from the Mexican Academy of Film, for her role in ''Misterio'' * Nominated - 1992 Best Actress Ariel Award from the Mexican Academy of Film, for her role in ''Muerte Ciega''

TVyNovelas Awards

* Nominated 1985 - Best Leading Actress - La Traición * Nominated 1996 - Best Leading Actress - Retrato de Familia * Won 1999 - Best Leading Actress - El privilegio de Amar * Won 2001 - Best Senior Actress - Abrázame muy Fuerte * Won 2005 - Best Antagonistic Actress - Inocente de Ti * Nominated 2006 - Best Senior Actress - Peregrina * Won 2007 - Best Senior Actress - Mundo de Fieras * Won 2009 - Best Senior Actress - Cuidado con el ángel * Nominated 2010 - Best Senior Actress - Corazón Salvaje * Nominated 2013 - Best Senior Actress - Por ella soy Eva * Nominated 2015 - Best Senior Actress - El Color de la Pasión * Won 2017 - Best Senior Actress - La Candidata

References

External links

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Alma Latina: Mexican Telenovela Database

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