Lumi Cavazos


Luz Maria Cavazos 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 the 1992 film 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. 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. She made her film debut in Busi Cortés's 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 and 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.
She is married to Joselo Rangel of the band Cafe Tacvba, with whom she has two daughters. They married in July 1999.

Filmography

En un bosque de la China El túnel de la ciencia .... herselfSerpientes y escaleras .... RebecaLike Water for Chocolate .... TitaMi primer año Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Tres Destinos TV.... CristinaDel otro lado del mar Manhattan Merengue Banditi Viva San Isidro .... AntoniaBottle Rocket .... InezLand of Milk and Honey .... RosieEl Vuelo del águila TV.... Amada DíazLast Stand at Saber River TV.... LuzSístole Diástole .... La nenaFibra óptica .... María PonceMáscara .... LauraSugar Town .... RocíoEntre la tarde y la noche The Keening .... Wood NymphBless the Child .... Sister RosaAtlético San Pancho .... RebecaIn the Time of the Butterflies .... Patria MirabalExposed .... Laura SilveraEntre dos Tan infinito como el desierto TV7 días .... Sra. GarzaLa Ley del silencio TV.... ClemenciaLas Buenrostro Viva High School Musical: Mexico La Mitad del Mundo.... JuanaRock Mari 2 Gritos de muerte y libertad....Josefa de Ortiz DominguezOnce upon a time in Durango