Originally from Torreón, Coahuila, Mayra moved to Mexico City, where she studied acting in various workshops and worked in the sub-direction of the International Cervantino Festival, coordinating the planning of artists. As an actress, she has worked with director Alejandra Márquez Abella and directors such as Alejandro Guzmán, Iván Ávila, Luis Estrada, Amat Escalante, Humberto Hinojosa, Rodrigo Plá, Michel Grau, among others. Narcos: Mexico was the first series in which she participated.

In 2018, she wrote and co-directed her first short film, In Lucia’s Skin, which was an official selection at the Guadalajara International Film Festival and at festivals in the United States, Canada, and Cuba, receiving awards in France and Spain. In 2021, she was a beneficiary of the FOCINE Post-Production Support Program for her second short film, I’ll Stay Here.

Her first feature film script, VANILLA, was selected by the National Fund for Culture and the Arts to be developed during the writing process, followed by being a beneficiary of FOCINE for the production which started in 2023. Vanilla won in different work in progress in 2024 to continue the post-production of the film, which includes Festival de Morelia, GLAFF and Ventana Sur. The world premiere will take place at the Giornate degli Autori.

FILMOGRAPHY

2025 Vanilla
2020 I’ll Stay Here (short)
2018 In Lucia’s Skin (short)