Azela Robinson

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Robinson and the second or maternal family name is Cañedo.

Azela Robinson
Born	Azela Jacqueline Robinson Cañedo (1965-08-26) August 26, 1965 London, England, United Kingdom
Nationality	British / Mexican
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990-present
Spouse(s)	Roberto Ballesteros (divorced)
Children	Alexander De villa
Parent(s)	Alan Robinson Nadja Cañedo

Azela Robinson (born Azela Jacqueline Robinson Cañedo on August 26, 1965 in London, England, United Kingdom) is a British-born Mexican actress.

Biography

Born in the United Kingdom to an English father and a Mexican mother, Azela Robinson studied in the Old Vin Drama Workshop (1980–1982) and soon after, she enrolled in the National Theatre Workshop (1982–1983). Years later, she left the UK to seek new job opportunities. That is when she arrived in Mexico, where she began her career as an actress and participated in several telenovelas. She has also appeared in films and on stage. In 2005, Azela returned to the small-screen in the telenovela Contra viento y marea in the role of Apolonia.

Filmography

Telenovelas, Series, Theater, Films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	El árbol vacío		Film
	Mátalos Johnny		Film
	Todos a la Piscina		Theatrical Performance
	El extensionista		Film
	Los insepultos		Film
1992	Cuentos de suspenso		Film
1993	La última esperanza		Special Appearance
	Trilogía amorosa		Theatrical Performance
	Pelea de colosos		Film
	De entre las sombras		Film
1994	Entre el amor y la muerte		Film
	La dama de la noche	Isabel	Film
	La dama y el judicial		Film
	Cena de matrimonios		Theatrical Performance
1995	Quién le teme a Virginia Wolf		Theatrical Performance
1995-96	Pobre Niña Rica	Ana Luisa Cañedo de Villagrán	Supporting Role
1996	Tiempo de llorar		Film
	Cañaveral de Pasiones	Dinorah Faberman vda. de Santos	Main Antagonist
1997	La joya más preciada		Film
1998	La usurpadora	Elvira	Antagonist
1999-00	Laberintos de pasión	Carmina Roldán de Valencia	Antagonist
2000	Mi Destino Eres Tú	Isaura Becker	Antagonist
2001-02	El Manantial	Doña Francisca Rivero de Valdéz	Antagonist
2002	La Otra	Mireya Ocampo	Co-Protagonist
2002	La casa de Bernarda Alba		Theatrical Performance
2003-04	Bajo la misma piel	Regina Ortiz Escalante	Co-protagonist
2005	Contra viento y marea	Apolonia Rudell de Serrano	Main Antagonist
	Hombres		Theatrical Performance
	Bajo el mismo techo	Manuelita	TV Series
2006-07	Mundo de Fieras	Dolores Farías	Co-Protagonist
2007	S.O.S.: Sexo y otros Secretos	Lucía	TV Series
2008	Central de Abasto	La Pantera	TV Series
	Central de abasto	La Güera	TV Series
2009	Sortilegio	Elena Miranda de Crueger	Antagonist
	Mujeres Asesinas 2	Blanca	Episode: "María, pescadera"
	Tiempo final 3		Episode: "Testigo"
2010-11	Llena de Amor	Fedra Curiel de Ruiz y de Teresa/Juana Felipa Pérez Fernández	Main Antagonist
2011	La rosa de Guadalupe	Claudia	Episode: "La niña sicario"
2012	Cachito de Cielo	Teresa "Tete" de Franco de Landeros	Co-Protagonist
2014	Estrella2	Various	TV Series
2014-15	Yo no Creo en los Hombres	Josefa Bravo	Main Antagonist
2015	La Misteriosa	Antonia Montesco Vda. de Martínez/Vda. de Valverde

Awards and nominations

Premios TV y Novelas

Year	Award	Category	Telenovela	Result
1997	TVyNovelas Awards	Best Female Antagonist	Cañaveral de Pasiones	Nominated
2003		Best Co-star Actress	La Otra
2011		Best Female Antagonist	Llena de amor
2015		Best Female Antagonist	Yo no creo en los hombres
		Favorite Villain		Won

Year	Award	Category	Telenovela /Film	Result
1995	Premios ACTP	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama	¿Quién teme a Virginia Wolf?	Won
2002			La casa de Bernarda de Alba
2003		Best Supporting Actress in a Theater	Cena de matrimonios
2008		Best Actress	Macbeth
1998	Premios ACE
1999	Premios Sol de Oro	Best Supporting Actress	Laberintos de pasión
	Premios ACE
2000	Premios Palmas de Oro
	Premios Gran Águila de Venezuela
2001	Premios Palmas de Oro