Kate del Castillo
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del Castillo at the 2015 Miami Film Festival
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| Born |
Kate del Castillo Negrete Trillo 23 October 1972 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Citizenship |
Mexican (1972-present) American (2015-present) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Luis García (2001–2004) Aarón Díaz (2009–2012) |
| Parent(s) |
Eric del Castillo Kate Trillo |
| Relatives | Veronica del Castillo (sister) Ponciano del Castillo (half-brother) |
| Website | katedelcastillo |
Kate del Castillo Negrete Trillo (born 23 October 1972) is a Mexican actress. At the age of 18, del Castillo became known for her lead role in the telenovela Muchachitas for Televisa in 1991. Afterwards, she continued her career in film and television in Latin America. In 2011, del Castillo earned recognition in the United States for playing the lead role in La Reina del Sur. Subsequently, del Castillo has worked in several American TV series and had supporting roles in Hollywood feature films.
Del Castillo was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She is the daughter of Kate Trillo and Eric del Castillo, a legend of Mexican cinema and a soap opera actor himself. Del Castillo has two siblings: a sister, the journalist Verónica del Castillo, and a half-brother, Ponciano, from her father's side.
She made her acting debut in 1978 when she took part in a film called The Last Escape. She became well known in 1991 when she starred as Leticia in Muchachitas, a telenovela airing in several Latin American countries, as well as in La Reina del Sur and series Dueños del Paraíso for the Telemundo network and in other telenovelas as a leading actress.
In 2002 and 2003, she embarked on an international tour alongside Argentine actor Saul Lisazo with the play Cartas de Amor (Love Letters). 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. In 2006, Del Castillo starred in the film Bordertown, which became her first role in Hollywood. 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. She starred in the film Colosio: El asesinato, which centers around the assassination of the Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio.
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