Yalitza Aparicio
Acting
Biography
Yalitza Aparicio Martínez (born 11 December 1993) is a Mexican actress. She is known for her debut acting role in Alfonso Cuarón's Roma (2018), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination.
Born: December 11, 1993
Place of Birth: Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, México
Known For
Road to Roma
Director Alfonso Cuarón reflects on the childhood memories, period details and creative choices that shaped his Academy Award-winning film 'ROMA.'
Midnight Family
Marigaby is a medical student by day—and by night, she saves lives with her family in Mexico City's high-stakes business of private ambulances. As pressure from both worlds threatens to drag her down, Marigaby will do whatever it takes to stay afloat.
Roma
In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.
Mujeres Asesinas
An anthology series featuring women from different walks of life who are driven to violence and murder because of circumstances varying from mental illness and domestic violence to humiliation and manipulation.
Latin Grammy Awards
A Latin Grammy Award is an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the world that were recorded in either Spanish or Portuguese and is awarded in the United States.
Presencias
A man returns to his father's cabin where he spent a good part of his childhood and where his younger sister drowned.
The Great Seduction
When a golden opportunity arises to boost the fortunes of a forgotten fishing town, its residents set out to trick their way to making it happen.
Unburied
Aylín, a teenager from a working-class neighborhood, discovers her supernatural abilities: when she eats soil, she has visions that help her find missing people. Together with her brother and friends, she learns to master this new power. As her skills strengthen, she becomes a heroine fighting against the violence and injustice plaguing her neighborhood.
Los Espookys
A group of friends turn their love for horror into a peculiar business, providing horror to those who need it, in a dreamy Latin American country where the strange and eerie are just part of daily life.
Let's Dance
Justin Peck, the New York City Ballet's resident choreographer, created a series of dances for 2018's best actors. The scenarios put everyday characters in familiar situations: packed into a subway car, stuck in a doctor's office, caught in downpour. But once they start moving, the actors turn our common experiences into welcome moments of enchantment.
Filmography
as Frida (Jesus' Mother)
as Nayelly
as Ana
as Inés
as Rocío
as Paulina
as Self
as The Moon
as Segment: "The Daisy"
as Cleo Gutiérrez
as Self