Mónica del Carmen

Mónica del Carmen

Born: May 24, 1982
in Oaxaca, Mexico
Mónica del Carmen is an indigenous actress of Mexican origin who has played various roles in theater, film and television. Despite the fact that the interpreter has an extensive resume, the role that catapulted her to stardom was that of ‘Laura’ in the film ‘Leap Year’ by Australian director Michael Rowe; which won the ‘Caméra d'or’ award (awarded to the best first film) at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2010.

The actress had her professional training at the National School of Theater Art of the Instituto Nacional Bellas Artes, from which she graduated in 2004. Since then Mónica del Carmen has managed to break through in an industry that is not always the most fair for people from different backgrounds. less privileged cultural backgrounds.

Movies for Mónica del Carmen...

Killer Babes
Title: Killer Babes
Character: Felipa
Released: March 29, 2024
Type: Movie
Three girlfriends, neglected and mistreated by their husbands, plan to take revenge on them with the help of an experienced man in this type of job.
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A History of Love and War
Title: A History of Love and War
Character: Justina Venganza
Released: January 25, 2024
Type: Movie
This outrageous comedy stages a soap opera of epic proportions, as one corrupt property developer faces trial for Mexico's violent history. The fourth feature from Santiago Mohar Volkow, Una historia de amor y guerra centres on real estate baron Pepe Sánchez-Campo, whose mega-mall development brings him into conflict with local guerrillas. For once, bribery and a call to Daddy might not be enough to save Pepe – a character more grotesque than the telenovela unfolding around him. Trying to sabotage Pepe's marriage to Constanza, her cousin and lover Teo records Pepe cheating. The resulting chaos precipitates in a burlesque bloodbath involving treachery, talking animals, colonial history and bartering in the afterlife.
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In Freedom
Title: In Freedom
Character: María
Released: October 25, 2023
Type: Movie
An immigrant couple caring for their grandchildren receives an unexpected visitor after hours, threatening to throw their lives into complete disarray.
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Heroic
Title: Heroic
Character: Yanin
Released: September 21, 2023
Type: Movie
Luis, an 18-year-old Mexican boy with indigenous roots, enters the Heroico Military College with the hope of securing a better future. There, he encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to make him a perfect soldier.
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Noise
Title: Noise
Character: Mujer
Released: October 13, 2022
Type: Movie
Julia is a mother, or rather, one of many mothers, sisters, daughters, colleagues, who have had their lives torn apart by the widespread violence in a country waging a war against its women. Julia is searching for Ger, her daughter. And in her search, she will weave through the stories and struggles of the different women she will meet.
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Title: Código implacable
Released: March 3, 2022
Type: TV
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Out of Touch
Title: Out of Touch
Released: December 31, 2021
Type: Movie
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A Cop Movie
Title: A Cop Movie
Character: Teresa / Self
Released: October 28, 2021
Type: Movie
This documentary walks the line between fact and fiction, delving into corruption in the Mexican police through the experiences of two officers.
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Sundown
Title: Sundown
Character: Luisa
Released: October 9, 2021
Type: Movie
When a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions of a wealthy British family.
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La Civil
Title: La Civil
Character: Elida
Released: July 8, 2021
Type: Movie
Cielo is a mother whose teenage daughter is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. When the authorities offer no support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands and transforms from housewife into a vengeful militant.
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Throw Everything Into Play
Title: Throw Everything Into Play
Character: Mamá de Ismael
Released: November 6, 2020
Type: Movie
Ismael, a 12 year old boy, dreams to become a professional baseball player but he is asthmatic. One night, while approaching the girl he loves, he witnesses a crime.
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New Order
Title: New Order
Character: Marta
Released: October 22, 2020
Type: Movie
In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a wealthy family. After the riots have been quashed, they discover the bride has gone missing and plea with the military to help locate her.
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Modern Loves
Title: Modern Loves
Released: October 11, 2019
Type: Movie
A fateful day reunites an estranged family in Mexico City, where a chain of events shifts their romantic relationships and uncovers a monumental secret.
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Guie’dani’s Navel
Title: Guie’dani’s Navel
Character: Maru
Released: October 4, 2019
Type: Movie
Guie’dani, a Zapotec indigenous girl and her mother take up work with an upper-class family in Mexico City. The girl does not fit and is conflicting. Everything changes when she meets Claudia, a rebellious girl with whom she becomes close friends.
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The Dove and the Wolf
Title: The Dove and the Wolf
Released: August 12, 2019
Type: Movie
Displaced by the violence that swept their town, Paloma and Lobo survive trying to love each other. Through thirst, fear and nostalgia, Paloma wishes to go back home but Lobo lives tied to a memory that stops him from returning.
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Suffocation
Title: Suffocation
Character: Conchita
Released: October 23, 2018
Type: Movie
After getting out of jail, where she learned to care for the sick, Alma, an albino woman, is determined to recover at any cost something much more important than her own freedom. In order to do so, Alma must spend her nights taking care of Clemente, a hypochondriac compulsively obsessed with avoiding sudden death. Their relationship moves through suspicion, fear and compassion to tenderness and love.
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Tattoo of Revenge
Title: Tattoo of Revenge
Character: Laura González
Released: October 22, 2018
Type: Movie
After suffering a violent incident, a woman decides to become a vigilante, defending every woman who has suffered from physical or psychological abuse.
