María Rosario Zúñiga García (24 February 1964 – 18 June 2023) was a Mexican film, television and stage actress, whose career spanned over three decades.

Life and career

Born in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

, Zúñiga started her career as a child actress, appearing in the 1975 film ''Los supervivientes de los Andes''. She graduated in acting from the Escuela Nacional de Arte Teatral of the

Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura The Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL, ), located in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, is the Mexican institution in charge of coordinating artistic and cultural activities (both at the political and the educati ...

, and later from the

Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos The National School of Film Arts ( or ENAC) is a public film school part of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. It was influenced by the ''Nouvelle Vague'' and by the First Contest of Experimental Film organized in Mexico ...

. A member of the

National Theatre Company of Mexico The National Theatre Company of Mexico () was established in 1977 in Mexico City to promote the theater arts on a national scale. The company was restructured in 2008 and had since been headed by director Luis de Tavira until 2017, when they chos ...

, Zúñiga had her breakout in 1992, playing a villain role in the telenovela ''

De frente al sol ''De frente al sol'' is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 1992. María Sorté, Alfredo Adame, Angélica Aragón, Arcelia Ramírez and Eduardo Santamarina star as the main protagonists. Cast *María Sorté as Alic ...

''. During her career she appeared in over 15 telenovelas and in over 30 stage works. She made her directorial debut in 1997, directing an episode of the series ''Hotel Paraíso'', and later also worked as a stage director. Also an activist for

gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality, gender egalitarianism, or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making, an ...

, Zúñiga died on 18 June 2023, at the age of 59.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zuniga, Rosario 1964 births 2023 deaths Actresses from Mexico City Mexican television actresses Mexican film actresses Mexican stage actresses