Vanessa Bauche ( born Alma Vanessa Bauche Chavira; February 18, 1973) is a Mexican television, theatre and film actress.

Early life

Bauche was born Alma Vanessa Bauche Chavira, named after actress

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. Her father was a Romani who married her mother, a woman who aspired to be a dancer and singer. At the time of the marriage, her mother was sixteen years old and her father was a junior in high school. The couple divorced when Bauche was seven years old. After the divorce, she and her brother, Tito, spent three years traveling with their father. Eventually, she and her brother settled down with their mother in

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Career

She received her starring role in a film as a drug-addicted prostitute in ''

El Patrullero ''Highway Patrolman'' (Spanish: ''El patrullero'') is a 1991 Mexican feature film by the British director Alex Cox. It was produced by Lorenzo O'Brien, who also wrote the screenplay, and stars Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez ...

'' (''Highway Patrolman)'' (1991). After starring in a number of

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s she played a lead role in the international success ''

Amores Perros ''Amores perros'' is a 2000 Mexican psychological drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Guillermo Arriaga, based on a story by them both. ''Amores perros'' is the first installmen ...

'' (2000). While Bauche has found success in both film and television, she also maintains a steady career in theater.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Ariel Award The Ariel Award ( es, Premio Ariel) is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excel ...

*1995: Nominated, " Best Supporting Actress" - ''Hasta morir'' *1999: Won, "Best Actress in a Minor Role" - ''Un embrujo'' *2002: Won, "Best Supporting Actress" - ''De la calle'' *2005: Nominated, "

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" - ''Digna: Hasta el último aliento''

Lleida Latin-American Film Festival The Lleida Latin-American Film Festival ( ca, Mostra de Cinema Llatinoamericà de Lleida, or shortened to ca, Mostra de Lleida) is a cinema festival that takes place in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain awarding Latin American films. It is organised by the ...

*2006: Won, "Best Actress" - ''Al Otro Lado'' and ''Las vueltas del citrillo'' Western Heritage Awards *2006: Won, "Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture" - ''The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada''

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* 1973 births 20th-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican actresses Mexican film actresses Mexican telenovela actresses Living people {{mexico-actor-stub