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Raquel Castro
Born
November 17, 1994 (1994-11-17) (age 14) New York, U.S.
Occupation
Child actress
Career milestone
Jersey Girl (2004)

Raquel Castro (born November 17, 1994) is an American child actress. She is best known for her role in the 2004 film Jersey Girl as Gertie Trinké, the daughter of Ollie Trinké (Ben Affleck) and Gertrude Steiney (Jennifer Lopez), the role which Castro won the Young Artist Award for the Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger. ¹

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 2.1 Films 2.2 Television 3 Awards and nominations 4 References 5 External Links

Biography

Early life

Castro, the fourth of five children, was born in New York to a Puerto Rican father, Albee Castro, and Kathy, an American mother of Italian and Jewish descent. She has two older sisters, an older brother and a younger brother and currently lives in Long Island, New York, where she attended New Lane Elementary School and Selden Middle School. Raquel was named after her mother's favorite actress, Raquel Welch.

Career

Castro made her acting debut in an episode of the television series, Third Watch. She was subsequently cast as the daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's characters in the 2004 film Jersey Girl, directed by Kevin Smith. She has appeared in a 2005 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit entitled "Alien" and in the independent film, Little Fugitive.

In 2006, she was cast as Nicole in the music video for the Ludacris song "Runaway Love" with Mary J. Blige, where she plays an abused self-conscious girl who runs away. She later was featured in the 2007 independent film, Tracks of Color. She is currently preparing for a role in upcoming 2008 film, The Ministers, starring John Leguizamo.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role
2004	Jersey Girl	Gertie Trinké
2005	Little Fugitive (2005 remake)	Destiny
2007	Tracks of Color	Carmen
2008	The Ministers	Nereida
2009	Brooklyn's Finest	Katherine

Television

Year	Title	Role	Episode
2002	Third Watch	Moira Kenney	"The Greater Good"
2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Emma	"Alien"

Awards and nominations

Year	Group	Award	Result	Film
2005	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger	Won	Jersey Girl

References

External Links

• JoBlo interview (March 25, 2004)
• Raquel Castro at the Internet Movie Database
• Raquel Castro at TV.com
• Simply Raquel
• Raquel and David Castro Online