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Maya Zapata

Maya Zapata

Actor · Born November 30, 1981 (44) · Ciudad de México, Mexico

Berlinale award nominee

Maya Zapata is an actress, known for Bordertown (2006), De la calle (2001) and Under the same moon (2007).

Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 30, 1981 (44)
From
Ciudad de México, Mexico
Works as
Actor
Titles
36 on MovieCove · 60 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 33% in 30 days

What are Maya Zapata's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Genres

Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
37%
Survival
20%
Self
13%
Morality
10%
Power
9%
Society
8%
Ideas
3%
Romantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 18 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 14 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 12 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 6

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 2 of 7 analyzed roles.

Ally
2 of 7
Shapeshifter
2 of 7
Threshold guardian
1 of 7
Mentor
1 of 7
Herald
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Melancholic
10
Hopeful
8
Warm
6
Contemplative
5
Other
16

How their films linger

Bittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet11
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous4
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Maya Zapata's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 36 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Maya Zapata's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

60 credits, 36 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Dear Sobriety: You're Killing Me(2025)

    as Inés

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • El paseo 8: La luna de hiel(2025)

    as Lupe

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires(2025)

    as Hiedra del Bosque / Poison Ivy (voice)

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Red Thread(2025)

    as Laura

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Las Tres Sisters(2025)

    as Teresa

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Every Minute Counts(2024)

    Show 20 episodes · as Camila

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Soy Tu Fan 3: La Fiesta Continua(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Prime Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · as Julia Torrado

  • At Midnight(2023)

    as Aurelia

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Soy tu fan: La película (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Rocío Lozano

  • Enfermo Amor(2022)

    as Emilia

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Lexi(2022)

    as Camille

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • La Nave(2022)

    as Leo

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Deadly Embroidered Memories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Akili (voice)

  • DisGraced(2020)

    Show as Receptionist

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • El secreto de Selena (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 13 episodes · as Selena Quintanilla

  • El César (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 27 episodes · as Blanca Santiago

  • Run Coyote Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 13 episodes · as Olga

  • Sin muertos no hay carnaval(2016)

    as Ingrid

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Meister des Todes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Pina Aquila

  • The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards(2015)

    as Babysitter

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Eisenstein in Guanajuato(2015)

    as Concepción Cañedo

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Mozart in the Jungle(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Paula

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Demon Inside(2013)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • La Ruta Blanca(2012)

    Show 92 episodes · as Dolores

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Bolero de noche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Greta

  • The Misfits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Graciela

  • Soy tu fan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 34 episodes · as Rocío Lozano

  • Nikté (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Kdabra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 33 episodes · as Jazmim

  • Mujeres de la Revolución Mexicana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Hermila Galindo

  • The Disorderly Maids of the Neighborhood(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Morenita: el escándalo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Magdalena

  • Casi divas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Francisca

  • Killer Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Dolores

  • All Inclusive(2008)

    as Usnavy

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • La sorpresa(2008)

    as Selena

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Cobrador: In God We Trust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as La Rebeca

  • Under the Same Moon(2007)

    as Alicia

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Dos abrazos(2007)

    as Silvina

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Bordertown(2007)

    as Eva Jimenez

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Morirse en domingo(2006)

    as Ana

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Sexo, amor y otras perversiones(2006)

    as Mariela (Segment "Recompensa")

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada(2005)

    as El Tostón Woman #1

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Santos peregrinos(2004)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Caribe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Irene

  • El Mago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Morgana

  • Streeters(2001)

    as Xóchitl

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Herod's Law(1999)

    as Chencha

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Other Conquest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Xochiquetzal - Niña Intérprete

  • Little Saints(1999)

    as Blanca

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Perdita Durango(1997)

    as Mexican Girl №1

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Blood Oranges(1997)

    as Goat Girl

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Elisa Before the End of the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as La niña

  • The Cisco Kid(1994)

    as Alicia

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Old Gringo(1989)

    as Dolores

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Goitia: A God for Himself (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Margarita

  • El tres de copas(1986)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Memoria y Tolerancia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • XX-XY fuera del mundo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 58 titles, 56 of them dated from 1986 to 2026; peak year 2008.

Biggest box office

Under the Same Moon (2007)

$23M worldwide

Highest rated

Under the Same Moon (2007)

Midcredits 89th

Most popular right now

Every Minute Counts (2024)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19862026

Peak 2008 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting58 of 58: 58 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score50th

By decade

1980s3 · acting1990s7 · acting2000s20 · acting2010s13 · acting2020s13 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 17 roles
8909

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Nominated for a Berlinale award in 2015, Teddy Ballot Volkswagen Audience Award.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Maya Zapata's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Approval · how many liked their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Reach · how many have seen their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Midcredits score across 36 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 36 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic5
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · actor

Santos peregrinos (2004)

91st percentile spread · 53% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Herod's Law (1999)

Midcredits 96th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Maya Zapata's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 67 · intenseMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Maya Zapata work with?

People who share at least 2 of Maya Zapata's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jesús Zavala shares the most, 3.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers