• Pro Mujer Celebrates Sharon Allen, Anne Mulcahy and Ernest Stern's ...

  Entrepreneur.com - Found Oct. 27, 2009 Serving as Honorary Chairs of the event are Robert and Luciana Duvall, Billie Jean King, Benjamin Bratt, Talisa Soto and Paul Volcker.

• Bratt to return to 'Law & Order'

  UPI - Found Oct. 26, 2009 Comments Actor Benjamin Bratt and wife Talisa Soto attend the 24th Annual Imagen Awards in Los Angeles, Aug. 21, 2009. UPI/ Phil McCarten | Enlarge Ashley suggests Cheryl Cole duet - Digital Spy Explore All

• Licence to Kill

  IGN.com - Found Oct. 26, 2009 But Bond escapes as he and Sharkey go on Mr. Krest's (Anthony Zerbe) boat and sees Sanchez's girl Lupe (Talisa Soto) again, and Sharkey is killed.

• La Mission Opens the 6th Artivist Film Festival Dec. 1, Festival ...

  PRWeb - Found Oct. 27, 2009 ... the slate for the 6th Annual including the festival's opening film La Mission starring Benjamin Bratt, Erika Alexander and Talisa Soto Bratt.

• Pro Mujer Celebrates Sharon Allen, Anne Mulcahy and Ernest Stern's ...

  PRWeb - Found Oct. 26, 2009 Serving as Honorary Chairs of the event are Robert and Luciana Duvall, Billie Jean King, Benjamin Bratt, Talisa Soto and Paul Volcker.

• Television movies for the week of Sept. 13

  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Found Sep. 12, 2009 PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience CC = Closed captioned for hearing impaired ALPHABETICAL LISTING

• 24th Annual Imagen Awards

  Los Angeles Times - Found Aug. 22, 2009 Stone, Jimmy Smits, Jose Yenque, Judy Reyes, Maria Canals, Marlene Forte, Shawnna, Susie Castillo, Talisa Soto, Tom Cruise, Wilmer Valderrama...

• TK PARTY REPORT

  Indiewire - Found Aug. 24, 2009 Latino Hollywood?s best -- like Benjamin Bratt, Talisa Soto and Andy Garcia -- donned their black tie best for the 24th Imagen Awards on... Ashlee Simpson: Should Bronx Go Into Showbiz? - E! Online Do-Me Meter: Ashlee's Shrinking Away! - EOnline.com "Melrose Place" Is Back...But Who's Its Best Dressed Star? Vote Now! - Glamour Magazine Ashlee celebrates Melrose revival - MSN UK Explore All

• RUFFS TO RICHES

  New York Post - Found Aug. 9, 2009 Since moving in with Pinnell, Amelia Rose has also happily rubbed elbows with Benjamin Bratt and Talisa Soto and their two little girls, plus...

• Namberry: Middle names that are outside the box

  Bradenton Herald - Found Aug. 10, 2009 ... s Bronx) ZHIVAGO (Nia Long's Massai) WORD NAMES BEBOP (Michael Balzay's Sunny) BRAVERY (Talisa Soto & Benjamin Bratt's Mateo) CRIMEFIGHTER...

Talisa Soto (born March 27, 1967) is an American model and actress.

Early life

Soto was born Miriam Soto in Brooklyn, New York, where her parents moved to from Puerto Rico in the 1950s. Her parents relocated to Northampton, Massachusetts when she was still just a child. Soto's family was one of the few Puerto Rican families that resided in her neighborhood. She was raised and educated there, but she felt that people were prejudiced against her and she became a loner. ¹

Career

Modeling

Soto landed her first modeling job in 1982, when she was fifteen years old. In 1985, she tried to sign up with the Ford modeling agency, but was rejected because she looked "too" Latina. Soto then went and signed with Click Model Management and headed for Europe. She established herself as one of the top models of the 1980s and was busy modeling in Italy and France. She appeared on the covers of Vogue,British Elle, British Vogue (Photographed by Lord Snowdon) Mademoiselle, Glamour and Self magazines. She also appeared in her first music video with former boyfriend Nick Kamen, Madonna's "Each Time You Break My Heart", directed by Tony Viramontes. Soto and Kamen were often used as modeles by Ray Petri: the late fashion stylist and creator of the 80's London "Buffalo Boy" look.²

Acting

In 1988, when Soto returned to the United States, she auditioned and landed the role of "India" in her feature debut, Spike of Bensonhurst, a comedy which starred Sasha Mitchell and Ernest Borgnine. In 1989, she was cast as Lupe Lamora, in the James Bond movie Licence to Kill starring Timothy Dalton and as Maria Rivera in The Mambo Kings.¹

Soto has participated in more than 20 movies, among which are: Mortal Kombat (1995) as Kitana; Island of the Dead as Melissa O'Keefe; Piñero (2001) as Sugar, starring Benjamin Bratt; and Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) as Ryne alongside Lucy Liu and Antonio Banderas. Soto also made two guest appearances on the television series C-16: FBI. In 1995, she played the role of Doña Julia, one of Johnny Depp's many love interests in the tongue-in-cheek romantic comedy Don Juan DeMarco, Depp playing the title role. She also made an appearance in Marc Anthony's music video for I Need to Know. In 1996 Soto played the title role in the campy movie Vampirella based on the comic book character.¹

Magazine covers

In 1990, Soto was chosen by People Magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.³ In 1995, she was featured in the Sports Illustrated "Swimsuit Issue". She was ranked #58 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002.⁴

Personal life

During the 80s, Soto resided both in London and New York City with Nick Kamen. In 1997, Soto married Costas Mandylor and they were divorced in 2000. She met actor Benjamin Bratt while the two were filming Piñero and they were married on April 13, 2002. The couple has two children: daughter Sophia Rosalinda Bratt, born December 6, 2002, and a son, Mateo Bravery Bratt, born October 3, 2005. They reside in Los Angeles, California.⁵

See also

Puerto Rico portal

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

References

External links

• Talisa Soto at the Internet Movie Database
• Talisa Soto at Fashion Model Directory