Ofelia Medina

Ofelia Medina

Born: April 4, 1950
in Mérida - Yucatán - Mexico
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.

Movies for Ofelia Medina...

1938: When the Oil was Ours
Title: 1938: When the Oil was Ours
Character: grown up Amalia Solórzano
Released: March 18, 2024
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the Mexican oil expropriation in 1938 through the eyes of President Lazaro Cardenas and journalist Alberto Miranda.
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The Beast
Title: The Beast
Character: Doña Tomasa
Released: October 27, 2023
Type: Movie
Pipo, Pau and Mau, three youngsters who spend their time shooting video pranks, visit a distant town where a beast is attacking its residents. Upon arrival, the pranksters will discover that the beast is very different than they thought.
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Title: La Hora Marcada
Released: October 27, 2023
Type: TV
The Marked Hour is an anthology series of horror, suspense, and mystery. Each episode tells a story where the macabre, the uncertain and the terrible invade the lives of different characters in completely different scenarios.
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Dante y Soledad
Title: Dante y Soledad
Released: October 25, 2023
Type: Movie
When her first daughter is born, Inés, an independent and successful woman, discovers that her previous life is slipping away from her without it being clear if what awaits her in the future is better. Dante and Soledad, a couple of saltwater fish, will be both mirrors and witnesses of her transformation. It is through her reflection that Inés will realize what she must do to face her new life.
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María: La Diva Eterna
Title: María: La Diva Eterna
Character: Self
Released: April 6, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: Triptych
Released: February 22, 2023
Type: TV
After learning she was separated at birth from her two identical sisters, Rebecca embarks on a perilous journey to uncover the truth about her origins.
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Mambo Dreams
Title: Mambo Dreams
Released: October 24, 2022
Type: Movie
Dámaso Pérez Prado, known as "el rey del mambo", came back from the dead to look for the love of his life.
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Evil Eye
Title: Evil Eye
Character: Josefa
Released: September 22, 2022
Type: Movie
Nala, a thirteen-year-old girl from the city, travels with her family to her grandmother's home in the countryside, to try to find a cure for her little sister's mysterious illness - But she'll soon find her granny is not exactly what she seems...
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Title: The Mosquito Coast
Character: Lucrecia
Released: April 30, 2021
Type: TV
Allie Fox—a brilliant inventor and stubborn idealist—uproots his family for a dangerous quest through Mexico to flee the U.S. government and find safety.
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No Man's Land
Title: No Man's Land
Released: January 22, 2021
Type: Movie
Late one night, Bill Greer and his son Jackson patrol their ranch when Jackson accidentally kills an immigrant Mexican boy. When Bill tries to take the blame for his son, Jackson flees south on horseback, becoming a gringo "illegal alien" in Mexico. Chased by Texas Rangers and Mexican federales, Jackson journeys across Mexico to seek forgiveness from the dead boy's father only to fall in love with the land he was taught to hate.
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Title: El Candidato
Character: María Teresa de Velasco
Released: July 17, 2020
Type: TV
Rookie CIA field operative Isabel Alfaro works alongside infamous CIA legend Wayne Addison to bring down Rafael Bautista, Mexico's most vicious and brilliant narco. Her mission brings her into conflict with Eduardo Yzaguirre, her former boyfriend and the current Mayor of Mexico City, the cleanest and most inspirational politician in the country.
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Deadly Embroidered Memories
Title: Deadly Embroidered Memories
Character: Señora Z
Released: March 6, 2020
Type: Movie
A woman with a degree in biology and a particular taste for arachnids gets involved with some unfinished business left by her dead mother, leading her to face unlikely events that revolve around the banana mafia in a South American country, such as an etheric eminence that anticipates tragedies, a cryptozoological being that is mentioned with skepticism and a terrorist society that seeks to dismantle the fraudulent and sinister structure of land concessions.
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Not A Minute To Lose
Title: Not A Minute To Lose
Character: Elisa del futuro
Released: December 25, 2019
Type: Movie
Elisa is an old-fashioned girl who receives the visit of her future self, who advises her to take the risk and invite Carlos, his best friend, on a date. She has always been attracted to him.
