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Mabel Cadena

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Mabel Cadena
IMDb sits down with stars Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Tenoch Huerta, Mabel Cadena, Alex Livinalli, and director Ryan Coogler to learn more about favorite costumes, cast traditions on set, underwater feats of endurance, Talokan phrases, memorable fan encounters, and more.
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Cadena was born in the State of Mexico, but grew up in Minatitlán, Veracruz. She studied a bachelor's degree in psychology and later a master's degree after graduating with a degree in acting. She began her training at the CasAzul Artes Escénicas Argos Academy in Tlalnepantla de Baz, State of Mexico. She started acting in some plays such as Enemigo de Clase by Sebastián Zurita, Las lágrimas de Edipo by Wajdi Mouawad by Hugo Arrevillaga, Manual De Desuso by Edurne Goded, In Memoriam by José Caballero, Los Motivos del Lobo by Rodolfo Obregón, and Gardenia Club by Lila Áviles, among others.

Mabel jumped to television in 2012, playing the role of Adela Rosa Chávez in the television series Capadocia for HBO Latin America. Her career continued in television in productions such as Camelia la Texana (2014), El Señor de los Cielos (2014), Érase una Vez (2017), Las Malcriadas (2017), El Vato (2017), Ingobernable (2017), Por la Máscara (2018), La Bandida (2018), Monarca (2019) and Hernán (2019).

Cadena ventures into film with the production Los adioses (2016), La diosa del asfalto (2020) by Julián Hernández Pérez and El baile de los 41 (2020) by David Pablos, a role that made her popular in Mexico when she played Amada Díaz, stepdaughter of Porfirio Díaz. Among the short films in which she has participated are Menage à trois (2015), Fight Back (2017), Cuatro minutos (2021), among others.

Mabel makes her Hollywood debut in 2022 with the Marvel Studios film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in the role of Namora, Namor's cousin. Before getting the role for the film, she did not speak English and did not know she was auditioning for a Marvel film. Three months later, the production asked her to record a video showing her physical skills, such as boxing, horseback riding and acrobatics. A week later the actress received a call from the production announcing her integration to the project. After the news, she moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she spent nine months taking English classes and preparing physically for the character. The actress shared scenes with Tenoch Huerta.
BornSeptember 23, 1990
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    Angela Bassett, Florence Kasumba, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta, Alex Livinalli, Michaela Coel, Letitia Wright, Mabel Cadena, and Winston Duke in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
    6.6
    • Namora
    • 2022
    Asphalt Goddess (2020)
    Asphalt Goddess
    5.0
    • Ramira
    • 2020
    Dance of the 41 (2020)
    Dance of the 41
    6.8
    • Amada Díaz
    • 2020
    A Few Days in the Sun
    • Larisa

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      • Lavar La Herida
        • Julia
        • Pre-production
      • A Few Days in the Sun
        • Larisa
        • Post-production



      • Cheech Marin, Eva Longoria, Thom Nemer, and Jesse Garcia in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip (2025)
        Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip
        5.0
        • Lupe
        • 2025
      • Juan Pablo Medina, Alfonso Dosal, and Ester Expósito in Bandidos (2024)
        Bandidos
        6.5
        TV Series
        • Inés
        • 2024–2025
      • Mabel Cadena in Ciudad de Abajo 2: El Espejo Humeante (2024)
        Ciudad de Abajo 2: El Espejo Humeante
        Podcast Series
        • Pía Malinalli
        • 2024
      • Ecstasy (2023)
        Ecstasy
        5.8
        Short
        • Teresa
        • 2023
      • Dive (2022)
        Dive
        6.9
        • Analía
        • 2022
      • Angela Bassett, Florence Kasumba, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta, Alex Livinalli, Michaela Coel, Letitia Wright, Mabel Cadena, and Winston Duke in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
        Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
        6.6
        • Namora
        • 2022
      • Venganza Póstuma (2022)
        Venganza Póstuma
        Short
        • 2022
      • Señorita 89 (2022)
        Señorita 89
        7.2
        TV Series
        • Nora
        • 2022
      • The Envoys (2021)
        The Envoys
        7.1
        TV Series
        • Helena Flores
        • 2022
      • Cuatro minutos (2021)
        Cuatro minutos
        Short
        • Chica
        • 2021
      • Ciudad de Abajo. (The City Below) (2021)
        Ciudad de Abajo. (The City Below)
        Podcast Series
        • Pia Malinalli
        • 2021
      • No fue mi culpa: México (2021)
        No fue mi culpa: México
        6.9
        TV Series
        • 2021
      • Monarch (2019)
        Monarch
        7.7
        TV Series
        • Itzel
        • 2019–2021
      • Dance of the 41 (2020)
        Dance of the 41
        6.8
        • Amada Díaz
        • 2020
      • Asphalt Goddess (2020)
        Asphalt Goddess
        5.0
        • Ramira
        • 2020

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        • Mitzi Mabel Cadena
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        • 5′ 5¾″ (1.67 m)
      • Born
        • September 23, 1990
        • Atizapán, Estado de México, México

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        Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is her Hollywood's debut role as Namora.

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