Arcelia Ramírez

Born: 1967-12-07

Arcelia Ramírez (born 7 December 1967) is a Mexican actress who appeared in over 50 films and television shows since 1985. At a young age she became interested in acting. She studied acting at the Centro Universitario de Teatro (CUT), from where she was prepared for several plays produced by the same institution, including La pasión de Pentesilea, La séptima morada, La noche de Hernán Cortés, Las mujeres sabias, Freda y otras griegas and Relaciones peligrosas. She lived in France from 2007 to 2011, a period in which she kept up her work pace, coming to Mexico to film movies as diverse as Arturo Ripstein's "Las razones del corazón" and Victor Avelar's "Cómo no te voy a querer". Meanwhile, her life in Paris was like that of a nameless woman who was beginning to raise a family. Throughout her career, which began in 1985 with the film "El centro del laberinto", she has been nominated for important awards, such as the Ariel, at the Cannes Festival, at the Havana Festival, at the Latin American Film Festival in Lérida, among others. She has been nominated four times for the Ariel Award, twice for Best Actress (1997, 2000) and twice for Best Supporting Actress (2001 and 2003). The first actress attended the Cannes Film Festival 2021 for her performance in the film "La civil", first fiction of the Belgian-Romanian director Teodora Mihai. In the film she plays Cielo, a mother searching for her daughter kidnapped by organized crime in northern Mexico. After the screening on July 10 at the Debussy Hall, Ramirez received an eight-minute standing ovation from the audience. An unprecedented and almost unbelievable experience for Arcelia Ramírez, she explained, so much so that it marked her life and brought tears to her eyes.


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as Judeisy
Released: 2013-07-20

Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and...

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Like Water for Chocolate

as Great Granddaughter / Narrator (voice)
Released: 1992-04-16

Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying...

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I Carry You with Me

as Magda
Released: 2021-06-25

An epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in...

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La Civil

as Cielo
Released: 2021-07-08

Cielo is a mother whose teenage daughter is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. When the authorities...

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A Circus Tale & A Love Song

as uncredited
Released: 2024-04-23

A boy who grew up at the circus decides to leave his old life and go after the love of his life.

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Violet Perfume

as Alicia, madre de Miriam
Released: 2001-03-11

A poignant and moving urban drama, focusing on the growing problem of sexual assault in Mexico...

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Good Day, Ramon

as Rosa
Released: 2013-10-21

After five failed attempts to go to the United States, 18-year-old Ramón decides to look for a...

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Veronica

as The Psychologist
Released: 2017-08-14

A female Psychologist who has stopped practicing medicine, decides to take the case of Veronica...

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Volveré

as uncredited
Released: 2023-03-10

In a country with hundreds of missing people, Alejandra, a frivolous, divorced mother of two...

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The Girl on the Stone

as Alicia
Released: 2007-07-27

Gabino, a very dedicated and hardworking young high school student, he is infatuated with Maty...

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Leftie

as Martina
Released: 2003-02-20

Futuristic movie about Alejandro, a gifted left-handed child marble player who must win a...

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Sexo, amor y otras perversiones

as Mercedes
Released: 2006-03-28

Compilation of short film about sex, love and other perversions.

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No One Will Ever Know

as Berta
Released: 2018-03-11

An anodyne environment and a perennial lack of affection, push Lucia and Braulio to turn in the...

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Such is Life

as Julia
Released: 2000-09-14

After her husband leaves her for a younger woman, Julia plans her revenge with the help of her...

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Open Cage

as uncredited
Released: 2014-02-25

The economy has collapsed. In a universe of moral and economic impoverishment, we find Flavia, a...

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Tell Me About Yourself

as Laura
Released: 2022-10-06

Chava, a 17-year-old boy who has a secret admirer, feels more attracted to boys. When leaving...

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María: La Diva Eterna

as Self
Released: 2023-04-06

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A Breakfast Chronicle

as Yolanda
Released: 2000-11-01

A view of the end-of-the-century Mexican family. A father who comes back home after a long...

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Bleak Street

as Zema
Released: 2015-09-17

Two wrestlers decide to go to a hotel in order to meet two prostitutes.

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Las Horas Contigo

as Isabel
Released: 2015-02-05

Ema finds out she is pregnant with an unplanned child she's not sure she wants to keep, the same...

