Kate del Castillo

Profile
Popular name                  Kate del Castillo
Birth name                      Kate del Castillo Negrete Trillo
Birth date                        October 13, 1972
Birth place                       Mexico city, Distrito Federa; Mexico
Occupation                     Actress  
Height                             165 cm  (5' 5")


Career
Kate del Castillo made her acting debut in 1980 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 that was very popular all over Latin America. Muchachitas reached the top audience spots in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Peru, and among Hispanic audiences in the United States. 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 Español magazine. Recently starred in the highly successful series La Reina del Sur for Telemundo network.
She has participated in various publicity campaigns in Mexico and the United States Latin markets and graced the covers of all most important Latino publications.