Mónica del Carmen

Acting

Mónica del Carmen

Born 1982-05-24 · Oaxaca, Mexico

Mónica del Carmen is an indigenous actress of Mexican origin who has played various roles in theater, film and television. Despite the fact that the interpreter has an extensive resume, the role that catapulted her to stardom was that of ‘Laura’ in the film ‘Leap Year’ by Australian director Michael Rowe; which won the ‘Caméra d'or’ award (awarded to the best first film) at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2010. The actress had her professional training at the National School of Theater Art of the Instituto Nacional Bellas Artes, from which she graduated in 2004. Since then Mónica del Carmen has managed to break through in an industry that is not always the most fair for people from different backgrounds. less privileged cultural backgrounds.

Acting credits

Babel poster
7.2

Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.

Babel

2006

Dreams poster
6.2

A powerful socialite and a promising ballet dancer begin a dangerous affair. When he secretly crosses the US-Mexico border, she takes desperate measures to protect their future together.

Dreams

2025

Sad Girlz poster
7.2

La Maestra and Paula are the best swimmers in their team and best friends, until an incident at a party changes everything. La Maestra, intense and unstoppable, realises that something in her best friend has changed, making her sad. When the truth comes to light, the two are faced with an impossible decision: Paula wants to keep quiet about it, while La Maestra wants revenge. Their friendship, previously unbreakable, will be put to the test as never before.

Sad Girlz

2026

Sundown poster
6.2

When a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions of a wealthy British family.

Sundown

2022

The Face poster
NR

17-year-old Joel, a recently recruited night guard, watches over a compound marked by cartel violence. When the darkness begins to whisper, he realizes some secrets never die.

The Face

2026

Guie’dani’s Navel poster
6.3

Guie’dani, a Zapotec indigenous girl and her mother take up work with an upper-class family in Mexico City. The girl does not fit and is conflicting. Everything changes when she meets Claudia, a rebellious girl with whom she becomes close friends.

Guie’dani’s Navel

2019

New Order poster
6.4

In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a wealthy family. After the riots have been quashed, they discover the bride has gone missing and plea with the military to help locate her.

New Order

2020

Leap Year poster
6.4

Journalist Laura works at home, isolating herself from others. While she lies to her mother and brother, Raul, on the phone about having an active social life, Laura's days consist of gazing at her neighbors, eating canned food and going to clubs to bring home strangers. As the anniversary of her father's death draws near, Laura develops a relationship with Arturo, a charismatic actor who shares her taste for rough sex.

Leap Year

2010

The Legend of La Llorona poster
7.9

Based on a famous Mexican legend, a group of kids must stop the ghost of a woman whose guilt over the drowning of her own children leads her to abduct youngsters who wander the woods at night.

The Legend of La Llorona

2011

600 Miles poster
6.0

Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons from Arizona to Mexico for a drug cartel, but he is being investigated by agent Harris. When agent Harris blows his covers, he and Arnulfo end up in a journey where he will be the hostage of this young criminal.

600 Miles

2015

The Follies poster
6.4

Six women share a common 'friend': madness. It visits us all, pushes us to decide reality, to make daring decisions and to transform our lives.

The Follies

2025

Town Of La Raya poster
NR

In the almost deserted town of La Raya, a mysterious refrigerator appears out of nowhere. Sotera Santos and her friend Eric see an opportunity to make a fortune by selling it. However, the fridge soon starts unveiling strange and enigmatic phenomena to those who approach it. As Sotera grapples with these unsettling occurrences, she must also face the painful reality that her mother might not return to take her to the United States, and that perhaps her departure from La Raya is not yet meant to be.

Town Of La Raya

2026

The Mutations poster
NR

After surgery leaves lawyer Raúl without his tongue, he struggles to adapt to life and his changing relationships. His housekeeper, Elodia, gifts him a swearing parrot that becomes his quirky confidant while she takes on the role of his unconventional caregiver, relying on miracle cures and prayers.

The Mutations

2025

Heroic poster
7.2

Luis, an 18-year-old Mexican boy with indigenous roots, enters the Heroico Military College with the hope of securing a better future. There, he encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to make him a perfect soldier.

Heroic

2023

Buen provecho poster
NR

An impulsive and arrogant man has to share his lunch with an unknown woman. A story of prejudice and discrimination.

Buen provecho

2008

After Lucia poster
6.6

Alejandra and her dad Roberto have just moved to town. She is new at school, he has a new job. Starting over is sometimes complicated when you have left so much behind.

After Lucia

2012

In Freedom poster
NR

An immigrant couple caring for their grandchildren receives an unexpected visitor after hours, threatening to throw their lives into complete disarray.

In Freedom

2023

Technoboys poster
6.3

They're fierce, they're iconic, they're back — and they're totally lost. A boyband seeking a renaissance must navigate a world they barely understand.

Technoboys

2024

No artwork available
4.2

Amidst the complex Mexico City, a man drives a public transport bus during daytime and works the night shift impersonating Mexican songstresses in a drag cabaret.

Gloria

2015

No artwork available
NR

Mari works as a maid in a luxury apartment where she takes care of Regina. She also helps her do her homework. Regina is a very spoiled girl and her mother, who is a doctor, works all day. One day, Mari comes home from work and discovers that Pedro, her son, who does his homework alone, has lice.

White Weapon

2013

Tattoo of Revenge poster
4.9

After suffering a violent incident, a woman decides to become a vigilante, defending every woman who has suffered from physical or psychological abuse.

Tattoo of Revenge

2018

Let Me Be with You poster
8.1

Lucía lives with an incurable disease, and Bruno was deported to Mexico with no place to sleep. An unexpected phone call brings them together in an emotional story of overcoming, reconstruction and hope.

Let Me Be with You

2025

A Cop Movie poster
7.2

This documentary walks the line between fact and fiction, delving into corruption in the Mexican police through the experiences of two officers.

A Cop Movie

2021

La Civil poster
7.9

Cielo is a mother whose teenage daughter is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. When the authorities offer no support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands and transforms from housewife into a vengeful militant.

La Civil

2021