
Acting
Erika Buenfil
Born
1963-11-23 (62)
Place of birth
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Known for
Acting
Credits
37 titles
Teresa de Jesús Buenfil López; born November 23, 1964), commonly known as Erika Buenfil, is a Mexican actress, TV host and singer. She is best known for her lead roles in several successful telenovelas including Amor en Silencio (1988), Marisol (1996), Tres Mujeres (1999–2000) and Amores Verdaderos (2012–2013). Since September 2019, Buenfil has run a YouTube channel named as 'Sazonando con la Buenfil'.
Known for
7.4Fernanda is the youngest daughter of the landowner Gonzalo Elizalde, owner of a large dairy company, and Eduardo is the son of Soledad, the Elizalde family's housekeeper. The two children have grown up together, united by an innocent and pure love, despite the difference in social class.
Tomorrow is forever
2008
8.7Corazones al límite is a Mexican telenovela about a teenage girl named Diana who was emotionally neglected from her parents, and felt unwanted. After being expelled from her boarding school in Switzerland, Diana goes back to live with her parents.
Hearts to the Limit
2004
7.9Mar de Amor is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Nathalie Lartilleux with protagonists Zuria Vega, Mario Cimarro and Mariana Seoane and antagonists Ninel Conde, Marcelo Córdoba and Manuel Landeta. This is a remake of the 1978 Venezuelan telenovela María del Mar.
Curse by the Sea
2009
7.8Victoria's life is perfect. She is a famous designer, mother of two and the wife of an actor. But she suffers the absence of her daughter Maria, who was separated from her when she was a little girl.
Triumph of Love
2010
6.7Tres Mujeres is a Mexican telenovela produced by Roberto Hernández Vázquez for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from March 22, 1999, to April 14, 2000. Created by Martha Carrillo and Cristina García, with adaptation by Ximena Suárez, the telenovela stars Erika Buenfil, Karyme Lozano, Norma Herrera, Alexis Ayala, Jorge Salinas, and Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Due to its enormous popularity, the series was extended to 280 episodes. The story follows three women from different generations whose lives become intertwined through love, family conflicts, and personal struggles. As Bárbara, Fátima, and Greta face betrayal, ambition, heartbreak, and unexpected challenges, they must find the strength to overcome adversity while searching for happiness, forgiveness, and true love.
Tres Mujeres
1999
7.7Victoria Balvanera owns a vast expanse of land and a prestigious advertising agency. She is married to the landowner Nelson Brizz. Following an attempted kidnapping, she finds love with José Ángel—her rescuer and the estate's new foreman.
Amores verdaderos
2012
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
8.7Marina decides to take Patricia, her mother, to live with her, who believes that she should behave like the widow she is now. Living with Marina, he realizes that there are many things to do. Both find a new world to explore.
Reinvented Mom
2025
8.1Rodrigo and Gabriela have been dating for years, sometimes their relationship seems like best friends, but deep down, they love each other. Their daily lives are disrupted when their best friends, Luz and Jorge, ask them who would be allowed.
Amores permitidos
2022
1990s · 1 titles
1980s · 7 titles
6.3On Halloween night, a group of bored teens decide to steal a corpse from the local morgue and take it to a nearby cemetery where they perform a Satanic ritual, unwittingly reviving a bloodthirsty serial killer.
Cemetery of Terror
1985
5.0A group of teenage, treasure seeking, grave robbers accidentally uncover the tomb of a satanic sect leader from the early Spanish colonial age, reawakening the diabolical killer, who promptly sets out to complete his unholy mission of spawning the son of Satan.
Grave Robbers
1989
6.0This is a story of revenge, as detective Shayne's own clients sabotage his actions, and leave him blind in one eye. The cases then become personal and Shayne vows to destroy the guilty.
Cosa fácil
1982
5.7Newlywed couple loses their moral compasses while hubby climbs the career ladder in a corrupt office.
El sexo de los ricos
1981
6.7A horror anthology composed of four episodes from the TV series "La Hora Marcada".
