Adriana Paz

Adriana Paz was born in Mexico City in 1980.{{cite news|url=http://www.lahiguera.net/cinemania/actores/adriana_paz/biografia.php|title=Cinemania — Adriana Paz — Biografía|access-date=August 24, 2016|publisher=La Higuera|language=Spanish}} She wanted to study dramatic literature and theater, but was accepted at the School of Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.{{cite news|url=http://www.informador.com.mx/entretenimiento/2011/315482/6/adriana-paz-en-espera-de-su-debut-en-hollywood.htm|title=Adriana Paz, en espera de su debut en Hollywood|date=August 18, 2011|access-date=August 25, 2016|work=El Informador|publisher=Unión Editorialista, S.A. de C.V.|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113200838/http://www.informador.com.mx/entretenimiento/2011/315482/6/adriana-paz-en-espera-de-su-debut-en-hollywood.htm|archive-date=November 13, 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.fundacionunam.org.mx/rostros/adriana-paz-una-actriz-orgullosamente-unam/|title=Adriana Paz, una actriz orgullosamente UNAM|date=July 20, 2016|access-date=August 25, 2016|publisher=Fundación UNAM|language=Spanish}} Upon graduation, Paz relocated to Spain to join the Estudi Dansa Montserrat in Tarragona and the Estudis de Teatre in Barcelona. During her stay in Spain she had to support herself working in a flea market, a kindergarten, and as a tourist guide. Paz also shot two commercials, acted in a play, and toured as a dancer. She took dance classes, attended theater workshops, and learned to speak the Catalan language.

Paz joined the cast of the play Callejón de Lis, written by Joseph Danan and directed by Jean-Frédéric Chevallier, which ran in 2003 at the La Capilla Theater.{{cite news|url=http://www.proyecto3.net/callejon-de-lis-a922490|title=Callejón de Lis|access-date=September 14, 2016|year=2003|work=Proyecto 3|language=Spanish}} Her television debut was in the series Historias de Leyenda, broadcast by Canal Once. Her first film role was in Todos los Besos, an independent film directed by César Aliosha in 2008.{{cite news|url=http://www.maydel.net/adriana-paz/|title=Adriana Paz|access-date=January 24, 2018|publisher=Maydel|language=Spanish}} That same year, Paz shared her head shots with actor Manuel Teil, who then invited her to the casting for a film. Later she was invited to the casting sessions for Carlos Cuarón's first feature film.{{cite news|url=http://www.lasnoticiasmexico.com/175089.html|title=Me ruda que cursi|access-date=August 24, 2016|work=No Lo Cuentes|publisher=Las Noticias Mexico|language=Spanish}} At a callback meeting, Paz met Cuarón and Diego Luna, and the following day Teil told her that she had won the role of Toña, the wife of Beto "Rudo", the character played by Luna.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/movies/08rudo.html?_r=0|title=How the Ball Bounces, on the Field and Off|date=May 7, 2009|access-date=August 24, 2016|work=The New York Times|first=A.O.|last=Scott}} The film, Rudo y Cursi (2009), starring Luna and Gael García Bernal, is about two soccer players who are half-brothers and become rivals when a talent scout discovers them and asks them to try out for a professional team. Reviewing the film, Pete Hammond of Backstage magazine, was critical of the film's female roles, explaining that "[Dolores] Heredia and Paz don't have a lot to do but are also fine in a generally top-notch cast".{{cite news|url=http://www.backstage.com/review/movie/rudo-y-cursi/|title=Rudo y Cursi|date=May 7, 2009|access-date=August 24, 2016|work=Backstage|publisher=Backstage, LLC|first=Pete|last=Hammond}} Paz received her first Ariel Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Rudo y Cursi.{{cite news|url=http://amacc.mx/ver_ariel.asp?anio=51+2009&tipo=anio|title=51 2009 — Ganadores y nominados|year=2009|access-date=January 18, 2018|publisher=Asociación Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118182023/http://amacc.mx/ver_ariel.asp?anio=51+2009&tipo=anio|archive-date=January 18, 2018|url-status=dead}} The following year, she was featured in the film Backyard: El Traspatio, directed by Carlos Carrera.{{cite news|url=http://www.20minutos.com.mx/noticia/b172644/adriana-paz-asegura-que-esta-en-el-mejor-momento-de-su-carrera/|title=Adriana Paz asegura que está en el mejor momento de su carrera|date=July 9, 2014|access-date=August 24, 2016|publisher=20 Minutos|language=Spanish}}

