Azela Robinson (born Azela Jacqueline Robinson Cañedo on 26 August 1965) is a Mexican actress. She has portrayed antagonistic characters in the Mexican

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s '' Cañaveral de pasiones'' (1996), '' Contra viento y marea'' (2005), ''

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'' (2010) and ''

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'' (2014).

Early life

Azela Jacqueline Robinson was born in

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, United Kingdom. Her mother, Nadja Cañedo is Mexican and her father, Alan Robinson is British. She began her professional training as an actress in 1980 within the

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in Bristol, UK. Eventually, between 1982 and 1983 she took courses at the National Theatre in London.

Career

Films

Once in Mexico, Robinson began her career as an actress in the movies. She debuted Fin de semana en Garibaldi" (1989), along with Jorge Reynoso. From that time until 1993, Robinson works on approximately 68 films, mainly comedy and action genres. Of them stand out ribbons like ''Sor Batalla'' (1990), with María Antonieta de las Nieves ''La Chilindrina''; ''La mujer judicial'' (1990), again next to Mario Almada; ''El extensionista'' (1991), along with

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; ''Mujer de cabaret'' (1991), directed by Julián Pastor, with

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and

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; ''El trono del infierno'' (1992), with

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and or ''Dama de Noche'' (1993), with Rafael Sánchez Navarro and Cecilia Toussaint, among others.

Television

Robinson made her Mexican TV debut in a chapter of the famous horror serie '' La hora marcada'', in 1990. In 1995 she got her first character in a telenovela with the hand of producer Enrique Segoviano in the telenovela '' Pobre niña rica'', with

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and singer

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. In 1996 she plays ''Dinorah Faberman'', one of the most important and remembered characters of her career, in the telenovela '' Cañaveral de pasiones'', produced by

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and

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and sharing credit with Daniela Castro, Juan Soler and Angelica Aragón, among others. Thanks to her interpretation, Robinson becomes one of the most outstanding villains of the Mexican telenovelas. As villain she works on melodramas like '' La usurpadora'' (1998), '' Laberintos de pasión'' (1999) and '' Mi destino eres tú'' (2000). In 2001 she interprets the role of ''Francisca'', another of her personages more remembered in the telenovela '' El manantial'', produced by

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, next to

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and

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. In 2002 she played one of her few non-antagonistic characters in the telenovela '' La Otra'', produced by

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. In 2005, she plays ''Apolonia'', another of her most successful antagonistic characters in the telenovela '' Contra viento y marea'', forming a famous dumbbell with actress Beatriz Sheridan. In 2020, Robinson debuted as a director in the telenovela ''

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'' produced by

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Theatre

Azela Robinson has participated in theatrical assemblies in Mexico. Of them they emphasise ''Todos a la piscina'' (1991), ''Trilogía amorosa'' (1993), the classic ''

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'' (1995), with

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and Juan Ignacio Aranda, directed by Enrique Rentería; ''

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'' (2002), by

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, along with the actresses

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and Aurora Molina; ''Hombres'' (2005), with

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and others; ''Orinoco'' (2007), directed by Benjamín Cann, along Cynthia Klitbo; ''El acrobata'' (2008), directed by Roberto D'Amico and next to Ricardo Fastlicht; ''

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'' (2008), directed by Leonardo Ayala, with

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; ''Doce mujeres en pugna'' (2009), produced by Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo, along with Yolanda Mérida,

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, Leticia Calderón and others; ''La ronda de las harpías'' (2009), with Ofelia Medina, Victoria Ruffo and Magda Guzmán; ''Tu tampoco eres normal'' (2011), directed by Humberto Zurita, next to Alexis Ayala; ''Baño de mujeres'' (2013), under the direction of Roberto D'Amico, with Sylvia Pasquel, Ofelia Medina and others, and ''Made in Mexico'' (2015), with Juan Ferrara, Rafael Inclán and Socorro Bonilla."Los negros pájaros del adiós" (2016) "Entre mujeres"2019 ((Edith Gozalez)) ((Ana Bertha Espín))

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Premios TV y Novelas

References

External links

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