Kate del Castillo Biography

Kate del Castillo Negrete Trillo (born October 23, 1972) is a Mexican and US actress. At the age of 18, del Castillo became known for her lead role in the telenovela Muchachitas for Televisa in 1991. Afterwards, she continued her career in film and television in Latin America. In 2011, del Castillo earned recognition in the United States for playing the lead role in La Reina del Sur. Subsequently, del Castillo has worked in several American TV series and had supporting roles in Hollywood feature films.

Early life

Del Castillo was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She is the daughter of Kate Trillo and Eric del Castillo, a legend of Mexican cinema and a soap opera actor himself. Del Castillo has two siblings: a sister, the journalist Vernica del Castillo, and a half-brother, Ponciano, from her father's side.

Career

She made her acting debut in 1978 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 airing in several Latin American countries, as well as in La Reina del Sur and series Dueos del Paraso for the Telemundo network and in other telenovelas as a leading actress.

In 2002 and 2003, she embarked on an international tour alongside Argentine actor Saul Lisazo with the play Cartas de Amor (Love Letters). 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 Espaol magazine. In 2006, Del Castillo starred in the film Bordertown, which became her first role in Hollywood. 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. She starred in the film Colosio: El asesinato, which centers around the assassination of the Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio.

She has appeared in advertising campaigns for companies such as L'Oral and Ford, and in the music video "Fuego de Noche, Nieve de Da" by Ricky Martin.

In November 20, 2015 she launched in association with the Vivanco Family a new brand of tequila named Tequila Honor del Castillo. She is the spokesperson representing the brand.

Personal life

One of her first known romantic relations was with Emilio Azcarraga Jean son of media mogul Emilio Azcrraga Milmo, and now CEO of the largest mass media company in Latin America, the Televisa Grup.

On February 3, 2001, she married football player Luis Garca. The marriage was dissolved on September 1, 2004. Del Castillo lives in Los Angeles. 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 female homicides in Ciudad Jurez, when the robbery occurred. In August 2009, del Castillo married Aarn Daz in a Las Vegas ceremony. On July 26, 2011, it was announced that Kate and Daz were separating.

In 2012, she posed in a PETA ad campaign encouraging pet owners to "fiercely protect" their dogs and cats by keeping them indoors.

During an interview with Cristina Saralegui on the Cristina Show, Kate revealed that her favorite band is the English new wave band Duran Duran.

She became a citizen of the United States in September 2015 and currently lives in Los Angeles.

Relation and interview with El Chapo Guzman

On January 9, 2012, del Castillo publicly posted an essay talking about social issues in Mexico that included a controversial request to Joaqun Guzmn Loera, the then at-large head of the Sinaloa Cartel, on her Twextra page (which is associated with Twitter), stating:

"The government has numbed us, we are manupulated, and I say Mr. El Chapo lets go traffic with unknown well-being, lets do good to the world, you know how to trade, deal with love, with good things'. "Life is a business and the only thing that changes is the merchandise. Don"?t you agree?", "Mr Chapo, wouldn"?t it be cool that you started trafficking with love?"? "Today I believe more in Chapo Guzmn [than in] the government that hides painful truths from me, who hide the cure for cancer, AIDS, etc., for their own benefit and wealth."

Del Castillo was contacted by Guzman's lawyer to talk about producing a biographical film about Guzman in 2014. As a result, she was placed under CISEN surveillance. Communication increased following Guzman's escape from prison in July 2015. She brokered an interview between American actor Sean Penn and Guzmn in October 2015, shortly before Mexican Marines recaptured him. She received a cell phone and the codenames Hermosa and Dama from Guzman. Penn and del Castillo recommend the American lawyer Joshua L. Drakel. CISEN released photographs of del Castillo at the meetings with Guzman's lawyer and of the arrival of the actress and Sean Penn to Mexico.

Authorities found DVDs of La Reina del Sur at the safe house stormed during Guzman's capture.

Aftermath

Sean Penn and Del Castillo's actions are under investigation by the PGR. She was subpoenaed on January 18 and will testify before the public prosecutor at the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles. She is under investigation as to whether Del Castillo received illicit money to finance the planned movie about Guzman and her tequila brand Honor del Castillo.