Appointment with Death
1989
Halloween television special loosely based on the Mexican version of "The Rocky Horror Show".
Night of Terror and Witches
1987
8.0Horror tv movie from Mexico
The Hex
1983
Series credits
7.4Fernanda is the youngest daughter of the landowner Gonzalo Elizalde, owner of a large dairy company, and Eduardo is the son of Soledad, the Elizalde family's housekeeper. The two children have grown up together, united by an innocent and pure love, despite the difference in social class.
Tomorrow is forever
2008
8.7Corazones al límite is a Mexican telenovela about a teenage girl named Diana who was emotionally neglected from her parents, and felt unwanted. After being expelled from her boarding school in Switzerland, Diana goes back to live with her parents.
Hearts to the Limit
2004
7.9Mar de Amor is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Nathalie Lartilleux with protagonists Zuria Vega, Mario Cimarro and Mariana Seoane and antagonists Ninel Conde, Marcelo Córdoba and Manuel Landeta. This is a remake of the 1978 Venezuelan telenovela María del Mar.
Curse by the Sea
2009
7.8Victoria's life is perfect. She is a famous designer, mother of two and the wife of an actor. But she suffers the absence of her daughter Maria, who was separated from her when she was a little girl.
Triumph of Love
2010
6.7Tres Mujeres is a Mexican telenovela produced by Roberto Hernández Vázquez for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from March 22, 1999, to April 14, 2000. Created by Martha Carrillo and Cristina García, with adaptation by Ximena Suárez, the telenovela stars Erika Buenfil, Karyme Lozano, Norma Herrera, Alexis Ayala, Jorge Salinas, and Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Due to its enormous popularity, the series was extended to 280 episodes. The story follows three women from different generations whose lives become intertwined through love, family conflicts, and personal struggles. As Bárbara, Fátima, and Greta face betrayal, ambition, heartbreak, and unexpected challenges, they must find the strength to overcome adversity while searching for happiness, forgiveness, and true love.
Tres Mujeres
1999
7.7Victoria Balvanera owns a vast expanse of land and a prestigious advertising agency. She is married to the landowner Nelson Brizz. Following an attempted kidnapping, she finds love with José Ángel—her rescuer and the estate's new foreman.
Amores verdaderos
2012
7.9Tino is a single father, full of debt, and faces tough challenges in raising his two children. Aidé is a great businesswoman and mother of two teenagers, she seems to have it all, at least on the surface. One day, Tino discovers that he is the father of Aidé's children, and together, they decide to build a new family, even if, at first, it is for their interests. However, they will realize that things are not as easy as they thought. Since their house has become a battlefield, they must overcome several obstacles to find love and achieve happiness.
Papás por conveniencia
2024
9.5No synopsis available yet.
Sabor a ti… Entre historias y secretos
2026
7.0Duelo de Pasiones is a Mexican telenovela. It premiered in 2006 in Mexico and in the USA on January 15, taking the place of Heridas de Amor at 7PM/6C. It is a production of Juan Osorio Ortiz and the protagonists are Ludwika Paleta and Pablo Montero.
Duelo de Pasiones
2006
No synopsis available yet.
Aprendiendo a amar
1980
6.4Four women end up working in the same place for different circumstances and although at the beginning they are very different from each other, because they have different ways of thinking and seeing life, they come to realize that they have something in common and that they share the experience of having been victims of digital lynching in one way or another.
Vencer el pasado
2021
8.0Beatriz is a respectable widow who, since her husband's death, has dedicated herself to raising her children, Vicky and Juanito, alongside her mother-in-law, Dona Emilia. Beatriz meets the powerful millionaire Enrique de Martino, who dazzles her with his attentions, and she agrees to marry him.
