{{short description|Spanish model turned actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{infobox person |image = Malaga Film Festival 2025 - Ana Rujas-2 (cropped).jpg |caption = Rujas in 2025 |birth_name = Ana Rujas Guerrero |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|05|14|df=yes}} |birth_place = Madrid, Spain |occupation = {{Hlist|Actress|model|writer}} }} '''Ana Rujas Guerrero''' (born 14 May 1989) is a Spanish model turned actress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vogue.es/belleza/bienestar/articulos/diario-de-belleza-actriz-ana-rujas-trucos-maquillaje-pelo-nutricion-fitness-running/24145|title=El diario de belleza de Ana Rujas|access-date=2016-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tendencias.vozpopuli.com/estilo/7666-ana-rujas-y-su-confesion-mas-rotunda-mi-profesion-me-ha-decepcionado|title=Ana Rujas y su confesión más rotunda: "Mi profesión me ha decepcionado"|last=Vozpopuli|website=tendencias.vozpopuli.com|access-date=2016-08-07|archive-date=2016-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529121633/http://tendencias.vozpopuli.com/estilo/7666-ana-rujas-y-su-confesion-mas-rotunda-mi-profesion-me-ha-decepcionado|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Early life == Ana Rujas Guerrero was born on 14 May 1989 in Madrid.<ref name="osco">{{cite web|url=https://elcomercio.pe/mag/fama/que-ver/quien-es-ana-rujas-la-actriz-espanola-que-hace-de-amparo-la-gallega-vilches-en-la-serie-de-netflix-en-el-barro-biografia-carrera-y-fotos-video-nnda-nnlt-noticia/|date=13 August 2025|website=mag|via=El Comercio|first=Nelly|last=Osco|title=Creadora y protagonista de “Cardo”: quién es Ana Rujas, la actriz española que hace de Amparo ‘La Gallega’ Vilches en la serie de Netflix “En el barro”}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/series/curiosidades-ana-rujas-mesias-serie-javis-movistar-plus-5174521/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|first=Julio|last=Mármol|date=9 October 2023|title=Así es Ana Rujas, protagonista de 'La Mesías': todo lo que debes saber antes de su estreno en Movistar Plus+}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/television/series/2021/11/06/618157ebfc6c83c0088b45b6.html|website=El Mundo|first=Pablo R.|last=Roces|title=Ana Rujas: "No se renuncia nunca al barrio, quien reniega de sus raíces está jodido en la vida"|date=6 November 2021}}</ref> She enrolled in a modeling agency at age 16.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eldesmarque.com/la-chica-del-dia/104732-ana-rujas-actriz-y-runner|title=Ana Rujas, actriz y runner|language=es-ES|access-date=2016-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325235729/http://www.eldesmarque.com/la-chica-del-dia/104732-ana-rujas-actriz-y-runner|archive-date=2016-03-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> She received acting training at the school of Juan Carlos Corazza.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/es/famosas/el-estilo-de/a44380752/ana-rujas-libro-actriz-cambio-carrera-la-mesias-entrevista-vida/|website=Harper's Bazaar|first=Celia|last=Cuervo|date=29 June 2023|title=Ana Rujas: "He experimentado un viaje de autoconocimiento brutal}}</ref>
== Career == [[File:Ana Rujas surrounded by a FX wall of fire on the set of Alice Waddington-directed Disco Inferno.jpg|thumb|Rujas surrounded by a FX wall of fire on the set of Alice Waddington-directed ''Disco Inferno'']] Her first big role was in ''90-60-90, diario secreto de una adolescente''. She featured in ''{{ill|HKM (TV series)|es|HKM|lt=HKM}}''. She portrayed Shaila Dúrcal in the biopic of Rocío Dúrcal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.telva.com/2015/11/12/celebrities/1447343744.html|title=Ana Rujas se confiesa: de tatuajes, joyas y Enrique Iglesias|last=S.L|first=telva com, Unidad Editorial Internet|date=2015-11-12|website=TELVA|access-date=2016-08-07}}</ref> In 2016, she starred in the music video of Zahara, "Caída Libre".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bekia.es/musica/noticias/andrea-duro-ana-rujas-barei-angy-zahara-estrellas-videoclip-caida-libre/|title=Andrea Duro, Ana Rujas, Barei, Angy... Zahara se rodea de estrellas en el videoclip de 'Caída Libre'|access-date=2016-08-07}}</ref> She had endorsed the jewelry brand "Aristocrazy".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mundodeportivo.com/ocio/20151124/30364059639/la-actriz-ana-rujas-en-el-5-aniversario-de-la-firma-aristocrazy.html|title=La actriz Ana Rujas, en el 5º aniversario de la firma Aristocrazy|access-date=2016-08-07}}</ref> She recently acted in a play, ''¿Qué sabes tú de mis tristezas?'' ('What do you know about my sorrows?').<ref name="Ballesteros 2016">{{cite web | last=Ballesteros | first=María | title=Ana Rujas: "He procurado no volverme una actriz loca" | website=EL PAÍS | date=2016-06-20 | url=http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/06/16/tentaciones/1466086047_353932.html | language=es | accessdate=2016-08-07}}</ref>
