María Rojo

Acting

María Rojo

Born

1943-08-15 (83)

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

91 titles

María Rojo is the artistic name of María de Lourdes Rojo e Incháustegui (Mexico City, August 15, 1943), a Mexican film, theater and television actress. Daughter of Roberto Rojo, an agronomist, and Águeda Incháustegui, a school teacher. From her childhood, she remembers being nervous and suffering from dyslexia, which brought her personality problems and insecurity, but she soon stood out for her artistic skills. She began her artistic career at the age of eight, when she was selected in a casting to participate in the Teatro Fantástico program, where she played the girl Ciquirritica. Then, she has developed a fruitful career that exceeds 60 years, and in 2018, the Academy of Motion Pictur…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

2010s · 11 titles

El Infierno poster
8.0

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

El Infierno

2010

The Perfect Dictatorship poster
7.4

TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?

The Perfect Dictatorship

2014

Valentina's Wedding poster
6.5

Valentina's seemingly idyllic life in the US is interrupted when planning a wedding means introducing her fiancé to her scandalous family in Mexico.

Valentina's Wedding

2018

The Crime of Cacaro Gumaro poster
4.4

After their fathers death, two brothers dispute the inheritance: the local movie theater known as Linterna Mújica. Their dispute may or not bring the town to its apocalypse, but it will for sure turn it upside-down.

The Crime of Cacaro Gumaro

2014

Gabo & Cinema poster
NR

It is said that Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez never allowed for a film adaptation of his singular masterpiece 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', arguably the most influential novel in any language of the second half of the twentieth century, to be produced. However, the prolific Colombian writer had strong ties to the movies.

Gabo & Cinema

2016

The Cousin poster
5.8

A married woman, who's husband leaves her alone way too many times, is seduced by a junior spoiled young man, leading her into the fullfillment of her unsatisfied needs.

The Cousin

2018

A Shred Of Mist poster
5.3

After the dead of his mother, Daniel is put under the care of his aunt Elizabeth, a foreign woman with a severe character, who subjects the child to multiple abuses and psychological torture.

A Shred Of Mist

2014

She's Ramona poster
5.1

Ramona is fat woman with too much weight and barely any luck. She recalls a childhood filled with moral abuse by her mother, sister and friends, calling her silly offensive names referencing her overweight. When she became an adult, things didn’t really get any better. She’s fired for being fat, she wants a liposuction but the doctor informs her she’s not a candidate due to her overweight, and all her universe seems to be collapsing after a series of unfortunate events. But everything will soon get better thanks to some magical beetles she finds in a Tarot café.

She's Ramona

2015

Crimes of the North Sea poster
5.3

Year 1942 in Mexico City, Goyo Cárdenas studies biology and has a beautiful girlfriend, but Goyo also has some contained violence about to explode on the brink of World War II.

Crimes of the North Sea

2017

Gritos D Muerte y Libertad poster
NR

An special and heroic Representation of Independence, the Past Narrated in “Gritos de Muerte y Libertad,” which examines the roles of independence heroes in the series’ narrative and in Mexican historiography. Extended and more detailed pilot that expands the show.

Gritos D Muerte y Libertad

2010

One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo poster
NR

This documentary explores key moments in the life of writer Juan Rulfo, with artists such as Werner Herzog and Eduardo Galeano reflecting on his work.

One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo

2017

2000s · 7 titles

Under the Same Moon poster
8.0

Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while her mother cares for Carlitos back in Mexico.

Under the Same Moon

2007

El Garabato poster
6.5

The story of a naive young man, provincial and not very experienced, to whom the circumstances of destiny, when crossing with the beautiful Frida, lead him to mature with a single blow. Rodolfo helps Frida in a car accident while she orders him to deliver an envelope. There begins the desperate flight of this innocent man fighting for his life, persecuted by thugs -who want to recover the contents of the envelope- and by the police -who seeks him for being a suspect in the death of an important diplomat.

El Garabato

2008

Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You poster
7.9

Yessica is a rebellious girl who forms an unlikely friendship with quiet schoolmate Miriam. Yessica's home life is ruled by her brutal stepfather and her amoral stepbrother, Jorge, while Miriam shares a calm, loving household with her mother. The girls' friendship is shattered after Jorge arranges to have one of his friends rape Yessica.

Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You

2001

A Wonderful World poster
7.6

A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.

A Wonderful World

2006

A Breakfast Chronicle poster
4.7

A view of the end-of-the-century Mexican family. A father who comes back home after a long absence, but who would rather be somewhere else. A daughter suffering from a trapped pain. A son full of guilt and recriminations. A little kid who soaks up all the tension in the house, like a sponge, and a self-effacing mother who would like to go away and leave everything behind.

A Breakfast Chronicle

2000

Me importas tú... y tú poster
5.5

Nerdy college boy gets romantic advice from the apparition of a dead film star.

Me importas tú... y tú

2009

To Love Too Much poster
4.5

Laura and Beatriz are two sisters in search of a dream in common: to run a guest house abroad and live off the rents. Laura travels to Spain to start off the project, and Beatriz remains alone in Mexico waiting for the right moment to catch up to her sister. While Beatriz nurtures the desire of moving away, she begins to feed off dreams and fantasies. In the midst of easy love affairs that earn her enough money to support Laura, Beatriz meets Carlos, a man with whom she travels throughout Mexico, discovering the inimaginable beauty of her country, her soul and her own body.

To Love Too Much

2002

1990s · 18 titles

Midaq Alley poster
7.3

Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband.

Midaq Alley

1995

Red Dawn poster
8.3

On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.

Red Dawn

1990

Danzón poster
6.7

A telephone operator from Mexico City tries to support a family and her passion for popular dance.

Danzón

1991

Passionate Mobile poster
6.3

Gyula Kodar is a commissioner who investigates the murder of an American executive. Keep track of Macabí, an ex and former lover of Mary Laya, widow of the victim. With the help of Kelly, a prostitute who is his sometime lover, Gyula able to find Macabí ; then he discovers that love is superior to survival and freedom is stronger than betrayal.

Passionate Mobile

1994

Esmeralda Comes by Night poster
5.3

The husbands of a charismatic nurse devise a plan to free her from prison when she is arrested for being a polygamist.

Esmeralda Comes by Night

1997

Salón México poster
5.7

In this remake of the 40's classic, two lovers murder each other, leading to an investigation and the closing of the Saln Mxico, a famous place where people used to go to dance before WWII. The police investigation leads to several flashbacks about the life and death of a low-life dancer named Mercedes (Maria Rojo) and her lover.

Salón México

1996

La mudanza poster
5.8

Between chargers, noise and improvisedly placed furniture, a couple experiences a violent marital crisis, ignoring that they are observed by many characters that will soon face them with their own demons. Inspired by a work by Vicente Leñero, Gabriel Retes orchestrates a portrait without concessions of the hell of the marriage institution and love chaos, made in video format in 1990 and completed by the filmmaker more than a decade later.

La mudanza

1990

Forbidden Homework poster
4.5

A young man completing an assignment for his film class invites Marieda, a middle-aged woman, over to his aunt's house to rehearse for a drama she believes they will eventually record. But she doesn't realize that she is being videotaped since her arrival.

Forbidden Homework

1992

Dying in the Gulf poster
6.8

The story of the oil leader Lázaro Pizarro, of his political and personal wars, the use of crime to settle conflicts and the course of his power between the basements and the domes of Mexican politics, have a narrative record made in the Gulf of accuracy and dexterity

Dying in the Gulf

1990

La señorita poster
5.8

Violent death of a loan shark investigated by diligent policeman.

La señorita

1994

Tequila poster
5.2

Nearly thirty years after making his surrealist La Formula Secreta, director Rubén Gámez returned to filmmaking with this impressionistic portrait of modern-day Mexico. Reminiscent in some ways of Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi, Tequila appears to be a cinematic extension of Mexico’s muralist tradition, a contemporary equivalent of Diego Rivera or David Alfaro Siqueiros with vignettes, quick ideas, visual puns, cartoons, and political statements.

Tequila

1992

With Fear in the Veins poster
5.2

Compilation tape of Hora Marcada episodes.

With Fear in the Veins

1990

The Legend of a Mask poster
5.1

A reporter starts investigating the life of the recently deceased wrestler "The Masked Angel"

The Legend of a Mask

1991

The Overturning Of The Heart poster
5.3

1941, Jose Antelmo Cruz regrets his past while writing a novel and falling in love with a prostitute.

