Lina Marín (August 12, 1944 – June 23, 1989) was a Mexican actress of Zapotec descent,[1] known for her performance in A Man Called Horse (1970) and for her starring role opposite Gaspar Henaine "Capulina" in El bueno para nada (1973).

Marín was born Felipa Cartas Orozco in the region of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec on August 12, 1944, in the municipality of Unión Hidalgo, Oaxaca.

[1] At age 14 she moved to Mexico City,[1] where she began her acting career with a small role in the drama film El derecho de nacer in 1966.

[2] She had prominent supporting roles in La marcha a Zacatecas and El último pistolero (both 1969) before playing a Sioux Indian named Thorn Rose in A Man Called Horse (1970), the film that gave her international exposure.

Her greatest achievement in Mexican cinema was her performance in her second film co-starring Capulina, El bueno para nada (1973), in which she played the main female role: María, Capulina's Native Mexican girlfriend who works as a maid in the house of Susana Alexander and Pancho Córdova.