Ana Rujas

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Ana Rujas
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Rujas in 2024
Born (1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 35)
Madrid, Spain
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • writer

Ana Rujas (born 14 May 1989) is a Spanish model turned actress. [1] [2]

Contents

Early life

Born on 14 May 1989 in Madrid, [3] [4] Rujas enrolled in a modeling agency at age 16. [5] She received acting training at the school of Juan Carlos Corazza. [6]

Career

Rujas surrounded by a FX wall of fire on the set of Alice Waddington-directed Disco Inferno Ana Rujas surrounded by a FX wall of fire on the set of Alice Waddington-directed Disco Inferno.jpg
Rujas surrounded by a FX wall of fire on the set of Alice Waddington-directed Disco Inferno

Her first big role was in 90-60-90, diario secreto de una adolescente . She featured in HKM  [ es ]. She portrayed Shaila Dúrcal in the biopic of Rocío Dúrcal. [7] In 2016, she starred in the music video of Zahara, "Caída Libre". [8] She had endorsed the jewelry brand "Aristocrazy". [9] She recently acted in a play, ¿Qué sabes tú de mis tristezas? ('What do you know about my sorrows?'). [10]

In 2022, she scooped the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series for her performance in Cardo (co-created by Rujas alongside Claudia Costafreda), which also won the Best Drama Series Award. [11] In 2023, she portrayed Montserrat in La mesías , earning a nomination to the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series. [12] In 2023, she published her first book, La otra bestia. [13]

In 2024, she was tipped to helm her directorial debut feature under Movistar Plus+, El desencanto, a film in connection to Jaime Chávarri's picture of the same name. [14] She also landed a leading role in Julio Medem's 8 , a romancer shot in eight long takes tracking nine decades of Spanish history, [15] and a role in Celia Rico's historical drama La buena letra based on the novel by Rafael Chirbes. [16]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2013
Gente en sitios (People in Places)
2017
Toc toc
2018
Diana Sofía
2025
La buena letra Isabel
8 Adela

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2008–09 HKM  [ es ]Vicky
2009
90-60-90, diario secreto de una adolescente África Villalba
2011
Punta Escarlata Vir
Hispania, la leyenda Stena
Rocío Dúrcal, volver a verte Shaila
2021–23
Cardo MaríaAlso creator and writer
2023
La mesías Montserrat Baró

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2022
9th Feroz Awards Best Main Actress in a Series CardoWon
2023
31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Television Actress in a Leading RoleNominated
29th Forqué Awards Best Actress in a TV SeriesLa mesíasNominated
2024
25th Iris Awards Best Screenplay (Fiction)CardoNominated
11th Feroz Awards Best Main Actress in a Series La mesíasNominated
32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Television Actress in a Leading RoleNominated

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