Amorita Rasgado (born 14 May 1989) is a Mexican actress of Zapotec descent from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. She is best known for playing Gabina, one of the four leads in the Apple TV+ crime drama Women in Blue (Las Azules), since 2024.
Early life and education Rasgado was born and raised in Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Oaxaca. She began acting in 1997 with the Grupo de Teatro Tehuantepec, a local company run by Marco Petriz, and made her stage debut with the group in 1998 in Oscura ventana.
She later moved to Mexico City to train professionally, studying under Ludwik Margules at the Foro de Arte Contemporáneo and at the Centro Universitario de Teatro of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), before continuing her training at the Creative Institute in Vancouver. The Vancouver studies were funded by a scholarship she won at the 2004 Expresión en Corto festival.
Career Rasgado's first screen role was the lead, Sandra, in Enrique Arroyo's 2004 short film El otro sueño americano, about a teenage girl who attempts to cross into the United States, drawn from the femicides in Ciudad Juárez. She won the best actress award and the Vancouver scholarship at the seventh Expresión en Corto International Film Festival in Guanajuato, and best actress at the Pantalla de Cristal festival. The film itself won best short at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2005.
In 2009 she played Márgara in Carlos Carrera's Backyard (El traspatio), written by Sabina Berman, which also dealt with the Juárez killings. Her other credits include the HBO series Capadocia, the Netflix series El Dandy, and the Amazon Prime Video comedy Locas por el cambio (2020), in which she played La Wicha. In 2023 she appeared alongside Yalitza Aparicio in Selma Cervantes's short Sweatshop Girl (Chica de fábrica), which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. She also completed filming on Gustavo Loza's Welcome al Norte, opposite Silverio Palacios.
Women in Blue In 2024 Rasgado was cast as Gabina, one of four leads in Women in Blue, a crime drama inspired by the formation of Mexico City's first female police force in 1971, alongside Bárbara Mori, Ximena Sariñana and Natalia Téllez. Her character is a sheltered young woman who has wanted to be a police officer since childhood, and who is disowned by her father, a senior inspector, and her detective brother when she joins the force. The first season premiered on 31 July 2024. The series was renewed in May 2025 with Rasgado returning, and the second season premiered on 12 August 2026.
The series was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series in 2025, losing to Rivals. At the 2025 Premios Aura, Rasgado was nominated for Best Acting Debut for the role, and the series won Best Cast.
Theatre and community work Rasgado has continued to work on stage, including in the children's play Las aventuras de Frida, directed by Anahí Allué at the Teatro Silvia Pinal in Mexico City. Through AmorArte, a film club she founded, she has organised screenings of Mexican films and talks with actors in Zapotec communities of the Isthmus.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2004 El otro sueño americano Sandra Short film 2009 Backyard Márgara 2014 Elvira, te daría mi vida pero la estoy usando 2016 La 4ª Compañía Naná 2020 Locas por el cambio La Wicha 2023 Sweatshop Girl Short film 2023 Welcome al Norte Teófila
Television Year Title Role Notes 2009 Capadocia 2015 El Dandy 2023 El colapso Lilia Episode: "La refinería" 2023 Dra. Lucía: Un don extraordinario Dra. Sagrario Martínez 2024–present Women in Blue Gabina Main role
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2004 Expresión en Corto International Film Festival Best Actress El otro sueño americano Pantalla de Cristal Festival Best Actress 2025 Premios Aura Best Acting Debut Women in Blue
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