Ana de la Reguera
Biography
Ana de la Reguera is a Mexican actress who began her career in telenovelas. Born in Veracruz, she first appeared in Azul (1996) and Pueblo chico, infierno grande (1997), winning a Heraldo award for best female acting. She went on to roles in Tentaciones (1998) and Gitanas. On television, she was part of the HBO series Capadocia and appeared in Eastbound & Down, Narcos, and Goliath. Her film work includes Nacho Libre (2006), where she played Sister Encarnación, and Cowboys & Aliens (2011). She also appeared in Backyard (2009), earning CANCACINE and Imagen awards, Everything, Everything (2017), Army of the Dead (2021), and The Forever Purge (2021). She received an MTV Movie Award for Ladies Night and a Dolores del Rio award. In theater, she won honors for El Cartero. She has hosted the MTV Video Music Awards Latin America and the Latin Grammy Awards.
49years old
Turns 50 on April 8in 149 days
- Born Veracruz
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 19 years2006 to 2025
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Early training
Ana de la Reguera trained at Televisa's CEA before further study with Juan Carlos Corazza in Spain and with Aaron Spicer, Lisa Robertson and Joan Scheckel in Los Angeles.
First role
De la Reguera's first screen work was the 1996 telenovela Azul, and she followed it with Pueblo chico, infierno grande opposite Verónica Castro, winning the Heraldo award for best female acting.
Beyond film
De la Reguera hosted the MTV Video Music Awards Latin America in 2006 and co-hosted the 2018 Latin Grammy Awards with Carlos Rivera.
Ana de la Reguera movies on Netflix
Elioas Ambassador Turais (voice)
Una pequeña confusiónas Lola
¡Que viva México!as Mari
Army of the Deadas Maria Cruz
The Forever Purgeas Adela
Everything, Everythingas Carla Romero
Machoas Herself
Jessabelleas Rosaura
The Book of Lifeas Carmen Sánchez (voice)
Cowboys & Aliensas Maria
Cop Outas Gabriela
Paraiso Travelas Milagros Valdez
Nacho Libreas Sister Encarnación
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Ana de la Reguera appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.






Films together
Ana de la Reguera5 films together, 2006 to 2017
Ana de la Reguera's page Everything, Everything2017IMDb rating 6.3Reguera as Carla RomeroReguera as Carla
Jessabelle2014IMDb rating 5.4Reguera as RosauraReguera as Rosaura
The Book of Life2014IMDb rating 7.2Reguera as Carmen SánchezvoiceReguera as Skeleton Carmenvoice
Cowboys & Aliens2011IMDb rating 6.0Reguera as MariaReguera as Maria
Nacho Libre2006IMDb rating 6.0Reguera as Sister EncarnaciónReguera as Sister Encarnación
Zoe Saldana2 films together, 2014 to 2025
Zoe Saldana's page Elio2025IMDb rating 6.6Reguera as Ambassador TuraisvoiceSaldana as Olga Solísvoice
The Book of Life2014IMDb rating 7.2Reguera as Carmen SánchezvoiceSaldana as Mariavoice
Raúl Castillo2 films together, 2008 to 2021
Raúl Castillo's page Army of the Dead2021IMDb rating 5.8Reguera as Maria CruzCastillo as Mikey Guzman
Paraiso Travel2008IMDb rating 7.0Reguera as Milagros ValdezCastillo as Carlos
Matthias Schweighöfer2 films together, 2021 to 2025
Matthias Schweighöfer's page Elio2025IMDb rating 6.6Reguera as Ambassador TuraisvoiceSchweighöfer as Ambassador Tegmenvoice
Army of the Dead2021IMDb rating 5.8Reguera as Maria CruzSchweighöfer as Ludwig Dieter
Vico Escorcia2 films together, 2023 to 2024
Vico Escorcia's page Una pequeña confusión2024IMDb rating 5.7Reguera as LolaEscorcia as Majo
¡Que viva México!2023IMDb rating 5.6Reguera as MariEscorcia as Bartola
Box office
What Ana de la Reguera's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$940 million
11 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 13 films: 11 worldwide figure; 2 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$191M20.3% of the total
- 2$175M18.6% of the total
- 3$154M16.4% of the total
- 4$99M10.6% of the total
- 5$97M10.4% of the total
- 6$77M8.2% of the total
- 7$62M6.6% of the total
- 8$56M5.9% of the total













