Multi-awarded actress and producer of the Mexican scene. She has participated in dozens of projects including feature films, television programs and plays.
He debuted at the age of six in the film Gringo Viejo' (Dir. Luis Puenzo), alongside Jane Fonda and Gregory Peck. (Dir. Luis Puenzo), alongside Jane Fonda and Gregory Peck, work that would be followed by important titles of the national cinema.
Throughout her career she has won several awards, including the Ariel Award for Best Actress (2002) for the film 'De la calle' (Gerardo Tort); the Mayahuel Award for Best Actress (2005) (Dir. Gerardo Tort); the Mayahuel Award for Best Actress (2005) for 'El Mago' (2005) for El Mago' (The Magician) (Dir. Jaime Aparicio), awarded by the Guadalajara Film Festival; and the Diosa de Plata for Best Actress (2008) for 'Morirse en Domingo' (Dying on Sunday) (Dir. Daniel Gruener).
His filmography includes titles such as Goitia, un Dios para sí mismo' (Goitia, a God for Himself) (Dir. Diego López Rivera), 'Santitos' (Dir. Alejandro Springall), 'Santitos' (Dir. (Dir. Alejandro Springall), 'La otra conquista' (The other conquest) (Dir. Salvador Carrasco), 'La Ley de Herodes' (Herod's Law) (Dir. Luis Estrada), 'Dos Abrazos' (Two Hugs) (Dir. Enrique Begne), 'Casi Divas' (Almost Divas) (Dir. Issa López), 'Eisenstein in Guanajuato' (Dir. Peter Greenaway). (Dir. Peter Greenaway), 'La Nave' (Dir. Batan Silva), 'La Nave' (Dir. (Dir. Batan Silva), 'Sick Love' (Dir. Marco Polo Constandse, Rodr. (Dir. Marco Polo Constandse, Rodrigo Nava), 'Soy tu Fan: La Película' (Dir. Mariana Chenillo) and 'At Midnight' (Dir. Jonah Feingold) and 'At Midnight' (Dir. Jonah Feingold) (dir. Jonah Feingold).
For television, he has participated in television series, among which the following stand out Soy tu Fan' (I'm your Fan)(Canal Once) in its three seasons, La Ruta Blanca' (Cadena Tres)(Cadena Tres), Kdabra' (Fox International), 'La Ruta Blanca' (Cadena Tres), 'Kdabra(Fox International), 'Mozart in the Jungle' (Prime Video), 'Mozart in the Jungle' (Prime Video)(Prime Video), 'El César' (Caesar)(Space), 'Run Coyote Run' (FOX)(FOX), 'Selena's Secret' (BTF Media), 'El Secreto de Selena' (BTF Media)(BTF Media), 'Star Schedule' (Star+)(Star+), 'Every Minute Counts' (Prime Video)(Prime Video) and 'El Hilo Rojo' (ViX). (ViX).
In 2012 she made her debut as a theater producer with the play La acera de enfrenteand later La casa de los espíritus' (The house of the spirits) y 'Feroces'..
Maya Zapata has been characterized by making her work her main form of activism. She firmly believes in the power of the narrative arts as a source of inspiration to imagine different futures, as well as being one of the best tools for social transformation.
