Mónica Trueba Guillén (known as Francesca Guillén; born June 14, 1977) is a Mexican film, theater, and television actress.
Biography
Guillén was born in
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
on June 14, 1977, the daughter of actor
Alejandro Camacho
Alejandro Camacho Pastrana (born July 11, 1954) is a Mexican actor and producer.
Filmography
Films
Television
Other works
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*Alejandro Camacho at the Mexica Telenovela Data ...
and actress Bárbara Guillén. Her acting career began in 1982, at age 5, on the television program ''Juguemos a cantar''.
In 2000, she appeared in the feature film '' Such Is Life'', directed by
Arturo Ripstein
Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Considered the "Godfather of independent Mexican cinema", Ripstein's work is generally characterized by "somber, slow-paced, macabre melodramas tackling ...
and based on Seneca's ''
Medea
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''. This was shown at international festivals such as San Sebastian,
Cannes
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, and
Havana
Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Ofelia Medina's troupe, taking ''Cada quien su Frida'' to stages in Spain, the United States, Cuba, and Denmark. She remained in the latter for a time, studying at the
Odin Teatret
Odin Teatret is an avant-garde theatre group based in Holstebro, Denmark. It was founded by Italian theatre director and investigator Eugenio Barba in 1964. Odin Teatret is a part of NTL, Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium, which also includes the Inte ...
under the direction of
Eugenio Barba
Eugenio Barba (born 29 October 1936) is an Italian author and theatre director based in Denmark. He is the founder of the Odin Theatre and the International School of Theatre Anthropology, both located in Holstebro, Denmark.
Biography
Barba w ...
, with whom she collaborated during 2008 and 2009 on the productions ''The Medea Marriage'' and ''Ur-Hamlet''.
In 2011, she received an award for Female Revelation from the Theatrical Journalism Association (APT) for her performance in the Jaime Chabaud play ''Lluna''. She also participated in the play ''El Placer de Nuestra Lengua'', which premiered in 2010.
Her first appearance in an American production took place in 2005 under the direction of independent filmmaker Zev Berman, in the thriller '' Borderland''. During 2014 she joined the show ''Infieles''. She also participated in the children's play ''El Cajón de los Secretos'', and during 2013 she was part of the casts of ''La Hora'' by Luis Koellar for Micro Teatro and ''Juegos Profanos'' with a season on Radio UNAM, directed by Eduardo Ruiz Saviñón.
During 2012 she starred in the play ''Alicia subterránea'', also directed by Eduardo Ruiz Saviñon. She premiered ''Mujer lagartija'' by Cutberto López, starring alongside , under the direction of Aarón Hernández Farfán as part of the Perpetual Voices cycle at the Shakespeare Forum. She also joined the cast of the show ''Negro Animal Tristeza'', directed by Rodrigo Johnson.
She participated in the INBAL reading promotion programs ''Leo... luego existo'' and ''¿Quieres que te lo lea otra vez?''
During January 2015 she appeared in ''
A Doll's House
''A Doll's House'' (Danish language, Danish and ; also translated as ''A Doll House'') is a three-act Play (theatre), play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 De ...
'' under the direction of Rodrigo Johnson.
Francesca Guillén has had an extensive career that includes appearances in short films, feature films,
telenovela
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s, dance productions, narrative, and theater. She has integrated acrobatics and martial arts as well as other disciplines into her physical training.