María Telón

María Telón Soc (born 12 October 1958) is a K'iche' Mayan Guatemalan actress. She made her debut in the film Ixcanul in 2015, receiving the Best Actress award at the Bratislava International Film Festival and other international film festivals.

Telón also appeared in Marvel's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, playing an elderly Maya woman.

Career

Telón was born on 12 October 1958 and grew up in Santa María de Jesús in a Maya community. She widowed young and had four small children, so she began looking for work as a domestic servant, even though she could neither read nor write. She met the actress Patricia Orantes, who suggested she work in a play in the role of a mother. Meanwhile Telón worked selling fruit at a market.[1][2]

Through that play, American director Julio Hernández Cordón met Telón and offered her a role in a film, but Telón initially turned it down. However, she eventually agreed to make her film debut in the movie Dust (2012) as Delfina. Success came with her role in the film Ixcanul (2015), where she played Juana. She won the Best Actress award at the Bratislava International Film Festival and accompanied the team to nominations at Berlin International Film Festival and Guadalajara International Film Festival.[1][3][2]

She later starred in Temblores (2018), La Justicia, La Llorona and Rita. She made the leap to Hollywood with her minor role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.[1][2][4] Telón appeared in Israeli soap opera Miguel in 2017.[5]

Telón speaks Spanish, Kaqchikel and Tzʼutujil.[5]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c Melendez, Carolina (9 November 2022). "El orgullo de la cultura maya en "Pantera Negra: Wakanda por Siempre" [+FOTOS]". La Prensa Gráfica.
  2. ^ a b c d Vera, Asier (3 November 2015). "El milagro de 'Ixcanul'". El Mundo.
  3. ^ González, Ana Lucía (31 May 2015). "La fuerza de una mirada". Prensa Libre. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Cetino, Rocio (5 September 2023). "Biografía de María Telón, actriz guatemalteca". aprende.guatemala.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  5. ^ a b "María Telón". La Casa de Producción. Archived from the original on 25 April 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  6. ^ ""Ixcanul" triunfa en Festival de Cine de Lima". Soy 502. 15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  7. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (6 November 2015). "'Ixcanul', 'The Fourth Direction', 'Taxi' win Mumbai Festival Prizes". Variety. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Ixcanul gana dos premios en festival en Ecuador". Prensa Libre. 21 November 2015.
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