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name: "Helena Rojo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/helena-rojo"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 August 1944"
died: "3 February 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:38:07.459441+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Helena Rojo

Actor. Born 18 August 1944 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Died 3 February 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 August 1944, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- **Died:** 3 February 2024

## Biography

Helena Rojo was a Mexican actress. Born María Elena Enríquez Ruiz in Mexico City on 18 August 1944, she began her career as a model in the early 1960s before studying drama with Carlos Ancira and José Luis Ibáñez. She made her film debut in 1968.

Rojo worked with Mexican directors including Arturo Ripstein, Felipe Cazals and Jorge Fons, and appeared internationally as Inés de Atienza in Werner Herzog's *Aguirre, the Wrath of God* (1972). Her television roles included Luciana Hernández de Duval in the telenovela *El Privilegio de Amar* (1998). She won two Ariel Awards for her film performances.

She died in Mexico City on 3 February 2024.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, cinematropical.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Aguirre, the Wrath of God* (1972), Fi1m 91, as Inés de Atienza — [page](https://film.one/film/aguirre-the-wrath-of-god.md)

## Also known for

- *Amor Real* (2003), Augusta Curiel de Peñalver
- *Don't Mess with the Angel* (2008), Cecilia Santos de Velarde
- *Triumph of Love* (2010), Self
- *The Heart Is Never Wrong* (2019), Dora Ortega
- *Por ella soy Eva* (2012), Eugenia Mistral de Caballero
- *La rosa de Guadalupe* (2008), Self--Presenter (voice)
- *A Deadly Invitation* (2023), Ms. Cristina
- *The Color of Passion* (2014), Milagros Fuentes Vda. de Valdivia

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