Mónica Trueba Guillén (known as Francesca Guillén; born June 14, 1977) is a Mexican film, theater, and television actress.
Biography
Guillén was born in
Mexico City
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on June 14, 1977, the daughter of actor
Alejandro Camacho
Alejandro Camacho (born Alejandro Camacho Pastrana on July 11, 1954) is a Mexican actor and producer.
Filmography
Films
Television
Other works
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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and actress Bárbara Guillén.
Her acting career began in 1982, at age 5, on the television program ''Juguemos a cantar''.
In 2000, she appeared in the feature film ''
Such Is Life Such Is Life may refer to:
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Diana Serra Cary (born Peggy-Jean Montgomery; O ...
'', directed by
Arturo Ripstein
Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Considered the "Godfather of independent Mexican cinema", Ripstein's work is generally characterized by "somber, slow-paced, macabre melodramas tackling ...
and based on Seneca's ''
Medea
In Greek mythology
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''. This was shown at international festivals such as
San Sebastian,
Cannes
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, and
Havana
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In 2007, she traveled with
Ofelia Medina
María Ofelia Medina Torres (born 4 March 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.
Biography
She was born in Mérida and has four ...
's troupe, taking ''Cada quien su Frida'' to stages in Spain, the United States, Cuba, and Denmark. She remained in the latter for a time, studying at the
Odin Teatret Odin Teatret is an avant-garde theatre group based in Holstebro, Denmark. It was founded by Italian theatre director and investigator Eugenio Barba in 1964. Odin Teatret is a part of NTL, Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium, which also includes the Inte ...
under the direction of
Eugenio Barba
Eugenio Barba (born 29 October 1936) is an Italian author and theatre director based in Denmark. He is the founder of the Odin Theatre and the International School of Theatre Anthropology, both located in Holstebro, Denmark.
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Barba wa ...
, with whom she collaborated during 2008 and 2009 on the productions ''The Medea Marriage'' and ''Ur-Hamlet''.
In 2011, she received an award for Female Revelation from the Theatrical Journalism Association (APT) for her performance in the
Jaime Chabaud
Jaime Chabaud (born February 24, 1966) is a Mexican playwright, screenwriter, teacher and researcher, who has written more than 130 plays over his career but is popularly known for his television work. His creative work has been translated into mu ...
play ''Lluna''.
[ She also participated in the play ''El Placer de Nuestra Lengua'', which premiered in 2010.
Her first appearance in an American production took place in 2005 under the direction of independent filmmaker Zev Berman, in the thriller '' Borderland''. During 2014 she joined the show ''Infieles''. She also participated in the children's play ''El Cajón de los Secretos'', and during 2013 she was part of the casts of ''La Hora'' by Luis Koellar for Micro Teatro and ''Juegos Profanos'' with a season on Radio UNAM, directed by Eduardo Ruiz Saviñón.
During 2012 she starred in the play ''Alicia subterránea'', also directed by Eduardo Ruiz Saviñon. She premiered ''Mujer lagartija'' by Cutberto López, starring alongside , under the direction of Aarón Hernández Farfán as part of the Perpetual Voices cycle at the Shakespeare Forum. She also joined the cast of the show ''Negro Animal Tristeza'', directed by Rodrigo Johnson.][
During January 2015 she appeared in '']A Doll's House
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'' under the direction of Rodrigo Johnson.[
Francesca Guillén has had an extensive career that includes appearances in short films, feature films, ]telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ( ...
s, dance productions, narrative, and theater. She has integrated acrobatics and martial arts as well as other disciplines into her physical training.
Filmography
Telenovelas
References
External links
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1977 births
Actresses from Mexico City
Living people
Mexican film actresses
Mexican stage actresses
Mexican telenovela actresses