Ofelia Medina
Acting • Born 1950-04-04
Biography
Ofelia Medina (born April 4, 1950) is a Mexican actress, singer and screenwriter of Mexican films. She made her film debut in Mexico in 1968 with the film La paz and in Hollywood with The Big Fix ten years later. In 1977 she played a hunchback in the telenovela Rina. She portrayed Frida Kahlo in Paul Leduc's film about the artist in 1984. In Canada, Medina was nominated for the Genie Award for her work in Diplomatic Immunity in 1991. Ofelia Madine has also played in various theatres worldwide. Since 2000 Ofelia played Frida Kahlo in the play Cada quien su Frida. In 2007 she came to Denmark, playing in Århus, Copenhagen and Odense at the gallery of Jens Galschiøt.
Filmography
76 credits
El Cambio
Movie • 1971
Tania
Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra
Movie • 1981
The Legend of the Nahuala
Movie • 2007
Nahuala (voice)
La casa de Bernarda Alba
Movie • 1974
Adela
María: La Diva Eterna
Movie • 2023
Self
Colombiana
Movie • 2011
Mama
Evil Eye
Movie • 2022
Josefa
Nocturno a Rosario
Movie • 1992
Rosario De La Peña
Frida Still Life
Movie • 1986
Frida Kahlo
Pueblo de Boquilla
Movie • 1981
The Good Herbs
Movie • 2010
Lala
Juarez: The City Where Women Are Disposable
Movie • 2007
Self
Patsy My Love
Movie • 1969
Patsy
Panorama
Movie • 2013
Ofelia
Camino largo a Tijuana
Movie • 1991
Orgy of Terror
Movie • 1990
Queen Doll
Movie • 1972
Amilamia
The Beast
Movie • 2023
Doña Tomasa
The Blue Eyes
Movie • 2013
Yaxte
Íntimo terror
Movie • 1992
Dante y Soledad
Movie • 2024
Madre
What Color is the Wind?
Movie • 1973
Adelita
The Big Fix
Movie • 1978
Alora
Follow
Movie • 2025
Tamara
Mambo Dreams
Movie • 2022
Before Night Falls
Movie • 2000
Landlady
El águila descalza
Movie • 1971
Chona
Uno Y Medio Contra El Mundo
Movie • 1973
Piranhas Love in Lent
Movie • 1969
Milta / Daughter
The Fungi Man
Movie • 1976
Lucila / daughter
Macho
Movie • 2016
Mamá Evaristo
A Wall of Silence
Movie • 1993
Silvia
Salted Water
Movie • 2005
Las impuras
Movie • 1969
Sara: Love and Revolution
Movie • 2024
Club eutanasia
Movie • 2005
The Director
Paradise
Movie • 1970
Magaly
Las cenizas del volcán
Movie • 1999
I Love Miami
Movie • 2006
Innocent Voices
Movie • 2005
Mama Toya
Gertrudis
Movie • 1992
Gertrudis Bocanegra
Apolinar
Movie • 1972
La rebelion de las hijas
Movie • 1970
Not A Minute To Lose
Movie • 2019
Elisa del futuro
Las figuras de arena
Movie • 1970
La palomilla al rescate
Movie • 1976
No One Will Ever Know
Movie • 2018
Fidela
Barefoot Woman
Movie
The Gates of Paradise
Movie • 1971
Lucia
Guadalupe-Kings
Movie • 2019
Doña Ceci
Pax?
Movie • 1968
1938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil
Movie • 2025
grown up Amalia Solórzano
Deadly Embroidered Memories
Movie • 2020
Señora Z
Vacaciones misteriosas
Movie • 1977
No Man's Land
Movie • 2021
Diplomatic Immunity
Movie • 1992
Sara
Our Times
Movie • 2025
Julia
Memoria de Los Olvidados
Movie • 2025
Self
Spicy Will
Movie
Doña Martha
El repartidor de pensamientos
Movie • 1996
Mónica y el Profesor
Movie • 2004
Esposa del Profesor
The Mosquito Coast
TV • 2021
Lucrecia
Killer Women
TV • 2008
Beatriz Fernández
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
TV • 1997
Self
Los Rey
TV • 2012
Manuela San Vicente de Rey
La Hora Marcada
TV • 2023
Tanto Amor
TV • 2015
Silvia Lombardo
Paloma
TV • 1975
Paloma Romero
Para toda la vida
TV • 1996
Elena
Toda una vida
TV • 1981
Alejandra Pastora
Triptych
TV • 2023
Pilar Mancera de Trujano
El Candidato
TV • 2020
María Teresa de Velasco
The LIberation
TV • 2025
MasterChef Celebrity México
TV • 2021
Self
Rina
TV • 1977
Rina Galeana
Lobo, morir matando
TV • 2026
Guillermina Ortiz