Kate del Castillo
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Kate del Castillo is a leading Mexican film, theater, and television actress.
, a legend of the Mexican cinema's golden era and a former soap opera
actor himself. Del Castillo also has two other siblings; a sister, Verónica, and a half-brother, Ponciano, from her father's side.
, a telenovela
that was very popular all over Latin America
. Muchachitas reached the top audience spots in Mexico, Puerto Rico
, Venezuela
, Peru
, and among Hispanic
audiences in the United States. She also participated in other very successful telenovelas as a leading actress.
In 2002 and 2003, she embarked on an international tour alongside Argentinian
actor Saul Lisazo
, another well known figure in Mexico, with their play Cartas de Amor (Love Letters). On August 22, 2005, it was reported by the LAPD
that del Castillo's new house, in Los Angeles
, had been broken into by thieves, who took some jewelry from the actress. Del Castillo was in Los Angeles filming Bordertown, a film about the deaths in Ciudad Juárez
, alongside Jennifer Lopez
, when the robbery occurred.
In 2009, del Castillo was appointed Ambassador for the Mexican Commission on Human Rights
and the following year she helped launch the Blue Heart Campaign
in order to raise awareness and fight human trafficking.
In November 2007, she was named one of the "Stars of the Year" and in 2011 one of the "25 most influential women" and "50 most beautiful" by People en Español
magazine.
Recently starred in the highly successful series La Reina del Sur
for Telemundo
network.
player Luis García. The marriage was dissolved on September 1, 2004. In August 2009, del Castillo married Aarón Díaz
in a Las Vegas ceremony. On July 26, 2011, it was announced that Kate and Díaz were separating. Del Castillo lives in Los Angeles.
Early life
Kate Del Castillo is the daughter of Kate Trillo and Eric del CastilloEric del Castillo
Eric del Castillo is a well-known Mexican actor.He is the father of Kate del Castillo. Del Castillo is famous in Mexico as a star in telenovelas and many motion pictures....
, a legend of the Mexican cinema's golden era and a former soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
actor himself. Del Castillo also has two other siblings; a sister, Verónica, and a half-brother, Ponciano, from her father's side.
Career
Del Castillo made her acting debut in 1980 when she took part in a film called The Last Escape. She became well known in 1991 when she starred as Leticia in MuchachitasMuchachitas
Muchachitas is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced for Televisa by Emilio Larrosa, who also wrote the script during 1991 and 1992. The telenovela was also shown on Univisión in the early 1990s, and featured young up-and-coming actors who later became stars.-Full cast:* Cecilia Tijerina as Mónica...
, a telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
that was very popular all over Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. Muchachitas reached the top audience spots in Mexico, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, and among Hispanic
Hispanic
Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
audiences in the United States. She also participated in other very successful telenovelas as a leading actress.
In 2002 and 2003, she embarked on an international tour alongside Argentinian
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
actor Saul Lisazo
Saul Lisazo
Saul Lisazo is an Argentine actor and ex-footballer.-About Saul:Saúl Gustavo Lisazo Oscoidi is one of 6 siblings: Maria, Fernanda, Araceli, Alejandro, Mauricio, and Vanina. One event in his childhood that marked him was the death of his father when he only was 12 years old...
, another well known figure in Mexico, with their play Cartas de Amor (Love Letters). On August 22, 2005, it was reported by the LAPD
Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California. With just under 10,000 officers and more than 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of with a population of more than 4.1 million people, it is the third largest local law enforcement agency in...
that del Castillo's new house, in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, had been broken into by thieves, who took some jewelry from the actress. Del Castillo was in Los Angeles filming Bordertown, a film about the deaths in Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez , officially known today as Heroica Ciudad Juárez, but abbreviated Juárez and formerly known as El Paso del Norte, is a city and seat of the municipality of Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Juárez's estimated population is 1.5 million people. The city lies on the Rio Grande...
, alongside Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
, when the robbery occurred.
In 2009, del Castillo was appointed Ambassador for the Mexican Commission on Human Rights
National Human Rights Commission (Mexico)
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission is the national human rights institution accredited at the United Nations with 'A' status by the International Co-ordinating Committee of NHRIs . It is a member of the Network of National Institutions in the Americas, one of four regional groups within...
and the following year she helped launch the Blue Heart Campaign
Blue Heart Campaign Against Human Trafficking
The Blue Heart Campaign Against Human Trafficking is an awareness raising initiative to fight human trafficking and its impact on society created by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime . The Blue Heart Campaign seeks to encourage involvement and inspire action to help stop this crime...
in order to raise awareness and fight human trafficking.
