Biography
Mercedes Hernández is a Mexican actress. Born in Mexico City on 24 September 1970, she trained under the teacher Ludwik Margules and has worked in theatre and film for over twenty-five years.
She is known for her leading role as Magdalena in Identifying Features (2020), for which she won the Ariel Award for Best Actress. Other credits include New Order (2020), Huesera: The Bone Woman (2023), A Million Miles Away (2023) and The Secret of the River (2024). In 2015 she received an Ariel nomination for Best Supporting Actress for La Tirisia.
In 2026 she appeared as Digger's housekeeper in Alejandro G. Iñárritu's film Digger.
