Ana Rujas

Ana Rujas (born 14 May 1989) is a Spanish model turned actress.^[1][2]

Ana Rujas
Rujas in 2025
Born	(1989-05-14) 14 May 1989 (age 36) Madrid, Spain
Occupations	Actress model writer

Early life

Born on 14 May 1989 in Madrid,^[3][4] Rujas enrolled in a modeling agency at age 16.^[5] She received acting training at the school of Juan Carlos Corazza.^[6]

Career

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 HKM [es]. She portrayed Shaila Dúrcal in the biopic of Rocío Dúrcal.^[7] In 2016, she starred in the music video of Zahara, "Caída Libre".^[8] She had endorsed the jewelry brand "Aristocrazy".^[9] She recently acted in a play, ¿Qué sabes tú de mis tristezas? ('What do you know about my sorrows?').^[10]

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.^[11] In 2023, she portrayed Montserrat in La mesías, earning a nomination to the Feroz Award for Best Main Actress in a Series.^[12] In 2023, she published her first book, La otra bestia.^[13]

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.^[14] She also landed a leading role in Julio Medem's 8, a romancer shot in eight long takes tracking nine decades of Spanish history,^[15] and a role in Celia Rico's historical drama La buena letra based on the novel by Rafael Chirbes.^[16]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Gente en sitios (People in Places)			[17]
2017	Toc toc			[18]
2018	Diana	Sofía		[19]
2025	La buena letra	Isabel		[20]
	8	Adela		[21]
TBD	La desconocida †			[22]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2008–09	HKM [es]	Vicky		[23]
2009	90-60-90, diario secreto de una adolescente	África Villalba		[24]
2011	Punta Escarlata	Vir		[25]
	Hispania, la leyenda	Stena		[26]
	Rocío Dúrcal, volver a verte	Shaila		[27]
2021–23	Cardo	María	Also creator and writer	[28]
2023	La mesías	Montserrat Baró		[29]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2022	9th Feroz Awards	Best Main Actress in a Series	Cardo	Won	[11]
2023	31st Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actress in a Leading Role		Nominated	[30]
	29th Forqué Awards	Best Actress in a TV Series	La mesías	Nominated	[31]
2024	25th Iris Awards	Best Screenplay (Fiction)	Cardo	Nominated	[32]
	11th Feroz Awards	Best Main Actress in a Series	La mesías	Nominated	[33]
	32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Television Actress in a Leading Role		Nominated	[34][35]