In November 2007, she was named one of the "Stars of the Year" and in 2011 one of the "25 most influential women" and "50 most beautiful" by People en Español
People en Español
People en Español is a Spanish-language American magazine published by Time Inc. that debuted in 1996, originally as the Spanish-language edition of its publication People...
magazine.
Recently starred in the highly successful series La Reina del Sur
La Reina del Sur (Telenovela)
La Reina del Sur is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo in conjunction with the Antena 3 network and RTI Producciones...
for Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
network.
Personal life
On February 3, 2001, she married footballFootball (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player Luis García. The marriage was dissolved on September 1, 2004. In August 2009, del Castillo married Aarón Díaz
Aarón Díaz
Aarón Díaz Spencer is a Mexican actor, singer, and model.-Biography:Aarón Díaz was born in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico to a Mexican father and an American mother and lived for several years in Palo Alto, California...
in a Las Vegas ceremony. On July 26, 2011, it was announced that Kate and Díaz were separating. Del Castillo lives in Los Angeles.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1978 | Los de abajo | N/A | |
| 1983 | Las sobrinas del diablo | N/A | |
| 1990 | El último escape | Bárbara | |
| 1991 | Ambición sangrienta | N/A | |
| 1991 | Violencia en altamar | N/A | video |
| 1993 | Sendero mortal | N/A | video |
| 1994 | Amor que mata | N/A | |
| 1997 | Educación sexual en breves lecciones | Ana | |
| 1997 | Reclusorio | Estrella Uribe | Segment "Sangre entre Mujeres" |
| 1999 | Sendero mortal II | N/A | |
| 2004 | Avisos de ocasión | Amanda | |
| 2004 | La Riviera Maya | Kate | TV movie, also executive producer |
| 2005 | American Visa American Visa Ms Muna has an American Visa is a 2005 Bolivia/Mexico-produced film by Bolivian writer and director Juan Carlos Valdivia. The film is set in La Paz, Bolivia, and features many exterior shots of the city and surrounding countryside.- Plot :... |
Blanca | Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva The Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva is a film festival, celebrated since 1974 in Huelva, Spain) dedicated to promoting Latin American cinema in Europe. The festival is chiefly publicly funded. The grand prize is the Colón de Oro for best feature... Award for Best Actress Nominated - Ariel Award for Best Actress |
| 2006 | Bordertown | Elena Diaz | |
| 2006 | Lime Salted Love Lime Salted Love Lime Salted Love is a 2006 independent film starring and produced by Kristanna Loken. It is based upon a story by Danielle Agnello and Joe Hall.... |
Isabella Triebel | |
| 2007 | Trade (film) Trade (film) Trade is a 2007 American film directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner and starring Kevin Kline. It was produced by Roland Emmerich and Rosilyn Heller. The film premiered January 23, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and opened in limited release on September 28, 2007... |
Laura | National Hispanic Media - "Outstanding Performance in a Motion Picture" award |
| 2007 | The Black Pimpernel The Black Pimpernel The Black Pimpernel is a Swedish drama film directed by Ulf Hultberg and starring Michael Nyqvist and Lisa Werlinder... |
Consuelo Fuentes | |
| 2007 | Under the Same Moon | Rosario | National Hispanic Media - "Outstanding Performance in a Motion Picture" award Imagen Foundation Award for Best Actress Nominated - Diosa de Plata for Best Actress |
| 2008 | Julia (2008 film) Julia (2008 film) Julia is a 2008 French crime drama film, directed by Erick Zonca, starring Tilda Swinton. It was shot in California and Mexico. The film was inspired by the John Cassavetes film Gloria.-Plot:... |
Elena | |
| 2008 | Bad Guys | Zena | |
| 2009 | Down For Life (film) Down for Life (film) Down for Life is a 2010 American dramatic film directed by Alan Jacobs based on the true story of a 15-year old Latino gang leader in Watts, Los Angeles. The story follows one day in her life as she struggles to break away from her gang... |
Esther | |
| 2010 | The Miracle of Spanish Harlem | Eva | Post-production |
| 2011 | Without Men | Cleotilde | |
| 2011 | K-11 | Mousey | Post-production |
| 2011 | Redemption | Jada | Post-production |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Muchachitas Muchachitas Muchachitas is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced for Televisa by Emilio Larrosa, who also wrote the script during 1991 and 1992. The telenovela was also shown on Univisión in the early 1990s, and featured young up-and-coming actors who later became stars.-Full cast:* Cecilia Tijerina as Mónica... |
Leticia | Nominated - TVyNovelas Award for Best Female Revelation TVyNovelas Award for Best Female Revelation - Winners :- External links :* at esmas.com* at the univision.com... |
