
Acting
Luz Jiménez
Born
1934-12-18 (91)
Place of birth
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Known for
Acting
Credits
44 titles
Luz Jiménez Ormeño is a Chilean actress, theater director, and teacher who gained recognition for her performances in the roles of Maruja in the play Tres Marías y una Rosa and Kiki Blanche in the telenovela Bellas y audaces.
Known for
6.9Anthology series based on real criminal cases, featuring an interview with the actual perpetrator at the end of each episode.
Mea culpa
1993
8.4Stories of paranormal activities and extraordinary nature -allegedly- based on real events.
El día menos pensado
1999
6.0Four bandit siblings try to take revenge on the landowners who killed their father.
Los Pincheira
2004
2.0Miguel loses his wife Maria in a tragic car accident just hours after getting married. However, Maria's heart will continue to beat on another woman's body. The transplant that marks the death of María will also be synonymous of Elisa's new life.
Corazón de María
2007
8.0The story of the Herreras, a middle-class family living in Santiago of Chile. The plot is set between 1982 and 1989, in the military dictatorship, and revolves around historical events during the 80's, especially the economic crisis of 1982 and the 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Santiago.
Los 80
2008
2.0The exiled daughter of an English businessman returns home, in the midst of the class struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat in the Humberstone nitrate office, during the acute 1930s financial crisis.
Pampa Ilusión
2001
Film credits
2020s · 6 titles
6.8A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
2022
6.6A mother-daughter relationship is complicated by unprocessed grief and financial strife.
The Exiles
2025
5.1Ángel and his brother Franco have been locked up in a juvenile detention centre for a year. Despite the hostility of the place, they form bonds with others inmates and daydream about the future.
My Brothers Dream Awake
2021
NRWhen a family's matriarch dies, four relatives are forced to confront decades of silence, resentment, and buried affection. Led by Alfredo Castro, this sharp ensemble balances humour and melancholy in a moving portrait of grief and reconciliation.
After Elena
2026
6.2Victoria, a mother addicted to the internet and work, is completely disconnected from her two teenage children, Clara and Julián. Just when he is about to receive that long-awaited promotion, a solar storm leaves the entire world without internet, indefinitely. With her ex-husband stranded in another country, she is faced with the reality that she has to be a mother without the help of apps or the internet.
Desconectados
2022
4.5Ana is a brilliant professor of forensic medicine who is preparing the next Chilean generation of doctors. She lives with her daughter Ursula, who has autism. One day, Ana’s name appears on TV, on a list of former agents of the dictatorship. Faced with harassment from her former colleagues and the police, Ana must protect what is most precious to her.
Los anillos de la serpiente
2020
2010s · 6 titles
7.2'Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.' This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. He was born in 1929 Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where he discovered the fundamentals of reality, as he underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family.
The Dance of Reality
2013
6.6Gloria is a 58-year-old divorcée. Her children have all left home but she has no desire to spend her days and nights alone. Determined to defy old age and loneliness, she rushes headlong into a whirl of singles’ parties on the hunt for instant gratification – which only leads to repeated disappointment and enduring emptiness. But when Gloria meets Rodolfo, an ex-naval officer seven years her senior, she begins to imagine the possibility of a permanent relationship.
Gloria
2013
5.7At a house party, a handsome man wanders around catching up with friends he has not seen for some years. A travel writer now based in Berlin, Andre appears to be living an exciting international life, and yet... something has drawn him back home to Santiago. As the night goes on, we realize that a tragedy binds this group - an event that was also the impetus for Andre's departure from Chile years ago. Moreover, there is someone at the party he goes to great lengths to avoid. But she is the very person he most needs to see.
The Life of Fish
2010
7.0After the death of his mother, a repressed tv writer is forced to take care of his father who is loosing his memory, obsessed with his wife is still alive and lost.
My Father's Memory
2017
5.7In Chile, during the 60´s, the son of a poor single teenage girl turns out to be a gifted painter. The man to discover his talent is the owner of the drugstore that lies in the outskirts of the small rural town, next to the railroad. He himself is an amateur painter who will try to make the boy into a great artist, like all the ones in his art books. From the pharmacists point of view in his old age, unfolds the story of this young boy who could have become a great art genius, had he not disappeared at the age of 13, along with all his works, on September 11th 1973, the day of the coupe d´état.
The Painting Lesson
2012
NRA group of Chilean actors reflect on their works when they see footage off their characters on film and TV.
Reflejo actoral
2019
2000s · 3 titles
8.0After finding a valuable treasure, Quique commits a crime. His mother arranges a plot to hide the act and keep the gems, but to make it, she'll have to surpass both the stupidity of Quique and the smartness of the policemen who investigate the case.
The Treasure of the Snails
2004
4.9A man takes his insecure, overweight paramour to a seaside resort to consummate their relationship, but there he stumbles onto an artistic discovery that will change his life.
Cachimba
2004
6.1When enemy members of the two main Chilean soccer teams, Azul and Paloma meet in a fight after a soccer game they fall in love at first sight. They run away through the night in the streets of Santiago, while two groups search for them, when they meet, happens the inevitable.
