María Mercedes Coroy is a Guatemalan actress best known for La Llorona (2019). Coroy grew up in Santa María de Jesús, Guatemala. She speaks Kaqchikel. Since she was little, she liked to participate in plays and local folk dances. Her film debut was Ixcanul (2015), direct by Jayro Bustamante, the same director and co-writer of La Llorona.