Ruiz appears in the 1st and 2nd seasons of the
Netflix original series Narcos: Mexico playing Isabella Bautista, a long time friend (and partner in crime) of
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo. In 2022 Ruiz starred in the film Noise (Spanish: Ruido) a Mexican-Argentine drama film directed by Natalia Beristáin and written by Beristáin, Diego Enrique Osorno & Alo Valenzuela Escobedo. The film won the Spanish Cooperation Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. She also played the character Nadia Basurto in the political thriller
Aquí en la Tierra a co-production between
Gael Garcia Bernal and
Diego Luna's production company
La Corriente del Golfo and
Fox Networks. The 8-episode drama series written and directed by some of Mexico's most renowned filmmakers was the only Latin American title competing in the inaugural edition of
Cannes Film Festival: Series. Ruiz appeared in
Gregory Nava's controversial film
Bordertown alongside
Jennifer Lopez and
Antonio Banderas. The story was based on the murders of women in
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and had the endorsement of
Amnesty International. Ruiz co-starred in the film
The Delivery next to
Mickey Rourke, an action movie parody directed by
Louis Leterrier and appeared in
Michael Bay's
The Last Ship. Ruiz went on to play the main character in Gerardo Tort's
Round Trip (or
Viaje Redondo in Spanish), for which she won several Best Actress awards including the
Guadalajara's International Film Festival's Mayahuel, the Prix d'Interprétation Féminine at the Amiens International Film Festival in
France and the
India Catalina in Colombia; as well as
Mexico's Academy Award:
Ariel. Other film works include
Carlos Bolado's
Tlatelolco; the film tells the story of the
1968 massacre of protesting students in Mexico's capital and Jose Luis Gutierrez-Arias' remake of the classic Spanish film
Marcelino Pan y Vino. She played the Mexican Golden-Era actress and dancer
Meche Barba, also known as
The Mexican Venus, in the biopic
Cantinflas about iconic Mexican actor
Mario Moreno Cantinflas. Ruiz was Executive Partner of the production company Machete, which won the
Caméra d'Or at the 63
Cannes film festival for the film
Año Bisiesto, directed by
Michael Rowe.
Theater work In 2014 Ruiz played the part of Veronica in The
Actors Studio production of
Stephen Adly Guirgis's
The Motherfucker with the Hat. The play was produced by
Martin Landau,
Ellen Burstyn and
Al Pacino and opened in Los Angeles in September 2014. She also played young
Frida Kahlo in
Ofelia Medina's
Cada Quien su Frida; the play had its worldwide premiere at the International Cadiz Theater Festival in
Spain, then went on to tour in
Cuba,
Denmark, the
UK,
Mexico and the
US. ==Filmography==