Lumi Cavazos

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Lumi Cavazos
Lumi Cavazos.jpg
Born (1968-12-21) 21 December 1968 (age 54)
OccupationActress
Years active1984–present
Spouse(s)Marco Leonardi (1991–1999)
Jose Rangel
(m. 1999)
Children2

Luz Maria Cavazos (born 21 December 1968) is a Mexican actress. She 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.

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Early life and career

Born in Monterrey, Cavazos began her acting career at the age of 15. In 1985, she was a student at Guadalajara's Preparatoria 4 University. She later chose to enroll in the Centro Universitario de Teatro Uniam in 1990. She left her parents and nine siblings to pursue her own interests. [1] She 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.

She also played the character Tita for the movie Like Water for Chocolate .

Personal life

She was dating one of her co-stars in the film "Like Water for Chocolate," Marco Leonardi, from 1991 to 1999. [2]

She is married to Joselo Rangel of the band Cafe Tacvba, with whom she has two daughters. They married in July 1999. [3]

Filmography

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References

  1. Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (18 March 1993). "UNA MUJER DULCE COMO EL CHOCOLATE". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  2. "This Is 'Like Water' for Real : Movies: Those love scenes were more than acting in hit Mexican film. The two stars found romance and now share a small flat in Hollywood". Los Angeles Times. 17 October 1994. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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