Helena Rojo

Helena Rojo
Born	María Elena Enríquez Ruiz August 18, 1944 Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1968-present
Spouse(s)	Juan Ferrara (divorce) Benjamín Fernández (?-present)
Children	Leo, Patricia & Elena

Helena Rojo (born María Elena Enríquez Ruiz on August 18, 1944 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and model.

Biography

Born 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, Helena also appeared in her second film, Los amigos. She continued working as a model and appearing in small film roles in the late 60's and early 70's.

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. She 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.

Helena's cinematic career lead her to work with the most important Mexican film directors of the 1970s and 80's, such as Felipe Cazals, Arturo Ripstein, Rafael Corkidi, Alberto Bojórquez, Marcela Fernández Violante and Jorge Fons, among others.

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 Fox Trot (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, where she plays 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

Filmography

Movies

Year	Title	Character	Note
2010	Catarsis	La madre	Film
2008	Amor letra por letra	Fabiola	Film
1994	Luces de la noche	Tina	Film
1993	Guerrero negro	Eva	Film
1992	Los Años de Greta	Nora	Film
1992	Una Luz en la escalera	Adriana Bernal	Film
1991	Muerte ciega	Alisa	Film
1990	Reto a la vida	Elena	Film
1988	Don't Panic/Dimensiones ocultas	Mrs. Smith	Film
1983	En el país de los pies ligeros		Film
1980	Misterio	Silvia	Film
1978	The Children of Sanchez		Film
1978	La Sucesion		Film
1976	La Gran Aventura Del Zorro	Elena	Film
1976	Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary	Greta	Film
1976	La Casa del Sur	Elena	Film
1975	Foxtrot	Alexandra	Film
1975	Más negro que la noche	Pilar	Film
1974	Payo - un hombre contra el mundo	Lupe	Film
1973	Los Perros de Dios	Laura	Film
1972	Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes	Inez	Film
1972	Aquellos años	Carlota	Film
1972	Espejismo		Film
1972	Ángeles y querubines'	Angela	Film
1972	Victoria		Film
1971	Los Cachorros	Tere	Film
1971	Una vez un hombre		Film
1971	Fin de fiesta	Elena	Film
1971	Muñeca reina	Laura	Film
1971	El Sabor de la venganza	Rina Pittman	Film
1969	Siempre hay una primera vez	Isabel	Film
1968	Los Amigos		Film
1968	El Club de los suicidas		Film

Telenovelas

Year	Title	Character	Note
2016-17	La candidata	Natalia Suarez	Supporting Role
2016	Corazón que miente	Sara Sáenz Vda. de Castellanos	Supporting Role
2014	El Color de la Pasión	Milagros Fuentes	Antagonist
2012	Por Ella Soy Eva	Eugenia Mistral	Supporting Role
2009-10	Corazón salvaje	Leonarda Montes de Oca de Vidal	Main Antagonist
2008-09	Cuidado con el Angel	Cecilia de Velarde	Co-Protagonist
2007	Amor sin Maquillaje	Inés	Supporting Role
2006-07	Mundo de Fieras	Miriam de Rivas del Castillo	Antagonist
2005-06	Peregrina	Sabina	Special Appearance
2003	Amor real	Doña Augusta Curiel de Penalver y Beristain	Antagonist
2000-01	Abrázame muy fuerte	Damiana / Juliana Guillen	Antagonist
2000	Ramona	Doña Ramona Gonzaga Viuda de Moreno	Main Antagonist
1998-99	El privilegio de amar	Luciana Duval	Protagonist
1997	Gente bien	Rebeca Balmori	Co-Protagonist
1995-96	Retrato de familia	Cecilia Mariscal	Protagonist
1992	Las secretas intenciones	Antonieta Alcantara	Main Antagonist
1984-85	La traición	Antonia Guerra	Protagonist
1981-82	Extraños caminos del amor	Isabela	Protagonist
1978	La hora del silencio	Bárbara	Protagonist
1977	La venganza	María Olivares/Alejandra Balmaseda	Protagonist
1976	Mañana será otro dia	Paola	Supporting Role
1974	Extraño en su pueblo	Isaura	Protagonist

Theater performances

• 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 Friends)
• Me enamoré de una bruja (I Married 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)
• Bajo Cero (Frozen)

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.

External links

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