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 HKM [
es]. 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.[9] In 2023, she portrayed Montserrat in La mesías, earning a nomination to the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series.[10] In 2023, she published her first book, La otra bestia.[11]
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.[12] She also landed a leading role in
Julio Medem's 8, a romancer shot in eight long takes tracking nine decades of Spanish history.[13]