Elena Poniatowska
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
Xico's Journey
Cuca (voice)
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
Self / Additional Voices (voice)
Made in Mexico
Self
Leonora Carrington: The Lost Surrealist
Self (interviewee)
Esmeralda Comes by Night
Writer
Asaltar los cielos
The Busty Doll
Pedro
Self
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Filmography
Acting (20)
Movies (18)
Juan Gabriel: Mi Primer Bellas Artes
2026as Herself
Memoria de Los Olvidados
2025as Self
Pedro
2022as Self
Xico's Journey
2020as Cuca (voice)
Ana
2020as Escritora (México)
Leonora Carrington: The Lost Surrealist
2017as Self (interviewee)
The Busty Doll
2017
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
2017as Self
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
2013as Herself
Leonora Carrington - The Surrealist Game
2012as Self
Made in Mexico
2012as Self
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
2012as Self / Additional Voices (voice)
The Storm That Swept Mexico
2011as Self - Novelist/Journalist (as Elena Poniatowska Amor)
José Emilio Pacheco: me llamo Nadie
2009as Self
Asaltar los cielos
1996
Crew (2)
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