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Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Reyes Spíndola in 2019
Born	Patricia Verónica Núñez Reyes Spíndola (1953-07-11) 11 July 1953 (age 71) Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1974–present

Patricia Verónica Núñez Reyes Spíndola (born 11 July 1953) is a Mexican actress, director, and producer. She has received four Ariel Awards, two for Best Actress (Los Motivos de Luz in 1985 and The Queen of the Night in 1994), and two for Supporting Actress (Letters from Marusia in 1975 and El otro crimen in 1988).

Life and career

Spíndola studied to become an actress in several ateliers in Mexico and London. She made her movie début in 1972, with El señor de Osanto, and two years later she started working in the Teatro Fru Fru. As an actress, she has worked with directors like Nancy Cárdenas and Arturo Ripstein.

Spíndola has appeared in more than 70 Mexican movies during her career. She received four Ariel Awards and two additional nominations for her film performances. In 2002, she played Frida Kahlo's mother, Matilde, in the American film Frida.

Spíndola has worked in Mexican telenovelas as of early 1980s, playing mostly antagonists. In early 2000s, she also began working as a director. Her directing credits include Salomé (2001), La intrusa (2001), and 85 episodes of La mujer del Vendaval (2012–13).

Spíndola has an acting school she runs with her sister, Marta Reyes Spíndola, in the Colonia Juárez neighborhood of Mexico City called M & M Studio, where she also teaches.

On American television, Spíndola guest-starred in four episodes in the first season of AMC's Fear the Walking Dead as Griselda Salazar in 2015 and later made two guest appearances in the second season in 2016. In 2019, she starred opposite Kate del Castillo in the second season of Telemundo/Netflix series La Reina del Sur playing Carmen Martínez.

Spíndola is a cancer survivor. In 2011, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and came through mastectomy. In April 2015, she released her book called La vuelta da muchas vidas.

Filmography

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Films

Television

References

1. "Patricia Reyes Spíndola: Su biografía". sensacine.com.mx. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
2. "Patricia Reyes Spíndola". IMDb.
3. "La mexicana Patricia Reyes Spíndola estará en The Walking Dead - PeopleenEspanol.com". PeopleenEspanol.com. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
4. "Los personajes y actores de 'La Reina del Sur 2': ¿quién es quién en la segunda temporada?". Telemundo. 31 May 2019.
5. Spindola, Patricia Reyes (28 April 2015). La Vuelta da Muchas Vidas. ISBN 978-6070726132.
6. "El cáncer hizo ver la muerte a Patricia Reyes Spíndola". 24 September 2018.
7. Pereda Maldonado, Armando (27 September 2023). "Patricia Reyes Spíndola deja el drama para cumplir su sueño de hacer comedia". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2024.

External links

• Patricia Reyes Spíndola at IMDb
• HWK Biography

• 1953 births
• Living people
• Mexican film actresses
• Mexican television actresses
• Mexican telenovela actresses
• Mexican stage actresses
• Ariel Award winners
• Actresses from Oaxaca
• People from Oaxaca