Ángeles Cruz

Ángeles CRUZ (1969, Mexico) is an actress and director of Mixtec origin. She holds an Acting degree from the INBA Escuela de Arte Teatral. Having worked as an actress since 1994, she wrote and directed her first short film, La tiricia o cómo curare la tristeza, in 2012, which won the Ariel Award for Best Short Fiction Film. Her subsequent shorts, La carta (2014) and Arcángel (2018), were both nominated for the same prize, with the latter earning her her second win. Nudo Mixteco (2021) is her feature film debut.