María Rojo

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.

Known For

Narcos: Mexico

Senora Acero

Casados con Hijos

El Infierno

Killer Women

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

All Movies (103)

When I Get Home2026 · as Pina
Tespis Teporocho2025
Grayffiti2025 · as Rosa
Atypical Pirate2024
Pole Dance2023 · as Lic. García
Malvada2022 · as Doña Claudia
A Not So Merry Christmas2022 · as Silvia
Mi Canción2021 · as Abue
The Day I Lost Myself2020 · as Sofía “Old Twinky”
Valentina's Wedding2018 · as Luz Evelia
The Cousin2018 · as Juliana
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo2017 · as Self
Crimes of the North Sea2017
Gabo & Cinema2016 · as Self
She's Ramona2015 · as Marcela Godínez
Las Horas Contigo2015 · as Julieta
The Perfect Dictatorship2014 · as Doña Chole
A Shred Of Mist2014 · as Tía Elizabeth
The Crime of Cacaro Gumaro2014 · as María Cocinera
Todos hemos pecado2011 · as La Perfida
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad2010 · as Madre de Pedro
El Infierno2010 · as Doña Mari Reyes
File of Attempted Murder2010 · as Madre de Arroyo
Exquisite Corpse2010
Me importas tú... y tú2009
El Garabato2008 · as Senator
Under the Same Moon2007 · as Reyna
El malogrado amor de Sebastián2006 · as Herself
Amor2006
A Wonderful World2006 · as Comadre chismosa
Dos auroras2005 · as Aurora
El edén2004 · as Magda
The Mystery of the Almond Trees2004 · as Dona Josefina
To Love Too Much2002 · as Tía Greta
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You2001 · as Madre de Yessica
A Breakfast Chronicle2000 · as Luzma
Reclusorio1997 · as Gloria Castro (segment "La Prostituta violada")
Esmeralda Comes by Night1997 · as Esmeralda Loyden
Alta Tensión1997
Reencuentros1997 · as Soledad
The Overturning Of The Heart1996 · as Raquel
De muerte natural1996
Danish Girls Show Everything1996 · as Nun
Salón México1996 · as Mercedes
Doble indemnización1996 · as Paulina
Midaq Alley1995 · as Doña Cata
La señorita1994 · as Amida
Passionate Mobile1994
Amor que mata1994 · as Adriana
Encuentro Inesperado1993 · as Estela
Autumn1993 · as Woman
Las mil y una aventuras del metro1993
La casa de los cuchillos1992
El chupes1992 · as Martha
Forbidden Homework1992 · as María / Aisel / Mother
Tequila1992 · as Bailarina
Homework1991 · as Virginia / María
Danzón1991 · as Julia Solórzano
Blue Memories1991 · as Esperanza Gómez
El extensionista1991 · as Güera
The Legend of a Mask1991 · as Emilia
Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta1991
Infamia1991
With Fear in the Veins1990 · as Francisca
Red Dawn1990 · as Alicia
La sombra del ciprés es alargada1990 · as Jane
Dying in the Gulf1990 · as Conchita
La mudanza1990
Bathroom Intimacy1989 · as Esperanza
Las asesinas del panadero1989
Break of Dawn1988 · as Maria
All Souls' Day1988 · as Yolanda
El otro crimen1988
Living Is What Matters1987 · as Chabela
Los confines1987 · as Natalia
Zapata en Chinameca1987 · as Amalia Martínez
Astucia1986 · as Mujer Melesio
Robachicos1986
Me llaman la Chata Aguayo1986
The Humiliated1986 · as Mother Teresa
Viaje al paraíso1985 · as Queta
The Heart of the Night1984 · as Interprete
Under the Shrapnel1983 · as Maria
Deceitful Appearances1983 · as Fina
Confidencias1982 · as Anastasia
The Eve1982 · as Margarita
Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra1981
The Enemy Sister1979
Maria of My Heart1979 · as Maria Torres Lopez
Naufragio1978 · as Leticia
New World1978 · as Intérprete indígena
Idilio1978 · as Mujer
Lo mejor de Teresa1977 · as Carmen
Las Poquianchis1976 · as Lupe
The Heist1976 · as Meche
Candy Stripe Nurses1974 · as Marisa Valdez
Castle of Purity1973 · as Young at store
The Cubs1973 · as Lucy
Memories of the Future1969 · as Prostituta del burdel
Forbidden Kisses1956 · as Alicia
Podcast, rapaces nocturnos— · as Mendoza
The Portrait’s Secret— · as Maria
Huehxolotl—

All TV Shows (30)

Amanecer2025 · as Prudencia Morales
We Were Kings2024 · as Herminia
Pena Ajena2022 · as Tere
Your Love Is My Fortune2021 · as Magos Domínguez Negrete (Recast)
Narcos: Mexico2018 · as Norma Arellano Felix
Sincronía2017 · as Madame
Su nombre era Dolores, la Jenn que yo conocí2017 · as Doña Rosa
Hasta que te conocí2016 · as Maribel
Senora Acero2014 · as Mercedes "La Mecha" Berríos
Hasta el fin del mundo2014 · as Guadalupe
Crónica de castas2014 · as Bertha
Cloroformo2012 · as Doña Consuelo
El Albergue2012 · as Esperanza de la Lama
Gritos de Muerte y Libertad2010 · as Madre de Pedro
Wild Heart2009 · as Clemencia
María de Todos los Ángeles2009
Tomorrow is forever2008 · as Soledad Cruz
Tomorrow is forever2008 · as Soledad
Killer Women2008 · as Milagros
Killer Women2008 · as Emma Ramírez
Killer Women2008 · as Emilia, cocinera
Alborada2005 · as Victoria Mansera de Oviedo
Casados con Hijos2005 · as Fabiola
Dark Fate2003 · as Lucrecia Vargas
Las Lunas del Auditorio2002 · as Self
Ellas, inocentes o culpables2000 · as Martha
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco1997 · as María Rojo
Te Sigo Amando1996 · as Felipa
The Marked Hour1988 · as Francisca
Los miserables1974 · as Eponina