The Overturning Of The Heart

1996

Danish Girls Show Everything poster
5.8

Despite its suggestive title, this multi-part Danish omnibus film is not a work of exploitation. Instead, it presents 20 different short films (back-to-back) on the general theme of Danish women, directed by filmmakers including Krzysztof Zanussi, Monika Treut, Gustav Hamos, David Blair, Vibeke Vogel, Dusan Makavejev, Morten Skallerud and Lars Norgaard. Some dramatic vignettes mix with other comedic ones, but all are offbeat and experimental. The picture includes one animated sequence (by Norgaard).

Danish Girls Show Everything

1996

La sombra del ciprés es alargada poster
5.9

Avila, early twentieth century. Pedro, a boy of nine years, accompanied by his tutor, comes to live in the house of Don Mateo, a teacher that from that moment will be responsible for his education. Pedro begins an almost familiar relationship with Doña Gregoria and Martina, wife and daughter of his master. The appearance of Alfredo, and roommate and colleague of studies, complete the circle of his emotional environment. Provincial life, relationships with peers and the special relationship between life and death instilled by Don Mateo, definitely will influence his future life.

La sombra del ciprés es alargada

1990

Homework poster
6.7

Virginia is taking a class at film school, and has decided on her solo project for the class. She will secretly film herself and her ex-husband Marcelo with a candid camera while they make love.

Homework

1991

Las mil y una aventuras del metro poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Las mil y una aventuras del metro

1993

1980s · 11 titles

Bathroom Intimacy poster
5.4

A family crisis revealed through each member's bathroom intimacy.

Bathroom Intimacy

1989

The Heart of the Night poster
5.1

A young deaf-mute who lives and has intercourse with a blind man much older than she, inevitably attracts a shy driving instructor a strange, hallucinatory underworld, populated by those beings whose mutilation, impaired physical differences, have become rejected of society.

The Heart of the Night

1984

The Eve poster
6.0

Aging politicians who have faded from the public eye hold a cocktail party to celebrate one friend's appointment to the President's Cabinet. Illusions are indulged, illusions are shattered.

The Eve

1982

Living Is What Matters poster
5.4

A drifter named Candelario asks to spend the night at the hacienda of Don Lazaro. Once there, he gets the offer to stay and work as a laborer with a fixed salary. Over time, Candelario is gaining the confidence of his employer, and becomes indispensable. The situation will change radically when Don Lazarus discovers that Candelario is having a love affair with his wife.

Living Is What Matters

1987

Los confines poster
5.7

Mix magical universe of Juan Rulfo, in which Juan Preciado, "Pedro Paramo", located incestuous siblings "Talpa" while Juvencio Nava, of "Diles que no me maten", flee several men who pursue for killing Colonel Terrones.

Los confines

1987

Me llaman la Chata Aguayo poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

Me llaman la Chata Aguayo

1986

Break of Dawn poster
6.3

In 1930s Los Angeles, Mexican immigrant Pedro J. González becomes a pioneering Spanish-language radio star before being wrongly convicted and imprisoned at San Quentin.

Break of Dawn

1988

Under the Shrapnel poster
5.5

A guerrilla commando tries to kidnap a politician. In the attempt, several policemen and a guerrillero die. By chance the head of the kidnappers meets an old colleague; to prevent him from betraying them, he kidnaps him.

Under the Shrapnel

1983

Zapata en Chinameca poster
6.6

Urbino Martínez, on his deathbed, regrets his wrongdoing after betraying Emiliano Zapata.

Zapata en Chinameca

1987

Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra poster
5.7

While Mexico swims in the oil veins that were deeded to him by the Devil, a bureaucrat is thrown into a whirlwind of intrigue and international espionage where he discovers that the guts of the beast in charge are one and the same, and the evacuation conduit itself. : We are the shit of that monster. At the same time, a man and a woman discover that behind their passion there is a dark reality that drives them to disguise as action what is only hunger, suffering, desire.

Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra

1981

Astucia poster
6.3

A landowner known as Bulldog seeks to take over a ranch, but is opposed by the Brotherhood of the Blade, a group of tobacco smugglers made up of skilled horsemen who operated during the turbulent times of General Antonio López de Santa Anna.

Astucia

1986

1970s · 6 titles

Castle of Purity poster
7.4

A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings.

Castle of Purity

1973

Las Poquianchis poster
7.0

Three sisters run brothels protected by the authorities, abuse and prostitute young women under the false pretense of employing them as servants.

Las Poquianchis

1976

Lo mejor de Teresa poster
6.5

Ambitious young woman decides to leave her backwards hometown and move to Mexico City to study for a scientific degree.

Lo mejor de Teresa

1977

Candy Stripe Nurses poster
4.5

Young, sexy nurses and their hospital adventures: free-loving Sandy tries to cure a rock star of his sexual problems, uptight Dianne has an affair with a druggie star college basketball player all while trying to expose another doctor's malpractice, and juvenile delinquent Marisa has an affair with an accused man, in turn also trying to prove his innocence.

Candy Stripe Nurses

1974

New World poster
5.7

Towards the end of the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors living in the New World faced a serious problem: the evangelization of the indigenous people, who did not understand or accept Christianity due to their unshakable faith in their own religion. The court of the Inquisition cracks down on heretics and the natives prepare for a general uprising ...

New World

1978

Naufragio poster
5.6

One woman lives waiting for her son who is a sailor. She hasn't seen him for years although he writes to her a lot. The woman shares the letters and her grief with a co-worker and friend. This last woman begins to idealize her friend's son.

Naufragio

1978

Series credits

American Playhouse poster
6.6

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

American Playhouse

1982

Senora Acero poster
7.9

The adventures of Vicenta Acero, the feared coyote who now leads the dynasty of illicit dealings once under the control of her father.

Senora Acero

2014

Narcos: Mexico poster
7.9

See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.

Narcos: Mexico

2018

Casados con Hijos poster
8.1

Argentine re-make of American television series Married... with Children. It follows the Argento family and their lives.

Casados con Hijos

2005

Tomorrow is forever poster
7.4

Fernanda 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

Tomorrow is forever poster
7.4

Fernanda 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

Killer Women poster
7.6

Mujeres 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

Killer Women poster
7.6

Mujeres 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

Killer Women poster
7.6

Mujeres 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

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Conversando con Cristina Pacheco

1997

Hasta el fin del mundo poster
7.8

After their father's death, Sofía Ripoll, the oldest of three sisters, takes over the family's fictional successful chocolate factory. Though she is engaged to a man who uses her for money, she quickly falls in love with Salvador Cruz, a former racecar driver who takes a job as her chauffeur.

Hasta el fin del mundo

2014

Te Sigo Amando poster
7.1

Yulissa Torres-Quintero is a beautiful young woman from an upper social class who has been orphaned at a very young age; For this reason, she and her brother Alberto were raised by their cruel grandmother, Doña Paula Garza vda. de Torres-Quintero, who pretends to be sick to manipulate her grandchildren. After several years, Paula is ruined and penniless, so she decides to mortgage all her assets to the landowner Ignacio Aguirre, owner of the Arroyo Negro hacienda, as a last resort to survive and avoid poverty.

Te Sigo Amando

1996

The Marked Hour poster
8.3

La Hora Marcada was a 1986 Mexican television anthology series famous for its horror and science fiction themes in the vein of the Twilight Zone. Although virtually unknown outside the country, it achieved a popular and critical success in Mexico. It had a series of rotating writers and directors, among them Emmanuel Lubezki, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón.

The Marked Hour

1988

Dark Fate poster
7.2

Mariana lives with her father, Atílio, and is motherless. He is a very powerful man, and he keeps a big secret: Mariana is not his biological daughter, Atílio has two sisters: Isabel, the oldest, a good and caring woman, who raised Mariana and loves her as if she were her own daughter; Márcia, the youngest, arrogant and very vain, has a cold heart, has never fallen in love with anyone and always mistreated Mariana, until a boy called Inácio Lugo Navarro arrives in the city, very attractive, who uses a false name and is looking for his roots and revenge.

Dark Fate

2003

El Albergue poster
NR

Doña Caridad and Don Tranquilino are cared for by their only daughter, a woman in the middle of menopause who lives with her unfaithful husband.