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Guadalupe-Kings
Title: Guadalupe-Kings
Released: November 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Two longtime friends decide to attempt the Guadalupe Reyes challenge, which consist of drinking everyday from December the 12th (Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe) until January the 6th (Epiphany Day, the Feast of The Three Kings).
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No One Will Ever Know
Title: No One Will Ever Know
Character: Fidela
Released: March 11, 2018
Type: Movie
An anodyne environment and a perennial lack of affection, push Lucia and Braulio to turn in the fiction world; to materialize their dreams. Neither inclement reality can stop them.
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Macho
Title: Macho
Character: Mamá Evaristo
Released: November 11, 2016
Type: Movie
A fashion designer pretends to be gay in order to be closer to female models.
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Title: Tanto Amor
Character: Silvia Lombardo
Released: August 3, 2015
Type: TV
In this novel we will see how love struggles to survive and overcome all obstacles. The Lombardo family is very wealthy and is one of the most recognized, everything in it is perfection, they maintain a quiet life. But from one moment to another everything starts to be chaos. The Lombard brothers will face each other, Alberto is the good brother, a man of honor, but his brother Bruno is full of envy and ambition. The trigger for everything is the love that Alberto and Mia have for each other, but who is Mia? She is a young woman who grew up in a humble family and when her father died, her family was received by the Lombards. There is a secret that many will try to protect at all costs that is why they will act against Mia and especially against her union with Alberto since it is a threat to their ambitions.
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The Blue Eyes
Title: The Blue Eyes
Character: Yaxte
Released: August 30, 2013
Type: Movie
In this supernatural suspense film, Karen Fisher and Paul Henderson, a young American couple, travel to Chiapas, Mexico on holiday. While there they have an encounter with a witch that changes their lives forever.
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Panorama
Title: Panorama
Character: Ofelia
Released: February 23, 2013
Type: Movie
In recent years it has become the handiest character of Mexican cinema: the Chilango fleeing the capital to the province in search of something. But this case is different because the trip is used as an excuse to illustrate, through documentary techniques, the deep contrasts of Mexican society. Tired of the city, Javier goes to visit his aunt, an eccentric woman with quite radical ideas, who lives isolated from the world in a ranch in Querétaro. Javier works as a laborer for an Argentinean foreman, with whom he shares a few passions. His life begins to change.
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Title: Los Rey
Character: Manuela San Vicente de Rey
Released: September 3, 2012
Type: TV
Los Rey is a Mexican telenovela produced by Elisa Salinas for Azteca. It stars Leonardo Garcia, with Michel Brown and Rossana Najera as the protagonists, both dubbed as "La pareja" in the face card, alongside Juan Alfonso Baptista, Ana Belena, Fernando Alonso, Cecilia Ponce, Jose Alonso, Ofelia Medina, Fernando Lujan, Ariel Lopez Padilla, Victor Huggo Martin and Elizabeth Cervantes. Rafael Gutiérrez and Rodrigo Cachero serve as the directors. Los Rey is written by Luis Felipe Ybarra who is also the associate producer. From September 3, 2012 to February 22, 2013, Azteca 13 broadcast Los Rey, replacing La Mujer de Judas.
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Colombiana
Title: Colombiana
Character: Mama
Released: July 27, 2011
Type: Movie
After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.
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The Good Herbs
Title: The Good Herbs
Character: Lala
Released: August 20, 2010
Type: Movie
A young woman has to deal with her mother's degradation due to Alzheimer's disease.
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Title: Killer Women
Character: Beatriz Fernández
Released: June 17, 2008
Type: TV
Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind.
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The Legend of the Nahuala
Title: The Legend of the Nahuala
Character: Nahuala (voice)
Released: October 31, 2007
Type: Movie
Leo San Juan, an insecure child of nine years old, lives eternally frightened by horror stories that Nando tells his older brother. Within these stories it is 'The Legend of Nahuala', according to which, an old abandoned Casona is possessed by the spirit of an evil witch known as the Nahuala.
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Juarez: The City Where Women Are Disposable
Title: Juarez: The City Where Women Are Disposable
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Femicide is a growing phenomenon in Mexico. Since 1993, more than 450 women have been brutally murdered in Ciudad Juarez.
