Nationality Mexican Years active 1968-present | Name Ofelia Medina Role Actress | |
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Born April 4, 1950 (age 74) ( 1950-04-04 ) Merida, Yucatan Spouse Pedro Armendariz, Jr. (m. ?–2011) Awards Ariel Award for Best Actress, Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominations Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Movies Frida Still Life, Innocent Voices, The Good Herbs, Colombiana, Paradise Similar People Pedro Armendariz - Jr, Frida Kahlo, Paul Leduc, Leonardo Garcia, Rossana Najera | ||
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Ofelia Medina (born April 4, 1950) is a Mexican actress, singer and screenwriter of Mexican films. She was married to film director Alex Philips Jr..
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- ccpn Ofelia Medina
- Biography
- Career
- Personal life
- Ariel Award in 2005
- 12th Genie Awards
- Telenovelas
- TV shows
- Cinema of France
- Cinema of the Philippines
- Hollywood
- Canadian
- Cinema of Mexico
- Discography
- References
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Biography
Ofelia Medina was born in Mérida, Yucatán.
Career
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.
Personal life
Currently, she is politically active as a supporter of the indigenous people of southern Mexico.