Ana Mena Rojas (born 25 February 1997) is a Spanish singer-songwriter and actress. Starting her carrer on spanish television series, she reached popularity in Europe and Latin America as a singer winning four LOS40 Music Awards, a Heat Latin Music Awards
Mena also starred on Spanish televisions series and films, including Vive cantando (2013–2014), Welcome to Eden (2022), Idols (2026) and Rage (2026), and Spanish television programs, including as judge on La Voz Kids (2026).
Life and career
Born in 1997 in the Spanish town of Estepona, Málaga , to an Argentine mother, Natalia Niznik, and a Spanish father, Antonio Mena, Mena developed an interest in music at a young age thanks to her parents’ influence, along with her younger brother José Carlos. From 2006 to 2010, she appeared on the Canal Sur television show Menuda noche. In 2007, after winning the Veo Veo Awards, she released her first song, "Esta es mi ilusión". She subsequently began pursuing acting as Pepi in 2009 thanks to the television film Marisol, la película*. In 2010 Mena was cast on Disney's musical reality show My Camp Rock 2, ending up as the winner.
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 and taking part in the Sanremo Music Festival 2022 with "Duecentomila ore". She has also covered Italian pop songs by other artists, such as "Música ligera" ("Musica leggerissima" by Colapesce and Dimartino) and "Un clásico" ("Superclassico" by Ernia).
Mena released her debut album, Índex, on 11 May 2018, and her second studio album, Bellodrama, on 24 March 2023. Hugely popular in her native Spain, Ana Mena has also gained a significant fanbase in France, Italy, Switzerland, Mexico, Argentina and Chile.
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