Paz played a supporting role in the film El Mar Muerto directed by Ignacio Ortíz in 2009, starring Aída López, Joaquín Cosio, Leticia Gutiérrez, and Mario Almada.{{cite news|url=https://www.informador.mx/Entretenimiento/Arranca-el-rodaje-de-El-mar-muerto-20090403-0294.html|title=Arranca el rodaje de 'El mar muerto'|access-date=January 18, 2018|work=El Informador|publisher=Unión Editorialista, S.A. de C.V.|language=Spanish}} The film used the historic center of Mexico City as its main location, and the plot was about a murder that happens during a blackout. She later appeared in Un Mexicano Más (2010), directed by René Cardona III, based on the book of the same title written by Juan Sánchez Andraka. Of her role in the film, a prostitute named La Chiquis, Paz told TV Notas: "she [La Chiquis] works with Don Leodegario (Ernesto Gómez Cruz) at his restaurant bar and seeks to find a husband who will take her out of the village, but until that happens she is having a lot of fun with him, the male teachers, and all the men who pass through the village".{{cite news|title=Se estrena la película Un mexicano más|date=November 6, 2010|journal=TV Notas|language=Spanish}}

In 2010, Paz starred with Kristyan Ferrer in the film Las Horas Muertas, directed by Aarón Fernández; this was the first lead role for the actress. In the film, Sebastián (Ferrer) runs a motel and starts a relationship with a regular client named Miranda (Paz).{{cite news|url=http://moreliafilmfest.com/peliculas/las-horas-muertas/|title=Las Horas Muertas|year=2013|access-date=August 24, 2016|publisher=Morelia International Film Festival|language=Spanish}} Jay Weissberg of Variety stated that it was a "truly breakthrough role" for Paz, since she "enlivens the screen with palpable charm".{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/film-review-the-empty-hours-1200728637/|title=Film Review: The Empty Hours|date=October 15, 2013|access-date=August 24, 2016|work=Variety|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|last=Weissberg|first=Jay}} Weissberg also said that "without the warmth and ironic self-awareness that Paz brings to Miranda, the pic might have been a lesser vehicle, or at least a less absorbing one". Las Horas Muertas was screened during the 2013 Morelia International Film Festival, where Paz was named Best Actress. She was unable to attend the festival as she was about to give birth to her son.{{cite news|url=http://www.proceso.com.mx/356256/presenta-aaron-fernandez-las-horas-muertas-en-el-ficm|title=Presenta Aarón Fernández "Las horas muertas", en el FICM|date=October 24, 2013|access-date=August 24, 2016|work=Proceso|publisher=Comunicación e Información, S.A. de C.V.|last=Vértiz de la Fuente|first=Columba|language=Spanish}} About the award, the actress stated to El Sol de México: "I do not like to think about awards, it is better to make things for the pleasure of doing them and, if they arrive [accolades] are appreciated and enjoyed".{{cite news|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/laprensa/notas/n3178896.htm|title=¿Dónde está Adriana Paz?|date=November 3, 2013|access-date=August 24, 2016|work=El Sol de México|publisher=Organización Editorial Mexicana S.A. de C.V.|language=Spanish}} In 2011, Paz also had a small role in Elysium directed by Neill Blomkamp starring Matt Damon, and was also featured in the film Morelos by Antonio Serrano, about the last days of José María Morelos' military career.{{cite news|url=http://www.informador.com.mx/entretenimiento/2011/347447/6/se-prepara-adriana-paz-para-su-primer-papel-protagonico-en-cine.htm|title=Se prepara Adriana Paz para su primer papel protagónico en cine|date=December 27, 2011|access-date=August 26, 2016|work=El Informador|publisher=Unión Editorialista, S.A. de C.V.|language=Spanish|archive-date=October 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018213242/http://www.informador.com.mx/entretenimiento/2011/347447/6/se-prepara-adriana-paz-para-su-primer-papel-protagonico-en-cine.htm|url-status=dead}}

