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Ana Rujas
Ana Rujas surrounded by a FX wall of fire on the set of Alice Waddington-directed Disco Inferno.jpg
Ana Rujas surrounded by a FX wall of fire on the set of Alice Waddington-directed Disco Inferno
Born 1989 (age 34–35)
Occupation
  • Actress
  • model
  • writer

Ana Rujas (born 1989) is a Spanish model turned actress.

Early life

Born in 1989 in Madrid, she enrolled in a modeling agency at age 16.

Career

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. In 2016, she starred in the music video of Zahara, "Caída Libre". She had endorsed the jewelry brand "Aristocrazy". She recently acted in a play, ¿Qué sabes tú de mis tristezas? ('What do you know about my sorrows?').

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. In 2023, she portrayed Montserrat in La mesías, earning a nomination to the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series. In 2023, she published her first book, La otra bestia.

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. She also landed a leading role in Julio Medem's 8, a romancer shot in eight long takes tracking nine decades of Spanish history.

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

See also

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