
Ángeles Cruz
Acting
Biography
Ángeles Cruz is a Mexican actress, screenwriter and filmmaker. Originally from La Mixteca area in Oaxaca, she has a degree in acting from the School of Theater Art of the National Institute of Fine Arts. She has participated as an actress in more than a dozen national and international feature films with directors such as Ignacio Ortiz, Jorge Pérez Solano and Francisco Vargas among others. Her work in "Tamara y la Catarina" of Lucía Carreras, earned her the "Colón de Plata" as Best Actress awarded by the "Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva" 2017 and was "Nominated for Ariel" for best female performance in 2018. It was "Nominated for the Golden Beetle" as Best Actress by the Swedish Film Academy for her work in the film "La hija del puma"(Ulf Hulberg, 1994) and in 2000 for Ariel as best female co-acting for the film "Rito Terminal" (Óscar Urrutia, 2000). Her work as a screenwriter and director has produced three award-winning short films: "La tiricia or como curar la tristeza", "La carta" and "Arcángel". Her first feature film "Nudo mixteco" will be released soon.
Filmography
35 credits
Subterránea
Movie • 2022

El último evangelio
Movie • 2008

The Doldrums or How to Cure Sadness
Movie • 2012

Familia
Movie • 2023
Teresa

Soy lo que nunca fui
Movie • 2025
Gabriela

Medusa
Movie • 2022
Nora

Ramona
Movie • 2014
Carmela

Spiral
Movie • 2009
Araceli 2

Traición
Movie • 2018

Get the Gringo
Movie • 2012
Evicted Woman

Para armar un helicóptero
Movie • 2013

The Woman of Stars and Mountains
Movie • 2024
Young Rita

Tamara and the Ladybug
Movie • 2016
Tamara

Tlatelolco, Summer of 68'
Movie • 2013
Ángeles

Don't Pass Through San Bernardino
Movie • 2017
Ligia

Anger, Also Known As Sheol
Movie • 2019

I Carry You with Me
Movie • 2021
Rosa Maria

The Violin
Movie • 2005
Jefa Guerrillera 1

El Eco del Caracol
Movie • 2020
Mamá

Finlandia
Movie • 2021
Sara

The Garden of Eden
Movie • 1994
Margarita Luna

Two Fridas
Movie • 2018
La Adelita

Number Eighty
Movie • 2016

Dirt
Movie • 2021
Consuelo

The Girl
Movie • 2012
Rosa's Mother

Eternal Ashes
Movie • 2011
Matiri

The Daughter of the Puma
Movie • 1994
Aschlop Pérez Pérez

Sobre las olas
Movie • 2025
Gloria Zamora

Por Fabiana
Movie • 2025
Abuela

The Follies
Movie • 2025
Irlanda

Juana
Movie • 2025

Rito terminal
Movie • 2000

A Child of My Own
Movie • 2026
Self

The Guldbagge Awards
TV • 1981
Self

Like Water for Chocolate
TV • 2024
Nacha