Luisa Huertas
Date of birth: 1951-01-01
Place of birth: San Salvador, El Salvador
Known for: Acting
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Biography
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.
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KM 31: Kilometer 31
2006-10-19
While driving through the kilometer 31 of a lonely road, Agata Hameran hits a boy. She leaves her ca
Written on the Body of Night
2001-05-26
A look back at a director's life with his neurotic mother.
The Mask of Zorro
1998-07-16
It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as
To Love Too Much
2002-06-07
Laura and Beatriz are two sisters in search of a dream in common: to run a guest house abroad and li
Blue Eyelids
2007-04-02
Marina wins a paradise vacation for two, but when she realizes that she has no one to bring along, s
The Crime of Padre Amaro
2002-10-01
Sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito, young Father Amaro faces a moral challenge
Bedtime Fairy Tales for Crocodiles
2002-03-22
A man who travels back to the house of his father, grandfather and backwards.
José, hijo del hombre
1989-01-01
Mexican feature film
Half of the World
2011-01-21
The story is about a young man suffering mental retardation and sexual awakening, poet is charismati
Laudate Pueri
1983-03-05
Sin remitente
1995-10-06
A lonely, aging postal worker finds himself the victim of a cruel practical joke in this pessimistic
Under a Spell
1999-02-19
In the Yucatan coast of the thirties , Elisha, a boy of 13, is initiated into the art of love by Fel
The Queen of the Night
1994-09-07
The legendary life of Mexican singer Lucha Reyes is the basis of this fictionalized biography ( or a
Patron Saint
2023-09-01
After losing her job, an elderly woman finds a mysterious stain on the wall of her house in the shap
Potosí
2013-07-21
Potosi, a rural town in Latin America, is the crossfire of the ravaging that has devastated the nort
The Last Veil
2013-09-14
Citliali, a lonely woman, faces a difficult, marginalized life, which seems to be full of obstacles.
Machete Language
2012-06-01
Love and political passion shared between an activist and his punk singer girlfriend goes to extreme
Las asesinas del panadero
1989-01-01
Mexican feature film
Iguana Like the Sun
2022-10-31
In a humble coastal tropical compound, amidst a total eclipse of the sun, an unexpected guest arouse
We Shall not be Moved
2024-12-11
Socorro is a lawyer obsessed with finding the soldier who killed her brother during the 1968 Tlatelo
Violent Stories
1985-08-29
Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film.
Beat
2000-01-29
The true story of two murders that shaped the lives of several college students who went on to becom
The Juror
1996-02-02
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she
McHale's Navy
1997-04-18
Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the ol
De la infancia
2010-03-14
Niebla, a teenage gangster, is killed in a shootout and his ghost returns to help Francisco, a ten-y
Hasta Morir
1994-06-01
A street kid's wish to run away to Tijuana is hampered by lies and betrayal
The Cost of Living
1989-03-16
This is a prophetic drama about a young couple, Miguel and Patricia, who desperately need money and
The Janitor
At 75 years old, Ricardo has problems balancing his job as a janitor at an elementary school and the
En las manos de Dios
1996-01-01
Melodrama that revolves around a woman who suddenly discovers her husband's infidelity without assum
Pulling Strings
2013-10-05
Rachel is an intelligent, modern-day woman constantly on the move. Primarily focused on her career a
Sofía
2000-06-22
A volcano scientist (Issabela Camil) arrives in Mexico to study the Popocatepetl volcano. The journe
Love Lies
1989-07-01
Set in Mexico City, Mentiras Piadosas is the doomed love story of Clara and Israel. She is a health
Take It as you Like
1971-01-01
Three students wander through the UNAM University City at the dawn of the October 2 massacre and in
The Honest Candidate
2024-08-08
A former idealistic leader turned corrupt politician is cursed by his grandmother on the eve of the
The Arrival
1996-05-31
Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origin
Dos mujeres y una vaca
2016-05-19
After months without news of Pastor, his wife Hermelinda receives a letter. Eager to know the conten
Heart Of Adobe
A film about traditions of Hueyapan.
We Vanish
2018-08-12
After the devastating disappearance of her teenaged daughter, Rocío attempts to uncover the truth in
Impossible Things
2021-06-17
After the death of her abusive husband, Matilde finds her new best friend in Miguel, her young, inse
Rencor
2005-08-30
A beautiful, wealthy socialite is implicated in a violent murder by her aimless younger lover, and h
The Overturning Of The Heart
1996-10-18
1941, Jose Antelmo Cruz regrets his past while writing a novel and falling in love with a prostitute
The Realm of Fortune
1986-11-28
Poor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything th
The Beginning and the End
1994-06-24
The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty af
Reliefs
2025-09-01
Carlos is approaching midlife trapped in a personal crisis that has lingered too long. Rosa, his mot
Las Locuras
2025-09-18
The human experience, portraying a single intense day. Examines how individuals are pushed to their