Acting
Lucía Méndez
Born
1955-01-26 (71)
Place of birth
León, Guanajuato, México
Known for
Acting
Credits
40 titles
Lucía Méndez (January 26, 1955) is a Mexican actress and singer, born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. She gained fame in the 1970s and 1980s for her powerful vocals and captivating performances in music and on screen. Méndez achieved success with hit songs like "Corazón de Piedra" and starred in iconic telenovelas such as "Colorina" (1980) and "Tú o Nadie" (1985), solidifying her status as a beloved figure in Mexican entertainment.
Known for
6.7After a devastating loss, Esteban “La Máquina” Osuna is at a low point in his boxing career. Lucky for him, his manager and best friend Andy Lujan is determined to get him back on top. But when a nefarious organization rears its head, the stakes of this rematch become life or death. Esteban must juggle his own personal demons and protect his family.
La Máquina
2024
7.6El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar is a 1988 Mexican telenovela starring Lucía Méndez and Jorge Martinez. It is an unusual example of a telenovela which addresses supernatural topics.
El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar
1988
7.6Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind.
Killer Women
2008
7.1No synopsis available yet.
Colorina
1980
9.0A poor but beautiful woman comes to the city looking for her husband ... who is married to another woman, the evil Gloria. While she falls in love to a handsome and good hearted doctor, she decides to work at nights to earn money at a "Model School" which is, in reality, a high profile brothel...
Viviana
1978
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Paloma
1975
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
7.2Three girlfriends, neglected and mistreated by their husbands, plan to take revenge on them with the help of an experienced man in this type of job.
Killer Babes
2024
6.9Twenty years after her death, María Félix, a figure of Mexican cinema, is a model for free and independent women who are in control of their lives. Known as La Doña, she was a beautiful and strong woman. Admired and ahead of her time, she is our eternal diva.
María: La Diva Eterna
2023
1980s · 3 titles
4.8Newly-committed to a mental institution, a woman tries to convince her doctors that her husband conspired to have her put away for selfish reasons unrelated to her mental health.
God's Crooked Lines
1983
5.4Raul Araiza's chilling Spanish-language supernatural thriller tells the tale of two powerful beings, one good and one evil incarnate, fighting for control of Earth--and of a beautiful woman.
The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell
1986
5.7Lucía, a beautiful stewardess, discovers love and betrayal when she falls in love in New York.
Enamorada
1984
1970s · 10 titles
6.9When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror.
Blacker Than the Night
1975
7.2Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the land census bureau to regularize a land title. After a great deal of frustration with the government bureaucracy, he writes a letter to the cabinet minister, earning an audience with him. The minister hires Melgarejo to reform the bureau, and the appointee proceeds to lecture the officials on their duties in a democratic society. At the end, he gives up the post, returning to Santo Domingo to help its poor residents.
The Minister and Me
1976
6.5Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.
The Children of Sanchez
1978
NRThe Sanchez clan have seen the worst of times, but they have survived by sticking together. When Sanchez's oldest daughter Consuelo plans to build a life of her own, the family and Sanchez face an enormous challenge.
Los hijos de Sanchez
1978
7.4Juan returns home to Mexico after working in the USA for awhile, and gets caught up in cowboy problems among his townsfolk.
Juan Armenta El Repatriado
1976
6.3At the end of an unhappy romance, a Mexico City cabdriver decides he's fed up with big-city classism and hypocrisy, and goes home to his ranch. Soon, a group of city-folk are stranded on his property and dependent on him for help and sustenance.
El Hijo Del Pueblo
1974
6.7Deceived over and over again by the whole world, a woman does not want to give up in the face of life's adversities.
The Illegal
1979
5.7Decadent, failing Mexico City family get life-lessons from rural visitors.
Cabalgando a la luna
1974
6.8The Champions go against an army of rats that have turned into humans.
The Champions Five Supermen
1972
6.3Disenfranchised drifter finds a home, working on a young orphan woman's ranch.
El Desconocido
1974
Series credits
6.7After a devastating loss, Esteban “La Máquina” Osuna is at a low point in his boxing career. Lucky for him, his manager and best friend Andy Lujan is determined to get him back on top. But when a nefarious organization rears its head, the stakes of this rematch become life or death. Esteban must juggle his own personal demons and protect his family.
La Máquina
2024
7.6El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar is a 1988 Mexican telenovela starring Lucía Méndez and Jorge Martinez. It is an unusual example of a telenovela which addresses supernatural topics.
El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar
1988
7.6Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind.
Killer Women
2008
7.1No synopsis available yet.
Colorina
1980
9.0A poor but beautiful woman comes to the city looking for her husband ... who is married to another woman, the evil Gloria. While she falls in love to a handsome and good hearted doctor, she decides to work at nights to earn money at a "Model School" which is, in reality, a high profile brothel...
