Helena Rojo
Helena Rojo (born August 18, 1944 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and model. Biography. Born in Mexico City, Mexico, she began her career as a model in the early 1960s. Toward the end of the decade, she studied drama with renowned Mexican directors Carlos Ancira and José Luis Ibáñez, making her film debut in 1968 in the film "El club de los suicidas". That same year, Rojo also appeared in her second film, "Los amigos". She continued working as a model and appearing in small film roles in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In  1969, she signed an exclusivity contract with Productora Cinematográfica Marte. Later, she began expanding her acting career into television and theater. In 1974, her first television role was the lead in the telenovela "Extraño en su pueblo". Rojo's cinematic career lad her to work with the most important Mexican film directors of the 1970s and 1980s, such as Felipe Cazals, Arturo Ripstein, Rafael Corkidi, Alberto Bojórquez, Marcela Fernández Violante and Jorge Fons. She has worked with international talent, such as German director Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski with a role in the film "Aguirre, the Wrath of God . She also appeared in the film Foxtrot" (1976), directed by Arturo Ripstein, and alongside actors Charlotte Rampling, Peter O'Toole and Max von Sydow. In 2006, she appeared on the American dramedy series "Ugly Betty", playing a mother who tries to steer her son away from the stepmother who has eyes for him on a "faux" telenovela that is watched on TV by the main character's family. Personal life. Rojo was married to actor Juan Ferrara for many years. Currently, she is married to Benjamín Fernández, who is not in the entertainment industry. She is the mother of three children : Leo, Patricia and Elena, all from her first marriage.