Paz played Cheba, the lead role in La Tirisia, a film written, produced, and directed by Jorge Pérez Solano (2014).{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-la-tirisia-1201305656/|title=Film Review: La Tirisia|date=September 15, 2014|access-date=August 25, 2016|work=Variety|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|last=Scheib|first=Ronnie}} The plot, inspired by a popular term tirisia (which means "a perpetual sadness defined as 'the death of the spirit'"), is set in the Mixteca region of Mexico, and centers on two women (Paz and Gabriela Cartol) who were impregnated by Sylvestre (Gustavo Sánchez Parra). When Cheba's estranged husband returns to town, he finds her sunk into a deep depression since she had to give away her newborn (Sylvestre's child). About the film, Paz said to Diario de Xalapa: "It is a very well-written story that required characters with depth; when I read it, it brought me great joy and made me say 'I want to watch this'. The first time I watched it I was shocked; it left a lump in my throat. It is beautiful".{{cite news|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/laprensa/notas/n3850370.htm|title=Ya se produce cine mexicano; falta ver cómo llegar al público: Adriana Paz|date=June 22, 2015|access-date=August 25, 2016|work=La Prensa|publisher=Organización Editorial Mexicana S.A. de C.V.|language=Spanish}} The film was not exhibited in commercial movie theaters in Mexico because distribution was too expensive. Instead, La Tirisia was screened at film festivals such as the Chicago International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and the Toulouse Latinoamerican Film Festival, and later had a month-and-a-half stretch at the Mexican art house Cineteca Nacional.{{cite news|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/espectaculos/cine/2015/08/29/cuando-las-mujeres-padecen-la-tirisia|title=Cuando las mujeres padecen "La tirisia"|date=August 29, 2015|access-date=August 25, 2016|work=El Universal|publisher=Compañía Periodística Nacional|last=Huerta|first=César|language=Spanish}} Paz commented about it: "It is not very fair. We do not have the same resources that the big production companies have, and we don't have the same possibilities for making films. It is very difficult to produce a project and know that there is not a fair distribution and exhibition of these films".

Paz' performance was praised by Boyd van Hoeij of The Hollywood Reporter, who said she was "exceptional as a passionate woman who has needs and desires of her own but who's boxed in by society's rigid expectations for her gender".{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/perpetual-sadness-la-tirisia-karlovy-719901|title='Perpetual Sadness' ('La Tirisia'): Karlovy Vary Review|date=July 21, 2014|access-date=August 25, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|last=van Hoeij|first=Boyd}} Jaime López Blanco of Sputnik magazine referred to her acting as "fascinating on that introspection of a mother dead inside, suffering the absence of one of their children".{{cite news|url=http://www.sputnikdos.com/2015/04/cinetiketas-la-tirisia.html|title=Cinetiketas: La Tirisia|date=July 21, 2014|access-date=August 25, 2016|publisher=Revista Sputnik|last=López Blanco|first=Jaime|language=Spanish}} At the 57th Ariel Awards, Paz received the Best Actress award for her role in the film. Upon winning, Paz said: "it definitely forces me to not lower the quality of my work... the other part is the joy it generates in me, the support that I am getting from the Academy, because it gives me the chance to be known as a good actress. This award speaks for myself and my duty is to continue along that line and go for characters that challenge me more".

