Alejandra Gollas

Alejandra Gollas

Birth : 1976-01-01, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

History

Alejandra Gollas, a bilingual actress, was the recipient of an Ariel Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress (the Mexican equivalent of an Academy Award) for her role in Efectos Secundarios (Side Effects), the first Warner Brothers' premium feature produced and filmed entirely in Mexico. She began her career as a child actress on the Mexican stage, coming to prominence at age 11 for her acclaimed portrayal of Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker." She went on to become a national phenomenon portraying Adrianita in the telenovela "Quinceañera." In the award winning short "Liminal," directed by Stephen Keep Mills, Alejandra won Best Actress Awards at The Tregor Film Festival, The Levante International Film Festival and The Festival Du Film De Strasbourg. Recent film credits include Fidel, El Viaje de la Nonna, 31 Dias, Pulling Strings and Compulsion. Love is Not Love, directed by Stephen Keep Mills, provides her first lead in an English feature film. It had its world premiere at Cinequest Film Festival in March 2020. Alejandra won Best Actress Awards at The New Renaissance Film Festival and The Rosarito International Film Festival.

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Alejandra Gollas

Movies

AINBO: Spirit of the Amazon
Chuni
An epic journey of a young hero and her Spirit Guides, 'Dillo' a cute and humorous armadillo and "Vaca" a goofy oversized tapir, who embark on a quest to save their home in the spectacular Amazon Rainforest.
Love Is Not Love
Reyna/Emilia
Early December, New York City, and everyone is in the hunt for love. Why? Because they haven't found it. They make it into a myth and chase the myth instead. That is not Love in this Romance of fantasy, Fate, and yearning.
Milk Teeth
Eve
An orphanage spirals into mayhem when a boy discovers a shadowy creature who comes to collect more than just the children's teeth…
Compulsion
A love triangle set in the heart of Mexico City where an impulsive egocentric TV producer, an ambitious neuroscientist, and a police detective desire love, and look for it in all the wrong places.
Morgu
Siobahn
A child with special powers refuses to leave the house her mother sold.
31 Días
Silvia
31 Dias (31 Days) is the story of Eva (Irán Castillo), a young and beautiful psychologist and author of a series of self-help books about modern women and their love relationships. For her next bestseller she has decided to prove her most daring theory: After the first 30 days together love ends, so the only way to have a meaningful relationship in this new millennium is when the couple part ways after the first month. At a magazine's photo session Eva meets Adam (Lorenzo Balducci), an attractive Italian photographer, and she decides he's perfect as her study subject. She will live a very intense relationship with Adam during 31 days, in order to prove her theory is right. However, what she is not aware of is that Adam is using her own advice from her books in order to make her fall in love with him and teach her a lesson. What neither of them suspects is that they'll come to learn that love has no rules.
Papa Zeus
Sally Long 'Poet Queen'
A psychiatrist attempts to cure a patient who thinks he's the son of Zeus, while dodging the mental ward himself.
Liminal
Ina
Ina and Joy are emotional charged, in battle with one another, while fully naked.
Species: The Awakening
Trauma Nurse
A scientist, Dr Holander, takes his niece Miranda to Mexico in an attempt to reverse the effects of the alien DNA he used to create her. However the treatment goes horribly wrong, and sets Miranda on a killing spree as she sets out to find a mate.
Personal Effects
Mimí
At 18, fresh from high school, Marina, Ignacio, Adam and Mimi, school mates bonded by fate, shared a dream about adult life, a dream of fame, success, perfect skin and that one endless, true love that, surely, was waiting just around the corner for each one of them. But 30's arrived, and none of the sweet promises of youth was fulfilled. Alone, failed and frustrated, all four are forced to stop and look around to try to understand where it all went wrong, and find an emergency fix for their lives, before it's too late, and happiness escapes through their fingers forever. Secondary Effects is the bitter coming of age comedy that follows their steps in the search for lost dreams, lost hair and good sex, at least, if true love turns out to be a mirage.
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
Student #1
When a magical artifact is lifted from his library, a meek librarian sets out to ensure its safe return.
Vampires: Los Muertos
Scared woman
Tough-as-nails vampire hunter Derek Bliss is on the hunt for "suckers" in the heart of Mexico when he receives a new assignment from a mysterious client. Thrown together with a group of slayers, including sexy Zooey, who may or may not be one of the undead. Derek and company are up against a growing number of fast-moving, bloodthirsty vampires and their elusive and powerful leader.
La suerte de la fea... a la bonita no le importa
Susy
Susie is obsessed about losing weight, thus being "bonita" and not "gorda" - the two keywords in the original Spanish title. She calls on a fairy godmother to grants her three wishes. Susie resorts to these to become the most beautiful woman in the world.
Fidel
Haydeé Santamaría
Fidel Castro rises to power in Cuba.
Vivir mata
Regina
A romantic comedy of our times about passion, friendship and lies, on one of those days when the city and its inhabitants go crazy and anything seems possible. Diego and Silvia meet each other and fall in love thanks to their masterly lies. The morning after, with their respective friends, they remember the encounter and slowly begin to realize how sincere and honest that relationship was. When the opportunity arises, both struggle to meet again on a day in which a sudden and unusual disorder reigns in Mexico City.
A second Chance
Beatriz, Ricardo's girlfriend
Julia and Moises fell in love and got married when they were young, idealistic, and passionate; now in their 30s, their marriage has cooled and their lives have sunken into the mediocrity they had sought to avoid. This realization inspires a quest to regain the lost dreams of their youth, which is complicated when a handsome student begins to pursue Julia. She begins an affair with the fiery young activist that may just put the excitement back into her marriage. This is a funny and insightful exploration of the intricacies of relationships, love, and idealism, and Jesus Ochoa as Moises turns in a stellar performance.
Todo el poder
Asistente de Patricia
Gabriel is a filmmaker in Mexico City, where he is a victim of crime and violence sometimes even three times a day. This is a black comedy that shows the extreme situation Mexico City is suffering as far as crime is concerned, and the tension the city and it's inhabitants live day after day.