| 1992 | Mágica juventud | Fernanda | |
| 1994 | Imperio de Cristal Imperio de Cristal Imperio de Cristal is a Mexican telenovela that aired on Televisa in 1994. Some fans find it similar to Cuna de lobos, from the plot to the main cast.-Plot:... |
Narda Lombardo | TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actress TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actress - Winners :- Records :* Most awarded actress: Adela Noriega with 4 awards* Most nominated actress: Adela Noriega with 5 nominations- External links :* at esmas.com* at the univision.com... |
| 1995 | Mujer, casos de la vida real Mujer, casos de la vida real Mujer, casos de la vida real is a television show produced by Hispanic television Televisa for Canal de las Estrellas. The show first aired after the Mexican earthquake of 1985 as a method to assist victims of the natural disaster... |
N/A | in episode: "Aunque parezca mentira" |
| 1996 | Azul Azul Azul means "blue" in Portuguese and Spanish and may refer to:* Azul..., a poetry collection by Rubén Darío* Azul Azul, a Bolivian pop-dance music group* Azul, Buenos Aires Province, a town in Argentina... |
Alejandra | |
| 1997 | Alguna vez Tendremos Alas | Ana Hernández | Nominated - TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actress TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actress - Winners :- Records :* Most awarded actress: Adela Noriega with 4 awards* Most nominated actress: Adela Noriega with 5 nominations- External links :* at esmas.com* at the univision.com... |
| 1998 | La Mentira La Mentira La Mentira - telenovela, 1998). A production of Televisa, this Mexican telenovela is one of the most successful and popular series of all times.-General information:... |
Verónica Fernández Negrete | Nominated - TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actress TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actress - Winners :- Records :* Most awarded actress: Adela Noriega with 4 awards* Most nominated actress: Adela Noriega with 5 nominations- External links :* at esmas.com* at the univision.com... |
| 2000 | Ramona | Ramona Moreno | |
| 2001 | El Derecho de Nacer El derecho de nacer El derecho de nacer is the name of three Mexican productions as well as the Cuban novel that inspired them all about a young and unmarried high society woman seeking to abort her baby and the doctor who in counseling her tells his own story as an out-of-wedlock child.*El derecho de nacer is the... |
María Elena del Junco | |
| 2002 | American family American Family American Family is a photographic artwork exhibition by Renée Cox.-External links:* *... |
Ofelia | |
| 2003 | Bajo la Misma Piel Bajo la misma piel Bajo la misma piel, or Under the same skin, was a Mexican television series produced by Televisa starting in 2003. It is an original telenovela from Martha Carrillo and Cristina García... |
Miranda Murillo Ortiz | |
| 2009 | The Cleaner The Cleaner (TV series) The Cleaner was an A&E television series starring Benjamin Bratt. It debuted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 10:00 pm EST and the last episode aired on September 15, 2009, when the show was officially cancelled.... |
Josefina | |
| 2009 | Weeds Weeds (TV series) Weeds is an American television comedy created by Jenji Kohan and produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. The central character is Nancy Botwin , a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling marijuana to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a... |
Pilar Zuazo | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | El Pantera El Pantera El Pantera is a Mexican television series released by Canal 5. It is based on a comic book of the same name. It narrates the life of Gervasio, a young man who fights crime in Mexico City... |
Coco | season 3: "Viene Coco" (Episode 5) and "Cosecha de amapolas" (Episode 6) |
| 2011 | La Reina del Sur (Telenovela) La Reina del Sur (Telenovela) La Reina del Sur is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo in conjunction with the Antena 3 network and RTI Producciones... |
Teresa Mendoza | "Diosa de Plata Dolores del Río" award Nominated - People en Español People en Español People en Español is a Spanish-language American magazine published by Time Inc. that debuted in 1996, originally as the Spanish-language edition of its publication People... Awards for Best Actress |
| 2011 | CSI: Miami CSI: Miami CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.... |
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| Web | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Vidas Cruzadas (webnovela) Vidas Cruzadas (webnovela) Vidas Cruzadas is a webnovela which premiered on Univision.com. After a legal dispute between Televisa and Univision, for the rights of "Vidas Cruzadas", it finally premiered on Univision.com August 12th 2009... |
Mariana | Internet novela for Univision Univision Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva... |