El Albergue

2012

María de Todos los Ángeles poster
7.6

No synopsis available yet.

María de Todos los Ángeles

2009

Your Love Is My Fortune poster
7.7

My fortune is loving you tells the story of Natalia and Chente, who both suffer different situations that change their lives instantly. Natalia comes from a high social position; however, she loses everything when Adrián, her husband, leaves her for what was "her best friend" after 20 years of marriage, in addition, he leaves her on the street and penniless. Vicente, from a different socioeconomic class than Natalia, falls into the hands of a financial fraud that also leaves him in a very difficult economic situation, adding the recent loss of Lucía, his wife, at the hands of a bank robbery in which she was. For Natalia and Chente, they have no choice but to live under the same roof, with which, upon meeting the relationship, they will go through a lot of ups and downs of emotions when they try to resolve their personal situations.

Your Love Is My Fortune

2021

Alborada poster
7.8

Alborada is a telenovela made by the Mexican TV network Televisa. It is an historical drama, set in colonial Panama and Mexico a few years before Mexican Independence from Spain. The series was broadcast from December 2005 to April 2006 on Univision in the United States. Alborada won the TV y Novelas award for best telenovela of the year.

Alborada

2005

Amanecer poster
8.1

The telenovela revolves around Leonel Carranza (Fernando Colunga), a man who lives in Villa Escarlata and owns the Montoro estate. His routine changes completely when his wife and best friend disappear together, leaving him so angry and disillusioned that he thinks they're dead, which could have serious consequences for him in the future.

Amanecer

2025

Ellas, inocentes o culpables poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ellas, inocentes o culpables

2000

Wild Heart poster
6.2

Corazón salvaje is a Mexican telenovela produced by Salvador Mejía Alejandre in conjunction with Televisa and broadcast on El Canal de las Estrellas. The telenovela debuted on 12 October 2009 at 9:00 pm, replacing Sortilegio, and aired for a total of 135 episodes. The final episode was broadcast on 16 April 2010, and the program was replaced with Soy tu dueña. In the United States, the telenovela debuted on 22 February 2010 at 9:00 pm on Univisión, again replacing Sortilegio. However, beginning on 26 April, the program was moved from prime time to the 12:00 midnight time slot.

Wild Heart

2009

Las Lunas del Auditorio poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Las Lunas del Auditorio

2002

Hasta que te conocí poster
8.8

"Hasta que Te Conocí" unravels the life of the Divo de Juárez: Juan Gabriel. Gabriel's extraordinary talent as a singer-songwriter allowed him to rise above poverty, betrayal, and prejudice, eventually making him one the most beloved performers in all of Ibero-America.

Hasta que te conocí

2016

We Were Kings poster
6.5

A tight-knit crew of three reigns over a bustling barrio in Mexico City — until a sudden tragedy breaks their crowns and renders two of them rivals.

We Were Kings

2024

Cloroformo poster
7.0

Life of boxing in Mexico City: bets, deception, love, crime, and courage, take place in the lives of amateur boxers and professional fighters.

Cloroformo

2012

Crónica de castas poster
NR

Dramatized series that shows a mosaic of stories, which run in parallel and sometimes intertwine, around Tepito and its identity as a neighborhood, revealing the social prejudices that manifest themselves in classism and racism, as part of a historical reality in Mexico.

Crónica de castas

2014

Su nombre era Dolores, la Jenn que yo conocí poster
7.3

In a world dominated by men, a tenacious woman with an outspoken personality makes headway into success through the use of determination, perseverance and savviness.

Su nombre era Dolores, la Jenn que yo conocí

2017

Los miserables poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Los miserables

1974

Gritos de Muerte y Libertad poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Gritos de Muerte y Libertad

2010

Sincronía poster
NR

Presents three incidents narrated from four points of view. The viewer can watch each of the sections in any order, addressing high-impact issues in Mexican reality, such as human trafficking, kidnapping, and pedophilia.

Sincronía

2017

Pena Ajena poster
6.0

Jesús and Nuria live in an apartment belonging to her father. His best hope at winning him over his is hosting an exhibition of his photography, but things do not turn out as planned

Pena Ajena

2022