Lumi Cavazos

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Lumi Cavazos
Born	(1968-12-21) December 21, 1968 (age 52) 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.^{[citation needed]}

She is married to from the band Cafe Tacvba.

Filmography[]

• En un bosque de la China (1987)
• (1989) (Documentary) .... herself
• (1992) .... Rebeca
• Like Water for Chocolate (1992) .... Tita
• (1992)
• Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (1993)
• (1993) TV .... Cristina
• (1994)
• (1995) (as Rosita Lumi Cavazes)
• (1995)
• (1995) .... Antonia
• Bottle Rocket (1996) .... Inez
• (1996) .... Rosie
• (1996) TV .... Amada Díaz
• Last Stand at Saber River (1997) TV .... Luz
• (1997) .... La nena
• Fibra óptica (1998) .... María Ponce
• (1999) .... Laura
• Sugar Town (1999) .... Rocío
• (1999)
• (1999) .... Wood Nymph
• Bless the Child (2000) .... Sister Rosa
• (2001) .... Rebeca
• In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) (TV) .... Patria Mirabal
• (2003) .... Laura Silvera
• (2003)
• (2004) TV
• (2005) .... Sra. Garza
• (2005) TV .... Clemencia
• (2005)

External links[]

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