Ximena Romo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Romo and the second or maternal family name is Mercado.

Ximena Romo
Born	Ximena Romo Mercado (1990-04-14) April 14, 1990 (age 34) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupations	Actress model

Ximena Romo Mercado (born April 14, 1990) is a Mexican actress and model best known for her role as Nora Gaxiola in the Televisa telenovela El color de la pasión.^[1] Romo is the daughter of Mexican politician Patricia Mercado and former head of the Mexican electricians' union, Horacio Romo Vázquez.

Career

Ximena Romo Mercado trained as an actress at the Casazul Artes Escénicas Argos in Mexico and then received an MA in contemporary acting from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama of the University of London.^[2] She made her film debut in 2008 in the movie by Gerardo Naranjo, I'm Gonna Explode, a drama in which she played the role of Lucía. Later, she appeared as Maria in Oveja negra (2009), directed by Humberto Hinojosa Ozcáriz. Her next film was Amaneceres oxidados (2010), directed by Diego Cohen, in which she worked alongside actors such as Armando Hernández, Catalina López, Ari Brickman, and Alan Chávez. She was also a co-producer of the short film El retrete de Elena (2010). She then appeared in the series Soy tu fan, starring Ana Claudia Talancón, in which Romo played as Mila.^[3]

Filmography

Films roles

Year	Title	Roles	Notes
2008	I'm Gonna Explode	Lucía
2009	Oveja negra	María
2010	Amaneceres oxidados	Andrea
2013	Ficción	Girlfriend	Short film
2014	Gloria	Aline
2016	Tales of an Immoral Couple	Martina 17 Years old
2017	Everybody Loves Somebody	Lily Álvarez
2017	Fiebre	Romina	Short film
2018	Dibujando el cielo	María
2018	Preludio a una Siesta	Ximena
2019	This Is Not Berlin	Rita	Nominated – Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress[4]
2019	Como si fuera la primera vez	Luci
2019	Mentada de padre	Rosa
2020	Sin Hijos	Mabel
2020	The Day of the Lord	Raquel
2020	Dime Cuando Tú	Danielle
2021	Sexo, pudor y lágrimas 2	Katia

Television roles

Year	Title	Roles	Notes
2011	Soy tu fan	Mila	Episode: "Back Up"
2013	Alguien más	Laura	5 episodes
2014	Dos lunas	Sole Adolescente	Episodes: "El engaño" and "Las dos lunas"
2014	El color de la pasión	Nora Gaxiola Murillo	Main role; 116 episodes
2016	Yago	Ámbar Madrigal	Supporting role; 39 episodes
2017	Las 13 esposas de Wilson Fernández	Emilia	Episode: "Emilia"
2018	Un extraño enemigo	Laura	5 episodes
2022	María Félix: La Doña	Young María Félix	Main role

References

1. "Ximena Romo habla sobre el personaje de Nora en Hoy" (in Spanish). Televisa. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
2. "Ximena Romo Mercado | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama". www.cssd.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-09-12.
3. Mary Montoya. "Ximena Romo impacta con su debut y le ofrecen exclusividad pero ¡prefiere irse a estudiar a Londres!" (in Spanish). TVnotas. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
4. "Ariel 2020: Lista completa de nominados". Cine Premiere (in Spanish). G21 Comunicación Entertainment. July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.

External links

• Ximena Romo at IMDb