María Elena Olivares
Acting
Biography
María Elena Olivares (Veracruz, 1935) is a renowned Mexican actress in theater, film, and television, known for appearing in TV series such as *Capadocia* (2008), *Drenaje profundo* (2011), and *Huérfanas* (2011). She made her Hollywood debut in the film *Blink Twice* (2024), directed by Zoë Kravitz. Olivares grew up in Veracruz, where she began acting. At the age of 11, she moved to Mexico City and joined the program *Legión Infantil de Madrugadores* on XEKL.
Known For
When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. But despite the epic setting, beautiful people, ever-flowing champagne, and late-night dance parties, Frida can sense that there’s something sinister hiding beneath the island’s lush façade.
Blink Twice
Eight people experience a strange phenomenon while waiting for a bus at a remote station on a rainy October night.
The Similars
A crooked CEO is kidnapped and nobody cares enough to pay his ransom.
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
The story of a wooing in which the stepdaughter, Elena, seduces her stepmother. A love story that is unpredictable for both, where reality overcomes their principles and traditions.
La noche de las flores
An extraordinary black comedy that explores the limits of survival and absurdist political power games. The story takes place in times of elections in Mexico. A candidate for Governor runs over a pregnant migrant. After the accident, and to avoid a possible scandal, he hides her in a building he owns. Pressured by his political boss and so as not to ruin his political career, the candidate evicts the migrant. In a non-realistic style, the film focuses on the stories that surround the migrant during her search for a room. A radical film, with a critical gaze, that reflects the spirit of contemporary Mexican society.
1 For 1
Aurelia and Antonia distance themselves from their youth due to the greed of one of them to keep the house that their parents inherited. Aurelia spends her life alone in the countryside, until one night Antonia knocks on her door. Between the bewilderment and anger at the visit, Aurelia agrees to live with her sister who shows strange behavior and little by little she will discover what is behind it.
La soledad
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Espíritu deportivo
A man about to be executed asks for a miracle: for time to stop. The miracle happens and he writes a story in which he tries to cheat death. Death overtakes him in reality and fiction.
Chimera
A group of elderly people gather at night to play bingo. Mario loses every time and has become obsessed with the game. Fortune accompanies him outside the room to show him that luck rules his life and that of the elderly group; but Mario will not accept losing this time.