Patricia Reyes Spíndola

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Núñez and the second or maternal family name is Reyes Spíndola.

Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Spíndola in 2019
Born	Patricia Verónica Núñez Reyes Spíndola[1] 11 July 1953 (age 67)[1] México, Mexico[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1974–present

Patricia Reyes Spíndola (born Patricia Verónica Núñez Reyes Spíndola on 11 July 1953 in México, Mexico)^[1] is a Mexican actress, director and producer. She received four Ariel Award, two for Best Actress (Los Motivos de Luz (1985) and The Queen of the Night (1994)), and two for Supporting Actress (Letters from Marusia (1975) and El otro crimen (1988)).

 

Life and career[edit source]

Spíndola studied to become an actress in several ateliers in Mexico and London. She made her début in the movies in 1972, with El señor de Osanto, and two years later she started working in the Teatro Fru Fru. As an actress, she has worked with directors like Nancy Cárdenas or Arturo Ripstein.

Spíndola has appeared in more than 70 Mexican movies during her career. She received four Ariel Awards and two additional nominations for her film performances.^[2] In 2002, she played Frida Kahlo' mother, Matilde, in the American film Frida.

Spíndola has worked in Mexican telenovelas as of early 1980s, playing mostly antagonists. In early 2000s, she also began working as director, her directing credits include Salomé (2001), La intrusa (2001), and 85 episodes of La mujer del Vendaval (2012-13).

Spíndola has an acting school she runs with her sister, Marta Reyes Spíndola, in the Colonia Juárez neighborhood of Mexico City called M & M Studio, where she also teaches.

On American television, Spíndola guest-starred in 4 episodes in the first season of AMC's Fear the Walking Dead as Griselda Salazar in 2015 and later made two guest appearances in the second season in 2016.^[3] In 2019, she starred opposite Kate del Castillo in the second season of Telemundo/Netflix series La Reina del Sur playing Carmen Martínez.^[4]

Spíndola is cancer survivor. In 2011, she was diagnosed breast cancer and come through mastectomy. In April 2015, she released her book called La vuelta da muchas vidas.^[5][6]

Filmography[edit source]

30 October 2014. Fenix Awards ceremony on Mexico City.

Films[edit source]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	El señor de Osanto		Film debut
1974	Llanto, risas y nocaut
1975	La otra virginidad
1975	La casa del Sur	María
1976	México, México, ra ra ra
1976	Actas de Marusia	Rosa	Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress
1976	La venganza de un hombre llamado Caballo	Gray Thorn
1976	Las poquianchis	Graciela
1977	El elegido	Virgen Maria
1977	Caminando pasos, caminando
1977	Las cenizas del diputado	Ana Maria Godinez
1977	Los iracundos		Short film
1978	Pedro Páramo	Eduviges Dyada
1978	Los hijos de Sánchez
1979	México Norte
1981	Ora sí tenemos que ganar
1982	Retrato de una mujer casada	Luisa
1985	Los motivos de Luz	Luz	Ariel Award for Best Actress Mexican Cinema Journalists Award for Best Actress
1985	El rey de la vecindad	Esposa de Marcos
1986	Va de Nuez
1986	La rebelión de los colgados
1987	Nocturno amor que te vas
1987	Los confines	Esposa	Nominated — Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress
1987	Asesinato en la plaza Garibaldi
1988	La envidia		Short film
1988	El gran relajo mexicano		Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress
1988	El otro crimen
1989	La isla de las garzas		Short film
1989	Mentiras piadosas
1989	Goitia, un dios para sí mismo
1990	Espejismos y ceremonias		Short film
1991	Woman of the Port	Tomasa
19892	Nocturno a Rosario	Soledad
1992	Lucky Break
1992	Golpe de suerte
1993	¡Aquí espaantan!	Remedios
1994	The Queen of the Night	Lucha Reyes	Ariel Award for Best Actress
1995	Mujeres insumisas	Ema	Nominated — Ariel Award for Best Actress
1996	Profundo carmesí	Sra. Ruelas
1998	Noche de paz		Short film
1998	El evangelio de las Maravillas	Micaela
1998	Fuera de la ley
1999	El coronel no tiene quien le escriba	Jacinta
1999	Del otro lado
2000	Antes que anochezca	María Teresa Freye de Andrade
2000	Such Is Life	Adela, The Godmother
2000	La perdición de los hombres	Axe Face
2001	El sueño del caimán	Madre Caimán
2002	Acosada	Licenciada Ortiz
2002	eXXXorcismo
2002	Frida	Matilde Kahlo
2002	La virgen de la lujuria	Raquel
2002	Solamente una vez
2003	La mudanza	Sara
2003	Popis	La abuela	Short film
2004	El edén	Victoria
2005	Between	Mrs. Gonzalez
2006	Mujeres en el Acto
2006	El carnaval de Sodoma	Eréndira
2007	Malos hábitos	Madre Superiora
2008	Amor letra por letra	La Juez
2008	El patio de mi cárcel	Aurora
2008	Solo quiero caminar	Madre de Félix
2008	Todos hemos pecado	La Doñita
2009	El jardín que se seca	Estela	Short film
2009	Un mexicano más	Viuda
2010	Chicogrande	La Sandoval
2011	Chabela Querida	Chabela	Short film
2011	Las razones del corazón	Doña Ruti
2014	Todos están muertos	Doña Rosario
2015	Estar o no estar	Veronica
2015	La teta de Botero	Sofa
2015	El viaje de Keta	Elena	Nominated — Mexican Cinema Journalists Award for Best Supporting Actress
2015	Being or Not Being	Veronica
2015	Bleak Street
2018	Eres mi pasión	Madre Furia
2018	A ti te quería encontrar	Lola
2018	Mi Mariachi	Susana
2019	Vagoneros	Covarrubias
2019	Devil Between the Legs	Isabel
2020	Ánima	Danae

