Mabel Cadena

Mabel Cadena was born in Atizapán de Zaragoza on 23 September 1990, and grew up in Minatitlán, Veracruz.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sensacine.com.mx/album/album-18569760/ |title='El baile de los 41': Mabel Cadena y 10 cosas que no sabías sobre la protagonista de la película en Netflix |trans-title="Dance of the 41": Mabel Cadena and 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Protagonist of the Film on Netflix |first=Uriel |last=Linares |website=SensaCine |language=es |date=2021-05-19 |access-date=2023-08-10}} She studied for a licentiate in psychology at the Universidad Veracruzana. She began her acting training at the CasAzul Artes Escénicas Argos academy in Tlalnepantla de Baz.{{Cite news |url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/espectaculos/2021/5/16/ella-es-mabel-cadena-la-bella-protagonista-de-el-baile-de-los-41-296426.html |title=Ella es Mabel Cadena, la bella protagonista de 'El baile de los 41' |trans-title=She is Mabel Cadena, the Beautiful Protagonist of "Dance of the 41" |newspaper=El Heraldo de México |language=es |date=2021-05-16 |access-date=2023-08-10}}

After acting in some plays, Cadena shifted to television in 2012, playing the role of Adela Rosa Chávez in the HBO series Capadocia. Her TV career continued in productions such as Camelia la Texana (2014), El Señor de los Cielos (2014), Érase una vez (2017), Las Malcriadas (2017), El Vato (2017), Ingobernable (2017), Por la máscara (2018), La Bandida (2018), and Monarca (2019).{{Cite news |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/mabel-cadena-de-sicaria-princesa-tlaxcalteca/ |title=Mabel Cadena, de sicaria a princesa tlaxcalteca |trans-title=Mabel Cadena, From Hitwoman to Tlaxcalan Princess |first=Sughey |last=Baños |newspaper=El Universal |publication-place=Mexico City |language=es |date=2020-01-28 |access-date=2023-08-10}} Despite some initial misgivings, she learned to speak Nahuatl to play the role of {{ill|Tecuelhuetzin|es}} in the 2019 series Hernán.

{{Quote|Just when I had the first rehearsal with the director, I panicked. I came home to cry, because it is not the same to act in a language that is yours; you master and you know it.{{Cite news |url=https://www.diariodequeretaro.com.mx/gossip/mabel-cadena-una-mujer-fuerte-de-otra-epoca-4464643.html |title=Mabel Cadena una mujer fuerte de otra época |trans-title=Mabel Cadena a Strong Woman From Another Era |first=Nancy |last=Colín |newspaper=Diario de Querétaro |language=es |date=2019-11-16 |access-date=2023-08-10}}}}

She ventured into cinema with The Eternal Feminine (2017), {{ill|La diosa del asfalto|es|La diosa del asfalto (película)}} (2020) by Julián Hernández, and Dance of the 41 (2020) by David Pablos.{{Cite web |url=https://culturacolectiva.com/historia/castradoras-de-santa-fe-la-historia-real-diosa-del-asfalto |title=Las Castradoras: la verdad sobre el grupo que inspiró 'La diosa del asfalto' |trans-title=Las Castradoras: The Truth About the Group That Inspired "La diosa del asfalto" |publisher=Cultura Colectiva |language=es |date=2023-03-17 |access-date=2023-08-10}} The latter gained her fame in Mexico when she portrayed {{ill|Amada Díaz|es}}, stepdaughter of Porfirio Díaz.{{Cite news |url=https://www.publimetro.com.mx/mx/entretenimiento/2021/05/23/mabel-cadena-quien-es-la-actriz-que-interpreta-a-la-hija-de-porfirio-diaz-en-el-baile-de-los-41.html |title=Mabel Cadena: quién es la actriz que interpreta a la hija de Porfirio Díaz en 'El baile de los 41' |trans-title=Mabel Cadena: Who is the Actress Portraying the Daughter of Porfirio Díaz in "Dance of the 41" |first=Carola |last=Ettegui |newspaper=Publimetro Mexico |language=es |date=2021-05-23 |access-date=2023-08-10}} Among the short films in which she has appeared are Menage à trois (2015), Cuatro Minutos (2021), and Venganza póstuma (2022).{{Cite web |url=https://culturacolectiva.com/cine-series/mabel-cadena-actriz-mexicana-mejores-peliculas/ |title=Películas de Mabel Cadena que puedes ver antes de 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' |trans-title=Mabel Cadena movies You Can See Before "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" |publisher=Cultura Colectiva |language=es |date=2023-03-16 |access-date=2023-08-10}}

Cadena made her Hollywood debut in 2022 with the Marvel Studios film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in the role of Namora, Namor's cousin.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.vogue.mx/estilo-de-vida/articulo/mabel-cadena-entrevista-black-panther-wakanda-forever |title='Me convertí en una heroína para mí': Mabel Cadena habla de su actuación en Black Panther |trans-title="I became a hero to myself": Mabel Cadena Talks About Her Performance in Black Panther |first=Karina |last=González Ulloa |magazine=Vogue México y Latinoamérica |language=es |date=2022-10-18 |access-date=2023-08-10}}

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Category:1990 births

Category:21st-century Mexican actresses

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Category:Mexican film actresses

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Category:People from Atizapán de Zaragoza

Category:Universidad Veracruzana alumni