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Salted Water
Title: Salted Water
Released: September 20, 2005
Type: Movie
A young Cuban named Olga arrives in Spain with a scholarship convinced that she has landed the chance of a lifetime. Deciding to stay, she eventually becomes an illegal immigrant, suffering the brunt of marginalization and, unable to return home, having to get by as she can. Mari Jo is a young girl from a poor Valencian suburb, born into a family with nothing but problems. Fate has marked her life as she too becomes an outcast. Both end up working illegally in a furniture factory where they earn three times less than the minimum legal salary.
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Club eutanasia
Title: Club eutanasia
Character: The Director
Released: April 22, 2005
Type: Movie
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Innocent Voices
Title: Innocent Voices
Character: Mama Toya
Released: January 28, 2005
Type: Movie
A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him
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Before Night Falls
Title: Before Night Falls
Character: Landlady
Released: September 3, 2000
Type: Movie
Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
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Las cenizas del volcán
Title: Las cenizas del volcán
Released: January 2, 1999
Type: Movie
On January 1, 1994, a revolt led by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation broke out in Chiapas. A Spanish director documents the pain of the indigenous population. Six years later, he intends to go further and visit the refugees and the guerrillas. However, the siege of silence is protected by more than sixty thousand soldiers who prevent access to indigenous communities.
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Title: Conversando con Cristina Pacheco
Character: Self
Released: September 26, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Para toda la vida
Character: Elena
Released: April 15, 1996
Type: TV
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A Wall of Silence
Title: A Wall of Silence
Character: Silvia
Released: June 10, 1993
Type: Movie
A woman would rather forget her husband's forced disappearance at the hands of the government.
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Gertrudis Bocanegra
Title: Gertrudis Bocanegra
Character: Gertrudis Bocanegra
Released: September 24, 1992
Type: Movie
Biopic about a woman who played a courageous role in the resistance against French occupation of Mexico in the early 1800s.
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Nocturno a Rosario
Title: Nocturno a Rosario
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
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Íntimo terror
Title: Íntimo terror
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A woman survived the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, but she still lives with fear about a new earthquake.
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Camino largo a Tijuana
Title: Camino largo a Tijuana
Released: February 28, 1991
Type: Movie
Juan (Armendariz) lives in a trash depository in Mexico City. He knows Lila (Pereyra), a drug addict rich girl who reminds him of his long lost daughter. Lila is kidnapped by drug dealers and Juan feels responsible for her. He takes the long way to Tijuana to rescue Lila. (Written by Maximiliano Maza mmaza@campus.mty.itesm.mx)
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Orgy of Terror
Title: Orgy of Terror
Released: December 31, 1990
Type: Movie
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Frida Still Life
Title: Frida Still Life
Character: Frida Kahlo
Released: March 13, 1986
Type: Movie
This film is a chronicle of painter Frida Kahlo, and her encounter with the personalities of her time. Despite being confied to a wheelchair as a result of polio, operations and amputations, she faces and traces some of the most colorful and controversial aspects of Mexican history, during the dominant time of Mexican muralism.
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Title: Toda una vida
Character: Alejandra Pastora
Released: June 18, 1981
Type: TV
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The Oil Conspiracy
Title: The Oil Conspiracy
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
While Mexico swims in the oil veins that were deeded to him by the Devil, a bureaucrat is thrown into a whirlwind of intrigue and international espionage where he discovers that the guts of the beast in charge are one and the same, and the evacuation conduit itself. : We are the shit of that monster. At the same time, a man and a woman discover that behind their passion there is a dark reality that drives them to disguise as action what is only hunger, suffering, desire.
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Pueblo de Boquilla
Title: Pueblo de Boquilla
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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The Big Fix
Title: The Big Fix
Character: Alora
Released: October 6, 1978
Type: Movie
Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.
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Vacaciones misteriosas
Title: Vacaciones misteriosas
Released: July 21, 1977
Type: Movie
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La palomilla al rescate
Title: La palomilla al rescate
Released: December 23, 1976
Type: Movie
Cute elementary-school kids get mixed up with black-marketeers.
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The Fungi Man
Title: The Fungi Man
Character: Lucila / daughter
Released: September 2, 1976
Type: Movie
Racial conflicts, love triangles and the awakening of passion will lead to disaster for a decadent aristocratic family in the newly independent Mexico.