Television[edit source]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Bianca Vidal	Cirila	Television debut
1983	El maleficio	Teodora
1984	La traición	Lidia
1985	Esperándote	Refugio
1988	El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar	Jordana
1989	Hora marcada	Esperanza	Episode: "Noche de paz"
1989	Teresa	Josefina Martínez	TVyNovelas Award for Best Leading Actress
1990	En carne propia	Tota de Ortega
1992	Triángulo	Virginia Granados
1994	El vuelo del águila	Petrona Mori	TVyNovelas for Best Co-star Actress
1994–2004	Mujer, casos de la vida real	Various roles	6 episodes
1995	Azul	Martha
1996	La antorcha encendida	Doña Juana de Foncerrada
1997	María Isabel	Manuela	Nominated — TVyNovelas Award for Best Leading Actress
1997	La santa		Television film
1997	Pueblo chico, infierno grande	Martina
1999	El niño que vino del mar	Alberta Gómez
2001	La intrusa	Renata de Velarde
2001	Salomé	Manola	Nominated — TVyNovelas Award for Best Leading Actress
2003	De pocas, pocas pulgas	Griselda
2003–2004	Mariana de la noche	María Lola	Nominated — TVyNovelas Award for Best Leading Actress
2004	Inocente de ti	Clotilde
2005	La madrastra	Venturina García
2006	La fea más bella	Tomasa Mora
2007	Sexo y otros secretos	Invitada	"Recuerdos y secretos" (Season 1, Episode 6)
2007	Trece miedos	Vecina	"Nuevo comienzo" (Season 1, Episode 7)
2007	XHDRbZ	Mamá de Exelsa	"Los padres de Exelsa" (Season 1, Episode 16)
2008	Fuego en la sangre	Quintina	TVyNovelas for Best Co-star Actress
2008	Terminales	Abuela	"Verdades" (Season 1, Episode 3) "Transplantes" (Season 1, Episode 11)
2008–2010	Mujeres asesinas	Sagrario / Ernestina "Tita" Garza / Carmen	"Cándida, esperanzada" (Season 1, Episode 8) "Tita Garza, estafadora" (Season 2, Episode 6) "Las Cotuchas, Empresarias" (Season 3, Episode 14)
2009	Adictos		"Cocaina" (Season 1, Episode 20)
2010	Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón	Fredesvinda Carretas
2010–2011	Los héroes del norte	Doña Olegaria
2011	Rafaela	Caridad	118 episodes Nominated — TVyNovelas Award for Best Leading Actress
2014	El color de la pasión	Trinidad	38 episodes Nominated — TVyNovelas Award for Best Leading Actress
2015–2016	Fear the Walking Dead	Griselda Salazar	Season 1 (Recurring role; 4 episodes) Season 2 (Guest Star; 2 episodes)
2016	Un camino hacia el destino	Blanca Elizalde Contreras	103 episodes Nominated — TVyNovelas Award for Best Leading Actress
2018	Atrapada	Marcela	13 episodes
2019	La reina del Sur 2	Carmen Martínez	23 episodes
2020-present	La Doña 2	Florencia Molina	75 episodes
2020-2021	Imperio de mentiras