Lumi Cavazos

Lumi Cavazos

Born: December 21, 1968
in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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Lumi Cavazos (born December 21, 1968) is a Mexican actress who won the Best Actress awards at the Tokyo Film Festival, and Brazil’s Festival de Gramado for her portrayal of "Tita" in the 1993 adaptation of Laura Esquivel’s Mexican novel, Like Water for Chocolate. The film grabbed the attention of US film critics and moviegoers, and facilitated her entry into the American film industry. She subsequently relocated to Los Angeles.

Born in Monterrey, Cavazos began her acting career at the age of 15, and 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 such television dramas as "Sugar Town". Cavazos is sometimes credited as "Rosita Lumi Cavazos".

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Title: Sierra Madre: No Trespassing
Character: Cristina Salinas
Released: April 21, 2024
Type: TV
Through the perspective of the Parras, a family of lineage and lineage, it will be shown that not everything is as it seems, while they do everything possible to maintain the appearances of their own "paradise" of life.
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Title: LaLola
Released: February 2, 2024
Type: TV
A prosperous businessman used to getting his way with women to boost his ego. He receives his comeuppance when he wakes one morning in the body of a woman. Desperate to revert to his original body, he struggles to protect his job and his relationships with his family and his best friend.
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The Devil's Mark
Title: The Devil's Mark
Character: Cecilia
Released: January 3, 2020
Type: Movie
An exorcist priest meets a family that has a daughter who is pursued by a demon.
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This Is Not Berlin
Title: This Is Not Berlin
Character: Susana
Released: June 21, 2019
Type: Movie
Seventeen-year-old Carlos doesn't fit in anywhere, not in his family nor with the friends he has chosen in school. But everything changes when he is invited to a mythical nightclub where he discovers the underground LGBTQ nightlife scene: punk, sexual liberty and drugs.
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The Promise
Title: The Promise
Released: November 23, 2018
Type: Movie
A talented rural student struggles with his teacher and fellow students.
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Olimpia
Title: Olimpia
Character: Hernán's mother
Released: October 2, 2018
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of Raquel, Rodolfo and Hernán, members of a brigade at the UNAM during the student movement in Mexico in 1968. Through their photographs, films and writings, we will know the history of the day that the army took the university and how their students united, shouted and never forgot.
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Title: Falco
Character: Silvia
Released: July 22, 2018
Type: TV
A policeman with a promising future and a young family must rebuild his life in 2018 after he wakes up from a 24-year coma after being shot in the line of duty.
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Title: Por siempre Joan Sebastián
Character: Celia Figueroa
Released: August 1, 2016
Type: TV
Biographical miniseries about the late Mexican singer Joan Sebastian.
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Half of the World
Title: Half of the World
Character: Juana
Released: January 21, 2011
Type: Movie
The story is about a young man suffering mental retardation and sexual awakening, poet is charismatic and has the ability to pay attention to those little insignificant details of everyday life. His new status as a lover will bring popularity and with it problems will expose prejudice and false morality of a blinded people to wash their sins charged with the death of the less guilty.
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Once Upon a Time in Durango
Title: Once Upon a Time in Durango
Released: September 1, 2010
Type: Movie
In the plains of Durango, the old west town still exists where Mexican and foreign westerns used to be filmed. Old Antonio takes care of the place. One day, Gabriel Navárez, a 13-year-old boy from a small nearby community, secretly gets into the old west town and discovers a fascinating world.
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Title: Gritos de Muerte y Libertad
Character: Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
Released: August 30, 2010
Type: TV
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Rock Marí
Title: Rock Marí
Released: March 12, 2010
Type: Movie
An 11 year old girl who has just lost her mother is at the same time fighting to fulfill her greatest dream: to become a great singer and for her music to be heard by millions of people. Throughout this great adventure, Rock Mari is accompanied by her faithful squire Baqueta, as they travel together in search of her destiny.
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Viva High School Musical: Mexico
Title: Viva High School Musical: Mexico
Released: September 5, 2008
Type: Movie
Cristobal sees Mariana with new eyes after the summer vacation since both love singing. The mexican version of the Disney musical.
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The Black Pimpernel
Title: The Black Pimpernel
Character: Ana Dominguez
Released: September 14, 2007
Type: Movie
The story about Swedish ambassador in Chile - Harald Edelstam - and his heroic actions to protect the innocent people from the execution during and after the military coup on September 11th 1973.
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El brassier de Emma
Title: El brassier de Emma
Character: Dra. Ortega
Released: March 29, 2007
Type: Movie
It was the year of 1962 when I turned 12 and my breasts began to grow. Cecilia, my sister, went to study in Paris, I was left alone with my parents and their problems. I discovered that the breasts made men and women crazy, while mine began to draw the attention of my friends without adults realizing that I needed a bra.
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A Good Death Beats a Dull Life
Title: A Good Death Beats a Dull Life
Character: Aurora
Released: April 7, 2006
Type: Movie
The women of a prosperous provincial family hide unsuspected secrets which range from the entanglements of love to murder for mercy or for greed. The story of these eccentric women combines love, potions, black humor and death.
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7 Days