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Title: Paloma
Character: Paloma Romero
Released: April 29, 1975
Type: TV
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La Casa de Bernarda Alba
Title: La Casa de Bernarda Alba
Character: Adela
Released: October 25, 1974
Type: Movie
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Uno y medio contra el mundo
Title: Uno y medio contra el mundo
Released: November 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Small-time crook teams up with a street urchin for mutual support on the margins of society.
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De Que Color Es El Viento
Title: De Que Color Es El Viento
Released: October 13, 1973
Type: Movie
Two blind children have bonded deeply in their special-ed classroom. The sight of one of them is restored with an operation.
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Queen Doll
Title: Queen Doll
Character: Amilamia
Released: November 8, 1972
Type: Movie
A man becomes more and more infatuated with his childhood sweetheart leading to a haunting encounter with horror.
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Apolinar
Title: Apolinar
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Tancredo, a poor man, is in love with a rich girl, who does not return his feelings. One day when she is bathing in a river, a flood sweeps her away and Tancredo is unable to save her. Mad with grief, he steals the sun. The gods call Apolinar to restore light to the earth, but he is obstructed by the magician of darkness, until by means of a telescope he is able to send a bag of light to Tancredo, now grown old. Tancredo goes to the seashore and opens the bag of light as an offering to his beloved, whereupon the sun returns to the earth.
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El águila descalza
Title: El águila descalza
Character: Chona
Released: December 8, 1971
Type: Movie
Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses.
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The Gates of Paradise
Title: The Gates of Paradise
Character: Lucia
Released: June 19, 1971
Type: Movie
Due to betting problems, Andrés and his lover, Blanca, flee the city and travel through several states of the country; During their journey they get involved with a couple of hippies with whom they live for a time until the tragedy is complete.
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El Cambio
Title: El Cambio
Character: Tania
Released: March 19, 1971
Type: Movie
Two young people leave city life for the simplicity of life in the province. Unfortunately, the beach they are going to live next to is being polluted by a local factory.
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Paradise
Title: Paradise
Character: Magaly
Released: October 8, 1970
Type: Movie
Problems arise between the divers Román and Lauro when the former falls in love with a prostitute on the beaches of Acapulco.
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La rebelion de las hijas
Title: La rebelion de las hijas
Released: September 24, 1970
Type: Movie
Three young women are ready to marry, but their father inserts himself into the decision-making process.
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Las figuras de arena
Title: Las figuras de arena
Released: September 16, 1970
Type: Movie
Separated Mom, Dad and son all come into conflict with each other during a brief reunion visit. Everyone learns and grows.
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Las impuras
Title: Las impuras
Released: October 17, 1969
Type: Movie
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Patsy My Love
Title: Patsy My Love
Character: Patsy
Released: October 9, 1969
Type: Movie
Written by future Nobel-prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, this is the story of Patsy, a wealthy debutante with an acute sense of living and boundless curiosity. She falls in love with an older man (Julio Alemán) whom is married and mediocre, and thus learns the hard way about unhappiness, marring her rose colored world.
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Piranhas Love in Lent
Title: Piranhas Love in Lent
Character: Milta / Daughter
Released: January 11, 1969
Type: Movie
Backwards fishing village is home to a widow and her teenaged daughter. Neighbors suspect the mother of having murdered her husband. A tourist in town gets it into his head to put the smooth big city moves on both women. And the-e-en...
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Pax?
Title: Pax?
Released: October 27, 1968
Type: Movie
Mexican experimental feature film, made for the 1968 olympics.
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Barefoot Woman
Title: Barefoot Woman
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A pregnant woman travels through the desert in order to sell shoes in the nearest city.
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Follow
Title: Follow
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Sebastián is a young, handsome and incredibly charming guy with an impeccable sense of style. He has used these weapons to become a master scammer, who preys on some of the richest and most famous women in Mexico. Alongside his faithful henchman Maclo. Sebastián carries out his plans with great cunning. Before he can put an end to his bright career as a scammer, Carolina, an enigmatic woman crosses his path. Captivated by her, Sebastian puts his retirement plans on hold to carry out one last scam.