Angélica Aragón
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| Angélica Aragón | |
|---|---|
| Born | Angélica Espinoza Stransky July 11, 1953 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Actress |
Angélica Aragón (born July 11, 1953) is a Mexican actress of telenovelas and such films as Dune, A Walk in the Clouds, Bella, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Mirada de mujer Novia que te vea, and the blockbuster film Sexo, pudor y lágrimas.
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[edit] Early life
Aragón was born Angélica Espinoza Stransky in Mexico City, the daughter of composer José Ángel Espinosa "Ferrusquilla". Aragón was raised in a family of intellectuals. She attended The Modern American College, The Sierra Nevada School and The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) for almost seven years. She also lived in India, where she studied at The National Dance Academy and the Kerala Kelandam Dance School.
[edit] Career (movies and tv)
Back in Mexico, Aragón joined the ranks of Televisa and made several telenovelas in the 1980s and 1990s while she acted in films such as Toy Soldiers with Tim Robbins, The Evil That Men Do with Charles Bronson and the cult film Dune. She played mostly roles of socialite women but also the role of a proud and noble indigenous woman in De frente al sol ("Looking straight at the Sun"). She played the role of the wife of songwriter Álvaro Carrillo in the motion picture Sabor a mí (With the Flavor of Me), alongside José José, "El Príncipe de la Canción", who played the songwriter in the movie. At the age of 44, after years of not receiving lead roles in Televisa, a company that focuses mainly on younger stars, she obtained a role on the second telenovela of new station TV Azteca titled Mirada de mujer ("A woman's glance") portraying, ironically, an aging woman who is neglected by her husband and finds love in the arms of a younger man. Such bold move paid-off and the telenovela was a big success. She also appeared in the sequel Mirada de mujer: El regreso, as well as the blockbuster film Sexo, pudor y lágrimas.
In 2006 Angélica gave an incredible performance in Bella[citation needed]. Angélica's performance helped[citation needed] Bella take top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival by winning the highly-coveted Peoples Choice Award, a distinction which puts them in the company of such Oscar-winning films as Chariots of Fire, American Beauty, Life is Beautiful, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Hotel Rwanda. As of 2007, Angélica is working as a director of Sueña (Dream), a play which is shown at the Independence Theatre in Mexico City, with Irma Lozano, Aarón Hernán and Miguel Garza.
[edit] Telenovelas
- Mirada de mujer: El regreso as María Inés Domínguez de San Millán (2003)
- Por ti (2002)
- Todo por amor as Carmen (2000)
- Marea brava (1999)
- La chacala (1998)
- Mirada de mujer as María Inés Domínguez de San Millán (1997)
- Cañaveral de pasiones as Josefina (1996)
- Más allá del puente as Chole (1994)
- Agujetas de color de rosa as Bertha (1994)
- De frente al sol as Chole (1992)
- En carne propia as Magdalena Ovalle de Muriel (1990)
- Días sin luna as Lucía (1990)
- La casa al final de la calle as Leonor Altamirano Najera (1989)
- Vivir un poco as Andrea Santos de Merisa Obregón (1985)
- Principessa as Fernanda (1984)
- Chispita as Lucía (1983)
- La fiera as La Costeña (1983)
- Vanessa as Luisa (1982)
- El hogar que yo robé as Genoveva (1981)
- Sandra y Paulina as Isabel (1980)
- El amor tiene cara de mujer (1971)
[edit] Films
[edit] Hollywood
- Bella as the mother (2006)
- Picking Up the Pieces as Dolores (2000)
- A Walk in the Clouds as María José Aragón (1996)
- The Harvest as Dr. Emma (1993)
- Toy Soldiers as Presidenta López (1984)
- Samson and Delilah as Niji (1984)
- The Evil That Men Do as María (1984)
- Dune as Bene Gesserit Sister (1984)
[edit] Mexican cinema
- La mujer de mi hermano (2005)
- Tres (2005)
- Zapata: El sueño de un héroe as Waitress #1 (2004)
- Desnudos (2004)
- El crimen del padre Amaro as Augustina Sanjuanera (2002)
- ¿Y si Cristóbal despierta? as Mariana (2000)
- El grito as Blanca (2000)
- Crónica de un desayuno as Paloma (1999)
- Sexo, pudor y lágrimas as Carlos' mother (1999)
- Entre la tarde y la noche (1999)
- Fibra óptica as Doña Carmen (1998)
- Ámbar as Adrianina (1997)
- De muerte natural (1996)
- En el aire as Teresa (1995)
- Cilantro y perejil as Teresa (1995)
- Sucesos distantes as Irene Gorenko (1994)
- Novia que te vea as Oshinika's Mother (1993)
- Gertrudis Bocanegra (1992)
- Pueblo de madera as a corner shop owner (1990)
- Goitia, un dios para sí mismo (1988)
- La furia de un dios (1987)
- Lamberto Quintero as María de los Ángeles (1987)
- Sabor a mí" as Ana María (1987)
[edit] Political activities
Angélica Aragón has been a very intelligent activist, mainly in Mexico but also outside Mexico. She has been working pro women (against sexual abuse, in favor of the obtainment and promotion of better labor and socioeconomic conditions for women). A lot of manifiestos (statements) have been signed by Angélica Aragón, alongside the signatures of many other writers, directors, actors, actresses and, in general, Mexican and foreign intellectuals.
