Ximena González Rubio is a

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and

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actress. She was born in

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on December 2, 1978, granddaughter of famous Mexican film director Servando González, the first Mexican to direct a film in

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and sister to director Pedro González Rubio.

Training

Ximena studied classical

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from the age of six. In her teens, she decided to study acting, training with Luwick Margules and José Luís Ibáñez, of the Actoral Training Centre (CEFAC) of TV Azteca in Mexico. Ximena Rubio's father was architecture and mother was lawyer. In 2007, she traveled to

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to continue training at The Actors Studio, but decided to end her studies when she received the offer to star in the

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"Contrato de Amor"

Telenovelas and movies

Telenovelas

*2011: El 8º Mandamiento" ... Sofia *2010: Stars in "

Las Aparicio ''Las Aparicio'' is a Mexican TV series, the first one produced by Argos Comunicación for Cadena Tres. It was released on April 19, 2010 and ended on October 15 of that year, being composed of 120 episodes. Episodes are streamed on mun2. Sy ...

" with Liz Gallardo, Gabriela de la Garza and Maria del Carmen Farías *2008: Stars in "

Contrato de Amor ''Contrato de Amor'' (''Love Contract'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by the Mexican television television network, network TV Azteca from August 11, 2008 to February 6, 2009. Based on Catalina y Sebastián Cast *Leonardo García - Gabri ...

*2004: "Al Filo de la Ley", "Gitanas" *2002: " Daniela" *2001: "

Lo que callamos las mujeres ''Lo que callamos las mujeres'' (English: ''What We Women Keep Silent''), is a Mexican anthology television series which deals with the social problems of Mexican society. The show started airing on the Mexican television network Azteca 13 as a ...

". *2000: "Golpe Bajo" y "Hablama de Amor" *1999: "Háblame de Amor", "Besos prohibidos" *1998: "Señora", "

Azul Tequila ''Azul Tequila'' is a Mexican telenovela. The 160-episode serial was produced for TV Azteca by the celebrity couple Christian Bach and Humberto Zurita in conjunction with Humberto's brother Gerardo through their production company ZUBA Producc ...

Movies

*2003: ''Maravillas'' *2007: ''El viaje de la nona'' *2012: '' The Fantastic World of Juan Orol''

References

External links

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