Ana Rujas Explained

Ana Rujas (born 1989) is a Spanish model turned actress.^{[1] [2]}

Early life

Born in 1989 in Madrid,^[3] she enrolled in a modeling agency at age 16.^[4]

Career

Her first big role was in 90-60-90, diario secreto de una adolescente. She featured in . She portrayed Shaila Dúrcal in the biopic of Rocío Dúrcal.^[5] In 2016, she starred in the music video of Zahara, "Caída Libre".^[6] She had endorsed the jewelry brand "Aristocrazy".^[7] She recently acted in a play, ¿Qué sabes tú de mis tristezas? ('What do you know about my sorrows?').^[8]

In 2022, she scooped the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series for her performance in Cardo (co-created by Rujas alongside Claudia Costafreda), which also won the Best Drama Series Award. In 2023, she portrayed Montserrat in La mesías, earning a nomination to the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series.^[9] In 2023, she published her first book, La otra bestia.^[10] In 2024, she was tipped to helm her directorial debut feature under Movistar Plus+, El desencanto, a film in connection to Jaime Chávarri's picture of the same name.^[11] She also landed a leading role in Julio Medem's 8, a romancer shot in eight long takes tracking nine decades of Spanish history.^[12]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
			Cardo
		Best Television Actress in a Leading Role
		Best Actress in a TV Series	La mesías
		Best Screenplay (Fiction)	Cardo
			La mesías
		Best Television Actress in a Leading Role

Notes and References

1. Web site: El diario de belleza de Ana Rujas. 2016-08-07.
2. Web site: Ana Rujas y su confesión más rotunda: "Mi profesión me ha decepcionado". Vozpopuli. tendencias.vozpopuli.com. 2016-08-07. 2016-05-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20160529121633/http://tendencias.vozpopuli.com/estilo/7666-ana-rujas-y-su-confesion-mas-rotunda-mi-profesion-me-ha-decepcionado. dead.
3. Web site: Ana Rujas: "No se renuncia nunca al barrio, quien reniega de sus raíces está jodido en la vida". El Mundo. Pablo R.. Roces. 6 November 2021.
4. Web site: Ana Rujas, actriz y runner. es-ES. 2016-08-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20160325235729/http://www.eldesmarque.com/la-chica-del-dia/104732-ana-rujas-actriz-y-runner. 2016-03-25. dead.
5. Web site: Ana Rujas se confiesa: de tatuajes, joyas y Enrique Iglesias. S.L. telva com, Unidad Editorial Internet. 2015-11-12. TELVA. 2016-08-07.
6. Web site: Andrea Duro, Ana Rujas, Barei, Angy... Zahara se rodea de estrellas en el videoclip de 'Caída Libre'. 2016-08-07.
7. Web site: La actriz Ana Rujas, en el 5º aniversario de la firma Aristocrazy. 2016-08-07.
8. Web site: Ballesteros . María . Ana Rujas: "He procurado no volverme una actriz loca" . EL PAÍS . 2016-06-20 . es . 2016-08-07.
9. Web site: Ana Rujas: «Ser actriz es una elección de vida o muerte. Para mí no hay otra forma de ser». La Razón. 30 December 2023. Marina. Cartagena.
10. Web site: Ana Rujas: "El lenguaje hace que cambien las cosas". El Mundo. 28 July 2023. Darío. Prieto.
11. Web site: Movistar Plus+ da el salto al cine y producirá sus propias películas: de lo nuevo de Rodrigo Sorogoyen al debut de Ana Rujas. Fotogramas. 18 January 2024. Raquel. Chamorro.
12. Web site: Javier Rey, Ana Rujas, Álvaro Morte, Loreto Mauleón y Tamar Novas ruedan en Bizkaia la nueva película de Julio Medem. Deia. 23 February 2024.