Ana Rujas

Ana Rujas Guerrero was born on 14 May 1989 in Madrid.^[3][4][5] She enrolled in a modeling agency at age 16.^[6] She received acting training at the school of Juan Carlos Corazza.^[7]

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.^[8] In 2016, she starred in the music video of Zahara, "Caída Libre".^[9] She had endorsed the jewelry brand "Aristocrazy".^[10] She recently acted in a play, ¿Qué sabes tú de mis tristezas? ('What do you know about my sorrows?').^[11]

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.^[12] In 2023, she portrayed Montserrat in La mesías, earning a nomination to the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series.^[13] In 2023, she published her first book, La otra bestia.^[14]

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.^[15] She also landed a leading role in Julio Medem's 8, a romancer shot in eight long takes tracking nine decades of Spanish history,^[16] and a role in Celia Rico's historical drama La buena letra based on the novel by Rafael Chirbes.^[17]