Lucía Méndez

Lucía Méndez (January 26, 1955) is a Mexican actress and singer, born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. She gained fame in the 1970s and 1980s for her powerful vocals and captivating performances in music and on screen. Méndez achieved success with hit songs like "Corazón de Piedra" and starred in iconic telenovelas such as "Colorina" (1980) and "Tú o Nadie" (1985), solidifying her status as a beloved figure in Mexican entertainment.

Works

Burden of Guilt

Paulino Córdoba, Gabino Roura, Rodolfo Huerta, and Matías Quiroga have been friends since childhood; however, as adults, their priorities shifted, and a sin now threatens to destroy their friendship. Paulino owns the El Milagro apple hacienda and is married to Rosario; they have two children, César and Lucrecia. Rosario has always favored her son while openly rejecting her daughter. Lucrecia was raised by Delfina, Rosario’s maid and Manuel’s mother.

Release Date2009-06-15

Charactersd Inés Valdivia de Roura

Episode Count1

Vote Count123

Colorina

Release Date1980-03-03

Charactersd Colorina

Episode Count250

Vote Count49

Viviana

A poor but beautiful woman comes to the city looking for her husband ... who is married to another woman, the evil Gloria. While she falls in love to a handsome and good hearted doctor, she decides to work at nights to earn money at a "Model School" which is, in reality, a high profile brothel...

Release Date1978-05-22

Charactersd Viviana

Episode Count208

Vote Count1

Marielena

Marielena is a young, working-class secretary—decent, deeply devoted to her family, and steadfast in her Christian values. However, love catches her off guard when she meets Luis Felipe and feels her heart stir. A newly qualified executive secretary, she sets out to find a job and ends up crossing paths with Luis Felipe again—who becomes her boss. As the days go by, she finds herself drawn to him in a way that proves impossible to hide.

Release Date1992-04-13

Charactersd Marielena Muñoz

Episode Count228

Vote Count1

El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar

El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar is a 1988 Mexican telenovela starring Lucía Méndez and Jorge Martinez. It is an unusual example of a telenovela which addresses supernatural topics.

Release Date1988-04-11

Charactersd Diana Salazar / Doña Leonor de Santiago

Episode Count196

Vote Count61

Paloma

Release Date1975-01-23

Charactersd Blanca Rosa Ballesteros

Episode Count220

Vote Count3

Killer Women

Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind.

Release Date2008-06-17

Charactersd Cándida, esperanzada

Episode Count1

Vote Count317

Tú o Nadie

Antonio Lombardo lives in a huge, luxurious house in Acapulco with Victoria—his stepmother, whom he loves like a real mother—and his sister Camila, who has just married Claudio. Also living there is Maximiliano, Victoria's son from her first marriage, who hides an envious and manipulative personality behind the appearance of a good person.

Release Date1985-02-11

Charactersd Raquel Samaniego Silva

Episode Count120

Vote Count3

Vanessa

Release Date1982-02-11

Charactersd Vanessa Hernández de Saint-Michel

Episode Count172

Vote Count2

Esperanza del Corazón

Esperanza del Corazón

Esperanza del Corazón is a Mexican telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa. It is a merger of Aguetas de Color de Rosa and Confidente de Secundaria, produced by Luis de Llano Macedo in 1994 and 1996, respectively. Bianca Marroquin and Patricio Borghetti star as the main protagonists, while Lucía Méndez and Lisardo Guarinos star as the main antagonists. Esperanza del Corazón won 1 award in Premios TVyNovelas: Best co-star actress. Canal de las Estrellas aired Esperanza del Corazón from July 18, 2011 to February 3, 2012, with Un Refugio para el Amor replacing it. Univision aired Esperanza del Corazón at 2pm central from September 6 to October 14, 2011, replacing one hour of Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón. It was later seen at 1pm central from October 17, 2011 to March 9, 2012, replacing Rafaela. From March 12 to March 23, 2012, Univision moved "Esperanza del Corazón" to 12pm central, due to El Talismán airing at 1pm central.

Release Date2011-07-18

Charactersd Lucrecia Dávila Viuda de Duprís

Episode Count145

Amor de nadie

Amor de nadie is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from September 10, 1990, to June 14, 1991. Created by Eric Vonn, with literary editing by Marcia del Río, the telenovela stars Lucía Méndez, Saúl Lisazo, Fernando Allende, and Bertín Osborne. It was Lucía Méndez's final telenovela as a leading actress for Televisa during this period. The story follows Sofía Hernández, a young woman from a humble mining town who dreams of leaving her difficult life behind. After suffering betrayal and hardship, she moves to Mexico City to pursue a career as a model. Along the way, she faces jealousy, ambition, family conflicts, and complicated relationships while searching for love and a better future.

Release Date1990-09-10

Charactersd Sofía Hernández

Episode Count199

Vote Count2

Golpe bajo

Release Date2000-05-29

Charactersd Silvana Bernal

Episode Count220

Vote Count1

La Máquina

After a devastating loss, Esteban “La Máquina” Osuna is at a low point in his boxing career. Lucky for him, his manager and best friend Andy Lujan is determined to get him back on top. But when a nefarious organization rears its head, the stakes of this rematch become life or death. Esteban must juggle his own personal demons and protect his family.

Release Date2024-10-09

Charactersd Josefina

Episode Count6

Vote Count39

Las 13 Esposas de Wilson Fernández

Las 13 Esposas de Wilson Fernández

The comedic story of a hopeless romantic musician who believes in marriage intensely, but for some reason, each of his wives end up leaving him. A keyboard player in a sports club controlled by a group of dark, yet soulful characters, Wilson Fernández’s story spans from his adolescence until his 50s, going through the past 30 years of Mexican history. Discover how the political and social events that took place during this time have influenced his personal life.

