Teresa Ruiz is a Mexican American actress who is considered one of Mexicos most prominent and respected young actresses.
A lifetime member of The Actors Studio both in New York and Los Angeles. Ruiz is also a graduate of the Meisner and Adler Technique with subsequent studies at the Odin Teatret in Denmark led by Eugenio Barba.
Some of her awards include: The Mexican Mayahuel, The Palms of Amiens, France and The India Catalina in Colombia; Teresa is also a winner and nominee to Mexican Academy Award of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Ariel and of the CANACINE Award all of them as Best Actress.
In theater, she has toured with plays staged in different countries including: UK, Spain, Cuba, Denmark, The United States and Mexico.
Her filmography includes titles such as: Bordertown by Gregory Nava, Welcome Paisano by Rafael Villaseñor Kuri, Mariachi Gringo by Tom Gustafson, Viaje Redondo by Gerardo Tort, Tlatelolco by Carlos Bolado, Cherry Palace by Fez Noriega, Ciudadano Buelna by Felipe Cazals, Colosio: The Assassination directed by Carlos Bolado and Mexicos most highly anticipated Cantinflas by Sebastian Del Amo. Mrs. Ruiz has also appeared in more than a dozen other film and TV titles.
As a producer she presented Leap Year (Año Bisiesto) at the Directors Fortnight for the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, which was awarded with the Camera DOr, a most prestigious award given to a Mexican film for the first time. Her second production Nos Vemos, Papa was premiered at the 2012 Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
