Mónica del Carmen

Born: 1982-05-24

Mónica del Carmen is an indigenous actress of Mexican origin who has played various roles in theater, film and television. Despite the fact that the interpreter has an extensive resume, the role that catapulted her to stardom was that of ‘Laura’ in the film ‘Leap Year’ by Australian director Michael Rowe; which won the ‘Caméra d'or’ award (awarded to the best first film) at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2010. The actress had her professional training at the National School of Theater Art of the Instituto Nacional Bellas Artes, from which she graduated in 2004. Since then Mónica del Carmen has managed to break through in an industry that is not always the most fair for people from different backgrounds. less privileged cultural backgrounds.


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The Legend of La Llorona

as Kika (voice)
Released: 2011-10-21

Based on a famous Mexican legend, a group of kids must stop the ghost of a woman whose guilt...

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Babel

as Lucia
Released: 2006-10-26

In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for...

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New Order

as Marta
Released: 2020-10-22

In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a...

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Heroic

as Yanin
Released: 2023-09-21

Luis, an 18-year-old Mexican boy with indigenous roots, enters the Heroico Military College with...

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Leap Year

as Laura
Released: 2010-05-17

Journalist Laura works at home, isolating herself from others. While she lies to her mother and...

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600 Miles

as Mamá Rubio
Released: 2015-12-03

Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons from Arizona to Mexico for a drug cartel, but he is being...

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Noise

as Mujer
Released: 2022-10-13

Julia is a mother, or rather, one of many mothers, sisters, daughters, colleagues, who have had...

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After Lucia

as Maestra
Released: 2012-10-03

Alejandra and her dad Roberto have just moved to town. She is new at school, he has a new job....

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La Civil

as Elida
Released: 2021-07-08

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

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Sundown

as Luisa
Released: 2021-10-09

When a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore...

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A Cop Movie

as Teresa / Self
Released: 2021-10-28

This documentary walks the line between fact and fiction, delving into corruption in the Mexican...

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The Dove and the Wolf

as uncredited
Released: 2019-08-12

Displaced by the violence that swept their town, Paloma and Lobo survive trying to love each...

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Suffocation

as Conchita
Released: 2018-10-23

After getting out of jail, where she learned to care for the sick, Alma, an albino woman, is...

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Through the Eyes

as Mónica
Released: 2013-10-20

Monica is a social worker in Mexico City, whose son has a degenerative illness in both eyes....

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In Freedom

as María
Released: 2023-10-25

An immigrant couple caring for their grandchildren receives an unexpected visitor after hours,...

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Modern Loves

as uncredited
Released: 2019-10-11

A fateful day reunites an estranged family in Mexico City, where a chain of events shifts their...

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Out of Touch

as uncredited
Released: 2021-12-31

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Throw Everything Into Play

as Mamá de Ismael
Released: 2020-11-06

Ismael, a 12 year old boy, dreams to become a professional baseball player but he is asthmatic....

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The Heirs

as Cajera
Released: 2015-10-27

Teenagers’ leisure at full swing: a group of friends spend their holidays at parties, having...

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Tattoo of Revenge

as Laura González
Released: 2018-10-22

After suffering a violent incident, a woman decides to become a vigilante, defending every woman...

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La pantera negra

as uncredited
Released: 2010-01-01

Dishevelled private eye Nico Beamonte's latest case comes from God himself ... possibly. He...

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Ramona

as Elodia
Released: 2014-10-22

Ramona is 84, and she has announced that she is ready to die. While her family is making the...

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Guie’dani’s Navel

as Maru
Released: 2019-10-04

Guie’dani, a Zapotec indigenous girl and her mother take up work with an upper-class family in...

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A History of Love and War

as Justina Venganza
Released: 2024-11-21

This outrageous comedy stages a soap opera of epic proportions, as one corrupt property...

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The Last Gaze

as Totó
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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Castle Chronicle

as Odilia
Released: 2014-05-30

Dramatized series that shows a mosaic of stories, which run in parallel and sometimes...

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Asphyxia

as uncredited
Released: 2018-01-01

After getting out of jail, where she learned to care for the sick, Alma, an albino woman, is...

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Killer Babes

as Felipa
Released: 2024-12-12

Three girlfriends, neglected and mistreated by their husbands, plan to take revenge on them with...

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Zhai

as Sergio's wife
Released: 2017-06-01

I am not what happened to me... I am what I choose to become.

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Statues

as uncredited
Released: 2013-09-06

The unveiling of a statue honoring Emiliano Zapata becomes the site in which the demands of a...

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Reconciled

as uncredited
Released: 2014-10-18

A story about the desperation of a man leading a monotonous life. Interacting with people turns...

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Buen provecho

as uncredited
Released: 2008-05-04

An impulsive and arrogant man has to share his lunch with an unknown woman. A story of prejudice...

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Código implacable

as uncredited
First aired: 2022-03-03

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