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Ana de la Reguera
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Ana de la Reguera, born April 8, 1977, in Veracruz, Mexico, is a Mexican telenovela and movie actress.

Born Anabell Gardoqui De La Reguera, De La Reguera began her performance arts studies in the Instituto Veracruzano de Cultura and was the host of Pasarela on Televisa Veracruz. She left the Televisa's CEA, and then studied with Rosa María Bianchi, Patricia Reyes Spíndola and Rafael Miranau. She also studied with Raúl Quintanilla in the Centro de Formación Actoral de TV Azteca (CEFAC).

Her professional career began with her role in the telenovela Azul (1996) followed by Pueblo chico, infierno grande (1997) for which De La Reguera received the Heraldo award for best female acting, and Desencuentro which was her third telenovela under the direction of Ernesto Alonso.

Tentaciones (1998) marked her beginning with the production company Producciones Argos. De La Reguera was immediately offered a role in Destino and Todo por amor, for which she received the Palmas de oro award.

Cara o Cruz was the first telenovela co-production between Argos and Telemundo, that was made exclusively for the hispanic audience living in the U.S. It was later rebroadcasted in Mexico, by independent channel CNI. De La Reguera was also seen playing María in the telenovela Por tí for TV Azteca and the mini-series that followed up on Pedro El Escamoso, Como Pedro por su casa which was a co-production between Caracol from Colombia and Telemundo.

De La Reguera has been in many commercials and TV shows in Mexico, such as: Mujer, casos de la vida real, Al derecho y al Dérbez, Íntimamente Shanik, Chiquitos pero picosos, La venta increíble, Llévatelo, and Cómplices en familia, to mention only a few.

In theatre De La Reguera has participated in El cartero directed by Raúl Quintanilla, for which she received two awards from the 'Mexican Association of Theatre Journalists.

Her introduction to film began in Por la Libre, under the direction of Juan Carlos de Llaca. Later De La Reguera acted in the film Un Secreto de Esperanza and in 2003 Ladies' Night, alongside Ana Claudia Talancón. In 2005 she played the starring role in Gitanas which aired on Telemundo in the U.S.

De La Reguera played the role of beautiful nun Sister Encarnación in Nacho Libre, the film by Jared Hess, director of Napoleon Dynamite. She has also often been mistaken for Penélope Cruz and Paz Vega.

De La Reguera hosted the 2006 Video Music Awards Latin America along with Mexican band Molotov.