Patricia Mota (born 1982) is an actress and film producer of

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descent, She played a lead role in the critically acclaimed film '' GI Jesús'' that premiered at the "

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", on January 23, 2007, with Cineville. ''GI Jesús'' took the Grand Jury Prize at

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06 film festival. She was also in the film ''

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Career

Mota is now CEO of Mota Studios LLC, an artist community with a point of view and a group of artists with a voice and vision. Mota is a painter, photographer and co-producer. She was born in the

, moving to the U.S. at age 12, and has a daughter, Preciosa Mota.GI Jesus cast list
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For half of her life, she lived in North America in between New York, Miami and California. She is the sister of supermodel & actress Omahyra Mota.

Awards

*She was nominated as the best actress in the Baja California film fest 2007 for the film ''GI Jesus.''

Filmography

Producer: *''The Land of the Astronauts'' (2007) (pre-production) (associate producer) . *'' G.I. Jesus'' (2006) (co-producer) .

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* 1982 births Living people American film producers American film actresses 21st-century American painters American people of Dominican Republic descent 21st-century American women painters American women film producers {{US-film-actor-1980s-stub