Mónica Miguel


Mónica Miguel was a Mexican actress, director, and singer.

Career

Passionate about the arts and especially the theater, she would attend the occasional stage plays that came to Tepic. She joined a performance troupe that was supported by the local administration, but that support came to an end when the administration changed hands.
In pursuit of her artistic dreams on the stage, she traveled to Mexico City. She studied theater at the academy of the Asociación Nacional de Actores. Encouraged by colleagues, she traveled to Japan and then Italy, where she worked in film, theater, and television. There she recorded her first album. Her eight-year stay in Rome gave her maturity as a human being and as an artist. She gave recitals in Greece, Cyprus, and England.
After her return to Mexico, for her performances at the Insurgentes theater, in the works Vine, ví y mejor me fuí and La maestra bebe un poco, she received an award from the Unión de cronistas de Teatro. In 1981 she performed in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" together with Alfredo Sevilla, and Tara Parra Chela Nájera among others. In 1981, the Mexican Association of Theater Critics named her best actress and singer for her performance in Man of La Mancha.
In 1986, she received the María Tereza Montoya and Virginia Fábregas prizes for her acting in Aire frío.
Since 1988, she has directed many popular, internationally distributed soap operas. This work has earned her prizes from the Herald and New York Latin ACE Award. A promoter of the arts of her homeland, she promoted and supported the artistic and cultural values of her fellow countrymen, and was a member of ANDA.

Death

Monica Miguel's death was announced by the Mexican Asociación Nacional de Intérpretes on 12 August 2020. The Organización Nayarita para Desarrollar el Arte tweeted, ''"Con profunda pena notificamos el fallecimiento de la actriz, interprete y directora de escena Mónica Miguel. Descanse en paz. Nuestras más sentidas condolencias y solidaridad para su familia".''

Filmography

As actress

; Radionovelas
  • Rayo de plata
  • Kalimán – Profanadores de Tumbas... Nila Tagore
  • Kalimán – Las Momias de Machu-Pichu... Pekembá
  • Kalimán – La Reina de los Gorilas... Sandra
  • Kalimán – Los Samurais Mensajeros de la Muerte... Diana Morris
  • Kalimán – Más Allá del Más Allá... The Queen of night
; FilmEl tigre de Guanajuato El planeta de las mujeres invasoras – FitiaNight of the Serpent – Ignacio's wifePistol for a Hundred Coffins – JennyBring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia – Dolores de EscomigliaVíbora caliente – RamonaOficio de tinieblas – Catalina Díaz PuíljoUnder Fire – DoctoraGertrudis Bocanegra – NanaMás allá del muro Sueño en otro idioma – Jacinta
; Telenovelas and seriesEntre brumas La casa de Bernarda Alba – MagdalenaOrfeo 9 – ChiromanteWinnetou el mescalero – Nalin VincentPor amor – RamonaAmalia Batista – MatildeAbandonada – LucíaEl engaño – CarmenCómo duele callar – CasimiraYesenia – TrifeniaFlor y canela – AnaMorir para vivir Cuando llega el amor – YulmaAmor de nadie – SocorroDe frente al sol – AmarantaMás allá del puente – AmarantaLazos de amor – CholeMaría Isabel – ChonaMujer, casos de la vida real La casa en la playa – María EstradaAlborada – ModestaSexo y otros secretos – MónicaSortilegio – Maya San JuanLa fuerza del destino – Sanadora SeriLa Tempestad – Madre EusebiaM.D.: Life on the Line – Doña Inés

As director