Title: 7 Days
Character: Sra. Garza
Released: September 30, 2005
Type: Movie
Claudio Caballero decides to gamble $500,000 dollars in a desperate attempt to raise the cash necessary to bring the world's biggest band (U2) to Mexico.
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Exposed
Title: Exposed
Character: Laura Silvera
Released: October 17, 2003
Type: Movie
As the presenter of tabloid news show 'Probe', Bob Smith stoops to new lows to expose stories at any cost. When covering the lives of three high-flying women vying for the 'Woman of Distinction' award in broadcasting, he hopes to break through the glossy facade and reveal secrets all three women strive to keep hidden...even if that means inventing a few secrets himself.
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A Way Out
Title: A Way Out
Released: March 21, 2003
Type: Movie
Daniel is ten years old and is very ill. His parents need to find a donor for a liver transplant, nobody is willing to help, they have little time and they need to find an alternative
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In the Time of the Butterflies
Title: In the Time of the Butterflies
Character: Patria Mirabal
Released: October 21, 2001
Type: Movie
Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.
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Never Too Young to Dream
Title: Never Too Young to Dream
Character: Rebeca
Released: October 21, 2001
Type: Movie
A group of kids have a dream: to play a football championship and to win. Their dream is going to be fulfilled by Don Pepe, an old guy with lots of expectations for his kids.
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The Magic Hour
Title: The Magic Hour
Character: Sor Fabiola
Released: October 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Minerva, a middle age writer, decides to break the uncertainty that prevents her from creating the novel that for years she has nested in her mind. Unintentionally, she returns to the port where she was born and she encounters a past full of ghosts and chimeras. Paradoxically, she founds herself because of this journey back home, so she begins writing the story of her life, of her own childhood, with its magical past and tragedy.
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Bless the Child
Title: Bless the Child
Character: Sister Rosa
Released: August 11, 2000
Type: Movie
When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.
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Sugar Town
Title: Sugar Town
Character: Rosio
Released: September 17, 1999
Type: Movie
A look at the lives of several struggling L.A. musicians. Gwen, a singer-songwriter, is on a quest for the big-time. Working as an assistant to a film production designer, Gwen tries to steal her boss' boyfriend, a veteran rock producer. The producer, meanwhile, is trying to orchestrate a comeback for an '80s band.
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Mascara
Title: Mascara
Character: Laura
Released: May 7, 1999
Type: Movie
Mascara is the story of three very different women who rediscover the value of their friendship at a time when their lives are in turmoil. Panic sets in as they approach their thirtieth birthdays and nothing is going according to plan.
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Optical Fibre
Title: Optical Fibre
Character: María Ponce
Released: October 1, 1998
Type: Movie
When a Brazilian woman is falsely accused of killing a prominent Mexican politician, Marco, a young journalist, is hired by a stranger to discover the real motive of the crime. He is assisted by his photographer girlfriend María, and they are trapped in a web of torture, prostitution, corruption and power struggle.
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Last Stand at Saber River
Title: Last Stand at Saber River
Character: Luz
Released: January 19, 1997
Type: Movie
As America recovers from the Civil War, one man tries to put the pieces of his life back together but finds himself fighting a new battle on the frontier. Cable is an embittered Confederate soldier who returns from the war to reclaim his Arizona homestead from rebel pioneers who sympathize with the Union war effort.
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Sweet Release
Title: Sweet Release
Character: La Nena
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
The love secrets of a large family are revealed during a trajinera tour on Xochimilco, culminating in a suicide attempt during a jackpot drawing.
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Bottle Rocket
Title: Bottle Rocket
Character: Inez
Released: February 21, 1996
Type: Movie
Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a harebrained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Henry.
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Viva San Isidro!
Title: Viva San Isidro!
Character: Antonia
Released: April 13, 1995
Type: Movie
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Manhattan Merengue
Title: Manhattan Merengue
Character: Rosita
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A realistic look at the life of a young immigrant man who comes to America with the hope of dancing on Broadway.
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Bandits
Title: Bandits
Character: Anna
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Amos, a watchmaker, loses his wife due to post-surgery complications. Destroyed by grief, he joins old friends Karl and Maner, former revolutionaries, to kidnap Prime Minister Ullmann, once their companion, to extort money from the state.
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Title: Tres destinos
Character: Cristina
Released: May 15, 1993
Type: TV
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Serpientes y escaleras
Title: Serpientes y escaleras
Character: Rebeca
Released: December 4, 1992
Type: Movie
Two young girls used to play Serpents and Ladders. One of them always won, but they are very close friends. When they grow up, the winner is still the lucky one in the game of life, but life can be treacherous...
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Like Water for Chocolate
Title: Like Water for Chocolate
Character: Tita
Released: April 16, 1992
Type: Movie
Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.
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Romelia's Secret
Title: Romelia's Secret
Character: Blanca
Released: December 4, 1988
Type: Movie
The way three different generations of women view virginity and the mystery that a love story hides.