On February 5, 2016, a Mexican judge granted del Castillo's petition for an injunction against any arrest related to the federal investigation into her ties with Joaqun Guzmn. The Mexican Attorney General issued a detain-and-interrogate order on del Castillo; however, that would only become effective if del Castillo sets foot on Mexican soil. That order was issued after she did not heed a request to voluntarily appear before Mexican prosecutors.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Los de abajo		Film debut
1983	Las sobrinas del diablo
1990	El ltimo escape	Brbara
1991	Violencia en altamar
1991	Ambicin sangrienta
1993	Sendero mortal
1994	Amor que mata
1997	Educacin sexual en breves lecciones	Ana
1997	Reclusorio	Estrella Uribe	Segment: "Sangre entre Mujeres"
1999	Sendero mortal II
2004	Avisos de ocasin	Amanda
2005	American Visa	Blanca	Nominated "? Ariel Award for Best Actress
2006	Bordertown	Elena Daz
2006	Lime Salted Love	Isabella Triebel
2007	Trade	Laura
2007	The Black Pimpernel	Consuelo Fuentes
2007	Under the Same Moon	Rosario
2008	Julia	Elena
2008	Bad Guys	Zena
2009	Down for Life	Esther
2011	Without Men	Cleotilde
2012	Colosio: El asesinato	Vernica
2012	K-11	Mousey
2013	A Miracle in Spanish Harlem	Eva
2014	El crimen del Ccaro Gumaro	Kate / Rosario
2014	No Good Deed	Alexis
2014	The Book of Life	La Muerte	Voice role
2014	Visitantes	Ana
2015	The 33	Katty
2016	El Americano: The Movie	Rayito	Voice role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Muchachitas	Leticia
1992	Mgica juventud	Fernanda
1994	Imperio de cristal	Narda Lombardo
1995	Mujer, casos de la vida real		"Aunque parezca mentira" (Season 11, Episode 12)
1996	Azul	Alejandra
1997	Alguna vez tendremos alas	Ana Hernndez
1998	La mentira	Vernica Fernndez-Negrete
2000	Ramona	Ramona Moreno
2001	El derecho de nacer	Mara Elena del Junco
2002	American Family	Ofelia	10 episodes
2003	Bajo la misma piel	Miranda Murillo Ortiz
2004	Kate Del Castillo en La Riviera Maya	Kate	Television film
2009	The Cleaner	Josefina	"Does Everybody Have a Drink?" (Season 2, Episode 4)
2009	Weeds	Pilar Zuazo
2009	El Pantera	Coco
2009	Vidas cruzadas	Mariana	Also executive producer
2011	La Reina del Sur	Teresa Mendoza "La Mexicana", "La Reina del Sur"	63 episodes
2011	CSI: Miami	Anita Torres	"Killer Regrets" (Season 10, Episode 5)
2012	Grimm	Valentina Espinosa	"La Llorona" (Season 2, Episode 9)
2013	Arranque de pasin	Ela Rivella
2013	Dallas	Sergeant Marisela Ruiz	"J.R.'s Masterpiece" (Season 2, Episode 8)
2014	Killer Women	Esmeralda Montero	"Queen Bee" (Season 1, Episode 8)
2015	Dueos del paraso	Anastasia Cardona	69 episodes
2015	Jane the Virgin	Luciana Leon
2016	Telenovela	Kate	"Rivals" (Season 1, Episode 5)
2017	Ingobernable	First Lady of Mexico Emilia Urquiza Nava	Netflix original. 2017.

Awards

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1992	Premios TVyNovelas	Best Female Revelation	Muchachitas
1995		Best young actress	Imperio de cristal
1998			Alguna vez tendremos alas	rowspan="3"
1999			La mentira
2005	Premios Ariel	Best Actress	American Visa
2006	Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva	Coln de Plata for Best Actress
2008	Premios Diosa de Plata	Best Actress	La misma Luna
2011	Premios People en Espaol	Best Actress	La Reina del Sur
		Best Couple (with Ivn Snchez)		rowspan="2"
		Best Couple (with Rafael Amaya)