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Ana Rujas (born 14 May 1989) is a Spanish model turned actress.
Her first big role was in '' 90-60-90, diario secreto de una adolescente''. She featured in '. She portrayed
Early life
Born on 14 May 1989 inMadrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
, Rujas enrolled in a modeling agency at age 16. She received acting training at the school of Juan Carlos Corazza
Juan Carlos Corazza (born 1959) is an Argentine acting teacher and theatre director who has been based in Spain since the 1990s.
Biography
Born in 1959 in Argentina, he was raised in Adelia María, in the province of Córdoba. He trained at t ...
.
Career
Her first big role was in '' 90-60-90, diario secreto de una adolescente''. She featured in '. She portrayed Shaila Dúrcal
Shaila de los Ángeles Morales de las Heras (born 28 August 1979), better known as Shaila Dúrcal, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Her parents are singers Rocío Dúrcal and Antonio Morales ("Junior").
Biography
She was born in Madrid, d ...
in the biopic of Rocío Dúrcal
María de los Ángeles de las Heras Ortiz (4 October 1944 – 25 March 2006), better known as Rocío Dúrcal (), was a Spanish singer and actress with a career spanning more than four decades. She performed pop music, bolero, mariachi and romanti ...
. In 2016, she starred in the music video of Zahara, "Caída Libre". She had endorsed the jewelry brand "Aristocrazy". She recently acted in a play, ''¿Qué sabes tú de mis tristezas?'' ('What do you know about my sorrows?').
In 2022, she scooped the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series for her performance in ''Cardo
A ''cardo'' (: ''cardines'') was a north–south street in Ancient Rome, ancient Roman cities and military castra, camps as an integral component of Urban planning, city planning. The ''cardo maximus'', or most often the ''cardo'', was the main ...
'' (co-created by Rujas alongside Claudia Costafreda), which also won the Best Drama Series Award. In 2023, she portrayed Montserrat in ''La mesías
''La mesías'' is a Spanish family thriller television series with musical, religious, psychological drama and science fiction elements created, written, and directed by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo ('Los Javis') that was originally released o ...
'', earning a nomination to the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series. In 2023, she published her first book, ''La otra bestia''.
In 2024, she was tipped to helm her directorial debut feature under Movistar Plus+
Movistar Plus+ (formerly Movistar+) is the trade name of the subscription platform for digital television owned by , which operates in Spain. The service is distributed via optical fiber and ADSL as well as with satellites such as Astra. The pl ...
, ''El desencanto'', a film in connection to Jaime Chávarri's picture of the same name. She also landed a leading role in Julio Medem
Julio Medem Lafont (born 21 October 1958) is a Basque film director, producer, editor, and screenwriter.
Biography
Medem was born on 21 October 1958 in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain and showed an interest in movies since childhood, when ...
's '' 8'', a romancer shot in eight long takes tracking nine decades of Spanish history, and a role in Celia Rico's historical drama '' La buena letra'' based on the novel by Rafael Chirbes.
Filmography
Film
Television
Accolades
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rujas, Ana 1989 births Living people 21st-century Spanish actresses Spanish female models Spanish television actresses Spanish film actresses Actresses from Madrid Spanish women screenwriters