Ana de la Reguera Biography
Ana de la Reguera (b. April 8, 1977 in Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican telenovela and movie actress.
Ana began her performance arts studies in the Instituto Veracruzano de Cultura and was the host Pasarela on Televisa Veracruz. She left the Televisa’s CEA, and then studied with Rosa MarÃa Bianchi, Patricia Reyes SpÃndola and Rafael Miranau. Furthermore she studied with Raúl Quintanilla in the Centro de Formación Actoral de TV Azteca (CEFAC).
Her professional career began with her role in the telenovela Azúl (1996) followed by Pueblo chico, infierno grande (1997) for which she received the Heraldo award for best female acting, and Desencuentro which was her third in telenovela under the direction of Ernesto Alonso.
Tentaciones (1998) marked her beginning with the production company Producciones Argos. She was immediately offered a role in Destino and Todo por amor, where she received the Palmas de oro award.
Cruz o Cara was her third telenovela with Argos and was later aired by Telemundo in the United States. Ana was also seen playing MarÃa in the telenovela Por tà and Como Pedro por su casa.
She has been in many commercials and tv shows in Mexico, such as: Mujer, casos de la vida real, Al derecho y al Dérbez, Ãntimamente Shanik, Chiquitos pero picosos, La venta increÃble, Llévatelo, and Cómplices en familia, to mention only a few.
In theatre she has participated in El cartero directed by Raúl Quintanilla, for which she received two awards from the ‘Mexican Association of Theatre Journalists.
Her introduction to film began in Por la Libre, under the direction of Juan Carlos de Llaca. Later she acted in the film Un Secreto de Esperanza and in 2003 Lady’s Night, alongside Ana Claudia Talancón. In 2005 she played the starring role in Gitanas which aired on Telemundo in the U.S.
She will play the role of beautiful nun Sister Encarnación in Nacho Libre, the upcoming film by Jared Hess, director of Napoleon Dynamite.