Luisa Huertas
Acting
Born January 1, 1951, San Salvador, El Salvador
Luisa Huertas is an actress of Salvadoran and Mexican nationality, born on June 24, 1951, in San Salvador, El Salvador. Born to a Spanish refugee father and a Mexican businesswoman mother, Luisa was trained at the Escuela de Arte Teatral del INBA and the Centro Universitario de Teatro CUT-UNAM, two of Mexico's most respected institutions. She spent part of the 1970s in film and was also known for her role as Rosita in the children's series Sesame Street, before beginning her remarkable career in Mexican television, in several of the most popular and recognized telenovelas, including Dulce Desafío (1988-1989), Carrusel (1989), Al filo de la muerte (1991), Volver a empezar (1994), among others. A founding member of the Mexican Academy of Theatrical Art, in addition to being a member of the Advisory Board of the CUT of the UNAM, she has also been a stable and frequent cast member of the National Theater Company. In recent years, Luisa has participated in series such as La casa de las flores (2020), Todo por nada (2021) and in films such as Dos mujeres y una Vaca (2015) and Cosas imposibles (2021). She is a graduate of the Escuela de Arte Teatral del INBA and the Centro Universitario de Teatro, CUT-UNAM where she has also taught. She is co-founder and General Director of the Centro de Estudios para el Uso de la Voz (CEUVOZ). She received the Asociación de Periodistas de Teatro award and the Metro award both for best actress for El diccionario. She won the Ariel for her role in Arturo Ripstein's Mentiras Piadosas. She is a founding member of the Academia Mexicana de Arte Teatral, A.C. and is part of the stable cast of the Compañía Nacional de Teatro. In 2020 she was named by Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum, Living Cultural Heritage of Mexico City, celebrating 50 years of career.
Filmography
- 2026Ashes
- Prison Cell 211 — Nana Pancha
- 2025Reliefs — Rosa
- 2025The Follies — Paz
- 2025The Janitor
- I Have to Die Every Night — Jovita
- 2024The Honest Candidate — Abuela Tona
- 2024We Shall Not Be Moved — Socorro
- 2023Patron Saint — Tere
- 2022Iguana Like the Sun — Dolores
- 2021Impossible Things — Eugenia
- 2018We Vanish — Carmella
- 2016Dos mujeres y una vaca — Rosana
- El Chema — Nelly
- 2015One for the Road — Olivia
- 2013Potosí — Rafaela
- 2013Pulling Strings — Old Woman
- 2013The Last Veil — Josefina
- 2012Machete Language
- 2011Half of the World — Graciana
- 2010De la infancia — Vecina
- 2007Blue Eyelids — Mercedes
- 2006KM 31: Kilometer 31 — Anciana
- 2005Rencor
- Gitanas — Mamá Pasca Antich
- 2002Bedtime Fairy Tales for Crocodiles — Isabel
- 2002The Crime of Padre Amaro — Dionisia
- 2002To Love Too Much — Vendedora de flores
- 2001Written on the Body of Night — In-movie grandmother
- 2000Beat — Maria (uncredited)
- 2000Sofía
- 1999Under a Spell — María - Eliseo's Mother
- Gotita de Amor — Hermana Cándida
- 1998The Mask of Zorro — Nanny
- 1997McHale's Navy — Nurse
- 1996En las manos de Dios
- 1996The Arrival — Security Woman
- 1996The Juror — Car Rental Agent
- 1996The Overturning Of The Heart
- 1995Sin remitente — Teresita de Jesús
- 1994Hasta Morir — Cajera
- 1994The Beginning and the End — Isabel
- 1994The Queen of the Night — Beggar
- 1989José, hijo del hombre
- 1989Las asesinas del panadero
- 1989Love Lies — Pilar
- 1989The Cost of Living
- The Marked Hour
- 1986The Realm of Fortune — Campesina
- 1985Violent Stories
- 1983Laudate Pueri
- 1971Take It as you Like
- Heart Of Adobe