Teresa Ruiz

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Birth Name: Teresa Ruíz López

Age: 35, born 21 December 1988

Country of origin: Mexico

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 5' 4"

Relationship Status: Single

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Description: Teresa Ruiz (born December 21, 1988 in Santiago Matatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico) is a Mexican actress. She grew up in Los Angeles, California where she attended Santa Monica High School, after moving from El Paso, Texas. While living on the border of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Ruiz became an active member of Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa A.C. ("May our Daughters Return Home, Civil Association") a non profit organization composed of mothers, family members, and friends of victims of the female homicides in Ciudad Juárez. Teresa belongs to the youngest generation of the López Mateo family, widely known in Southern Mex Teresa Ruiz (born December 21, 1988 in Santiago Matatlan, Oaxaca, Mexico) is a Mexican actress.

She grew up in Los Angeles, California where she attended Santa Monica High School, after moving from El Paso, Texas. While living on the border of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Ruiz became an active member of Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa A.C. ("May our Daughters Return Home, Civil Association") a non profit organization composed of mothers, family members, and friends of victims of the female homicides in Ciudad Juárez.

Teresa belongs to the youngest generation of the López Mateo family, widely known in Southern Mexico to grow maguey plants, from where they have brewed mezcal for more than four decades. In the eighties, part of the family migrated to the US where they pioneered the popularization Oaxacan gastronomy gaining great success among the American community.

Her debut film Bienvenido Paisano won great success among the Latin American community and became a popular film among migrant families residing in the US. In 2006, she appeared in the Gregory Nava's controversial film 'Bordertown' alongside Jennifer Lopez and Antonio Banderas. The story was based on the murders of women in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and had the support of Amnesty International.

Ruiz is best known for her performance as Mexican drug cartel leader Sandra Avila Beltrán (aka The Queen of Cocaine) in the first and second seasons of the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico. Other works include Aquí en La Tierra; created by Gael García Bernal, which premiered at the first edition of The Cannes Series Festival in April 2018; The Last Ship, produced by Michael Bay and The Delivery co-starring next to Mickey Rourke and directed by Louis Leterrier.

In 2013, Ruiz was invited by the late Martin Landau to become a member of the Actors Studio. The Actors Studio is a membership organization of professional actors led by Al Pacino and is based in New York City and Los Angeles. Ruiz studied method acting under the instruction of Martin Landau and renowned acting coaches Greta Seacat and Sandra Seacat.

In 2014 Ruiz played the part of Veronica in The Actors Studio production of Stephen Adly Guirgi's The Motherfucker with the Hat . The play was produced by Martin Landau, Ellen Burstyn and Al Pacino and opened in Los Angeles in September 2014.

She also played young Frida Kahlo in Ofelia Medina's Cada Quien su Frida; the play had its worldwide premiere at the International Cadiz Theater Festival in Spain, then went on to tour in Cuba, Denmark, the UK, Mexico and the US.

She has been granted several Best Actress awards internationally and is a Lifetime Member of the Actors Studio. Her work in film has garnered her awards for Best Actress internationally, which include The Prix d'Interprétation Féminine in France, The India Catalina in Colombia, The Silver Mayahuel, and the Mexican Academy Award: The Ariel. ... (more)

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