Ángeles Cruz is a Mexican 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 curar la tristeza, in 2012, which won the Ariel Award for Best Short Fiction Film. Her subsequent shorts, La carta (2014) and Arcángel (2018), were nominated for the same prize, with the latter earning her a second win.

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In 2021, Ángeles Cruz’s feature film debut, Nudo Mixteco (2021), won the Mexican Academy Award for best first feature just after a successful festival run, premiering at the Miami International Film Festival and Rotterdam. Valentina or the Serenity (Valentina o la serenidad, 2023), her second feature, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Throughout her career, Ángeles Cruz has obtained recognition from various festivals around the world, which have rewarded her work carried out mainly in the community from which she originates.