Ximena Sariñana launched her acting career at the tender age of eight. Sariñana's career beginnings included film roles in the Demián Bichir crime picture "'Til Death" (1993) and "El Segundo Aire" (2001). Sariñana then began to rack up a number of film credits, including roles in "Todo El Poder" (2003) with Demián Bichir, "Amarte duele" (2006) with Luis Pena and the Maya Zapata drama "Dos Abrazos" (2007). She also appeared in the foreign "The Year of the Nail" (2008) with Diego Catano. More recently, Sariñana acted in the Demián Bichir foreign "Enemigos íntimos" (2009).