# Azela Robinson

Azela Robinson (born Azela Jacqueline Robinson Cañedo on 26 August 1965) is a Mexican actress. She has portrayed antagonistic characters in the Mexican telenovelas Cañaveral de pasiones (1996), Contra viento y marea (2005), Llena de amor (2010) and Yo no creo en los hombres (2014).

## Early life

Azela Jacqueline Robinson was born in London, United Kingdom. Her mother, Nadja Cañedo is Mexican and her father, Alan Robinson is British.
She began her professional training as an actress in 1980 within the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, UK. Eventually, between 1982 and 1983 she took courses at the National Theatre in London.

## Career
### Films

Once in Mexico, Robinson began her career as an actress in the movies. She debuted Fin de semana en Garibaldi" (1989), along with Jorge Reynoso. From that time until 1993, Robinson works on approximately 68 films, mainly comedy and action genres. Of them stand out ribbons like Sor Batalla (1990), with María Antonieta de las Nieves La Chilindrina; La mujer judicial (1990), again next to Mario Almada; El extensionista (1991), along with Eduardo Palomo; Mujer de cabaret (1991), directed by Julián Pastor, with Maribel Guardia and Leonardo Daniel; El trono del infierno (1992), with Sergio Goyri and Jorge Luke [es] or Dama de Noche (1993), with Rafael Sánchez Navarro and Cecilia Toussaint, among others.

### Television

Robinson made her Mexican TV debut in a chapter of the famous horror serie La hora marcada, in 1990. In 1995 she got her first character in a telenovela with the hand of producer Enrique Segoviano in the telenovela Pobre niña rica, with Victoria Ruffo and singer Paulina Rubio. In 1996 she plays Dinorah Faberman, one of the most important and remembered characters of her career, in the telenovela Cañaveral de pasiones, produced by Humberto Zurita and Christian Bach and sharing credit with Daniela Castro, Juan Soler and Angelica Aragón, among others. Thanks to her interpretation, Robinson becomes one of the most outstanding villains of the Mexican telenovelas. As villain she works on melodramas like La usurpadora (1998), Laberintos de pasión (1999) and Mi destino eres tú (2000). In 2001 she interprets the role of Francisca, another of her personages more remembered in the telenovela El manantial, produced by Carla Estrada, next to Adela Noriega, Daniela Romo and Alejandro Tommasi. In 2002 she played one of her few non-antagonistic characters in the telenovela La Otra, produced by Ernesto Alonso. In 2005, she plays Apolonia, another of her most successful antagonistic characters in the telenovela Contra viento y marea, forming a famous dumbbell with actress Beatriz Sheridan.
In 2020, Robinson debuted as a director in the telenovela ¿Qué le pasa a mi familia? produced by Juan Osorio.

### Theatre

Azela Robinson has participated in theatrical assemblies in Mexico. Of them they emphasise Todos a la piscina (1991), Trilogía amorosa (1993), the classic Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1995), with Rogelio Guerra and Juan Ignacio Aranda, directed by Enrique Rentería; La casa de Bernarda Alba (2002), by Federico García Lorca, along with the actresses Ofelia Guilmáin, Maria Rubio and Aurora Molina; Hombres (2005), with Patricia Reyes Spíndola, María Rojo and others; Orinoco (2007), directed by Benjamín Cann, along Cynthia Klitbo; El acrobata (2008), directed by Roberto D'Amico and next to Ricardo Fastlicht; Macbeth (2008), directed by Leonardo Ayala, with Mónica Dionne; Doce mujeres en pugna (2009), produced by Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo, along with Yolanda Mérida, Laura Zapata, Leticia Calderón and others; La ronda de las harpías (2009), with Ofelia Medina, Victoria Ruffo and Magda Guzmán; Tu tampoco eres normal (2011), directed by Humberto Zurita, next to Alexis Ayala; Baño de mujeres (2013), under the direction of Roberto D'Amico, with Sylvia Pasquel, Ofelia Medina and others, and Made in Mexico (2015), with Juan Ferrara, Rafael Inclán and Socorro Bonilla."Los negros pájaros del adiós" (2016) "Entre mujeres"2019 ((Edith Gozalez)) ((Ana Bertha Espín))

