How much is Kate Del Castillo worth?
| Net Worth: | $9 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional actress |
| Date of Birth: | 23 October 1972 |
| Country: | Mexico (American) |
| Height: | 1.65 m |
About Kate Del Castillo
Del Castillo portrayed the lead parts in the telenovelas Ramona (2000), El derecho de nacer (2001), and Bajo la misma piel (2001) in the early 2000s. She made her debut on American television in 2003, when she was cast as a recurring character in the drama series American Family, which was produced by PBS and starred Edward James Olmos and Sônia Braga.
Mexico’s capital city Mexico City is where Del Castillo began her life. She is the daughter of Mexican film great Kate Trillo Graham and Eric del Castillo, who was himself a performer in soap operas. Eric del Castillo is her father. Del Castillo has a sister named Verónica del Castillo, who is a journalist, and a half-brother named Ponciano, who is related to her through her father’s side of the family. Her wedding to football star Luis Garca took place on February 3, 2001. On September 1, 2004, the couple decided to end their marriage and divorce each other. In August 2009, del Castillo married Aarón Díaz in a Las Vegas ceremony.
The year 2006 saw Del Castillo’s debut as a leading actress in the Hollywood picture Bordertown, in which she played her first part. Under the Same Moon was a drama film released in 2007 and she starred in it. Patricia Riggen was the film’s director. The movie had a budget of $1.7 million, yet it made $23.3 million at the box office. In addition, she has portrayed leading roles in a number of indie films, such as The Black Pimpernel (2007) and Julia, in which she co-starred with Tilda Swinton.
It was in 1978 when Del Castillo made her debut in the film The Last Escape, which was also her first role as an actress. When she played the role of Leticia in Muchachitas, a telenovela that was broadcast in numerous Latin American nations in 1991, she rose to prominence as an actress. The year after that, she went on to star in the production of Mágica juventud.
The part of Teresa “La Mexicana” Mendoza, whom Del Castillo played in the 2011 Telemundo drama La reina del sur, which was based on a novel of the same name written by the Spanish novelist Arturo Pérez-Reverte, was responsible for catapulting her stardom throughout Latin America. It is the second most costly telenovela that has ever been produced by Telemundo, with a budget of 10 million dollars.
Honor del Castillo was introduced as a new brand of tequila by Del Castillo on November 20, 2015, and it was produced in collaboration with the Vivanco Family. She is the brand’s official representative in media interviews. In addition, Del Castillo has been seen in advertising campaigns for both L’Oréal and Ford.
In 2017, she was cast in the lead role of the fictional First Lady of Mexico, Emilia Urquiza, in the political thriller series Ingobernable, which was produced by Netflix. The premiere of the second season took place in 2018. In 2019, Del Castillo made her debut off-Broadway in the production of The Way She Spoke by Isaac Gomez at the Audible Theater. The play was written by Isaac Gomez.
She is the first Mexican actress to be nominated for three theatre prizes in New York, having received nominations for the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play, the Drama League Award, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play for her performance.
In the year 2022, del Castillo appeared in the comedy-drama series ‘Til Jail Do Us Part, which was shown on the Peacock network. In 2023, she will both feature in and produce the miniseries Volver a caer, which is a modern retelling of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina told in Spanish. The series will consist of six episodes.
Summing-Up
Del Castillo rose to fame in the telenovela Muchachitas, which was produced by Televisa in 1991 and starred her at the age of 19 as the protagonist. After that, she continued her career in film and television in Latin America, playing the starring parts in telenovelas such as “Alguna vez tendremos alas” (1997), “La Mentira” (1998), “Ramona” (2000), and “Bajo la misma piel” (Under the Same Skin) (2003–04).
