María Rojo
Acting • Born 1943-08-15
Biography
María Rojo is the artistic name of María de Lourdes Rojo e Incháustegui (Mexico City, August 15, 1943), a Mexican film, theater and television actress. Daughter of Roberto Rojo, an agronomist, and Águeda Incháustegui, a school teacher. From her childhood, she remembers being nervous and suffering from dyslexia, which brought her personality problems and insecurity, but she soon stood out for her artistic skills. She began her artistic career at the age of eight, when she was selected in a casting to participate in the Teatro Fantástico program, where she played the girl Ciquirritica. Then, she has developed a fruitful career that exceeds 60 years, and in 2018, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially invited her to be a special part of its new members. She is the first actress to receive the "Premio Bellas Artes" for her great career, and Winner of the Ariel Award, including the "Ariel de Oro" out of a total of 11 nominations, she is considered one of the best actresses in the history of Mexico.
Filmography
133 credits
Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra
Movie • 1981
The Crime of Cacaro Gumaro
Movie • 2014
María Cocinera
The Day I Lost Myself
Movie • 2020
Sofía “Old Twinky”
Malvada
Movie • 2022
Doña Claudia
El extensionista
Movie • 1991
Güera
Valentina's Wedding
Movie • 2018
Luz Evelia
Todos hemos pecado
Movie • 2011
La Perfida
Robachicos
Movie • 1986
Memories of the Future
Movie • 1969
Prostituta del burdel
Mi Canción
Movie • 2021
Abue
Infamia
Movie • 1991
Tespis Teporocho
Movie • 2025
To Love Too Much
Movie • 2002
Tía Greta
Lo mejor de Teresa
Movie • 1977
Carmen
Astucia
Movie • 1986
Mujer Melesio
The Eve
Movie • 1982
Margarita
Me llaman la Chata Aguayo
Movie • 1986
Amor que mata
Movie • 1994
Adriana
Doble indemnización
Movie • 1996
Paulina
Podcast, rapaces nocturnos
Movie
Mendoza
The Portrait’s Secret
Movie
Maria
The Heart of the Night
Movie • 1984
Interprete
Deceitful Appearances
Movie • 1983
Fina
Reclusorio
Movie • 1997
Gloria Castro (segment "La Prostituta violada")
Tequila
Movie • 1992
Bailarina
Gabo & Cinema
Movie • 2016
Self
Pole Dance
Movie • 2023
Lic. García
Reencuentros
Movie • 1997
Soledad
Las mil y una aventuras del metro
Movie • 1993
The Enemy Sister
Movie • 1979
La casa de los cuchillos
Movie • 1992
Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta
Movie • 1991
Crimes of the North Sea
Movie • 2017
Amor
Movie • 2006
El otro crimen
Movie • 1988
El chupes
Movie • 1992
Martha
All Souls' Day
Movie • 1988
Yolanda
Salón México
Movie • 1996
Mercedes
File of Attempted Murder
Movie • 2010
Madre de Arroyo
Las Poquianchis
Movie • 1976
Lupe
Exquisite Corpse
Movie • 2010
Las Horas Contigo
Movie • 2015
Julieta
A Shred Of Mist
Movie • 2014
Tía Elizabeth
A Breakfast Chronicle
Movie • 2000
Luzma
A Wonderful World
Movie • 2006
Comadre chismosa
Las asesinas del panadero
Movie • 1989
Dos auroras
Movie • 2005
Aurora
With Fear in the Veins
Movie • 1990
Francisca
Under the Same Moon
Movie • 2007
Reyna
Under the Shrapnel
Movie • 1983
Maria
The Mystery of the Almond Trees
Movie • 2004
Dona Josefina
The Humiliated
Movie • 1986
Mother Teresa
El Infierno
Movie • 2010
Doña Mari Reyes
Red Dawn
