Helena Rojo

Helena Rojo (born August 18, 1944 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and model.

Helena Rojo
Rojo in 2020
Born	August 18, 1944 Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1968–present
Spouse(s)	Juan Ferrara (divorce) Benjamín Fernández (?–present)
Children	Elena, Patricia and Leo. Stepson: Khotan Fernandez

Biography

Born in Mexico City, Mexico, she began her career as a model in the early 1960s. Toward the end of the decade, she studied drama with renowned Mexican directors Carlos Ancira and José Luis Ibáñez, making her film debut in 1968 in the film El club de los suicidas. That same year, Rojo also appeared in her second film, Los amigos. She continued working as a model and appearing in small film roles in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

In 1969, she signed an exclusivity contract with Productora Cinematográfica Marte. Later, she began expanding her acting career into television and theater. In 1974, her first television role was the lead in the telenovela Extraño en su pueblo.

Rojo's cinematic career lad her to work with the most important Mexican film directors of the 1970s and 1980s, such as Felipe Cazals, Arturo Ripstein, Rafael Corkidi, Alberto Bojórquez, Marcela Fernández Violante and Jorge Fons.

She has worked with international talent, such as German director Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski with a role in the film Aguirre, the Wrath of God. She also appeared in the film Foxtrot (1976), directed by Arturo Ripstein, and alongside actors Charlotte Rampling, Peter O'Toole and Max von Sydow.

In 2006, she appeared on the American dramedy series Ugly Betty, playing a mother who tries to steer her son away from the stepmother who has eyes for him on a "faux" telenovela that is watched on TV by the main character's family.

Personal life

Rojo was married to actor Juan Ferrara for many years. Currently, she is married to Benjamín Fernández, who is not in the entertainment industry. She is the mother of three children: Leo, Patricia and Elena, all from her first marriage.

Filmography

Helena Rojo

Movies

Year	Title	Character	Note
1968	Los amigos		Film
1970	Las bestias jóvenes		Film
1970	El club de los suicidas		Film
1970	Cruz de amor	Vicky	Film
1971	Siempre hay una primera vez	Isabel	Film
1971	Eye for an Eye	Rina Pittman	Film
1971	Una vez, un hombre...	Susana	Film
1972	End of the Party	Elena	Film
1972	Victoria		Film
1972	Queen Doll	Carmen	Film
1972	Indio		Film
1972	Mirage		Film
1972	Angels and Cherubs	Angela	Film
1972	El payo - un hombre contra el mundo!	Lupe	Film
1972	Aguirre, the Wrath of God	Inez	Film
1973	The Cubs	Tere	Film
1973	Aquellos años	Carlota	Film
1973	Los Perros de Dios	Laura	Film
1975	Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary	Greta	Film
1975	The House in the South	Elena	Film
1975	Darker Than Night	Pilar	Film
1976	The Great Adventure of Zorro	Helena	Film
1976	The Far Side of Paradise	Alexandra	Film
1978	The Children of Sanchez		Film
1979	Crónica íntima		Film
1980	La Sucesion	Mariana	Film
1980	Misterio	Silvia	Film
1981	Noche de juerga	Dolores	Film
1982	En el país de los pies ligeros		Film
1983	Pajaros de ciudad		Film
1988	Don't Panic/Dimensiones ocultas	Mrs. Smith	Film
1988	Reto a la vida	Elena	Film
1988	Lovers, partners & Spies	Duchess	Film
1990	El motel de la muerte		Film
1992	Muerte ciega	Alisa	Film
1992	Una Luz en la escalera	Adriana Bernal	Film
1992	Los Años de Greta	Nora	Film
1992	Mas alla del deseo	Josefa	Film
1993	Guerrero negro	Eva	Film
1994	Una luz en la escalera	Adriana	Film
1994	Luces de la noche	Tina	Film
2008	Amor letra por letra	Fabiola	Film
2009	Borderline	Shanti	Film
2010	Catarsis	La madre	Film

