Arcelia Ramírez (born 7 December 1967) is a Mexican actress who appeared in over 50 films and television shows since 1985. At a young age she became interested in acting. She studied acting at the Centro Universitario de Teatro (CUT), from where she was prepared for several plays produced by the same institution, including La pasión de Pentesilea, La séptima morada, La noche de Hernán Cortés, Las mujeres sabias, Freda y otras griegas and Relaciones peligrosas. She lived in France from 2007 to 2011, a period in which she kept up her work pace, coming to Mexico to film movies as diverse as Arturo Ripstein's "Las razones del corazón" and Victor Avelar's "Cómo no te voy a querer". Meanwhile, her life in Paris was like that of a nameless woman who was beginning to raise a family.
Throughout her career, which began in 1985 with the film "El centro del laberinto", she has been nominated for important awards, such as the Ariel, at the Cannes Festival, at the Havana Festival, at the Latin American Film Festival in Lérida, among others. She has been nominated four times for the Ariel Award, twice for Best Actress (1997, 2000) and twice for Best Supporting Actress (2001 and 2003).
The first actress attended the Cannes Film Festival 2021 for her performance in the film "La civil", first fiction of the Belgian-Romanian director Teodora Mihai. In the film she plays Cielo, a mother searching for her daughter kidnapped by organized crime in northern Mexico. After the screening on July 10 at the Debussy Hall, Ramirez received an eight-minute standing ovation from the audience. An unprecedented and almost unbelievable experience for Arcelia Ramírez, she explained, so much so that it marked her life and brought tears to her eyes.
Known For
Rain
Sofia
2025
Crocodiles
Elena
2024
A Circus Tale & A Love Song
2024
Pole Dance
Lupe
2023
All the Silence
Claudia
2023
María: La Diva Eterna
Self
2023
Volveré
2023
Ojos que no ven
Elena
2022
Mambo Dreams
2022
Tell Me About Yourself
Laura
2022
La Boca Del Diablo
2020
Bleak Street
Zema
2015
Las Horas Contigo
Isabel
2015
A Shred Of Mist
Irasema
2014
Open Cage
2014
Los Fabulosos 7
2013
Good Day, Ramon
Rosa
2013
Potosí
Estela
2013
Instructions Not Included
Judeisy
2013
The Searches
Elvira
2013
Between Night and Day
Gaby
2013
The Reasons of the Heart
Emilia
2011
Rock Marí
2010
El que habita las alturas
María
2009
Teo's Journey
2008
How Could I Not Love You?
2008
Nadie te ve: La niña en la piedra
Alicia
2007
El brassier de Emma
Amparo
2007
The Last Gaze
Hermana Irma
2006
Sexo, amor y otras perversiones
Mercedes
2006
Malos Presagios
2005
Leftie
Martina
2003
¿De qué lado estás?
2002
Written on the Body of Night
In-movie mother
2001
Nadie te oye: perfume de violetas
Alicia, madre de Miriam
2001
Such is Life
Julia
2000
Sofía
2000
Amor de mis amores
1999
In the Shadow of the Moon
Ana Petrovna
1999
Rizo
Lucía / Sandra
1999
Recipes to Stay Together
Susana Limón
1996
La caja de Yamasaki
Regalo De Amor
Emma · (11 episodes)
2025
Journey
Petra
2023
El amor invencible
Consuelo Domínguez · (80 episodes)
2023
Mujeres Asesinas
Tere · (1 episode)
2022
Julia And The Portal To The Abyss
2021
La Civil
Cielo
2021
I Carry You with Me
Magda
2021
Yo Fausto
2021
Reina
Mother
2020
Vencer el miedo
Inés Bracho de Durán · (47 episodes)
2020
The Club
María · (25 episodes)
2019
Some Ruins
Ofelia
2019
Meat Stew, Original Recipe
2019
An Unknown Enemy
Adela · (1 episode)
2018
No One Will Ever Know
Berta
2018
Veronica
The Psychologist
2017
About Family
Madre
2017
El Chema
Elvira Mendivil · (85 episodes)
2016
Por siempre Joan Sebastián
Leticia 'Lety' González · (19 episodes)
2016
Juana Inés
Juana Inés · (7 episodes)
2016
Fisuras
Lety
2016
Road to Destiny
Maribel · (126 episodes)
2016
Leaf Blower
2015
Camelia La Texana
Ignacia "La Nacha" · (60 episodes)
2014
The Color of Passion
Sara Ezquerra · (122 episodes)
2014
Camelia la Texana
Ignacia "La Nacha" · (60 episodes)
2014
Dos Lunas
Elisa Cabrera · (13 episodes)
2014
Ellas son... la alegría del hogar
(1 episode)
2009
Playing Under The Moon
2000
A Breakfast Chronicle
Yolanda
2000
Bride's Avenue
Emilia Mendoza · (125 episodes)
2000
El Cometa
1999
Reclusorio III
1999
La jaula de oro
Martha · (70 episodes)
1997
Pueblo chico, infierno grande
Ignacia Rentería · (150 episodes)
1997
Ultima llamada
1996
El tesoro de Clotilde
Lupita
1994
Serpientes y escaleras
Valentina
1992
Like Water for Chocolate
Great Granddaughter / Narrator (voice)
1992
City of the Blind
Mara
1991
Benjamín's Wife
Natividad
1991
Con el amor no se juega
1991
Romelia's Secret
Young Romelia
1988
Un susurro comienza un incendio
Olivia
The Marked Hour
(Varios) · (11 episodes)
1988
El centro del laberinto
1985
Las Muertas
Arcangela Baladro · (1 episode)