Olga Segura is a Mexican actress and producer.

Biography

While working in Mexico in 2009 Segura formed her own production company, Producciones a Ciegas, with her brother Juan Carlos Segura and actor

Héctor Jiménez Héctor Jiménez (born December 13, 1973) is a Mexican actor and producer. He played Esqueleto in ''Nacho Libre'', Mr. Tumnus in ''Epic Movie'' and the cashier in ''Wild Hogs''. He worked in a theater company in Tijuana for eight years, before m ...

. Since then the company has helped to finance and produce eight feature films. Segura started acting and producing early in her career with the 2011 film '' Cellmates'' directed by Jesse Baget, she played a supporting role to acting heavyweights

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and

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. She produced and acted in ''Goats'', which was shown in the Premieres Section of Sundance 2012. After that Segura produced and starred in Mexican writer-director Omar Ynigo's feature debut Marcelo with

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and

. The film premiered at the 2012

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and was exhibited at the 2013

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and the 2013

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in Italy. ''Sundown'', by Mexican director Fernando Lebrija, is being distributed by VideoCine in Mexico sold domestically by

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(CAA) and is set for a worldwide release in 2016. In '' González: falsos profetas'', directed by Christian Diaz Pardo, Segura stars with

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and Harold Torres. The film gained favorable reviews and won two awards in the Feature Film Competition at the 2013

. ''

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'', by Argentinian director

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, was nominated for Best Feature at the 2012

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. In the film Segura played a supporting role to international stars

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and

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. Segura co-starred with Colombian model and actress

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in ''La Luciernaga'' by Colombian writer-director Ana Maria Hermida. The film premiered in the Female Filmmakers New Mavericks section of the 2015

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and also screened in La Habana, Cuba at the 37th Annual Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano. In 2015 Segura appeared on the

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mini-series '' Texas Rising'' directed by

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, starring

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and

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. Additionally, she appeared in 16 episodes of

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hit American telenovela ''

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''. Segura will be starring in the psychological thriller '' Veronica'' directed by Carlos Algara and Alejandro Martinez-Beltran where she is the co-lead with four-time

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nominee

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. The film won the Roma Lazio Blood Award for post-production funding at the 2015 Ventana Sur Film Market. Segura will appear with

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and

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in the 14-episode series ''La Hermandad'' (The Brotherhood) directed by

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and Humberto Hinojosa. ''La Hermandad'' is one of the latest pieces of original content to come out of Mexican streaming service ClaroVideo and is set to be released in 2016. Segura and Producciones a Ciegas helped to finance and produce '' The Truth About Emanuel'' written and directed by

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starring

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and

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. The film premiered at the 2013

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in the US Dramatic Competition, won 2 awards while screening at the

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and went on to a limited theatrical release in multiple markets across the US. Along with colleagues

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and Eva Maria Daniels, Segura helped develop and prepare '' The Dinner'', which was shot in New York in January and February 2016. The film was adapted by

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from the worldwide best-selling novel by

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, and starred

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and

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Filmography

*'' Veronica'', 2017 *''Mexiwood'', 2016 *''Sundown'', 2016 as Hotel Clerk *'' The Firefly'', 2015 as Mariana *''Little Paradise'', 2015 as Lupita *'' González: falsos profetas'', 2013 as Betsabé * ''The Garden of Steven'', 2012 as Magdalena *''

'' (2012) *'' Hidden Moon'', 2011 as Inés *''Marcelo'', 2011 as Lucy *''

Goats The goat or domestic goat (''Capra hircus'') is a domesticated species of Caprinae, goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (''C. aegagrus'') of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a membe ...

'' (2012) *'' Cellmates'' (2011)

TV shows

*''Texas Rising'' (TV mini-series), 2015 as Concepcion *''

'', 2014 as Edith Phillips *''El encanto del águila'', 2011 as Filomena del Valle

Theater

*''Pizza Man'' (adapted to Spanish language) directed by Eduardo Arroyuelo, as Julie *''When Will I Dance'' as

Frida ''Frida'' is a 2002 American biographical drama film directed by Julie Taymor which depicts the professional and private life of the surrealist Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Starring Salma Hayek in an Academy Award–nominated portrayal as Kahl ...

directed by Celia Cotelo *''The House Of Bernarda Alba'' as Adela directed by Steve Helgot

References

External links

*
Olga Segura Official Site

Olga Segura Productions

Olga Segura Bio

{{DEFAULTSORT:Segura, Olga Living people 21st-century Mexican actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Mexico City