In 2022, she scooped the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series for her performance in ''Cardo'' (co-created by Rujas alongside Claudia Costafreda), which also won the Best Drama Series Award.<ref name="feroz2022" /> In 2023, she portrayed Montserrat in ''La mesías'', earning a nomination to the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/madrid/ana-rujas-ser-actriz-eleccion-vida-muerte-hay-otra-forma-ser_20231230658f7555cf86730001b8e34a.html|website=La Razón|date=30 December 2023|first=Marina|last=Cartagena|title=Ana Rujas: "Ser actriz es una elección de vida o muerte. Para mí no hay otra forma de ser"}}</ref> In 2023, she published her first book, ''La otra bestia''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/la-lectura/2023/07/28/64bfde20fc6c83cf5f8b45a1.html|website=El Mundo|date=28 July 2023|first=Darío|last=Prieto|title=Ana Rujas: "El lenguaje hace que cambien las cosas"}}</ref> In 2024, she was tipped to helm her directorial debut feature under Movistar Plus+, ''El desencanto'', a film in connection to Jaime Chávarri's picture of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a46440558/movistar-plus-cine-peliculas-directores-rodrigo-sorogoyen-ana-rujas/|website=Fotogramas|date=18 January 2024|first=Raquel|last=Chamorro|title=Movistar Plus+ da el salto al cine y producirá sus propias películas: de lo nuevo de Rodrigo Sorogoyen al debut de Ana Rujas}}</ref> She also landed a leading role in Julio Medem's ''8'', a romancer shot in eight long takes tracking nine decades of Spanish history,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deia.eus/cultura/2024/02/23/javier-rey-ana-rujas-alvaro-7913689.html|website=Deia|date=23 February 2024|title=Javier Rey, Ana Rujas, Álvaro Morte, Loreto Mauleón y Tamar Novas ruedan en Bizkaia la nueva película de Julio Medem}}</ref> and a role in Celia Rico's historical drama ''La buena letra'' based on the novel by Rafael Chirbes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/463853/|website=Cineuropa|date=24 June 2024|title=Celia Rico adapts Rafael Chirbes' novel La buena letra|first=Alfonso|last=Rivera}}</ref>
== Filmography == === Film === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes ! class = "unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | {{center|2013}} || ''Gente en sitios'' (''People in Places'') || || || {{center|<ref name="aisge">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/emergentes-ana-rujas|website=Aisge|first=Alberto|last=Úbeda-Portugués|title=EmerGENTES. Ana Rujas, la magia con mirada azul turquesa|date=9 October 2018}}</ref>}} |- | {{center|2017}} || ''Toc toc'' || || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=El Correo de Andalucía|url=https://www.elcorreoweb.es/cultura/2017/10/07/libre-pecado-104744670.html|title=Quien esté libre de pecado...|date=7 October 2017|first=Ismael G.|last=Cabral}}</ref>}} |- | {{center|2018}} || ''Diana'' || Sofía || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=rtve.es|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20180918/alejo-moreno-diana-grito-artistico-contra-abusos-del-poder/1801545.shtml|date=18 September 2018|first=Jesús|last=Jiménez|title=Alejo Moreno: "'Diana' es un grito artístico contra los abusos del poder"}}</ref>}} |- | rowspan = "2" | {{center|2025}} || ''La buena letra'' (''The Good Manners'') || Isabel || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/463853/|website=Cineuropa|date=24 June 2024|title=Celia Rico adapts Rafael Chirbes' novel La buena letra|first=Alfonso|last=Rivera}}</ref>}} |- | ''8'' || Adela || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcorreodeburgos.com/cultura/240324/190986/aulas-universidad-burgos-producir-ultima-pelicula-julio-medem.html|website=El Correo de Burgos|first=Alberto|last=Marroquín|date=24 March 2023|title=De las aulas de la Universidad de Burgos a producir la última película de Julio Medem}}</ref>}} |- | {{center|2026}} | {{pending film|La desconocida}} || || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/elotromundo/television/20250602/1002476475/nueva-apuesta-netflix-thriller-protagonizado-candela-pena-ana-rujas-pol-lopez-tvp-dct.html|website=Mundo Deportivo|date=2 June 2025|title=La nueva apuesta de Netflix: un thriller protagonizado por Candela Peña, Ana Rujas y Pol López|publisher=Grupo Godó}}</ref>}} |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes ! class = "unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | 2008–09 || ''{{ill|HKM (TV series)|es|HKM|lt=HKM}}'' || Vicky || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ideal.es/gente-estilo/201703/28/protagonistas-serie-alumnos-colegio-20170327140358.html|website=Ideal|date=28 March 2017|title=¿Qué ha sido de los protagonistas de HKM, la serie española?