## Filmography

Film roles :
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1991 | El extensionista | Rarotonga |
| 1992 | La dama y el judicial | |
| 1993 | Entre el amor y la muerte | |
| 1998 | Por Tu Culpa | |
| 2018 | Lady Rancho | Fatima |
Television roles :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | La última esperanza | | |
| 1995–1996 | Pobre niña rica | Ana Luisa Cañedo de Villagrán | |
| 1996 | Cañaveral de pasiones | Dinorah Faberman | Main cast |
| 1998 | La usurpadora | Elvira | |
| 1999–2000 | Laberintos de pasión | Carmina Roldán de Valencia | |
| 2000 | Mi Destino Eres Tú | Isaura Becker | |
| 2001 | El Manantial | Francisca Rivero de Valdéz | |
| 2002 | La Otra | Mireya Ocampo Herrera | Main cast; 89 episodes |
| 2003 | Bajo la misma piel | Regina Ortiz Escalante | |
| 2005 | Contra viento y marea | Apolonia Rudell Serrano | Main cast |
| 2006–2007 | Mundo de fieras | Dolores Farías | Main cast; 117 episodes |
| 2007 | S.O.S.: Sexo y otros secretos | Lucía | Main cast (season 1) |
| 2008–2009 | Central de abasto | La Güera | 88 episodes |
| 2009 | Adictos | Mónica | |
| 2009 | Sortilegio | Elena Miranda de Kruguer | |
| 2009 | Mujeres asesinas | Blanca | Episode: "María, pescadera" |
| 2009 | Tiempo final | Sonia | Episode: "Testigo" |
| 2010–2011 | Llena de amor | Fedra Curiel de Ruiz y de Teresa / Juana Felipa | Main cast |
| 2011 | La rosa de Guadalupe | Claudia | Episode: "La niña sicario" |
| 2012 | Cachito de cielo | Teresa "Tete" de Franco de Landeros | Main cast; 109 episodes |
| 2013 | Cásate conmigo, mi amor | Carmen | |
| 2014–2015 | Yo no creo en los hombres | Josefa | Main cast; 112 episodes |
| 2016 | Por siempre Joan Sebastian | Marissa | 2 episodes |
| 2016–2017 | Vino el amor | Lilian Palacios | Main cast; 142 episodes |
| 2018–2019 | Por amar sin ley | Paula Ortega | Main cast; 122 episodes |
| 2018–2021 | Falsa identidad | Ramona Flores | Main cast; 150 episodes |
| 2019 | Cuna de lobos | Gélica Andrade | Main cast; 25 episodes |
| 2020 | Como tú no hay 2 | Luz Maria Molina | Main cast; 75 episodes |
| 2021 | La desalmada | Martina Fernández | Main cast; 85 episodes |
| 2022 | Los ricos también lloran | Elena Suárez | Main cast; 60 episodes |
| 2022 | Mujer de nadie | Alejandra | Main cast; 45 episodes |
| 2023 | Cabo | Lucía de Noriega | Main cast; 35 episodes |
| 2024 | El amor no tiene receta | Elvira Moncada | Main cast |
| 2025 | La Jefa | Maribel Ortiz | Main cast |
Theater roles :
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1991 | Todos a la Piscina | |
| 1993 | Trilogía amorosa | |
| 1994 | Cena de matrimonios | |
| 1995 | Quién le teme a Virginia Wolf | |
| 2002 | La casa de Bernarda Alba | |
| 2005 | Hombres | |
| 2016–2017 | Los negros pájaros del adiós | |
| 2019 | Entre mujeres | Carlota |

## Awards and nominations
### Premios TV y Novelas

| Year | Award | Category | Telenovela | Result |
| 1997 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Female Antagonist | Cañaveral de Pasiones | Nominated |
| 2003 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Co-star Actress | La Otra | Nominated |
| 2011 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Female Antagonist | Llena de amor | Nominated |
| 2015 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Female Antagonist | Yo no creo en los hombres | Nominated |
| 2015 | TVyNovelas Awards | Favorite Villain | Yo no creo en los hombres | Won |
| 2017 | TVyNovelas Awards | Best Female Antagonist | Vino el amor | Won |
| Year | Award | Category | Telenovela /Film | Result |
| 1995 | Premios ACTP | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama | ¿Quién teme a Virginia Wolf? | Won |
| 2002 | Premios ACTP | Best Supporting Actress in a Drama | La casa de Bernarda de Alba | Won |
| 2003 | Premios ACTP | Best Supporting Actress in a Theater | Cena de matrimonios | Won |
| 2008 | Premios ACTP | Best Actress | Macbeth | Won |
| 1998 | Premios ACE | Premios ACE | Premios ACE | | Won |
| 1999 | Premios Sol de Oro | Best Supporting Actress | Laberintos de pasión | Won |
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| 2000 | Premios Palmas de Oro | Premios Palmas de Oro | Premios Palmas de Oro | | Won |
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| 2001 | Premios Palmas de Oro | Premios Palmas de Oro | Premios Palmas de Oro | | Won |