Elena Poniatowska
Acting
20
Acting Credits
Biography
Hélène Elizabeth Louise Amélie Paula Dolores Poniatowska Amor (born May 19, 1932), known professionally as Elena Poniatowska is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, specializing in works on social and political issues focused on those considered to be disenfranchised especially women and the poor. She was born in Paris to upper-class parents, including her mother whose family fled Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. She left France for Mexico when she was ten to escape the Second World...
Known For
Filmography
Juan Gabriel: Mi Primer Bellas Artes
2026
as Herself
Memoria de Los Olvidados
2025
as Self
Ven Acá... con Eugenia León y Pavel Granados
2023
as Self
Booklovers
2023
as Self
Pedro
2022
as Self
Ana
2020
as Escritora (México)
Xico's Journey
2020
as Cuca (voice)
The Busty Doll
2017
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
2017
as Self
Leonora Carrington: The Lost Surrealist
2017
as Self (interviewee)
Between Cuba and Mexico, Everything is Bonito & Sabroso
2016
Chaos and Order: Manuel Felguérez and His Abstract Work
2016
Alaide Foppa Falla, The Unfortunate One
2014
Tina Modotti: Dogma and Passion
2013
as Herself
Made in Mexico
2012
as Self
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
2012
as Self / Additional Voices (voice)
Leonora Carrington - The Surrealist Game
2012
as Self
The Storm That Swept Mexico
2011
as Self - Novelist/Journalist (as Elena Poniatowska Amor)
José Emilio Pacheco: me llamo Nadie
2009
as Self
Asaltar los cielos
1996