Movie • 1990
Alicia
El Garabato
Movie • 2008
Senator
Homework
Movie • 1991
Virginia / María
The Heist
Movie • 1976
Meche
Living Is What Matters
Movie • 1987
Chabela
Bathroom Intimacy
Movie • 1989
Esperanza
Los confines
Movie • 1987
Natalia
Maria of My Heart
Movie • 1979
Maria Torres Lopez
Candy Stripe Nurses
Movie • 1974
Marisa Valdez
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
Movie • 2001
Madre de Yessica
Midaq Alley
Movie • 1995
Doña Cata
Danzón
Movie • 1991
Julia Solórzano
Naufragio
Movie • 1978
Leticia
She's Ramona
Movie • 2015
Marcela Godínez
Passionate Mobile
Movie • 1994
Encuentro Inesperado
Movie • 1993
Estela
De muerte natural
Movie • 1996
A Not So Merry Christmas
Movie • 2022
Silvia
Alta Tensión
Movie • 1997
The Legend of a Mask
Movie • 1991
Emilia
Esmeralda Comes by Night
Movie • 1997
Esmeralda Loyden
Forbidden Homework
Movie • 1992
María / Aisel / Mother
The Cousin
Movie • 2018
Juliana
Castle of Purity
Movie • 1973
Young at store
Viaje al paraíso
Movie • 1985
Queta
Forbidden Kisses
Movie • 1956
Alicia
Confidencias
Movie • 1982
Anastasia
Blue Memories
Movie • 1991
Esperanza Gómez
Zapata en Chinameca
Movie • 1987
Amalia Martínez
The Perfect Dictatorship
Movie • 2014
Doña Chole
La señorita
Movie • 1994
Amida
Break of Dawn
Movie • 1988
Maria
La sombra del ciprés es alargada
Movie • 1990
Jane
New World
Movie • 1978
Intérprete indígena
The Cubs
Movie • 1973
Lucy
Idilio
Movie • 1978
Mujer
El edén
Movie • 2004
Magda
The Overturning Of The Heart
Movie • 1996
Raquel
Dying in the Gulf
Movie • 1990
Conchita
El malogrado amor de Sebastián
Movie • 2006
Herself
Autumn
Movie • 1993
Woman
Me importas tú... y tú
Movie • 2009
Danish Girls Show Everything
Movie • 1996
Nun
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
Movie • 2017
Self
Atypical Pirate
Movie • 2024
Grayffiti
Movie • 2025
Rosa
Huehxolotl
Movie
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad
Movie • 2010
Madre de Pedro
La mudanza
Movie • 1990
When I Get Home
Movie • 2026
Pina
The Marked Hour
TV • 1988
Francisca
Alborada
TV • 2005
Victoria Mansera de Oviedo
Senora Acero
TV • 2014
Mercedes "La Mecha" Berríos
Sincronía
TV • 2017
Madame
Su nombre era Dolores, la Jenn que yo conocí
TV • 2017
Doña Rosa
Hasta el fin del mundo
TV • 2014
Guadalupe
El Albergue
TV • 2012
Esperanza de la Lama
Your Love Is My Fortune
TV • 2021
Magos Domínguez Negrete (Recast)
Wild Heart
TV • 2009
Clemencia
Casados con Hijos
TV • 2005
Fabiola
Pena Ajena
TV • 2022
Tere
Killer Women
TV • 2008
Milagros
Killer Women
TV • 2008
Emma Ramírez
Hasta que te conocí
TV • 2016
Maribel
Gritos de Muerte y Libertad
TV • 2010
Madre de Pedro
Killer Women
TV • 2008
Emilia, cocinera
Tomorrow is forever
TV • 2008
Soledad Cruz
Narcos: Mexico
TV • 2018
Norma Arellano Felix
We Were Kings
TV • 2024
Herminia
Te Sigo Amando
TV • 1996
Felipa
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
TV • 1997
María Rojo
Las Lunas del Auditorio
TV • 2002
Self
Dark Fate
TV • 2003
Lucrecia Vargas
Tomorrow is forever
TV • 2008
Soledad
Amanecer
TV • 2025
Prudencia Morales
María de Todos los Ángeles
TV • 2009
Cloroformo
TV • 2012
Doña Consuelo
Crónica de castas
TV • 2014
Bertha
Ellas, inocentes o culpables
TV • 2000
Martha
Los miserables
TV • 1974
Eponina