Ana Rujas (born 1989) is a Spanish model turned actress.[1][2]
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 Ana Rujas surrounded by a FX wall of fire on the set of Alice Waddington-directed Disco Inferno | |
| Born | 1989 (age 34–35) |
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Early life
Born in 1989 in Madrid,[3] she enrolled in a modeling agency at age 16.[4]
Career
Her first big role was in 90-60-90, diario secreto de una adolescente. She featured in HKM. She portrayed Shaila Dúrcal in the biopic of Rocío Dúrcal.[5] In 2016, she starred in the music video of Zahara, "Caída Libre".[6] She had endorsed the jewelry brand "Aristocrazy".[7] She recently acted in a play, ¿Qué sabes tú de mis tristezas? ('What do you know about my sorrows?').[8]
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.[9] In 2023, she portrayed Montserrat in La mesías, earning a nomination to the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series.[10] In 2023, she published her first book, La otra bestia.[11]
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.[12] She also landed a leading role in Julio Medem's 8, a romancer shot in eight long takes tracking nine decades of Spanish history.[13]
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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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 |