Anabel Ferreira (born Anabel Ferreira Batiz; 1960 in Aguascalientes) is a Mexican actress and comedian. Ferreira has been with Televisa from 1981 until 1996 and again since 2008. In between, she spent a decade at TV Azteca. Most recently appearing on the Televisa telenovela Soy tu dueña, she is best known as the star of her own comedy/variety series, Anabel (Both programs, as with most of Ferreira's work with Televisa, have aired on Univision in the United States, among other networks in other countries). Ferreira still works in Mexico but now lives in Los Angeles, California.
After graduating from high school in Aguascalientes, Ferreira relocated to Mexico City in 1978 so that she could take acting classes. As soon as Televisa opened its Centro de Educacion Artistica in 1979, she transferred to that school, becoming one of its first graduates in 1981. That was the year she made her first television appearance on Cachun Cachun Ra Ra. Her first featured television role was on the telenovela Una limosna de amor, which also premiered in 1981. Over the next several years Ferreira would be regularly cast in several telenovelas (Cuando los hijos se van, Principessa, Senda de gloria) as well as on the comedy series Antojitos Mexicanos. She also guested on other Televisa series, including the comedy series Mis huespides and El hospital de la risa as well as the variety series La Carabina de Ambrosio and Siempre en domingo. Finally, in 1988 she was given the chance to star in her very own television series.