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Crocodiles

as Elena
Released: 2024-01-31

A young photojournalist in the city of Veracruz, Mexico, will risk his life to dig up a shocking...

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Mambo Dreams

as uncredited
Released: 2022-10-24

Dámaso Pérez Prado, known as "el rey del mambo", came back from the dead to look for the love of...

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Pole Dance

as Lupe
Released: 2023-12-15

Magda is getting divorced from an alcoholic mariachi in rehab. While she tries to find her inner...

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Recipes to Stay Together

as Susana Limón
Released: 1996-12-31

"Cilantro y perejil" is a comedy about couples from the same family, hit by the economic crisis...

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Meat Stew, Original Recipe

as uncredited
Released: 2019-08-02

A dysfunctional family reunites after the grandmother's death, who was a famous cooker of the...

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Fisuras

as Lety
Released: 2016-03-05

Winter. Two mothers wait for their children, involved in a social conflict, to return home....

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Rock Marí

as uncredited
Released: 2010-03-12

An 11 year old girl who has just lost her mother is at the same time fighting to fulfill her...

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Reclusorio III

as uncredited
Released: 1999-01-01

3 real life stories taken from the Mexican police archive.

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Journey

as Petra
Released: 2023-04-30

Roberto is a young man who is trying to find his way back home to his family. His desire to push...

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El tesoro de Clotilde

as Lupita
Released: 1994-11-03

Clotilde dies, and her god-daughter has promised to carry out a final wish for her.. Two gangs...

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Benjamín's Wife

as Natividad
Released: 1991-01-02

Benjamin is an old bachelor who lives with his sister. One day he falls in love with the young...

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Serpientes y escaleras

as Valentina
Released: 1992-12-04

Two young girls used to play Serpents and Ladders. One of them always won, but they are very...

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Ojos que no ven

as Elena
Released: 2022-11-17

Elena is in charge of the library in a private school. His monotonous life is affected when a...

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El brassier de Emma

as Amparo
Released: 2007-03-29

It was the year of 1962 when I turned 12 and my breasts began to grow. Cecilia, my sister, went...

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All the Silence

as uncredited
Released: 2023-10-06

Miriam teaches sign language in the mornings and is part of a professional theater production in...

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Ultima llamada

as uncredited
Released: 1996-01-25

Gilberto Cortés is an actor in a theatre play about a father fighting to save his son from the...

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In the Shadow of the Moon

as uncredited
Released: 1999-08-28

Ana starts falling in love with an ecologist engineer that comes with her father who is from Russia.

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Teo's Journey

as uncredited
Released: 2008-10-10

Separated from his father after illegally crossing the Mexico-U.S. border, young Teo and his new...

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Sofía

as uncredited
Released: 2000-06-22

A volcano scientist (Issabela Camil) arrives in Mexico to study the Popocatepetl volcano. The...

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City of the Blind

as Mara
Released: 1991-10-31

Over more than thirty years, a department of the Condesa in Mexico City, is the setting in which...

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Potosí

as Estela
Released: 2013-07-21

Potosi, a rural town in Latin America, is the crossfire of the ravaging that has devastated the...

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Between Night and Day

as Gaby
Released: 2013-01-18

Francisco, a man with autism resides secluded, ignored and locked away. He's a burden on his...

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The Reasons of the Heart

as Emilia
Released: 2011-10-07

In a reinterpretation of Madame Bovary set on contemporary Mexico City, Emilia, a middle class...

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Malos Presagios

as uncredited
Released: 2005-01-01

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Leaf Blower

as uncredited
Released: 2015-11-29

Three friends have a special mission: find some keys lost in a pile of dead leaves. It may seem...

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Lluvia

as Sofia
Released: 2023-10-24

"Lluvia" showcases six stories and different characters as they navigate the streets of Mexico...

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Rizo

as Lucía / Sandra
Released: 1999-04-23

The life of great playwright Alejandro del Rey, his searches, his principles, his women and a...

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Written on the Body of Night

as uncredited
Released: 2001-05-26

A look back at a director's life with his neurotic mother.

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A Shred Of Mist

as Irasema
Released: 2014-04-10

After the dead of his mother, Daniel is put under the care of his aunt Elizabeth, a foreign...

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Con el amor no se juega

as uncredited
Released: 1991-01-01

Susana, a beautiful young girl living in 1990, is happily looking forward to her forthcoming...

