María Cecilia Suárez de Garay, known professionally as Cecilia Suárez (Mexican Spanish pronunciation: [se'silja 'swa?es]; born November 22, 1971), is a Mexican actress and the United Nations Global Ambassador Against Femicide.
She has starred in film, television, and theatre across the United States, Mexico, and Spain.
She has had popular and award-winning roles in works including Sex, Shame and Tears, Capadocia, Nos vemos, papá, and The House of Flowers.
She has been honored with three lifetime achievement awards; she was the first woman to receive the lifetime achievement award of Mexico.
She was also the first Spanish-speaking actress to be nominated for an Emmy.
Beyond campaigning against femicide, Suárez is also an activist for human rights and women's rights in Mexico and in Mexican media.
Ignacio Sánchez Prado writes that she has an "iconic status as an actress in Mexico's most successful movies".