QUICK FACTS
Activity Actress
Real name Cristina Rodríguez Lozano
Nationality Mexico
Birth May 21, 1990 (Coahuila – Mexico)
BIOGRAPHY
Cristina Rodríguez Lozano, better known as Cristina Rodlo , is a Mexican actress, born in Torreón, Coahuila. She has two brothers and is the only one in her family who is dedicated to the world of acting and entertainment. At age 11 she took her first theater class in Torreón and, when she left it, she ran to tell her parents that she wanted to dedicate herself to that forever. “Every year I told them ‘I’m going to be an actress and I’m going to go to the United States to work’ but I was still a girl and they didn’t believe me, obviously,” Cristina said in an interview for Sensacine México . That first class consisted of breathing exercises, something that Cristina turned into a tool for her work to date: “After that class everything was very clear.”
Although her parents did not take her desire to be a professional actress very seriously, the idea never left her mind, but living in Torreón complicated things because there are not many opportunities to form a professional career in acting. School for Cristina was a bittersweet feeling, in primary school she had almost no friends because her tastes were inclined towards those that were considered, at that time, for men, making her look like a strange girl to her classmates. “However, in high school you turn everything around. That’s when I started making more friends,” she shared.
Every day Cristina wondered how she was going to achieve her move to the United States. Her parents were afraid of her daughter’s decision, even though they always supported her. “There was no one in the family who was dedicated to this, it wasn’t that they didn’t want to support me, they were just afraid.” Everything changed when, shortly after finishing high school, she was accepted into the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, where she studied a conservatory in Theater for two years. Despite the good news, Cristina’s parents could not afford the actress’s transportation costs, so she raised half of the money for her trip.
Already in the United States, Cristina had to face many obstacles, some of them came in the form of jobs as a waitress or an advertising distributor in Times Square, but the most difficult part of her life was the lack of opportunities for Latino people. . “I’m Mexican and they said I didn’t sound like a Latina but they didn’t give me American roles either, I was in this weird niche where they told you they couldn’t put you in any role,” the actress recalled. Not seeing his dreams fulfilled in Hollywood, he traveled to Mexico City to try his luck in the national industry: “the next day after arriving I already had several castings and I was in many commercials, but it was not what I was looking for.”
Soon the situation became clearer and the casting director, Rossy Argüelles,24 casetas (2013) which was filmed in Argentina. Later, she began to work on several projects for the production company Argos. Three years later she opened the door to her dream in Hollywood again. Cristina was cast to be part of the cast of the series El vato (2016-2017), one of the projects that, she assures, has been one of the most precious for her: “a very beautiful family was formed in that project.”
After concluding El vato , Cristina received a call for the casting of Miss Bala (2019). She sent her audition from Los Angeles and, just one day before the El Vato wrap party , Cristina received the news of the call back for Miss Bala in Mexico. After those two successes in her career, the actress has secured many more projects. In 2019 she participated in Jorge Michel Grau’s film, Bunker, in which she shared credits with Paulina Dávila and José María de Tovar. Additionally, she has appeared in Run Coyote Run (2017-), Too old to die young (2019), directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, The Terror Infamy (2019), among others. In 2020 she appears on 68 Whiskey . Cristina has a great career, both in television and film; Her first work in the industry was a short film in Torreón, titled Verano 79 (2006) in which she shared credits with Miguel Rodarte, and since then she has proven to be one of the most talented and persistent actresses of her generation , attracting fans nationwide. and international. Over the next few years, Cristina wants to try her luck as a screenwriter and as a director, although at the moment she is working on a new film about which she cannot yet reveal much information.
