Mexican actress
Helena Rojo
died on Saturday after silently battling cancer, reported journalist María Luisa Valdés.
She was 79 years old and was known for participating in films by famous directors, such as Werner Herzog and
Arturo Ripstein
.
She, but she also earned fame as the quintessential villain of Mexican soap operas.
Beyond her countless recognitions for Best Actress at different awards shows,
Rojo won the Best Villainess award three times
.
In Mexico it is common to give this type of award, since it is a country that has one of the most important soap opera industries in the world.
He won the TVyNovelas for
Las secretas intenciones
, in 1993;
the TV Addict Golden for
Real Love
, in 2003;
and again on TVyNovelas for
Inocente de ti
, in 2005.
These awards demonstrate the versatility of an actress who knew how to act both with
Klaus Kinski
in the famous
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
, and in short-form Netflix comedies, such as the recent
Invitation to a Murder
, released last year.
Let's review, then, one by one which were the three characters that established her as a villain.
The actress was part of Aguirre, the Wrath of God, by Werner Herzog.
1. Antonieta (The secret intentions)
Antonieta, the villain of The Secret Intentions.
In The Secret Intentions, Helena Rojo is Antonieta Alcántara, a young woman who lived her entire life with her sick mother, whom she deeply hated.
Her character is the one who comes between the relationship of Miguel Ángel (Cristian Castro) and Larisa (Yolanda Andrade).
Antonieta uses Larisa to get revenge on Carlos, her ex and this character's father, trying to separate the kind protagonist from Michelangelo.
2. Augusta (Real Love)
In Real Love, Rojo is Augusta.
In Real Love, Helena also tries to separate someone again.
In this case she is playing Augusta, the mother of the protagonist, Matilde (Adela Noriega).
In the story, Augusta unjustly imprisons her daughter's lover, a soldier without fortune, and tries by all means to get her to marry a millionaire bachelor.
3. Raquel and Rebeca (Innocent of you)
Rojo in Inocente de ti, where she played two twins.
Here she plays two characters, the sisters Rebeca and Raquel Linares-Robles.
The first is a cruel and ambitious society lady;
the second, her twin, who hates her.
However, Rebeca lives off Raquel's charity.
The conflict breaks out when Raquel, who is seriously ill, decides to disinherit her hateful sister and choose as her heir a flower seller, Florecita (Camila Sodi), the protagonist of the novel.