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Reina

as Mother
Released: 2020-09-18

Lola is looking forward to her birthday tomorrow. The 15th is widely celebrated in Mexico as a...

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Los Fabulosos 7

as uncredited
Released: 2013-11-15

In this story, a musical group whose music sets the mood for Events, finds itself at a very...

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About Family

as Madre
Released: 2017-02-20

A family gathers and sells waste. One day, the mother finds a cylinder in an abandoned hospital...

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¿De qué lado estás?

as uncredited
Released: 2002-04-05

An east german agent is forced to infiltrate student movement of 1968 at Mexico.

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Playing Under The Moon

as uncredited
Released: 2000-11-03

This is the story of two teenage women affected by violence and the painful journey to become...

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The Searches

as Elvira
Released: 2013-04-24

Revenge, redemption and chance are the topics that underpin José Luis Valle’s new film. A man...

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Romelia's Secret

as Young Romelia
Released: 1988-12-04

The way three different generations of women view virginity and the mystery that a love story hides.

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How Could I Not Love You?

as uncredited
Released: 2008-03-11

Hugo and Julia are two high school students that have different dreams and goals. Their lives...

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Yo Fausto

as uncredited
Released: 2021-03-05

Fausto faces the frustration of his ruined plans to study photography in Barcelona and the...

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The Last Gaze

as Hermana Irma
Released: 2006-03-29

A drama centered on the relationship between a painter who's losing his sight and a maid in a...

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Some Ruins

as Ofelia
Released: 2019-10-19

While taking a road trip in their last attempt to fix their marriage, Carlos and Ofelia...

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Julia And The Portal To The Abyss

as uncredited
Released: 2021-12-31

Julia is a woman searching for the meaning of life. When Julia is kidnapped by a homeless man,...

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Amor de mis amores

as uncredited
Released: 1999-12-31

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La Boca Del Diablo

as uncredited
Released: 2020-08-22

Daniel is challenged by his classmates to go at dusk to a cave people say goes straight to hell....

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El que habita las alturas

as María
Released: 2009-12-31

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The Color of Passion

as Sara Ezquerra
First aired: 2014-03-17

Rebeca murders her sister Adriana to end up with the man she loved, and becomes the step mother...

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Pueblo chico, infierno grande

as Ignacia Rentería
First aired: 1997-01-06

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Road to Destiny

as Maribel
First aired: 2016-01-25

Luisa Fernanda Pérez, a beautiful, 18-year-old student, has two passions: mastering the violin...

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Bride's Avenue

as Emilia Mendoza
First aired: 2000-03-20

La calle de las novias is a Mexican telenovela produced by TV Azteca and Zuba Producciones....

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Mujeres Asesinas

as uncredited
First aired: 2022-11-04

An anthology series featuring women from different walks of life who are driven to violence and...

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El amor invencible

as Consuelo Domínguez
First aired: 2023-02-20

After losing all her loved ones fifteen years ago and believing her babies were killed at the...

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The Marked Hour

as (Varios)
First aired:

La Hora Marcada was a 1986 Mexican television anthology series famous for its horror and science...

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El Chema

as Elvira Mendivil
First aired: 2016-12-06

Follow one man's epic journey as he transforms from wily underage drug smuggler to one of the...

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An Unknown Enemy

as Adela
First aired: 2018-10-01

Fernando Barrientos, Head of the National Security Directorate, Mexico's Secret Police, is...

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The Club

as María
First aired: 2019-11-15

Dealing with the pressure of his father and his need to be someone, Pablo decides to start a new...

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Camelia la Texana

as Ignacia "La Nacha"
First aired: 2014-02-25

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Camelia La Texana

as Ignacia "La Nacha"
First aired: 2014-05-22

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Vencer el miedo

as Inés Bracho de Durán
First aired: 2020-07-20

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La jaula de oro

as Martha
First aired: 1997-04-28

Álex Moncada is a screenwriter from the United States who married a woman named Carolina...

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Dos Lunas

as Elisa Cabrera
First aired: 2014-02-18

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Juana Inés

as Juana Inés
First aired: 2016-03-26

She was a self-taught scholar and a nun. And she refused to apologize for being a woman born...

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Por siempre Joan Sebastián

as Leticia 'Lety' González
First aired: 2016-08-01

Biographical miniseries about the late Mexican singer Joan Sebastian.

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Ellas son... la alegría del hogar

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-04-26

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