Blanca Guerra

Blanca Guerra is a Universidad Autónoma de México (UAM) alumni. She studied at the Centro Universitario de Teatro (CUT). Her most famous theatre plays are Soles truncos, directed by Nancy Cárdenas; El sueño de una noche de verano and Rey Lear, both directed by Salvador Garcini; Las relaciones peligrosas, directed by José Luis Ibáñez; Secretos de familia and Un nuevo capítulo en mi vida, directed by Héctor Mendoza; La reina de belleza de Leenane, directed by Iona Weisberg; Prendida de las lámparas, directed by Alberto Lomnitz; Agosto, directed by Jaime Matarredona; ¿Quién teme a Virginia Woolf?, directed by Daniel Veronese and La gaviota, directed by Diego del Río. Blanca Guerra has more than 120 films under her belt, the most notable ones being: El imperio de la fortuna, Principio y fin and La reina de la noche, directed by Arturo Ripstein; Sandino, directed by Miguel Litin; Danzón, directed by María Novaro; Santa Sangre, directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky; Morir en el Golfo and Días difíciles, directed by Alejandro Pelayo; Ciudad de ciegos, directed by Alberto Cortés; Motel, directed by Luis Mandoki; Nocaut, directed by José Luis García Agraz; Un embrujo, directed by Carlos Carrera; Niñas mal, directed by Fernando Sariñana; Walker, directed by Alex Cox and Peligro inminent, directed by Philip Noice, among others. On TV she has participated in 8 soap operas, including: Valentina, La casa en la Playa, Alma de Hierro, Abismo de pasión and Tres veces Ana. Her performances have granted her several awards, most notably, 4 Arieles as Best Actress and 2 Arieles as Supporting Actress; Coral de Cuba for Best Supporting Actress; Catalina de Cartagena for Best Actress; 2 TVyNovelas awards; Premio de la Agrupación de Periodistas Teatrales for her performance at Yerma; Premio de la ACPT Best Actress for ¿Quién teme a Virginia Woolf?, and Premio de la APT for Best Actress for La gaviota. She has been a jury member at festivals in Moscow, Huelva, Mar del Plata and Biarritz. She served as President at the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas from 2013 to 2015. Since 2018 she is a member of the Hollywood Academy.

Festival Internacional de Cine de Monterrey