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Ana’s Change of Habit

By Ruth Morris |
2008-06-26
| Vista Magazine

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Ana’s Change of Habit

First known to U.S. audiences as a nun in “Nacho Libre”, Mexican actress Ana de la Reguera’s latest roles show her remarkable versatility.

By Ruth Morris

It's safe to say that most of Latin America's sirens have burst onto the silver screen in more glamorous circumstances. When Ana de la Reguera made her Hollywood debut, she was buttoned to the chin in a nun's habit-- her spine erect, her shoes sensible, her romantic lead a Mexican luchador in powder-blue tights.
But the dark-eyed actress from Veracruz is not complaining.

“That was incredible for my career. It's opened a lot of doors for me,” says de la Reguera, 31, of her role as the pretty and proper Sister Encarnacion in the blockbuster comedy “Nacho Libre”. Of Jack Black, who plays her chubby, cape-furling suitor, she adds: “He's a really modest person and it gave me a lot of confidence to work with him.”

A stunning brunette with an easy smile, de la Reguera says she is happy to put her good looks to work to advance her career. But she is also clear that growing as an actress means tackling diverse and even unlikely roles. After appearing as Nacho's sunny muse, de la Reguera swung to the dark end of the dramatic spectrum, playing a jailed housewife in “Capadocia”. The slick Spanish-language HBO series, filmed in steely gray tones, explores the wretched conditions inside a privatized Mexican prison.

The same year, 2007, de la Reguera made two movies. In “Paraiso Travel”, based on the book by Jorge Franco, she plays an aspiring singer and dancer living in Queens and performs her own songs. She describes the character, Milagros, as a fighter, and someone not unlike herself. Then, in “Sultans of the South”, she switched gears again, as a calculating bank robber in Argentina.

"If you're happy doing a beautiful woman role, that's cool," says the actress, who also picked up a Cover Girl contract last year. "I wouldn't mind doing some of those roles. I won't have this age forever or this look forever. But you may get bored doing that, and you have to fight to break from it."
Her friends and colleagues, meanwhile, say she is just revving up.

Ana Celia Urquidi, casting director at Argos Productions, remembers de la Reguera as an adolescent, studying in a stairwell on the set of a soap opera while her boyfriend was acting. Urquidi began offering her work with Argos, and soon the teenager with a book on her knee was actually playing a student in a soap called “All for Love”. It was 2002, and she came away with the Golden Palm Award.

"I started to see this wasn't just a pretty girl," said Urquidi. "In this role she played a person who developed a lot, who endured many difficult situations... people speak about her as a good actress, and this is vital for Ana."
Urquidi also says breaking out of the mold of Mexican soap star, as de la Reguera has done, is no easy task. Soaps are plenty, movies few.

"You have to take a lot of risks, to leave the comfortable situation you're in, where people ask you for your autograph, and take this decision at a very young age," she says. "You have be ready to leave everything, and start from zero."

De la Reguera grew up in Veracruz, among Spanish arches and coffee and tobacco fields. She threw herself into acting and dancing early on, studying at the Instituto Veracruzano de Cultura, and later at TV Aztecas’s artistic institute in Mexico City.

"My family always supported me in this," she says. "I was always acting and dancing and always dreaming about being an actress, so my parents never thought I would be anything else. I wasn't a good student either," she jokes. "I don't think they thought I would become a doctor."

In 2003, in one of her early movies, de la Reguera played Ana in “Ladies' Night”-- a fun and quirky film about marriage and male strippers that showcased her versatility. She kicked of her heels and donned army boots, spitting tic-tacs across her office as the modish editor of a teen magazine.

The movie became the box office success of the year and brought several awards for de la Reguera, including the Mexico’s movie industry's Best Actress title.

It was “Nacho Libre”, though, that introduced de la Reguera to U.S. moviegoers. The film matches Jack Black's mustached luchador alter-ego with de la Reguera's wide-eyed, straight-faced Sister Encarnación.

"If you fight for someone who needs your help, only then will God bless you in battle," she says earnestly.
A self-described home-body, de la Reguera lives in Los Angeles now, and dates Univision anchor Jorge Ramos, who lives in Miami. The two meet up overseas, or on opposite ends of the United States. She doesn't cook, she says, and goes back to Mexico often. While she cites travel as one of the best perks of her job, she likes coming home a little more.

"Both parts are great. But I like to see my things, sleep in my own bed. I could go many days without leaving my house."

De la Reguera politely declines to discuss her relationship with Ramos, but she does see similarities in their work. Namely, they both have to board a lot of planes, and adapt quickly to the places where they land.

"You can't judge so much, and you have to be open to cultural changes and the way people think and act," she says.
Friends describe de la Reguera as disciplined and down-to-earth. In her scant free time, she takes dialogue classes, or works on perfecting her English. As for future roles, she says she's more concerned with the caliber of project than its cachet.

"Comedy is very, very difficult. I'd like to explore that again," de la Reguera says. "What I most like is cinema. Films are there forever. And I want to work with talented people... to have the opportunity to learn."

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