Villa, Lucha

(Luz Elena Ruiz Bejarano)

(1936 - )

   ranchera singer and sometimes actress; , on-screen since the early 1960s. She received a Best Actress Ariel for Mecánica nacional, and was nominated for El principio; she won the Best Supporting Actress Ariel for El lugar sín límites. In the late 1980s and early '90s, Villa played the villainous "Ramona" in the "Fiscal del Hierro" series, opposite Mario Almada. In 1997, Villa was the victim of a surgical accident and was in a coma for some time. She suffered some impairment of her speech and motor skills as a result, and has retired from performing as of this date.