Gabriela Cartol
She's a Mexican actress graduated from CasAzul Artes Escénicas ARGOS. In 2012, she starred her first feature film Perpetual Sadness, for which she earned her first nomination for Ariel Award in the Breakthrough Actress category. Afterwards, she was part of different films such as Mole de olla, receta familiar (dir. Enrique Arroyo), I Dream in Another Language and Cosas imposibles (dir. Ernesto Contreras). The Chambermaid (dir. Lila Avilés), represented her most relevant lead role so far. This film was selected to represent Mexico at the Academy Awards and Goya in 2019. Gabriela also received several nominations as best actress for this work, including her second Ariel nomination. She won Best iberoamerican actress in the Festival internacional de cine de la orquídea in Cuenca, Ecuador and later, she received the Best Actress Jury Prize at the Nador Film and Common Memory Festival, Morocco. In February 2020, she received the Silver Ring from the Taxco Guerrero International Film Festival for her outstanding career. After the success of The Chambermaid, Gabriela participated in the international series Hernán, el hombre produced by Dopamine, where she played Moctezuma's daughter. For the year 2021, she participated in her first project outside of Mexico with the series The Shelter, produced by Fábula and filmed in Santiago, Chile. She later lands an important role in the series The Resort, produced by PeacockTV and NBC, where she plays Luna. This project premiered at Comic-Con 2022. Gabriela was selected at the Talents Guadalajara 2018 and Berlin Talents 2019 programs by the international film festivals of Guadalajara and Berlin, correspondingly. She teaches acting workshops for film around Mexico and Latin America. In 2023, it is expected to premiere the series El centauro del norte where she plays Lucita, the legitimate wife of Pancho Villa, as well as her next collaboration with director Ernesto Contreras in the film El último vagón. Gabriela had her debut as Casting Director in a feature film back at the Berlinale 2023 in the official competition with Totem, directed by Lila Avilés.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Actor
- 14 on MovieCove · 24 credits in all
What are Gabriela Cartol's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 6 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 6 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Heroas Cheba in Perpetual Sadness (2014)
- Heroas Eve in The Chambermaid (2018)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous2
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 Gabriela Cartol's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Gabriela Cartol'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
24 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Galilea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Ecatepec, amor mío (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Women Wearing Shoulder Pads: English Dub, Movie-Length Version (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Every Minute Counts(2024)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
8 Venado (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Totem(2023)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Where the Tracks End(2023)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
El Colapso(2023)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Días Negros: Chamula (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
The Resort(2022)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
El Refugio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Cosas imposibles(2021)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Cruz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
The Chambermaid(2018)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Tattoo of Revenge(2018)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Perpetual Sadness(2014)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
La Ramona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Marina y la Falda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Travelers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 91st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 23 titles, 20 of them dated from 2014 to 2026; peak year 2020.
Biggest box office
Cosas imposibles (2021)
Highest rated
Cosas imposibles (2021)
Most popular right now
The Resort (2022)
Film career
Peak 2020 · steadily prominent in film for years. 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.
- 2017Screen debut· I Dream in Another Language
- 2019First top-billed film· The Chambermaid
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.
How do Gabriela Cartol's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 30. 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.
Who does Gabriela Cartol work with?
People who share at least 2 of Gabriela Cartol's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ernesto Contreras shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Ernesto ContrerasShared titles: Where the Tracks End (2023), Cosas imposibles (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Ernesto Contreras
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Andrés SánchezShared titles: Where the Tracks End (2023), Cosas imposibles (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Andrés Sánchez
- Gus ReyesShared titles: Where the Tracks End (2023), Cosas imposibles (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Gus Reyes
- Jorge MacayaShared titles: Where the Tracks End (2023), Cosas imposibles (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Jorge Macaya
- César Gutiérrez MirandaShared titles: Cosas imposibles (2021), Perpetual Sadness (2014)See all 2 shared titles with César Gutiérrez Miranda