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Ana Rujas

Ana Rujas
Rujas in 2024
Born1989 (age 34–35)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • writer

Ana Rujas (born 1989) is a Spanish model turned actress.[1][2]

Early life

Born in 1989 in Madrid,[3] she enrolled in a modeling agency at age 16.[4]

Career

Rujas surrounded by a FX wall of fire on the set of Alice Waddington-directed Disco Inferno

Her first big role was in 90-60-90, diario secreto de una adolescente. She featured in HKM [es]. She portrayed Shaila Dúrcal in the biopic of Rocío Dúrcal.[5] In 2016, she starred in the music video of Zahara, "Caída Libre".[6] She had endorsed the jewelry brand "Aristocrazy".[7] She recently acted in a play, ¿Qué sabes tú de mis tristezas? ('What do you know about my sorrows?').[8]

In 2022, she scooped the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series for her performance in Cardo (co-created by Rujas alongside Claudia Costafreda), which also won the Best Drama Series Award.[9] In 2023, she portrayed Montserrat in La mesías, earning a nomination to the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series.[10] In 2023, she published her first book, La otra bestia.[11]

In 2024, she was tipped to helm her directorial debut feature under Movistar Plus+, El desencanto, a film in connection to Jaime Chávarri's picture of the same name.[12] She also landed a leading role in Julio Medem's 8, a romancer shot in eight long takes tracking nine decades of Spanish history.[13]

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2022
9th Feroz Awards Best Main Actress in a Series Cardo Won
2023
31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Television Actress in a Leading Role Nominated
29th Forqué Awards Best Actress in a TV Series La mesías Nominated
2024
25th Iris Awards Best Screenplay (Fiction) Cardo Nominated
11th Feroz Awards Best Main Actress in a Series La mesías Nominated
32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Television Actress in a Leading Role Nominated

References

  1. ^ "El diario de belleza de Ana Rujas". Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  2. ^ Vozpopuli. "Ana Rujas y su confesión más rotunda: "Mi profesión me ha decepcionado"". tendencias.vozpopuli.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  3. ^ Roces, Pablo R. (6 November 2021). "Ana Rujas: "No se renuncia nunca al barrio, quien reniega de sus raíces está jodido en la vida"". El Mundo.
  4. ^ "Ana Rujas, actriz y runner" (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  5. ^ S.L, telva com, Unidad Editorial Internet (2015-11-12). "Ana Rujas se confiesa: de tatuajes, joyas y Enrique Iglesias". TELVA. Retrieved 2016-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Andrea Duro, Ana Rujas, Barei, Angy... Zahara se rodea de estrellas en el videoclip de 'Caída Libre'". Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  7. ^ "La actriz Ana Rujas, en el 5º aniversario de la firma Aristocrazy". Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  8. ^ Ballesteros, María (2016-06-20). "Ana Rujas: "He procurado no volverme una actriz loca"". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  9. ^ a b "Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz Zaragoza 2022". Cinemanía. 30 January 2022 – via 20minutos.es.
  10. ^ Cartagena, Marina (30 December 2023). "Ana Rujas: "Ser actriz es una elección de vida o muerte. Para mí no hay otra forma de ser"". La Razón.
  11. ^ Prieto, Darío (28 July 2023). "Ana Rujas: "El lenguaje hace que cambien las cosas"". El Mundo.
  12. ^ Chamorro, Raquel (18 January 2024). "Movistar Plus+ da el salto al cine y producirá sus propias películas: de lo nuevo de Rodrigo Sorogoyen al debut de Ana Rujas". Fotogramas.
  13. ^ "Javier Rey, Ana Rujas, Álvaro Morte, Loreto Mauleón y Tamar Novas ruedan en Bizkaia la nueva película de Julio Medem". Deia. 23 February 2024.
  14. ^ Aller, María (14 March 2023). "Premios Unión de Actores 2023: 'As bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos', las películas más premiadas". Fotogramas.
  15. ^ "Palmarés completo de los Premios Forqué 2023: '20.000 especies de abejas' y 'La Mesías' lideran la apertura de la temporada". Cinemanía. 17 December 2023 – via 20minutos.es.
  16. ^ "Premios Iris 2024: Todos los ganadores con 'La Unidad Kabul' como gran triunfadora". El televisero. 17 January 2024 – via HuffPost.
  17. ^ Sánchez Casademont, Rafael (27 January 2024). "Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz 2024: 'La mesías' sigue arrasando y los Goya ganan emoción con unos premios muy divididos en cine". Fotogramas.
  18. ^ "Todos los nominados de la 32 edición de los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices de España". Escribiendo Cine. 4 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Malena Alterio, Maribel Verdú, Lola Dueñas y Quim Gutiérrez, entre los protagonistas de los 32 Premios UA". Europa Press. 12 March 2024.