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{{short description|Spanish singer and actress (born 1997)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Ana Mena
| image              = Ana Mena (48520794577).jpg
| caption            = Mena in 2019
| birth_name         = Ana Mena Rojas
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1997|2|25|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Estepona]], Andalusia, Spain
| occupation         = {{hlist|Singer|actress}}
| years_active       = 2006–present
| family             =
| signature       = Ana Mena signature.svg
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed           = yes
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[dance pop]]}}
| label           = [[Sony Music Spain|Sony Spain]]
| associated_acts =
| website         = {{Official website|anamenamusic.com}}
}}
}}
'''Ana Mena Rojas''' (born 25 February 1997) is a Spanish singer and actress. She began her career in 2009 in the TV series ''Marisol, la película'' (2009).<ref>{{cite web|title= La historia detrás de Ana Mena|url= http://musicandote.com/la-historia-detras-ana-mena/|accessdate= 3 August 2018|work= Musicandote|date= 3 October 2016|language=Spanish}}</ref><ref name="Biografía de Ana Mena">{{cite web|title= Biografía de Ana Mena|url= http://www.cmtv.com.ar/biografia/show.php?bnid=2404&banda=Ana_Mena|accessdate=3 August 2018|work= CMTV|language=Spanish}}</ref> In 2010, she participated in [[Disney]]'s musical reality show ''My Camp Rock 2'' ending up as the winner,<ref name="Biografía de Ana Mena"/> and to [[Sanremo Music Festival 2022]].
Her musical career began in 2016, when she released her debut single "No Soy Como Tú Crees". Mena has also collaborated with many international artists. In 2018, she gained popularity in Italy with the song ''D'estate non Vale'' with [[Fred De Palma]]. The unexpected Italian success was a game changer in her career. Since then, she managed to deliver several hit songs both in Italy and Spain, becoming one of the most listened Spanish artists of the ''streaming'' era.
Hugely popular in [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]],{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} Ana Mena has also gained a significant fanbase in [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Romania]], [[Greece]], [[Malta]] and [[Egypt]].
According to her record label, [[Sony Music]], as of 2024, she was credited for sales equivalent to 1 Diamond cetification in France, besides 60 Platinum and 10 Gold certifications in between Italy and Spain.
== Career ==
Two of Ana Mena's recent singles, "{{Lang|es|[[Música Ligéra|Música Ligera]]|italic=no}}" and "{{Lang|es|Un Clásico|italic=no}}", are covers of Italian pop songs: "{{Lang|it|[[Musica leggerissima]]|italic=no}}" by [[Colapesce (singer)|Colapesce]] and [[Dimartino]] and "{{Lang|it|[[Superclassico]]|italic=no}}" by [[Ernia]], respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title=Ana Mena adapta con gracia otro "clásico" del pop italiano |url=https://jenesaispop.com/2023/01/20/448537/ana-mena-clasico/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=jenesaispop.com |language=es}}</ref>
Mena released her debut album, ''[[Ana Mena discography|Índex]],'' on 11 May 2018, and her second studio album, ''[[Bellodrama]]'', on 24 March 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last= Escobar Rivas |first=Ana |date=2022-12-31 |title=Los discos más esperados de 2023: Lola Índigo, JLo, Maneskin, Sam Smith, Ana Mena y más |url=https://los40.com/los40/2022/12/31/musica/1671878781_186280.html |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=LOS40 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-09 |title=Ana Mena habla en MasterChef de su nuevo álbum para 2023 |url=https://www.rtve.es/television/20230109/ana-mena-nuevo-disco-2023-masterchef/2414891.shtml |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=RTVE.es |language=es}}</ref><ref name="7Feb23Tweet">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AnaMenaMusic/status/1623049120532381698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw|title=Ana Mena on Twitter|date=7 February 2023|accessdate=7 February 2023|website=[[Twitter]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Palao |first1=Alberto |title=El 'Bellodrama' de Ana Mena, canción a canción, explicado por ella misma |url=https://los40.com/los40/2023/03/24/musica/1679576396_841279.html |website=LOS40 |language=es |date=24 March 2023}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===Television===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Title
!scope="col"|Role(s)
!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2008, 2010
|''[[Qué vida más triste]]''
|Sara
|2 episodes
|-
|2009
|''Marisol, la pelicula''
|Pepi
|Television film
|-
|rowspan="2"|2010
|''[[My Camp Rock]]''
|Herself / Contestant
|Winner (season 2)
|-
|''Supercharly''
|Veronica Navarro
|Main role
|-
|2013
|''Como alas al viento''
|Gloria Mohedano
|Television film
|-
|2013–2014
|''Vive cantando''
|Paola Ruiz Almagro
|Main role
|-
|2013–2020
|''[[Tu cara me suena (Spanish TV series)|Tu cara me suena]]''
|Herself / Performer
|3 episodes
|-
|2020
|''[[Sanremo Music Festival 2020]]''
|Herself / Guest
|Annual music festival
|-
|rowspan="3"|2022
|''[[Sanremo Music Festival 2022]]''
|Herself / Contestant
|Annual music festival
|-
|''[[Welcome to Eden]]''<ref>{{Cite news|website=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]]|url=https://elcomercio.pe/saltar-intro/netflix/series/bienvenidos-a-eden-con-belinda-elenco-sinopsis-fecha-de-estreno-trailer-y-primeras-imagenes-noticia/|date=3 March 2022|title="Bienvenidos a Edén": primer tráiler y fotos de la serie de Netflix con Belinda}}</ref>
|Judith
|Recurring role
|-
|''Idol Kids''
|Herself / Judge
|Talent show
|-
|2023
|''[[The Resistance (TV series)|The Resistance]]''
|Herself / Guest
|Episode dated March 30, 2023
|}
===Films===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Title
!scope="col"|Role(s)
!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2011
|''[[The Skin I Live In]]''
|Young Norma Ledgard
|
|-
|2018
|''[[Journey to a Mother's Room]]''
|Bea
|
|}
==Discography==
{{main|Ana Mena discography}}
*''Index'' (2018)
*''[[Bellodrama]]'' (2023)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{IMDb name}}
* {{instagram|anamenaoficial}}
* {{twitter|AnaMenaMusic}}
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[[Category:Spanish women pop singers]]
[[Category:1997 births]]
[[Category:People from Estepona]]
[[Category:21st-century Spanish singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Spanish actresses]]
[[Category:Spanish television actresses]]
[[Category:Spanish film actresses]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sony Music Spain artists]]
[[Category:21st-century Spanish women singers]]
[[Category:Women in Latin music]]