Release Date2017-05-12

Charactersd Ella misma (Herself)

Episode Count1

Love Without Makeup

Amor sin Maquillaje is a mini novela that was shown in 2007. It is a production of Rosy Ocampo, who also produced La Fea Mas Bella. The stars are Sergio Goyri and Marlene Favela; It was a tribute to the 50 years of telenovelas in Mexico.

Release Date2007-09-17

Charactersd Lupita Velázquez

Episode Count25

Vote Count1

Señora Tentación

Release Date1994-02-10

Charactersd Rosa Moreno

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Cómplices

María José, Paula, Roberta, and Stacy, four women work in the production of a television talk show. Their lives take an unexpected turn when the show's producer—a man who has tormented them for years—appears dead. From that moment on, they become suspects in the crime. Although they proclaim their innocence, this unexpected situation becomes the spark that unites them, pushing them to rediscover themselves and embrace life with more freedom and humor.

Release Date2025-11-08

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Charactersd María José

Episode Count[ 13 ]

Vote Count7

Tres veces Sofía

Release Date1998-10-05

Charactersd Sofía Gutiérrez Ríos / Sofía Soler Campos Miranda

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Cómplices (2025)

Cómplices (2025)

Charactersd María José

Episode Count1

The Children of Sanchez

Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.

Release Date1978-06-16

Charactersd Martha Sánchez

Vote Count8

Juan Armenta El Repatriado

Juan returns home to Mexico after working in the USA for awhile, and gets caught up in cowboy problems among his townsfolk.

Release Date1976-09-09

Charactersd Julia

Vote Count9

Muchacha italiana viene a casarse

Release Date1971-06-10

Charactersd Raquel

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Killer Babes

Three girlfriends, neglected and mistreated by their husbands, plan to take revenge on them with the help of an experienced man in this type of job.

Release Date2024-09-06

Charactersd Mariloli

Vote Count58

The Minister and Me

Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the land census bureau to regularize a land title. After a great deal of frustration with the government bureaucracy, he writes a letter to the cabinet minister, earning an audience with him. The minister hires Melgarejo to reform the bureau, and the appointee proceeds to lecture the officials on their duties in a democratic society. At the end, he gives up the post, returning to Santo Domingo to help its poor residents.

Release Date1976-07-01

Charactersd Barbara

Vote Count37

God's Crooked Lines

Newly-committed to a mental institution, a woman tries to convince her doctors that her husband conspired to have her put away for selfish reasons unrelated to her mental health.

Release Date1983-09-29

Charactersd Alicia Estrada

Vote Count9

Blacker Than the Night

When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror.

Release Date1975-12-25

Charactersd Marta

Vote Count63

El Hijo Del Pueblo

At the end of an unhappy romance, a Mexico City cabdriver decides he's fed up with big-city classism and hypocrisy, and goes home to his ranch. Soon, a group of city-folk are stranded on his property and dependent on him for help and sustenance.

Release Date1974-02-28

Charactersd Carmen

Vote Count9

Cabalgando a la luna

Decadent, failing Mexico City family get life-lessons from rural visitors.

Release Date1974-11-14

Charactersd Beatriz (Betty)

Vote Count3

The Illegal

Deceived over and over again by the whole world, a woman does not want to give up in the face of life's adversities.

Release Date1979-02-26

Charactersd Claudia Bernal

Vote Count3

The Champions Five Supermen

The Champions go against an army of rats that have turned into humans.

Release Date1972-12-07

Charactersd (uncredited)

Vote Count17

The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell

Raul Araiza's chilling Spanish-language supernatural thriller tells the tale of two powerful beings, one good and one evil incarnate, fighting for control of Earth--and of a beautiful woman.

Release Date1986-10-01

Charactersd Marcela

Vote Count7

Las Lunas del Auditorio

Release Date2002-09-04

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Mala Noche... ¡No!

Release Date1988-07-04

Charactersd Self (voice)

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

Drag Race Mexico

In the Mexican spin-off from RuPaul's Drag Race, drag queens compete for the title of Mexico's Next Drag Superstar.

Release Date2023-06-22

Charactersd Self - Guest Judge

Episode Count1

Vote Count19

Siempre lunes

Siempre lunes

Release Date1988-06-08

Charactersd Self - Guest

Episode Count1

Siempre Reinas

This series follows the lives of Mexican show biz queens Lucía Méndez, Laura Zapata, Sylvia Pasquel and Lorena Herrera as they reinvent themselves.

Release Date2022-10-02

Charactersd Self

Episode Count12

Vote Count14

María: La Diva Eterna

Twenty years after her death, María Félix, a figure of Mexican cinema, is a model for free and independent women who are in control of their lives. Known as La Doña, she was a beautiful and strong woman. Admired and ahead of her time, she is our eternal diva.

Release Date2023-04-06

Charactersd Self

Vote Count7

Los hijos de Sanchez

The Sanchez clan have seen the worst of times, but they have survived by sticking together. When Sanchez's oldest daughter Consuelo plans to build a life of her own, the family and Sanchez face an enormous challenge.

Release Date1978-11-16

El Desconocido

Disenfranchised drifter finds a home, working on a young orphan woman's ranch.

Release Date1974-09-26

Vote Count6

Enamorada

Lucía, a beautiful stewardess, discovers love and betrayal when she falls in love in New York.

Release Date1984-01-01

Vote Count3