Telenovelas

Year	Title	Character	Note
1974	Extraño en su pueblo	Isaura	Protagonist
1976	Mañana será otro dia	Paola	Supporting role
1977	La venganza	María Olivares/Alejandra Balmaseda	Protagonist
1978	La hora del silencio	Bárbara	Protagonist
1979-80	La mentira
1981-82	Extraños caminos del amor	Isabela	Protagonist
1984-85	La traición	Antonia Guerra	Protagonist
1992	Las secretas intenciones	Antonieta Alcantara	Main antagonist
1995-96	Retrato de familia	Cecilia Mariscal	Protagonist
1997	Gente bien	Rebeca Balmori	Co-protagonist
1998-99	El privilegio de amar	Luciana Duval	Protagonist
2000	Ramona	Doña Ramona Gonzaga Viuda de Moreno	Main antagonist
2000	Embrace Me Tightly	Damiana / Juliana Guillen	Antagonist
2003	Amor real	Doña Augusta Curiel de Penalver y Beristain	Antagonist
2004-05	Inocente de ti	Rebeca/Raquel Linares Robles	Main antagonist
2005-06	Peregrina	Sabina	Supporting role
2006-07	Mundo de Fieras	Miriam de Rivas del Castillo	Antagonist
2007	Amor sin Maquillaje	Inés Rivera	Supporting role
2008-09	Cuidado con el Ángel	Cecilia de Velarde	Co-protagonist
2009-10	Corazón salvaje	Leonarda Montes de Oca de Vidal	Main antagonist
2010-11	Triunfo del amor	Herself	Special appearance
2010	Locas de amor	Norma
2012	Por Ella Soy Eva	Eugenia Mistral	Supporting role
2014	The Color of Passion	Milagros Fuentes	Antagonist
2016	Lying Heart	Sara Sáenz Vda. de Castellanos	Co-protagonist
2016-17	La candidata	Natalia de San Román	Supporting role
2017	El vuelo de la Victoria	Maria Isabel Vda. de la Peña	Antagonist
2019	Por amar sin ley	Lucia Carvajal de Morelli	Recurring Role (season 2)
2019	The Heart Is Never Wrong	Dora Ortega Fabela	Antagonist

Theater performances

• Mujeres de Ceniza (Women of ashes)
• Dios mio hazme viuda por favor (God please make me a widow)
• Las muchachas del club (The Club Girls)
• Cuentas muertas (Dead accounts)
• El cartero (The Mailman)
• Bajo cero (Below zero)
• 10, el marido perfecto (10, The Perfect Husband)
• Lecciones para casadas (Lectures for Married Women)
• Se infiel y no mires con quien (Be Unfaithful with Whomever)
• Cena de Matrimonios (Dinner with Married Couples)
• Me enamoré de una bruja (I fell in love with a Witch)
• La mujer del pelo rojo (The Redheaded Woman)
• Pecado en la isla de las cabras (Sin on the Isle of Goats)
• La Ronda de las Arpías (Song of the Harpies)
• Una oferta inmoral (Indecent Proposal)
• Yo miento, tú mientes, todos mentimos (I Lie, You Lie, We All Lie)

Ariel Awards

• Won - 1972 Best Supporting Actress Ariel Award from the Mexican Academy of Film, for her role in Fin de Fiesta
• Nominated - 1973 Best Actress Ariel Award from the Mexican Academy of Film, for her role in Los Cachorros
• Won - 1981 Best Actress Ariel Award from the Mexican Academy of Film, for her role in Misterio
• Nominated - 1992 Best Actress Ariel Award from the Mexican Academy of Film, for her role in Muerte Ciega

TVyNovelas Awards

• Nominated 1985 - Best Leading Actress - La Traición
• Nominated 1996 - Best Leading Actress - Retrato de Familia
• Won 1999 - Best Leading Actress - El privilegio de Amar
• Won 2001 - Best Senior Actress - Abrázame muy Fuerte
• Won 2005 - Best Antagonistic Actress - Inocente de Ti
• Nominated 2006 - Best Senior Actress - Peregrina
• Won 2007 - Best Senior Actress - Mundo de Fieras
• Won 2009 - Best Senior Actress - Cuidado con el ángel
• Nominated 2010 - Best Senior Actress - Corazón Salvaje
• Nominated 2013 - Best Senior Actress - Por ella soy Eva
• Nominated 2015 - Best Senior Actress - El Color de la Pasión
• Won 2017 - Best Senior Actress - La Candidata

References

External links

• Helena Rojo at IMDb
• Alma Latina: Mexican Telenovela Database
• The Mexican Film Resource Page
• History of the Ariel (in Spanish) at the Mexican Academy of Film.
• El Ariel (in Spanish) at wikisource