In 2015, Paz told El Financiero of her wish to do a musical project, since she "loves to sing" and wanted to return to the stage.{{cite news|url=http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/after-office/adriana-paz-la-fuerza-femenina-su-impulso.html|title=Adriana Paz, la fuerza femenina, su impulso|last=Reyes|first=Rosario|date=November 12, 2015|access-date=September 14, 2016|work=El Financiero|publisher=Grupo Multimedia Lauman|language=Spanish}} She appeared in the opening scene of the film Spectre, along with Mexican actors Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Stephanie Sigman, and British actor Daniel Craig in 2015.{{cite news|url=http://www.cronica.com.mx/notas/2015/900931.html|title=Adriana Paz se internacionalizará con filme en Colombia|date=May 29, 2015|access-date=August 25, 2016|work=Crónica|publisher=La Crónica Diaria S.A. de C.V.|last=Castañeda|first=Ulises|language=Spanish}} In the same year, Paz joined the cast of Hilda, Andrés Clariond's first feature film, which is based on a play written by French author Marie NDiaye.{{cite news|url=http://www.milenio.com/hey/hilda-cine_mexicano-andres_clariond_0_586141392.html|title=Adriana Paz supera los estereotipos con Hilda|date=May 9, 2015|access-date=August 25, 2016|work=Milenio|publisher=Grupo Milenio|last=Cantú|first=María José|language=Spanish}} The film is about a housewife (Verónica Langer) who hires a maid (Paz) and, in the days that follow, develops an obsession with her, preventing her from leaving the house.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/m-appeal-swoops-on-hilda-exclusive-1201160747/|title=M-Appeal Swoops on Hilda|date=April 22, 2014|access-date=August 24, 2016|work=Variety|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|last=Hopewell|first=Jon}} Clariond cast Paz since he did not want very well known faces and he liked her "personality and strength".{{cite news|url=http://www.milenio.com/hey/cine/Hilda-retrato-clasismo-Mexico_0_361763834.html|title=Hilda, un retrato del clasismo en Mexico|date=August 27, 2014|access-date=August 25, 2016|work=Milenio|publisher=Grupo Milenio|last=Salgado|first=Ivett|language=Spanish}}

In his review of the film, Luis Fernando Galván of En Filme described Hilda's character as "complex and beyond any cliché imposed by the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, where the poor is seen as decent, honest and kind, for example, Nosotros Los Pobres (1947) or the telenovelas, where the humble and pretty maid is rescued by prince charming from the clutches of her evil patron".{{cite news|url=http://enfilme.com/resenas/en-pantalla/hilda|title=Hilda|date=September 8, 2015|access-date=August 25, 2016|publisher=En Filme|last=Galván|first=Luis Fernando|language=Spanish}} Paz said of this role: "If you are a brunette actress with long hair, this is the kind of role that [the producers] usually give you, but fortunately this was very deep. It is difficult because Hilda does not speak, everything surges out of her energy and presence. She is not very funny or mouthy or a thief. Hilda is nothing like that. She is a woman who is making a household with her husband and is a very worthy woman who does not stoop, does not steal, and is not one of those stereotypes". At the Ariel Awards of 2016, the film received five nominations, with Paz winning for Best Supporting Actress.{{cite news|url=http://www.cinepremiere.com.mx/58431-nominados-al-ariel-2016.html|title=Nominados al Ariel 2016|date=April 13, 2016|access-date=April 13, 2016|work=Cine Premiere|last=Magaña|first=Arturo|language=Spanish}}{{cite news|url=http://www.milenio.com/hey/cine/ganadores-premios-ariel-2016_0_745725608.html|work=Milenio|language=Spanish|title=Ganadores de los premios Ariel 2016|date=May 28, 2016|access-date=January 6, 2017|publisher=Grupo Milenio}} Filmed in 2013, Las Aparicio (a film adaptation of the TV series of the same name) was released in 2016, with Paz in a small role.{{cite news|url=http://www.cinepremiere.com.mx/57776-las-aparicio.html|title=Las Aparicio|year=2016|access-date=August 26, 2016|work=Cine Premiere|language=Spanish|last=Chavarría|first=Jesús}} It was met with mixed reviews but Paz was praised by Jesús Chavarría of Cine Premiere for her "brief and effective" performance.

