Anabell Gardoqui "Ana" de la Reguera is a Mexican actress who has starred in
telenovelas, films, and the HBO television series Eastbound & Down.
Early life Reguera was born in Veracruz, Mexico.
Her mother, Nena de la Reguera, was a Miss Veracruz who became a journalist
and TV personality. She began her performance arts studies in the
Instituto Veracruzano de Cultura and was the host of Pasarela on Televisa
Veracruz. She left the Televisa's CEA, and then studied with Rosa María
Bianchi, Patricia Reyes Spíndola and Rafael Miranau. She also studied at the
Centro de Formación Actoral de TV Azteca.
Acting career = Telenovelas=
Her acting career began with her role in the telenovela Azul followed by Pueblo
chico, infierno grande, with Verónica Castro, for which she received the
Heraldo award for best female acting, and Desencuentro which was her third
telenovela under the direction of Ernesto Alonso.
Tentaciones marked her beginning with the production company Argos
Comunicación. She was immediately offered a role in Destino and Todo por
amor, for which she received the Palmas de oro award.
Cara o Cruz was the first telenovela co-production between Argos Comunicación
and Telemundo, that was made exclusively for the Hispanic audience living in the
United States. It was later rebroadcast in Mexico, by independent channel CNI.
She was also seen playing María in the telenovela Por tí for TV Azteca and the
mini-series that followed up on Pedro El Escamoso, Como Pedro por su casa which
was a co-production between Caracol from Colombia and Telemundo.
In 2014 she booked a role in Netflix "Narcos", the true-life story of the
growth and spread of cocaine drug cartels across the globe and attendant
efforts of law enforcement to meet them head on in brutal, bloody conflict. She
plays Elisa. Televsion
Reguera played the role of Lorena Guerra in the HBO series Capadocia. The first
season of the series was broadcast in 2008 and it continued for 3 seasons. The
series received good reviews. = Commercial work=
Reguera has been in many commercials and television shows in Mexico, such as:
Mujer, casos de la vida real, Al derecho y al Derbez, Íntimamente Shanik,
Chiquitos pero picosos, La venta increíble, Llévatelo and Cómplices en
familia. 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.
In 2010, she began appearing in commercials for Kahlúa liqueur. She
signed a multimillion-dollar contract with CoverGirl to be one of the official
faces, along with Drew Barrymore and Queen Latifah, of its ad campaign.
= Film= 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 Ladies Night, alongside Ana Claudia
Talancón. In 2005 she played the starring role in Gitanas which aired on
Telemundo in the United States. She is perhaps best known for her role
as Sister Encarnación in Nacho Libre, a film by Jared Hess, director of Napoleon
Dynamite. She also played a small role in the movie, Cowboys & Aliens.
In 2010, she played the historical Josefa Quintana, a mistress of Father
Miguel Hidalgo, hero of the Mexican War of Independence in the Mexican film
Hidalgo: La historia jamás contada. Other ventures
In 2006, Reguera hosted the MTV Video Music Awards Latin America along with
Mexican alternative rock group Molotov. She is currently working with Argos
Comunicación on the HBO Latin American series "Capadocia" along with Rebecca
Jones and also serves as the image for the beauty brand esika, one of the most
important brands in Latin America. Reguera appeared as Kenny Powers' love
interest in Season 2 of HBO's hit series Eastbound & Down.
Filmography References
External links Official website
Ana de la Reguera at the Internet Movie Database