Angélica Chaín

Angelica Chain (born Angelica Chahin Martínez; May 12, 1956) is a Mexican actress, model and vedette, who is best known for her acting in fichera (Mexican sex comedy) films, many of which she participated playing the couple of another famous actor, Alfonso Zayas. She was once considered a sex symbol in Mexico.

Early life Chain was born in Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico in 1956, the daughter of a man of Arab descent, and of a Mexican woman. Her father's family was from Lebanon.

She had a prolific acting career from that moment on. From there on and until the early 1990s she participated in some 50 Mexican sex comedies, and also had more serious roles in some telenovelas. Among many other films where she acted, some of the best remembered are El sexo me da risa (Sex Makes me Laugh), Las siete cucas (The Seven Pussies, but Cuca is also used as a female name in many Hispanic countries ), La pulquería (The Tavern), Muñecas de medianoche (Midnight Lady Dolls), Ratas de la ciudad (City Rats), Los verduleros (The Greengrocers) and Ratero de la vecindad (Neighborhood Thief).

She retired from her acting career early in the 1990s after her husband, a well-known millionaire, allegedly forced her to retire, fearful that his image could be affected if she kept acting in sex comedies.