Acting · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico · Born December 12, 1944
Diana Bracho (born Diana Bracho Bordes on December 12, 1944 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress. Diana Bracho is the daughter of actor/director Julio Bracho, the niece of actress Andrea Palma and the aunt of actor Julio Bracho (named after his grandfather). She married Dr. Felipe Bracho, a university professor. They have a daughter, Andrea. She married, secondly, to Rafael Cortes, an artist, designer and painter. She made her film debut as a child actress in two of her father's films: San Felipe (1949) and Immaculate Conception(1950). She studied Philosophy and Letters in New York. She debuted professionally on stage in the play Israfel by Abelardo Rodríguez alongside Sergio Bustamante. Her television debut was in 1973. Diana Bracho won the Silver Ariel award twice, the first time in 1973. She won her second Silver Ariel for El infierno, de todos tan temído and was nominated for Best Actress for Letters from Marusia (1976) and Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda (1996). On August 6, 2002 she was appointed president of theAcademia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. She has been involved in co-productions with countries such asThe Chess Player (France); Edmilson (Germany), The Dogs of War (Britain), The Aleph (Italy), The legend of the Drum (Spain), Antonieta (Spain) and On Wings of Eagles (United States). She starred in several television series and soap operas, notably as Leonora Navarro in the telenovela Cuna de lobos (1986), produced by Carlos Tellez. She also played the villainous Evangelina Vizcaíno in Cadenas de Amargura (1991), produced by Carlos Sotomayor. She is set to play the role of the black widow in the third season of Mujeres Asesinas. Though Diana was confirmed to star in Salvador Mejía's new telenovela: La tempestad, she rejected her participation.
TVHermanas, un amor compartido
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TVRegalo de amor
2025
as Catalina
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2023
MovieLa posada
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as Leticia
MovieAll the Silence
2023
as Diana
TVEl show: crónica de un asesinato
2023
as Self / Leonora Navarro (archive footage)
MovieMaría: La Diva Eterna
2023
as Self
TVEternamente Amándonos
2023
as Martina Rangel de Iturbide
MovieThe Exorcist
2022
as La Serpiente (voice)
TVLéemelo
2022
as Self
MovieWhat a Father!
2022
MovieFor Better, For Worse
2019
as Elena
MovieI Wanted to Find You
2018
as Sofía
MovieCerulia
2017
as (Voice)
TVMi marido tiene familia
2017
as Blanca Gómez Beltrán de Córcega
TVSecrets at the Hotel
2016
as Teresa Alarcón
MovieMaría Bonita
2015
as María Félix
MovieMy Universe in Lowercase
2013
as Josefina
TVQuiero Amarte
2013
as Lucrecia Ugarte de Montesinos
MovieAmorous Pancho Villa
2013
as Señora Corral
MovieMartin at Dawn
2013
as Lucía
MovieLa noche de las flores
2011
TVRafaela
2011
as Morelia Echaverria de de La Vega
MovieBuddah's Head
2009
as Tomás's Mother (voice)
MovieDivine Confusion
2008
as Julia
Movie3:19
2008
as Lucía
TVKiller Women
2008
as Norma
TVBurning for Revenge
2008
as Doña Gabriela Acevedo Vda. de Elizondo
MovieEros una vez María
2007
as María, madre de Tonatiuh
MovieBurn the Bridges
2007
as Catalina
MovieCurse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el
2007
as J-ok'el
MovieLas Ladrilleras
2006
TVWounds of Love
2006
as Bertha de Aragón
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2003
as Beta
TVBajo la misma piel
2003
as Sara Ortiz Escalante de Murillo
TVLas Lunas del Auditorio
2002
as Self
MovieThe Faces of the Moon
2002
as Magdalena Hoyos
MovieLife Kills
2002
as Reportera
MovieY Tu Mamá También
2001
as Silvia Allende de Iturbide
MovieBehind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
2001
as Self
TVEl derecho de nacer
2001
as Clemencia Rivera de del Junco
TVInfierno en el paraíso
1999
as Dariana Valdivia
MovieThe Other Conquest
1999
as Doña Juana
TVConversando con Cristina Pacheco
1997
as Self
MovieDe muerte natural
1996
MovieBetween Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman
1996
as Gina López
MovieEl repartidor de pensamientos
1996
TVRetrato de familia
1995
as Irene Mariscal
TVAlondra
1995
as Alondra
TVCapricho
1993
as Eugenia Montaño de Aranda
MovieSerpientes y escaleras
1992
as Adelaida
TVCadenas de amargura
1991
as Evangelina Vizcaíno Lara
MovieLas asesinas del panadero
1989
MovieRomelia's Secret
1988
as Dolores de Román
TVPasión y poder
1988
as Ana Laura Montesinos de Gómez-Luna
TVThe Marked Hour
1988
TVPapá Soltero
1987
TVDen of Wolves
1986
as Leonora Navarro
MovieRound
1986
as María Magdalena
MovieLos Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia
1986
TVEsperándote
1985
as Isabel
MovieViolent Stories
1985
as Diana
MovieEl héroe desconocido
1983
as Chela
MovieI Don't Know For Sure, But I Suppose
1982
as Dalia
MovieLa leyenda del tambor
1981
as Paula
MovieEveryone's Hell So Feared
1981
as Andrea
MovieMax Dominó
1981
MovieThe Dogs of War
1980
as Nun
MovieAunt Alejandra
1980
as Lucia
MovieCrónica íntima
1979
MovieLas Poquianchis
1976
as Adelina
MovieEl hombre del puente
1976
MovieChin Chin el teporocho
1976
MovieLetters from Marusia
1975
as Luisa
MovieThe Birthday of the Dog
1975
as Silvia Ballesteros
MovieLa casa de Bernarda Alba
1974
as Amelia
MovieThe Encounter of a Lonely Man
1974
as Renata
MovieThe Holy Inquisition
1974
as Mariana de Carvajal
TVLos miserables
1974
as Cosette
MovieCastle of Purity
1973
as Utopía
MovieInmaculada
1950
as Rosalía (Niña)
MovieFelipe de Jesús
1949
as Rosalia (Niña)
