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Yalitza Aparicio Martínez is a Mexican preschool teacher and actor. Born in Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico, on December 11, 1993, she is a member of the Mixtec people. She speaks Spanish and English and resides in Mexico City. Her career in film and television began in 2018.
Aparicio is known for her role in the notable work *Roma*. Her performance earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She has also received the BBC 100 Women award. She is a female human with black hair and Spanish as her native language.
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Film & TV
Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, México
Yalitza Aparicio Martínez (born 11 December 1993) is a Mexican actress. She is known for her debut acting role in Alfonso Cuarón's Roma (2018), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination.
Known for
- En la quietud de la noche — Frida (Jesus' Mother)2026
- Unburied2025
- Midnight Family — Nayelly2024
- The Great Seduction — Ana2023
- Sweatshop Girl — Inés2023
- Presencias — Paulina2022
- Mujeres Asesinas — Rocío2022
- Peace Peace Now Now2021
- Road to Roma — Self2020
- Los Espookys — The Moon2019
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Key facts
- Born
- Yalitza Aparicio Martínez , ( 1993-12-11 ) 11 December 1993 (age 32) , Tlaxiaco , Oaxaca , Mexico
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 2018–present
- Notable work
- Roma
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Aparicio
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Place of birth
- Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Spanish
- Award
- BBC 100 Women
- Notable work
- Roma
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Mass
- 49
- Image
- Yalitza Aparicio.png
- Height
- 1.48
- Residence
- Mexico City
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- date of birth
- 1993-12-11
- Commons category
- Yalitza Aparicio Martínez
- start of work period
- 2018-00-00
- birth name
- Yalitza Aparicio Martínez
- second family name in Spanish name
- Martínez
- name in native language
- Yalitza Aparicio
- social media followers
- 349533
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- BBC 100 Women Edit-a-thon
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- ethnic group
- Mixtec people
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Encyclopedic overview
Yalitza Aparicio Martínez ( Spanish: [ɟʝaˈlitsa apaˈɾisjo] ; born 11 December 1993) is a Mexican actress. She made her film debut as Cleo in Alfonso Cuarón's 2018 drama Roma, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress; Aparicio was the first Indigenous Mexican woman to be nominated for that award. In 2019, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She was also named the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples in the same year.
Early life
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