| Kate Del Castillo | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kate del Castillo Negrete Trillo October 23, 1972 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse | Luis García (2001–2004) Aarón Díaz (2009–2011) |
| Website | |
| katedelcastillo.us | |
Kate del Castillo (born 23 October 1972) is a leading Mexican film, theater, and television actress.
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Kate Del Castillo is the daughter of Kate Trillo and Eric del Castillo, 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.
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 Muchachitas, 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.[1]
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.[2][3]
Recently starred in the highly successful series La Reina del Sur for Telemundo network.
On February 3, 2001, she married football 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.
| 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 | Blanca | Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva Award for Best Actress Nominated - Ariel Award for Best Actress |
| 2006 | Bordertown | Elena Diaz | |
| 2006 | Lime Salted Love | Isabella Triebel | |
| 2007 | Trade (film) | Laura | National Hispanic Media - "Outstanding Performance in a Motion Picture" award |
| 2007 | The Black Pimpernel | Consuelo Fuentes | |
| 2007 | Under the Same Moon | Rosario | National Hispanic Media - "Outstanding Performance in a Motion Picture" award Imagen Foundation Award for Best Actress[4] Nominated - Diosa de Plata for Best Actress |
| 2008 | Julia (2008 film) | Elena | |
| 2008 | Bad Guys | Zena | |
| 2009 | Down For Life (film) | 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 | Leticia | Nominated - TVyNovelas Award for Best Female Revelation |
| 1992 | Mágica juventud | Fernanda | |
| 1994 | Imperio de Cristal | Narda Lombardo | TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actress |
| 1995 | Mujer, casos de la vida real | N/A | episode: "Aunque parezca mentira" |
| 1996 | Azul | Alejandra | |
| 1997 | Alguna vez Tendremos Alas | Ana Hernández | Nominated - TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actress |
| 1998 | La Mentira | Verónica Fernández Negrete | Nominated - TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actress |
| 2000 | Ramona | Ramona Moreno | |
| 2001 | El Derecho de Nacer | María Elena del Junco | |
| 2002 | American family | Ofelia | |
| 2003 | Bajo la Misma Piel | Miranda Murillo Ortiz | |
| 2009 | The Cleaner | Josefina | |
| 2009 | Weeds | Pilar Zuazo | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | El Pantera | Coco | season 3: "Viene Coco" (episode 5) and "Cosecha de amapolas" (episode 6) |
| 2011 | La Reina del Sur | Teresa Mendoza | "Diosa de Plata Dolores del Río" award[5] People en Español Award for Best Actress[6] |
| 2011 | CSI: Miami | Anita Torres | episode: "Killer Regrets" |
| Web | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Vidas Cruzadas | Mariana | Internet novela for Univision, also co-producer[7] |