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Paz had a guest starring role in the first season of the TV series Dios, Inc., created by Sergio Sánchez for HBO Latin America.{{cite news|url=http://www.tomatazos.com/noticias/117294/Dios-Inc-pondra-al-descubierto-lo-que-hay-detras-de-las-sectas|title=Dios Inc. pondrá al descubierto lo que hay detrás de las sectas|date=January 13, 2016|access-date=January 18, 2018|work=Tomatazos|publisher=Busca Todo|language=Spanish|first=Alberto|last=Barajas}}{{cite news|url=http://www.prensario.net/15120-HBO-estrena-nueva-serie-original-emDios-Incem.note.aspx|title=HBO estrena nueva serie original Dios Inc|date=January 15, 2015|access-date=August 24, 2016|work=Prensario Internacional|publisher=Editorial Prensario S.R.L.|language=Spanish}} The series featured performances by Rafael Sánchez Navarro, Luis Arrieta, Rocío Verdejo, Carlos Torres Torrija, Isabel Burr, Dagoberto Gama, Manuel Balbi, and Fernando Luján. Paz is featured in the 2016 comedy film Original y Copia, directed by Guillermo Barba, co-starring Christopher Uckermann, Zuria Vega, and Juan Pablo Medina. This is Paz' first comedy. Talking about this role she said: "It is a place where I had not stopped and that was far from easy, it was very complicated, because it is far from my comfort zone. It was complicated but fun, I would make another comedy again";{{cite news|url=http://www.20minutos.com.mx/noticia/88571/0/adriana-paz-debuta-en-el-genero-de-la-comedia-con-original-y-copia/|title=Adriana Paz debuta en el género de la comedia con "Original y copia"|date=May 12, 2016|access-date=August 25, 2016|publisher=20 Minutos|language=Spanish}} the film was released in Mexico in August 2017 as Casi Una Gran Estafa.{{cite news|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/espectaculos/cine/2017/07/2/adriana-paz-contara-la-historia-de-un-robo|title=Adriana Paz contará la historia de un robo|date=July 2, 2017|access-date=August 31, 2017|publisher=Compañía Periodística Nacional|work=El Universal|language=Spanish|first=César|last=Huerta}} Paz and Veronica Langer (her co-star in Hilda) re-united for the film La Caridad, directed by Marcelino Islas in 2016; Paz won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 59th Ariel Awards for the role of Eva in La Caridad.{{cite news|url=http://www.premioariel.com.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=192|title=Nominados Ariel 2017|date=May 3, 2017|access-date=May 3, 2017|publisher=Premio Ariel|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510171658/http://www.premioariel.com.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=192|archive-date=2016-05-10|url-status=dead}} Paz and Tenoch Huerta filmed El Móvil (released as El Autor) in Spain, and they star as a couple being spied upon by a writer who uses them as inspiration for a novel. The film premiered in Mexico as part of the Morela International Film Festival in 2017 and for her performance, Paz received a nomination for a Goya Award for Best New Actress.{{cite news|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/farandula/asi-vivio-actriz-mexicana-adriana-paz-su-nominacion-al-goya|title=Así vivió actriz mexicana Adriana Paz su nominación al Goya|date=December 13, 2017|access-date=January 1, 2018|publisher=Compañía Periodística Nacional|work=El Universal|language=Spanish|first=César|last=Huerta}} The actress ended 2018 joining the third season of the Spanish TV drama series Vis a vis.

In 2018, Paz starred in Nadie Sabrá Nunca, the first feature film by Jesús Torres Torres.{{cite news|url=https://www.sectorcine.com/noticias-nota/por-estas-razones-tienes-que-ver-nadie-sabra-nunca/|title=Adriana Paz, Jorge Jiménez y Arcelia Ramírez hablan sobre Nadie sabrá nunca|date=May 3, 2019|access-date=January 9, 2020|website=Sector Cine|language=Spanish|first=Sergio|last=Huidobro}} Set during the 70s, the drama is about a housewife dealing with machismo, "I think it is very interesting how Jesus [the film director] raises these issues. Women have suffered from machismo, but we are also those who perpetuate it. How it influences younger generations. At that time they had to go against all odds, they didn't even talk about that. I think it is important to identify the role that women have in it, because men also suffer from it, like Rigoberto [played by Jorge A. Jiménez], who has to fulfill that role," Paz said to Sector Cine magazine.

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