Helena Rojo is dead: the three roles that made her the best soap opera villain

The Mexican actress Elena Rojo He died Saturday after silently battling cancer, journalist María Luisa Valdés reported.

She was 79 years old and was known for having participated in films by famous directors, such as Werner Herzog and Arthur Ripstein. But he has also gained fame as the quintessential villain of Mexican soap operas.

In addition to her countless awards as best actress in several awards, Rojo won Best Villain three times.. In Mexico it is customary to award this type of award, as it is a country that has one of the most important soap opera industries in the world.

Got TVyNovelas for Secret intentions, in 1993; TV Addict Golden by True love, in 2003; and again the TVyNovelas for Innocent of youin 2005.

These awards demonstrate the versatility of an actress who has been able to act with both Klaus Kinski in the famous Aguirre, the wrath of Godas in Netflix’s funny comedies, like the recent one Invitation to murderpublished last year.

Let’s review, then, one by one which were the three characters who consecrated her as a villain.

1. Antonieta (The secret intentions)

In Secret Intentions, Helena Rojo plays Antonieta Alcántara, a young woman who has lived her entire life with her sick mother, whom she deeply hated. Her character is the one who interferes in the relationship between Miguel Ángel (Cristian Castro) and Larisa (Yolanda Andrade).

Antonieta uses Larisa to take revenge on Carlos, father of this character and her love, who abandoned her, trying to separate Larisa from Michelangelo.

2. Augusta (True Love)

In Real Love, Helena also tries to break up with someone again. In this case she plays Augusta, the mother of the protagonist, Matilde (Adela Noriega).

In the story, Augusta unjustly imprisons her daughter’s lover, a soldier with no fortune, and tries by all means to convince her to marry a billionaire bachelor.

3. Raquel and Rebeca (Innocent of You)

Here Rojo plays two characters, sisters Rebeca and Raquel Linares-Robles. The first is a cruel and ambitious society lady; the second, her twin, hates her. However, Rebeca lives on Raquel’s charity.

Conflict breaks out between them when Raquel decides to disinherit her hateful sister’s estate and choose as her heir a flower seller, Florecita (Camila Sodi), the protagonist of the novel.