Cecilia Suárez
Biography
Cecilia Suárez is a Mexican actress who grew up in Tampico and moved to the United States in 1991 to attend Illinois State University. She went there to study law but switched to theater and graduated at the top of her program in 1995, making her debut at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre. Sex, Shame and Tears (1999), one of the early Nuevo Cine Mexicano films, brought her first success, and she went on to Hollywood films including Spanglish (2004), The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) and The Air I Breathe (2007). She starred in the HBO series Capadocia from 2008, and her role as La Bambi earned her an Emmy nomination in 2009, the first for a Spanish-speaking actress. She later played Paulina de la Mora in The House of Flowers and appeared in Macho (2016) and Overboard (2018). She has two Ariel nominations and three lifetime achievement awards, among them Mexico's Premio Cuervo Tradicional.
54years old
Turns 55 on November 22in 12 days
- Born Tampico
- Star sign: SagittariusFirst day of the sign, on the Scorpio cusp
- Also credited as Cecilia Suarez
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 23 years1999 to 2022
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A first
Suárez was the first woman to be given the Premio Cuervo Tradicional in 2018. Mexico gives this award for a lifetime of work in film and television.
First role
Suárez's debut came at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, where she also received the Steppenwolf Theatre Acting Fellowship Award as she left college.
Big break
Suárez took her first Hollywood film role in 2004's Spanglish because she wanted to work with director James L. Brooks.
Behind the camera
Suárez directed a short play in 2015. She said she might direct again, but only in theater, which she calls her "greatest passion" and "refuge".
Cecilia Suárez movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Manolo Caro directed four of these films, Antonio Serrano two. Mariana Treviño 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
Mariana Treviño's page
Jesús Ochoa's page
José María Yazpik's page
Juan Pablo Medina's page
Valeria Vera's page
Demian Bichir's page
Also two films together14 more actors
- Paz VegaTales of an Immoral Couple (2016) and Spanglish (2004)
- Angélica AragónElvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It (2014) and Sex, Shame & Tears (1999)
- Manuel Garcia-RulfoPerfectos desconocidos (2018) and Tales of an Immoral Couple (2016)
- Mel RodriguezOverboard (2018) and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
- Luis Gerardo MéndezElvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It (2014) and I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long (2013)
- Silverio PalaciosElvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It (2014) and A Wonderful World (2006)
- Bruno BichirPerfectos desconocidos (2018) and El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza (2012)
- Raúl MéndezI Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long (2013) and A Wonderful World (2006)
- Carmen BeatoA Wonderful World (2006) and Sex, Shame & Tears (1999)
- Gabriel NuncioThis Is Not a Comedy (2021) and Perfectos desconocidos (2018)
- Miguel RodartePerfectos desconocidos (2018) and Macho (2016)
- Zuria VegaElvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It (2014) and I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long (2013)
- Juan Pablo CastañedaTales of an Immoral Couple (2016) and Elvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It (2014)
- Vanessa BaucheElvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It (2014) and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Cecilia Suárez's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$196 million
7 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 7 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 7 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 7Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$91M46.7% of the total
- 2$55M28.4% of the total
- 3$33M16.8% of the total
- 4$12M6.2% of the total
- 5$1.6M0.8% of the total
- 6$1.4M0.7% of the total
- 7$946K0.5% of the total
