Ana Mena's passion for music began in her childhood. At a young age, she stood out for her prodigious voice timbre and her career as an artist took off in the Canal Sur program "Menuda Noche". At the age of eleven, Ana Mena decided to take a step further and try her luck in the world of interpretation. She convinced her parents and auditioned to star in the TV movie Marisol for Antena3.
The artist was chosen among hundreds of aspirants and the film was a great success among critics and public, which made that after the premiere, Ana Mena made multiple visits to programs such as Qué tiempo tan feliz or Espejo Público to interpret the musical themes of the film.
With so much talent, recognition did not take long to appear. At only twelve years old, she already had twelve national awards to her credit, including the First Prize of Andalusia in the program Veo Veo (2006). But undoubtedly one of her greatest gratifications came at the age of thirteen, when she was the winner of My Camp Rock 2, a Disney Channel musical contest.
Thanks to this Ana Mena recorded the videoclip Voy a brillar, the main theme of the movie Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure, which became a new triumph for her. As a result, she began to receive offers on the small screen. In 2010 Ana Mena played Vero in the series Supercharly (Telecinco),and in 2013 she gave life to Paula in Vive Cantando (Antena 3). The series was nominated for the Neox Fan Awards and the artist received great reviews for her performance.
Cinema has not resisted her either. Ana Mena debuted on the big screen under the direction of Pedro Almodóvar in La piel que habito, alongside Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya. The artist shared the role of Norma with Blanca Suárez (Ana Mena played the character's childhood),and the film allowed her to demonstrate her talent for singing in other languages such as Portuguese.
She received numerous accolades for her performance as the youngest of the cast. Ana Mena is focused on her career as a singer, expanding her training in voice and dance to face the most demanding challenge of her professional career: to succeed with her first own musical work.
As a preview of what will be her first album, to be released by Sony Music, several songs have already been released in 2016 "No soy como tú crees" 2016, "Loco como yo" 2016, "Se fue" 2016. Performed under the production of Dabruk and José Luis de la Peña the songs have a mix of styles ranging from doo wop to pop-soul, with influences from the 60's and 70's and singers like Megan Trainor or Beyoncé.
With only 19 years old Ana Mena shows us an impressive vocal and artistic maturity and is beginning to receive recognition for her work with the success of her songs on digital platforms, where she is getting a lot of plays and the spectacular growth of her social media accounts.
Radio is also betting heavily on her and she has been nominated as a New Artist for the "40 Music Awards 2016". As an additional face of her multifaceted artistic profile, Ana Mena is recording a VideoBlog in which she interviews, inside her car, artists she admires and with whom she has a special connection.
So far she has invited Lali Esposito, Sergio de Critika & Saik, Gemeliers and CNCO and in all cases she has achieved a huge impact on RRSS with a multitude of reproductions and mentions of the programs. Ana Mena was awarded with the "Premio Málaga Joven 2016", in the modality of Art, from the Instituto Andaluz de Juventud, from the Junta de Andalucía.
She also released at the end of 2016 her collaboration in the song of Bromas Aparte "Dama y vagabundo", which entered directly to the list of "Los 40" and is reaping excellent reviews and excellent comments in RRSS.