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Asphyxia
Title: Asphyxia
Released: January 1, 2018
Type: Movie
After getting out of jail, where she learned to care for the sick, Alma, an albino woman, is determined to recover something much more important than her freedom. In order to do so, Alma must spend her nights taking care of Clemente (a hypochondriac compulsively obsessed with avoiding sudden death). Their relationship moves through suspicion, fear and compassion to tenderness and love.
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Zhai
Title: Zhai
Character: Sergio's wife
Released: June 1, 2017
Type: Movie
I am not what happened to me... I am what I choose to become.
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600 Miles
Title: 600 Miles
Character: Mamá Rubio
Released: December 3, 2015
Type: Movie
Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons from Arizona to Mexico for a drug cartel, but he is being investigated by agent Harris. When agent Harris blows his covers, he and Arnulfo end up in a journey where he will be the hostage of this young criminal.
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The Heirs
Title: The Heirs
Character: Cajera
Released: October 27, 2015
Type: Movie
Teenagers’ leisure at full swing: a group of friends spend their holidays at parties, having sex, boozing, and partaking in any adventure that brings them a boost of adrenaline. As they use violence for entertainment and to fulfill their authoritarian fantasies, their adventures will show the cracks and the collapse of the perfect world they live in.
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Gloria
Title: Gloria
Character: Esposa
Released: March 6, 2015
Type: Movie
Amidst the complex Mexico City, a man drives a public transport bus during daytime and works the night shift impersonating Mexican songstresses in a drag cabaret.
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Ramona
Title: Ramona
Character: Elodia
Released: October 22, 2014
Type: Movie
Ramona is 84, and she has announced that she is ready to die. While her family is making the preparations, however, she changes her mind.
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Reconciled
Title: Reconciled
Released: October 18, 2014
Type: Movie
A story about the desperation of a man leading a monotonous life. Interacting with people turns out to be impossible, and his routine has alienated his loved ones, among them, his 11-year-old son.
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Batallas Latentes
Title: Batallas Latentes
Character: Crystal
Released: October 17, 2014
Type: Movie
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Castle Chronicle
Title: Castle Chronicle
Character: Odilia
Released: May 30, 2014
Type: Movie
Dramatized series that shows a mosaic of stories, which run in parallel and sometimes intertwine, around Tepito and its identity as a neighborhood, revealing the social prejudices that manifest themselves in classism and racism, as part of a historical reality in Mexico.
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Through the Eyes
Title: Through the Eyes
Character: Mónica
Released: October 20, 2013
Type: Movie
Monica is a social worker in Mexico City, whose son has a degenerative illness in both eyes. Having exhausted all other options, a corneal transplant is the only hope. Overwhelmed by the slowness of the health care system and the scarcity of resources, she decides to search for an extreme solution in her work environment: the world of street children.
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White Weapon
Title: White Weapon
Character: Mari
Released: September 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Mari works as a maid in a luxury apartment where she takes care of Regina. She also helps her do her homework. Regina is a very spoiled girl and her mother, who is a doctor, works all day. One day, Mari comes home from work and discovers that Pedro, her son, who does his homework alone, has lice.
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Statues
Title: Statues
Released: September 6, 2013
Type: Movie
The unveiling of a statue honoring Emiliano Zapata becomes the site in which the demands of a struggling city are manifested through the speech of a young boy.
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After Lucia
Title: After Lucia
Character: Maestra
Released: October 3, 2012
Type: Movie
Alejandra and her dad Roberto have just moved to town. She is new at school, he has a new job. Starting over is sometimes complicated when you have left so much behind.
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The Legend of La Llorona
Title: The Legend of La Llorona
Character: Kika (voice)
Released: October 21, 2011
Type: Movie
Based on a famous Mexican legend, a group of kids must stop the ghost of a woman whose guilt over the drowning of her own children leads her to abduct youngsters who wander the woods at night.
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Leap Year
Title: Leap Year
Character: Laura
Released: May 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Journalist Laura works at home, isolating herself from others. While she lies to her mother and brother, Raul, on the phone about having an active social life, Laura's days consist of gazing at her neighbors, eating canned food and going to clubs to bring home strangers. As the anniversary of her father's death draws near, Laura develops a relationship with Arturo, a charismatic actor who shares her taste for rough sex.
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La pantera negra
Title: La pantera negra
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Dishevelled private eye Nico Beamonte's latest case comes from God himself ... possibly. He wants Nico to find the mysterious Black Panther. But who, or what, is the Black Panther? And what has this got to do with a cryogenically frozen Mariachi singer and a 1950s flying saucer? Surrealism, Mexican-style - as if film noir had collided with props left over from a Ray Harryhausen film.
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Buen provecho
Title: Buen provecho
Released: May 4, 2008
Type: Movie
An impulsive and arrogant man has to share his lunch with an unknown woman. A story of prejudice and discrimination.
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Babel
Title: Babel
Character: Lucia
Released: October 26, 2006
Type: Movie
In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world.
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The Last Gaze
Title: The Last Gaze
Character: Totó
Released: March 29, 2006
Type: Movie
A drama centered on the relationship between a painter who's losing his sight and a maid in a Mexican brothel.