Ofelia Medina

Ofelia Medina (born March 4, 1950) is a Mexican actress, singer and screenwriter of Mexican films. She was married to film director Alex Philips Jr. and actor Pedro Armendáriz Jr..

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Biography

Ofelia Medina was born in Mérida, Yucatán. 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.

Currently, she is politically active as a supporter of the indigenous people of southern Mexico.

Awards

Ariel Award in 2005

Award nominations

12th Genie Awards

Telenovelas

TV shows

Films

Cinema of France

Cinema of the Philippines

Hollywood

Cinema of Mexico

Discography

See also

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