Lumi Cavazos | |
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| Born | December 21, 1968 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico |
| Occupation | actress |
Lumi Cavazos (born December 21, 1968) is a Mexican actress. Cavazos won Best Actress awards at the Tokyo Film Festival, and Brazil’s Festival de Gramado for her portrayal of "Tita" in Like Water for Chocolate. The film received the attention of US film critics and moviegoers, and facilitated her entry into the American film industry. She subsequently relocated to Los Angeles.
Early life and career
Born in Monterrey, Cavazos began her acting career at the age of 15, and made her film debut in Busi Cortes’ 1988 El Secreto de Romalia. She has acted in numerous Mexican films and television series since then, and has also done a fair amount of work in the U.S., appearing in television dramas as well as a singing role in the film Sugar Town. Cavazos is sometimes credited as "Rosita Lumi Cavazos".
She had a featured role in Bottle Rocket, the debut film of director Wes Anderson.
Personal life
She was engaged to Italian actor Marco Leonardi from 1991 to 1999.
She is married to Joselo Rangel from the band Cafe Tacvba
Filmography
- En un bosque de la China (1987)
- El túnel de la ciencia (1989) (Documentary) .... herself
- Serpientes y escaleras (1992) .... Rebeca
- Like Water for Chocolate (1992) .... Tita
- Mi primer año (1992)
- Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (1993)
- Tres Destinos (1993) TV .... Cristina
- Del otro lado del mar (1994)
- Manhattan Merengue (1995) (as Rosita Lumi Cavazes)
- Banditi (1995)
- Viva San Isidro (1995) .... Antonia
- Bottle Rocket (1996) .... Inez
- Land of Milk and Honey (1996) .... Rosie
- El Vuelo del águila (1996) TV .... Amada Díaz
- Last Stand at Saber River (1997) TV .... Luz
- Sístole Diástole (1997) .... La nena
- Fibra óptica (1998) .... María Ponce
- Máscara (1999) .... Laura
- Sugar Town (1999) .... Rocío
- Entre la tarde y la noche (1999)
- The Keening (1999) .... Wood Nymph
- Bless the Child (2000) .... Sister Rosa
- Atlético San Pancho (2001) .... Rebeca
- In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) (TV) .... Patria Mirabal
- Exposed (2003) .... Laura Silvera
- Entre dos (2003)
- Tan infinito como el desierto (2004) TV
- 7 días (2005) .... Sra. Garza
- La Ley del silencio (2005) TV .... Clemencia
- Las Buenrostro (2005)
External links
- VH1 biography
- Lumi Cavazos at IMDb