Ofelia Medina

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.

Known For

The Mosquito Coast

Colombiana

Killer Women

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

MasterChef Celebrity México

Tanto Amor

El Candidato

The Legend of the Nahuala

All Movies (61)

• Memoria de Los Olvidados2025 · as Self
• Follow2025 · as Tamara
• Our Times2025 · as Julia
• 1938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil2025 · as grown up Amalia Solórzano
• Sara: Love and Revolution2024
• Dante y Soledad2024 · as Madre
• The Beast2023 · as Doña Tomasa
• María: La Diva Eterna2023 · as Self
• Mambo Dreams2022
• Evil Eye2022 · as Josefa
• No Man's Land2021
• Deadly Embroidered Memories2020 · as Señora Z
• Not A Minute To Lose2019 · as Elisa del futuro
• Guadalupe-Kings2019 · as Doña Ceci
• No One Will Ever Know2018 · as Fidela
• Macho2016 · as Mamá Evaristo
• The Blue Eyes2013 · as Yaxte
• Panorama2013 · as Ofelia
• Colombiana2011 · as Mama
• The Good Herbs2010 · as Lala
• The Legend of the Nahuala2007 · as Nahuala (voice)
• Juarez: The City Where Women Are Disposable2007 · as Self
• I Love Miami2006
• Salted Water2005
• Club eutanasia2005 · as The Director
• Innocent Voices2005 · as Mama Toya
• Mónica y el Profesor2004 · as Esposa del Profesor
• Before Night Falls2000 · as Landlady
• Las cenizas del volcán1999
• El repartidor de pensamientos1996
• A Wall of Silence1993 · as Silvia
• Nocturno a Rosario1992 · as Rosario De La Peña
• Gertrudis1992 · as Gertrudis Bocanegra
• Íntimo terror1992
• Diplomatic Immunity1992 · as Sara
• Camino largo a Tijuana1991
• Orgy of Terror1990
• Frida Still Life1986 · as Frida Kahlo
• Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra1981
• Pueblo de Boquilla1981
• The Big Fix1978 · as Alora
• Vacaciones misteriosas1977
• La palomilla al rescate1976
• The Fungi Man1976 · as Lucila / daughter
• La casa de Bernarda Alba1974 · as Adela
• Uno Y Medio Contra El Mundo1973
• What Color is the Wind?1973 · as Adelita
• Queen Doll1972 · as Amilamia
• Apolinar1972
• El águila descalza1971 · as Chona
• The Gates of Paradise1971 · as Lucia
• El Cambio1971 · as Tania
• Paradise1970 · as Magaly
• La rebelion de las hijas1970
• Las figuras de arena1970
• Las impuras1969
• Patsy My Love1969 · as Patsy
• Piranhas Love in Lent1969 · as Milta / Daughter
• Pax?1968
• Barefoot Woman—
• Spicy Will— · as Doña Martha

All TV Shows (15)

• Lobo, morir matando2026 · as Guillermina Ortiz
• The LIberation2025
• La Hora Marcada2023
• Triptych2023 · as Pilar Mancera de Trujano
• MasterChef Celebrity México2021 · as Self
• The Mosquito Coast2021 · as Lucrecia
• El Candidato2020 · as María Teresa de Velasco
• Tanto Amor2015 · as Silvia Lombardo
• Los Rey2012 · as Manuela San Vicente de Rey
• Killer Women2008 · as Beatriz Fernández
• Conversando con Cristina Pacheco1997 · as Self
• Para toda la vida1996 · as Elena
• Toda una vida1981 · as Alejandra Pastora
• Rina1977 · as Rina Galeana
• Paloma1975 · as Paloma Romero