
Person
Luisa Huertas
Acting · Born 1951-01-01 · San Salvador, El Salvador
Biography
Luisa Huertas is an actress of Salvadoran and Mexican nationality, born on June 24, 1951, in San Salvador, El Salvador. Born to a Spanish refugee father and a Mexican businesswoman mother, Luisa was trained at the Escuela de Arte Teatral del INBA and the Centro Universitario de Teatro CUT-UNAM, two of Mexico's most respected institutions. She spent part of the 1970s in film and was also known for her role as Rosita in the children's series Sesame Street, before beginning her remarkable career in Mexican television, in several of the most popular and recognized telenovelas, including Dulce Desafío (1988-1989), Carrusel (1989), Al filo de la muerte (1991), Volver a empezar (1994), among others. A founding member of the Mexican Academy of Theatrical Art, in addition to being a member of the Advisory Board of the CUT of the UNAM, she has also been a stable and frequent cast member of the National Theater Company. In recent years, Luisa has participated in series such as La casa de las flores (2020), Todo por nada (2021) and in films such as Dos mujeres y una Vaca (2015) and Cosas imposibles (2021). She is a graduate of the Escuela de Arte Teatral del INBA and the Centro Universitario de Teatro, CUT-UNAM where she has also taught. She is co-founder and General Director of the Centro de Estudios para el Uso de la Voz (CEUVOZ). She received the Asociación de Periodistas de Teatro award and the Metro award both for best actress for El diccionario. She won the Ariel for her role in Arturo Ripstein's Mentiras Piadosas. She is a founding member of the Academia Mexicana de Arte Teatral, A.C. and is part of the stable cast of the Compañía Nacional de Teatro. In 2020 she was named by Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum, Living Cultural Heritage of Mexico City, celebrating 50 years of career.
Known for

El Chema
Nelly

The Mask of Zorro
Nanny

Gotita de Amor
Hermana Cándida

Impossible Things
Eugenia

The Marked Hour
1988

The Last Veil
Josefina

Prison Cell 211
Nana Pancha

The Juror
Car Rental Agent

The Arrival
Security Woman

We Vanish
Carmella
Filmography
- 2026Ashes
- 2025The FolliesPaz
- 2025ReliefsRosa
- 2025Prison Cell 211Nana Pancha
- 2024We Shall Not Be MovedSocorro
- 2024The Honest CandidateAbuela Tona
- 2024I Have to Die Every NightJovita
- 2023Patron SaintTere
- 2022Iguana Like the SunDolores
- 2021Impossible ThingsEugenia
- 2018We VanishCarmella
- 2016El ChemaNelly
- 2016Dos mujeres y una vacaRosana
- 2015One for the RoadOlivia
- 2013Pulling StringsOld Woman
- 2013The Last VeilJosefina
- 2013PotosíRafaela
- 2012Machete Language
- 2011Half of the WorldGraciana
- 2010De la infanciaVecina
- 2007Blue EyelidsMercedes
- 2006KM 31: Kilometer 31Anciana
- 2005Rencor
- 2004GitanasMamá Pasca Antich
- 2002The Crime of Padre AmaroDionisia
- 2002To Love Too MuchVendedora de flores
- 2002Bedtime Fairy Tales for CrocodilesIsabel
- 2001Written on the Body of NightIn-movie grandmother
- 2000Sofía
- 2000BeatMaria (uncredited)
- 1999Under a SpellMaría - Eliseo's Mother
- 1998Gotita de AmorHermana Cándida
- 1998The Mask of ZorroNanny
- 1997McHale's NavyNurse
- 1996The Overturning Of The Heart
- 1996The ArrivalSecurity Woman
- 1996The JurorCar Rental Agent
- 1996En las manos de Dios
- 1995Sin remitenteTeresita de Jesús
- 1994The Queen of the NightBeggar
- 1994The Beginning and the EndIsabel
- 1994Hasta MorirCajera
- 1989Love LiesPilar
- 1989The Cost of Living
- 1989José, hijo del hombre
- 1989Las asesinas del panadero
- 1988The Marked Hour
- 1986The Realm of FortuneCampesina
- 1985Violent Stories
- 1983Laudate Pueri
- 1971Take It as you Like
- —The Janitor
- —Heart Of Adobe
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