|publisher=Grupo Vocento}}</ref>}} |- | {{center|2009}} || ''90-60-90, diario secreto de una adolescente'' || África Villalba || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=Cinemanía|first=Miguel Ángel|last=Romero|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/series/quien-es-ana-rujas-la-protagonista-y-cocreadora-de-cardo-y-colaboradora-de-los-javis-4891345/|via=20minutos.es|date=15 November 2021|title=Quién es Ana Rujas, la protagonista y cocreadora de 'Cardo' y colaboradora de Los Javis}}</ref>}} |- | rowspan = "3" | {{center|2011}} | ''Punta Escarlata'' || Vir || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=FormulaTV|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/20638/ana-rujas-punta-escarlata-producto-diferente-mucho-gancho/|title=Ana Rujas: "'Punta Escarlata' es un producto diferente con mucho gancho"|date=24 July 2011}}</ref>}} |- | ''Hispania, la leyenda'' || Stena || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1040444/0/hispania/temporada/oscurece/#|website=20minutos.es|title='Hispania' se 'oscurece' en su segunda temporada|date=8 May 2011}}</ref>}} |- | ''Rocío Dúrcal, volver a verte'' || Shaila || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/vertele/videos/actualidad/rocio-durcal-miniserie-miercoles-telecinco_1_7718401.html|website=vertele!|title=“La noche de Rocío Dúrcal” con la miniserie y el debate, este martes y miércoles en Telecinco|date=26 December 2011|via=eldiario.es}}</ref>}} |- | {{center|2021–23}} || ''Cardo'' || María || Also creator and writer || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/series/2023/02/12/llega-segunda-temporada-salto-tres-anos/0003_202302G12P639920.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|title=«Cardo»: llega la segunda temporada, con María fuera de la cárcel|date=12 February 2023}}</ref>}} |- | {{center|2023}} || ''La mesías'' || Montserrat Baró || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/series/montserrat-baro-madre-stella-maris-serie-mesias-javis-5186781/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=3 November 2023|title=De qué te suena el nombre de Montserrat Baró, la madre de las Stella Maris en 'La Mesías'}}</ref>}} |- | {{center|2025}} | ''{{ill|In the Mud (TV series)|es|En el barro|lt=En el barro}}'' (''In the Mud'') || Amparo "La Gallega" Vilches || || {{center|<ref name="osco" />}} |}
== Accolades == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | {{center|2022}} || 9th Feroz Awards || Best Main Actress in a Series || rowspan = "2" | ''Cardo'' || {{won}} || {{center|<ref name="feroz2022">{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/palmares-completo-de-los-premios-feroz-zaragoza-2022-4948808/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|date=30 January 2022|title=Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz Zaragoza 2022}}</ref>}} |- | rowspan = "2" | {{center|2023}} | 31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best Television Actress in a Leading Role || {{nom}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a42718434/union-de-actores-2023-nominados-ganadores/|website=Fotogramas|title=Premios Unión de Actores 2023: 'As bestas' y 'Cinco lobitos', las películas más premiadas|date=14 March 2023|first=María|last=Aller}}</ref>}} |- | 29th Forqué Awards || Best Actress in a TV Series || ''La mesías'' || {{nom}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/palmares-completo-premios-forque-2023-20000-especies-abejas-mesias-5199618/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=Palmarés completo de los Premios Forqué 2023: '20.000 especies de abejas' y 'La Mesías' lideran la apertura de la temporada|date=17 December 2023}}</ref>}} |- | rowspan = "3" | {{center|2024}} | 25th Iris Awards || Best Screenplay (Fiction) || ''Cardo'' || {{nom|{{Tooltip|Nominated|nominated alongside co-writer Claudia Costafreda}}}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eltelevisero.huffingtonpost.es/2024/01/premios-iris-2024-todos-los-ganadores-con-la-unidad-kabul-como-gran-triunfadora/|website=El televisero|via=HuffPost|title=Premios Iris 2024: Todos los ganadores con ‘La Unidad Kabul’ como gran triunfadora|date=17 January 2024}}</ref>}} |- | 11th Feroz Awards || Best Main Actress in a Series || rowspan = "2" | ''La mesías'' || {{nom}} || {{center|<ref name="feroz2024">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a46557760/premios-feroz-2024-palmares-completo/|website=Fotogramas|date=27 January 2024|title=Palmarés completo de los Premios Feroz 2024: 'La mesías' sigue arrasando y los Goya ganan emoción con unos premios muy divididos en cine|first=Rafael|last=Sánchez Casademont}}</ref>}} |- | 32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards || Best Television Actress in a Leading Role || {{nom}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.escribiendocine.com/noticias/2024/02/05/17023-todos-los-nominados-de-la-32-edicion-de-los-premios-union-de-actores-y-actrices-de-espana|website=Escribiendo Cine|title=Todos los nominados de la 32 edición de los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices de España|date=4 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/cultura/cine-00128/noticia-malena-alterio-maribel-verdu-lola-duenas-quim-gutierrez-protagonistas-32-premios-ua-20240312042138.html|website=Europa Press|title=Malena Alterio, Maribel Verdú, Lola Dueñas y Quim Gutiérrez, entre los protagonistas de los 32 Premios UA|date=12 March 2024}}</ref>}} |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rujas, Ana}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Spanish actresses Category:Spanish female models Category:Spanish television actresses Category:Spanish film actresses Category:Actresses from Madrid Category:Spanish women screenwriters