El Maleficio
1983
8.1Amarte es mi pecado is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from January 5 to May 14, 2004. Created by Liliana Abud, with adaptation by Jaime García Estrada and Orlando Merino, the story follows Leonora Madrigal, a young woman whose life is marked by betrayal, sacrifice, and forbidden love. After being accused of a crime she did not commit, Leonora faces the consequences of a painful past while trying to rebuild her life and find happiness. The telenovela explores themes of love, revenge, ambition, and redemption.
My Love, My Sin
2004
8.4Marisela Ocampo is a wealthy, beautiful, and intelligent young woman who feels a great void in her life, but then she meets Fernando Silva, a good, honest man from a respectable family. The two fall in love, but their families oppose the relationship: on one side is Marisela’s father, Miguel, who considers Fernando beneath his daughter and wants something better for her; on the other is Mercedes, Fernando’s sister, who harbors an unhealthy love for her own brother and refuses to see him happy with any woman; and to make matters worse, Paola, Marisela’s sister, becomes infatuated with Fernando and is unwilling to let her sister have him.
Amor en silencio
1988
7.6Esmeralda, whom everyone knows as "The Stray Cat," is a girl who grows up in wretched conditions, yet possesses a special sweetness and charm. Her best friend is Pablo, a wealthy boy who defends her against the other children's teasing.
The Stray Cat
2014
8.5No synopsis available yet.
El Engaño
1986
5.5Mexican telenovela starring Erika Buenfil and Eduardo Santamarina with the antagonic role of the star actress Claudia Islas. It was produced by Televisa. This telenovela contained 145 episodes and is a remake of Marcha nupcial.
Marisol
1996
7.2The Quiroga and Montero families live in the town of San Juan, two families of high society, who apparently are united by a friendship of many years. Armando does not agree with the relationship between his daughter Elsa and Andrés, because they are from different social classes. But the relationship between these two families will become a bonfire of betrayal, intrigue, revenge and power.
Perdona nuestros pecados
2023
7.5After witnessing a murder, single mother Estela Carrillo must hide the fact that she is an undocumented immigrant escaping a dark past. While hiding her secret, romantic interests and her dream of becoming a singer complicate her plans.
La doble vida de Estela Carrillo
2017
7.4A couple adopts a boy named Nicolás. As the months go by, Nicolás is diagnosed with leukemia, and to try to recover, he will need the help of his biological father, whom he has never met.
Te doy la vida
2020
6.8A struggling single mom rallies her quirky family to outsmart a mafia boss after her estranged, wealthy father dies, leaving them with massive debt.
Welcome to the Family
2025
7.5Lorena, Frida, Lisset and Montse, four friends who are in prison serving a sentence. One of them is accused unjustly. In the prison where they are held there is a massive escape and they escape. After their escape, the fugitives take refuge in a bar looking for the opportunity to start a new life.
Fugitivas, en busca de la libertad
2024
9.6At the Guevara-Mosqueda household, time has passed: new lives are born, old wounds resurface, and buried secrets threaten to disrupt the fragile family harmony. When the past comes knocking—through absent parents, unexpected children, and long-hidden truths—Tino and Aidé must fight to keep their family together or risk losing everything. With touches of nostalgia, heartfelt musical moments, and surprising twists, the story offers a fresh take on love, fatherhood, and emotional healing.
Papás por siempre
2025
8.0Así son ellas is a Mexican telenovela produced by Raúl Araiza for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from September 23, 2002, to January 24, 2003. It is an original story by Carlos Mercado Orduña. The series follows five women whose lives are reunited after years apart, forcing them to confront the dreams they left behind, personal struggles, family conflicts, and the secrets that have shaped their destinies.
Así son Ellas
2002
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Angélica
1985
7.0Gabriela is a good and generous young woman studying at a university, without knowing who pays for her education since she has no family. After a series of circumstances, she decides to replace a classmate Leticia, a rich and vicious girl who after escaping never returned home.
Vida robada
1991
7.5A couple adopts a boy named Nicolás. Over the months, Nicolás is diagnosed with leukemia, and to try to recover, he will need the help of his biological father, whom he does not know.
Te Doy La Vida
2020

