Magda Karina

Karina was born on July 27, 1966, in Mexico City, Mexico. She is the daughter of actress and director Karina Duprez and granddaughter of actress Magda Guzmán and theater director Julián Duprez.^{[citation needed]} By the marriage of his mother with actor Carlos Ancira, she became his adopted daughter.^{[citation needed]}

She began her acting career while still a child, debuting in theater at sixteen years old in theatrical performance El soldadito de plomo. On television she debuted in the telenovela Déjame vivir in 1982.^{[citation needed]}

In recent years, Magda Karina has used a new artistic name in some television works as Karina Ancira, adopting her stepfather's last name, Carlos Ancira.^{[citation needed]}