--- name: "Teresa Ruiz" canonical: "https://film.one/person/teresa-ruiz" fi1m_id: "teresa-ruiz" imdb_id: "nm1840708" tmdb_id: 589722 wikidata_id: "Q1191146" roles: ["Actor"] born: "21 December 1988" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T21:19:14.414562+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." --- # Teresa Ruiz ## Identity Teresa Ruiz - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/teresa-ruiz - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** teresa-ruiz - **IMDb ID:** nm1840708 - **TMDB ID:** 589722 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1191146 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Ruiz_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1191146, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1840708/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/589722 Actor. Born 21 December 1988 in Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 21 December 1988, Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico - **Also known as:** Maria Teresa Ruiz, ترسا روئیز - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Ruiz_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1191146, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1840708/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/589722 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Mo*](https://film.one/tv/mo.md) (85) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Teresa Ruiz is a Mexican actress. She was born on 21 December 1988 in Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca, and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 13, where she later trained in theatre. Ruiz began her career in Mexico with roles including Cecilia Rojas in *Bordertown* (2007). She is known for Isabella Bautista in *Narcos: Mexico* (2018–2020), Maria in the series *Mo* (2022–2025), Carmen in *Father Stu* (2022) and Rosa in *The Marksman* (2021). She has received several international Best Actress awards, including for *Viaje Redondo* (2009), and is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Mo* (2022), Fi1m 85, as Maria — [page](https://film.one/tv/mo.md) ## Complete filmography (31) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires* (2025), as Mujer Jaguar / Catwoman (voice) - *90 Minutes* (2025), series, Actor - *The Dog Thief* (2024), as Srta. Andrea - *The Honest Candidate* (2024), as Diana - *Down the Rabbit Hole* (2024), Actor - *Bandidos* (2024), series, as Carmen - *Noise* (2022), as Abril Escobedo - *Mo* (2022), series, as Maria — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/mo.md) - *Father Stu* (2022), as Carmen - *The Marksman* (2021), as Rosa - *Little America* (2020), series, Actor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md) - *Narcos: Mexico* (2018), series, as Isabella Bautista - *Here on Earth* (2018), series, as Nadia Basurto - *Narcos* (2015), series, Actor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md) - *A Gringo Honeymoon* (2015), as Rosalita - *Una Vez Más* (2015), Actor - *Cantinflas* (2014), as Meche Barba - *The Last Ship* (2014), series, as Mother — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-ship.md) - *Amorous Pancho Villa* (2013), as Manuela Casas - *Tlatelolco, Summer of 68'* (2013), as Licha - *Citizen Buelna* (2013), Actor - *Mariachi Gringo* (2012), as Ashlee - *Major Crimes* (2012), series, as Monica Garcia — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/major-crimes.md) - *Missing Dad* (2012), Producer - *Colosio* (2012), as Alejandra - *The Miracle of Marcelino* (2010), as Cruz - *Round Trip* (2009), as Lucia - *Bordertown* (2007), as Cecilia Rojas - *Bienvenido Paisano* (2006), as Piffany - *52nd State*, Actor - *Coyote*, as Gabriella ## Gallery - ![TERESA RUIZ PRESS CONFERENCE BY SAM TAKATAKA (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/48226/gallery-340268b47220.jpg) TERESA RUIZ PRESS CONFERENCE BY SAM TAKATAKA (2024) — Renemunez3333, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/TERESA_RUIZ.jpg/1280px-TERESA_RUIZ.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![TERESA RUIZ BY SAM TAKATAKA (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/48226/gallery-643db256116f.jpg) TERESA RUIZ BY SAM TAKATAKA (2024) — Renemunez3333, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/TERESA_RUIZ_24.jpg/1280px-TERESA_RUIZ_24.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Teresa Ruiz (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/48226/gallery-928395eb9442.jpg) Teresa Ruiz (2020) — Manuel Zuniga, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/TeresaRuiz.jpg/1280px-TeresaRuiz.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Teresa Ruiz (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/48226/gallery-54eadd30eef8.jpg) Teresa Ruiz (2021) — Juan Luis Lemus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/TeresaRuiz1.jpg/1280px-TeresaRuiz1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Teresa Ruiz](https://film.one/media/person/48226/gallery-ba7db2cc7b31.jpg) Teresa Ruiz — Image via TMDB - ![Teresa Ruiz (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/48226/gallery-1c5ceb162da8.jpg) Teresa Ruiz (2021) — Juan Luis Lemus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/TeresaRuiz111.jpg/1280px-TeresaRuiz111.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Teresa Ruiz (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/48226/gallery-f34ada682458.jpg) Teresa Ruiz (2021) — Juan Luis Lemus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/TeresaRuiz2.jpg/1280px-TeresaRuiz2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/teresa-ruiz