Blanca Soto

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Blanca Soto
Born	Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides (1979-01-05) January 5, 1979 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1997–present
Spouse(s)	Bill (2003–2004, died from melanoma) Jack Hartnett (2006–2012)
Partner(s)	Christopher Esqueda (2012–2013)

Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides (born January 5, 1979 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, model, and former beauty queen.

Career

Soto competed in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico in 1997, representing her home state of Nuevo Leon. That same year, Soto became Miss Mexico World and represented her country in the international beauty contest Vina Del Mar in Chile.

Soto's first role as an actress was in the short film La Vida Blanca, which she co-produced with then-ex husband Jack Hartnett, who wrote and directed as well. For the role, she received her first award for Best Actress.^[1] Soto then had supporting roles in films such as: "Divina Confusion", Deep In The Valley and Dinner for Schmucks. She starred in Venevisión's telenovelas in collaboration with Univision; Eva Luna (2010–2011) as Eva Gonzalez and El Talismán (2012) as Camila Nájera.^[2] Soto starred with Fernando Colunga in Juan Osorio's telenovela; Porque el amor manda which was broadcast in Mexico from 2012-2013.^[3]

She appeared in Billy Currington's music video "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" (winner of sexiest video of the year at the CMA).^[4] As a model, Soto has been featured in advertisements for GAP, Lens Crafters, Venus Swimwear, and Budweiser.^[5]

Personal life

Soto is of Spanish descent. In 2003, she was married to Bill for 8 months. He died of cancer in 2004. Soto married American actor, Jack Hartnett in 2006. She announced their separation on November 17, 2011 via her Twitter account.^[6] Soto recently ended relationship with photographer Christopher Esqueda in 2013.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role		Notes
2007	La Vida Blanca	Blanca Erraruiz	Lead role	Short film Grand Jury Award 2007 - Best Short Film
2007	Tampa Jai Alai	Lissette Arriaga	Lead role	Short film
2008	Divina confusión	Afrodita	Supporting role
2009	Deep In The Valley	Suzi Diablo	Supporting role
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Monica	Cameo
2010	Regresa	Maria Gonzalez	Lead role	Mónaco Film Festival 2010 - Best Entertainment Film
2011	Eva Luna	Eva Gonzalez	Lead role	Premio Rockie (Festival Mundial de Medios) 2011 - Best Telenovela of the Year
2012	El Talismán	Camila Nájera	Lead role
2013	Porque el amor manda	Alma Montemayor	Lead role	Premios People En Español 2013 - Best Telenovela of the Year

Theater

Year	Title		Place	Role
2011	The Vagina Monologues / Los Monólogos de la Vagina	Episodic play	El Museo del Barrio (New York)	The Vagina Monologues is made up of a varying number of monologues read by a varying number of women. Blanca`s monologues: "Hair" (El pelo), "My vagina was my village" (Mi vagina es mi aldea), "Because he liked to look at it" (Por qué a él le gustaba mirarla)
2013-2014	Obscuro Total	Tragicomedy	Teatro Los Pinos (Los Angeles), Olympic Theatre (Chicago, Illinois)	Sofia

Credits as a Dubbing Actress

Original year release	Dub year release	Title	Original title	Character	Language
2009	2012	Sí, Virginia: Un cuento para creer en la Navidad	Yes, Virginia	Mrs. Laura O'Hanlon	English -> Spanish	Animation movie
2014	2014	Hijo de Dios	Son of God	Mary Magdalene	English -> Spanish	Epic biblical drama film

Credits as a Producer

Year	Title			Notes
2007	La Vida Blanca	Short film	Co-Producer,Executive Producer	Grand Jury Award 2007 - Best Short Film
2012	I Won't Be Your Mirror	Short film	Co-producer	MashRome Film Festival 2013 - Best Experimental Film
2013	Sovereign	Short film	Executive Producer

Appearances in Music Videos

Year	Artist	Title	Notes
1997	Donato y Estefano	Entre la linea del bien y la linea del mal
2002	Shalim Ortiz	Nadie Como Tú
2002	Enrique Iglesias	Nunca Te Olvidaré
2005	Billy Currington	Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right	CMT Music Awards 2006 - Hottest Video of the Year
2009	Noel Schajris	Regresar

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
2007	Feature Film Award	Best Actress	La Vida Blanca	Won
2011	Premios Juventud	Girl that takes the sleep away / Chica que me quita el sueño	Eva Luna	Nominated
2011	Premios Juventud	She Steals the Show / Actriz que se roba la pantalla	Regresa	Won
2011	Premios People En Español	Best Actress	Eva Luna	Nominated
2011	Premios People En Español	Best Female Revelation	Eva Luna	Nominated
2011	Premios People En Español	Special Category: Best Host	Premios Juventud 2012 (& William Levy)	Nominated
2012	Premios Juventud	Girl that takes the sleep away / Chica que me quita el sueño	El Talismán	Nominated
2012	Premios Actrices Latinas	Best Couple (& Fernando Colunga)	Porque el amor manda	Nominated
2013	Premios Juventud	Girl that takes the sleep away / Chica que me quita el sueño	Porque el amor manda	Won
2013	Premios People En Español	Best Couple (& Fernando Colunga)	Porque el amor manda	Won
2013	Premios People En Español	Best Actress	Porque el amor manda	Won

Other Awards and recognitions

Year	Title	Notes
1997	Nuestra Belleza Mundo Mexico	Beauty contest ( + Special Award "Skin Solar Hinds")
1997	Miss Verano Viña del Mar	Beauty contest
2005	Corona al Merito^[7]	Recognition is given each year to a queen or ex-queen of Nuestra Belleza México, for their work and/or trajectory dignify human values and the image of Mexican women in beauty contests, hoping to motivate them to excel day.

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Preceded by Yessica Salazar	Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 1997	Succeeded by Vilma Zamora

Persondata
Name	Soto, Blanca
Alternative names
Short description	Actress, Model
Date of birth	January 5, 1980
Place of birth	Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Date of death
Place of death

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