Azul y Blanco
2004
1980s · 2 titles
8.0A cyclist decides to go for everything and win the 'Tour of Chile' Race, so he can finance the medical treatment for his ill mother with the prize. However, he must soon recognize that the sporting event is corrupted by commercial and marketing interests, in addition to the political goals of the military regime.
Der Radfahrer von San Cristóbal
1988
10.0A public services employee receive the news that he will be lowered in rank and salary. So he decides to rebel, for at least the weekend...
Nemesio
1986
Series credits
6.9Anthology series based on real criminal cases, featuring an interview with the actual perpetrator at the end of each episode.
Mea culpa
1993
8.4Stories of paranormal activities and extraordinary nature -allegedly- based on real events.
El día menos pensado
1999
6.0Four bandit siblings try to take revenge on the landowners who killed their father.
Los Pincheira
2004
2.0Miguel loses his wife Maria in a tragic car accident just hours after getting married. However, Maria's heart will continue to beat on another woman's body. The transplant that marks the death of María will also be synonymous of Elisa's new life.
Corazón de María
2007
8.0The story of the Herreras, a middle-class family living in Santiago of Chile. The plot is set between 1982 and 1989, in the military dictatorship, and revolves around historical events during the 80's, especially the economic crisis of 1982 and the 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Santiago.
Los 80
2008
2.0The exiled daughter of an English businessman returns home, in the midst of the class struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat in the Humberstone nitrate office, during the acute 1930s financial crisis.
Pampa Ilusión
2001
6.7A caravan of gypsies arrives in Mejillones, Chile, to celebrate the marriage of their patriarch, without imagining that the unexpected arrival of his daughter after two decades, will revive a stormy past.
Romané
2000
6.3An ambitious entrepreneur wants to cut down the forest of southern Chile, but a young ecologist girl will hinder their plans.
Oro verde
1997
5.5Catalina Chamorro, is a woman who rejects every wooer interested in her. The matter would not be important if it were not because, according to an old promise of love, Catalina's father, Pedro Chamorro, refuses to give his youngest daughter, Blanca, in marriage until his oldest daugher has married.
La fiera
1999
6.3A reclusive doctor with supernatural abilities faces a disruption when her young niece visits, bringing a different and more intense approach to their shared gift of communicating with spirits.
My Sad Dead
2026
NRDuring the years of the Spanish Reconquest, Manuel Rodríguez is a wanted man in Chile. His head already has a price and he's considered a legend among many. But it's his love for Francisca, a noble woman, what will make him take all kinds of risks, regardless of the differences that separate them. From then on, Rodríguez will fight both for the freedom of his homeland and for the love of his life, Francisca.
Manuel Rodríguez
2010
NRA writer returns to her motherland after many years in exile, and seeks to resolve pending conflicts with her son.
Volver a empezar
1991
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Bellas y audaces
1988
A painting unleashes the riddle of three women from different worlds and times but with the same face. How can this be?
La dama del balcón
1986
7.8When the police discover a man with Down syndrome hiding at a crime scene, they launch an investigation to determine whether he's a witness or a suspect.
Chromosome 21
2022
4.0A pair of private detectives solve crimes and protect the Patronato district in Santiago, the most important commercial district of immigrants in Chile, facing dangerous mobsters and criminals.
Huaiquimán y Tolosa
2006
2.0Two young people from opposite social and political worlds will fight for a common cause: to clarify intricate and dangerous crimes of human rights violations during Pinochet's millitary dictatorship in Chile.
Los archivos del cardenal
2011
10.0Chilean TV miniseries. Each episode relates the history of one of the principal figures Chilean figures of the 19th century: Bernardo O'Higgins, José Miguel Carrera, Manuel Rodríguez, Diego Portales, José Manuel Balmaceda and Arturo Prat.
Heroes
2007
NRSeries based on Corín Tellado's "pink" novels. Romantic stories that take place in Modern times, portraying the prejudices and social pressures that both men and women have to endure.
Corín Tellado: Mis mejores historias de amor
1990
3.8Based on a true story. The life and death of Daniel Zamudio, a young man who was brutally beaten in Parque San Borja of Santiago as part of a direct homophobic assault.
Zamudio
2015
NRCatalina de los Ríos y Lisperguer is a beautiful woman who captivated and intimidated men due to her extreme beauty and indomitable personality. Her nickname "La Quintrala" became a synonymous of fear at the time. The show goes deeper into all the differents facets of Catalina, from her affairs, the mistreatment of her employees, her revenges and her pacts with occult beings.
La Quintrala
1987
10.0A housemaid named Marta travels to Santiago, in search of better opportunities, convinced that in the capital she would find everything she expected.
Marta a las ocho
1985
NRStories about women in prison. Their addictions, unresolved problems with the justice system and inner struggles.
Cárcel de mujeres
2007
9.0The story of the inspiring life of the new young Carmelite saint who lived in the 20th century, died at the age of just 19 years old, and was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1993. St. Teresa of Jesus of the Andes, known officially as "St. Teresa of the Andes", grew up in a close-knit, upper middle class Catholic family in Santiago, Chile, was very popular with her friends and relatives, entered Carmel at age 19, and died before her 20th birthday.
Saint Teresa of the Andes
1989
10.0The life, work and death of the Chilean Jesuit priest and founder of "Hogar de Cristo" (Home of Christ), San Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga.
Crónica de un hombre santo
1990