Viviana
1978
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Paloma
1975
8.0Amor de nadie is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from September 10, 1990, to June 14, 1991. Created by Eric Vonn, with literary editing by Marcia del Río, the telenovela stars Lucía Méndez, Saúl Lisazo, Fernando Allende, and Bertín Osborne. It was Lucía Méndez's final telenovela as a leading actress for Televisa during this period. The story follows Sofía Hernández, a young woman from a humble mining town who dreams of leaving her difficult life behind. After suffering betrayal and hardship, she moves to Mexico City to pursue a career as a model. Along the way, she faces jealousy, ambition, family conflicts, and complicated relationships while searching for love and a better future.
Amor de nadie
1990
7.5Paulino Córdoba, Gabino Roura, Rodolfo Huerta, and Matías Quiroga have been friends since childhood; however, as adults, their priorities shifted, and a sin now threatens to destroy their friendship. Paulino owns the El Milagro apple hacienda and is married to Rosario; they have two children, César and Lucrecia. Rosario has always favored her son while openly rejecting her daughter. Lucrecia was raised by Delfina, Rosario’s maid and Manuel’s mother.
Burden of Guilt
2009
No synopsis available yet.
Golpe bajo
2000
7.0Marielena is a young, working-class secretary—decent, deeply devoted to her family, and steadfast in her Christian values. However, love catches her off guard when she meets Luis Felipe and feels her heart stir. A newly qualified executive secretary, she sets out to find a job and ends up crossing paths with Luis Felipe again—who becomes her boss. As the days go by, she finds herself drawn to him in a way that proves impossible to hide.
Marielena
1992
8.5No synopsis available yet.
Vanessa
1982
NREsperanza del Corazón is a Mexican telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa. It is a merger of Aguetas de Color de Rosa and Confidente de Secundaria, produced by Luis de Llano Macedo in 1994 and 1996, respectively. Bianca Marroquin and Patricio Borghetti star as the main protagonists, while Lucía Méndez and Lisardo Guarinos star as the main antagonists. Esperanza del Corazón won 1 award in Premios TVyNovelas: Best co-star actress. Canal de las Estrellas aired Esperanza del Corazón from July 18, 2011 to February 3, 2012, with Un Refugio para el Amor replacing it. Univision aired Esperanza del Corazón at 2pm central from September 6 to October 14, 2011, replacing one hour of Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón. It was later seen at 1pm central from October 17, 2011 to March 9, 2012, replacing Rafaela. From March 12 to March 23, 2012, Univision moved "Esperanza del Corazón" to 12pm central, due to El Talismán airing at 1pm central.
Esperanza del Corazón
2011
8.0Antonio Lombardo lives in a huge, luxurious house in Acapulco with Victoria—his stepmother, whom he loves like a real mother—and his sister Camila, who has just married Claudio. Also living there is Maximiliano, Victoria's son from her first marriage, who hides an envious and manipulative personality behind the appearance of a good person.
Tú o Nadie
1985
7.3No synopsis available yet.
Las Lunas del Auditorio
2002
7.3María José, Paula, Roberta, and Stacy, four women work in the production of a television talk show. Their lives take an unexpected turn when the show's producer—a man who has tormented them for years—appears dead. From that moment on, they become suspects in the crime. Although they proclaim their innocence, this unexpected situation becomes the spark that unites them, pushing them to rediscover themselves and embrace life with more freedom and humor.
Cómplices
2025
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Mala Noche... ¡No!
1988
7.0In the Mexican spin-off from RuPaul's Drag Race, drag queens compete for the title of Mexico's Next Drag Superstar.
Drag Race Mexico
2023
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Cómplices (2025)
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NRThe comedic story of a hopeless romantic musician who believes in marriage intensely, but for some reason, each of his wives end up leaving him. A keyboard player in a sports club controlled by a group of dark, yet soulful characters, Wilson Fernández’s story spans from his adolescence until his 50s, going through the past 30 years of Mexican history. Discover how the political and social events that took place during this time have influenced his personal life.
Las 13 Esposas de Wilson Fernández
2017
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Siempre lunes
1988
6.8This series follows the lives of Mexican show biz queens Lucía Méndez, Laura Zapata, Sylvia Pasquel and Lorena Herrera as they reinvent themselves.
Siempre Reinas
2022
7.0Amor sin Maquillaje is a mini novela that was shown in 2007. It is a production of Rosy Ocampo, who also produced La Fea Mas Bella. The stars are Sergio Goyri and Marlene Favela; It was a tribute to the 50 years of telenovelas in Mexico.
Love Without Makeup
2007
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Muchacha italiana viene a casarse
1971
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Señora Tentación
1994
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Tres veces Sofía
1998