Central and North Americans

1. Benicio Del Toro

Benicio Del Toro emerged in the mid-1990s as one of the most watchable and charismatic character actors to come along in years. A favorite of film buffs, Del Toro gained mainstream public attention as the conflicted but basically honest Mexican policeman in Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000).

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Puerto Rican born, At age 12, he moved with his family to Pennsylvania, USA

2. Salma Hayek

Actress | Frida

Salma Hayek was born on September 2, 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Her father is of Lebanese descent and her mother is of Mexican/Spanish ancestry. After having seen Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) in a local movie theater, she decided she wanted to become an actress. At age 12, she...

Born and raised in Mexico

3. Fernando Colunga

Actor | Abrázame muy fuerte

Fernando Colunga was born on the 3rd of March 1966 in Mexico City, Mexico. His father is Don Fernando Colunga and his mother Dona Margarita Olivares. Fernando Colunga from the time that was a little boy wanted to be an actor. Fernando graduated from the University of Mexico as civil engineer. But ...

Born and raised in Mexico

4. Lucero

Actress | Alborada

Lucero was born in Mexico City on August 29, 1969. She is the daughter of Lucero León and Antonio Hogaza and has one brother, Antonio. She first appeared in TV when she was 10, and her first TV starring role, Chispita (1982), was when she was 13.

Born and raised in Mexico

5. Gael García Bernal

Actor | Mozart in the Jungle

Gael García Bernal was born in Guadalajara to Patricia Bernal, an actress/model & José Ángel García, an actor/director. His stepfather's cinematographer Sergio Yazbek. He began his acting career as a child, working w/ his parents in a variety of plays. At 14, he starred in a soap opera called El ...

Born and raised in Mexico

6. Bárbara Mori

Actress | Rubí

Barbara Mori began her career in television where she starred in telenovelas for more than 10 years. The most notable of those was "Rubí" which garnered her international recognition globally.

Through this notoriety she has had the opportunity to work in such countries such as Chile, The United ...

Born in Uruguay, at the age of 3, when her Japanese-Uruguayan father and her Mexican mother divorced, Mori moved to Mexico

7. Jaime Camil

Actor | Jane the Virgin

Golden Globe Award, Critics' Choice Award, Teen Choice Award nominee and Imagen Award winner Jaime Camil, named by 'Vanity Fair' as one of the Best New TV Characters of 2014, plays "the scene-stealing comedic bright spot," Rogelio de la Vega, the supremely vain, but totally well-meaning, famous ...

Born and raised in Mexico, His other is brazilian and his father is Mexican

8. Thalía

Actress | María la del barrio

Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda (born 26 August 1971), known mononymously as Thalía, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, producer, actress and entrepreneur. She is considered one of the most successful and influential Mexican artists worldwide. Apart from her native Spanish, Thalía has also sung in ...

Born and raised in Mexico

9. Oscar Isaac

Actor | Ex Machina

Oscar Isaac was born Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada in Guatemala, to a Guatemalan mother, María Eugenia, and a Cuban father, Oscar Gonzalo Hernández-Cano, a pulmonologist. Oscar was raised in Miami, Florida. Before he became an actor, he played lead guitar and sang vocals in his band the Blinking ...

Born in Guatemala, to a Guatemalan mother and a Cuban father. Isaac's family settled in the U.S. when he was five months old, and he was raised in Miami, Florida

10. Laura Harring

Actress | Mulholland Dr.

Laura Harring is a Mexican actress best known for her role as the mysterious amnesiac Rita in David Lynch's enigmatic film Mulholland Drive, which was recently voted the best film of the 21st century in multiple polls. Film critic Roger Ebert compared Harring to screen legend Rita Hayworth, while ...

Born in Mexico, moved to USA at 10 years old

11. Anthony Quinn

Actor | Alexis Zorbas

Anthony Quinn was born Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca (some sources indicate Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca) on April 21, 1915, in Chihuahua, Mexico, to Manuela (Oaxaca) and Francisco Quinn, who became an assistant cameraman at a Los Angeles (CA) film studio. His paternal grandfather was Irish, ...

Born in Mexico from mexican parents, he grew up in USA

12. Rita Moreno

Actress | West Side Story

Rita Moreno is one of the very few performers to win an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony and a Grammy, thus becoming an EGOT. She was born Rosita Dolores Alverío in the hospital in Humacao, Puerto Rico on December 11, 1931 (but raised in nearby, smaller Juncos, which had no hospital), to seamstress Rosa ...

Puerto Rico

13. Ricardo Montalban

Actor | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Legendary actor Ricardo Montalban was the epitome of Latin elegance, charm and grace on film and television and in the late 1940s and early 1950s reinvigorated the Rudolph Valentino / Ramon Novarro "Latin Lover" style in Hollywood without achieving top screen stardom. Moreover, unlike most minority...

Born in Mexico, Montalbán moved to Los Angeles as a teen

14. Ana Claudia Talancón

Actress | El crimen del padre Amaro

Ana Claudia Talancon was born on May 1st, 1980 in Cancun, Mexico. Her first performance was in her home town Quintana Roo in Cancun.

She studied acting in Cancun with the Cuban professor Albio Paz. She later went to Mexico City to continue her studies at the Acting Workshop of Héctor Mendoza and ...

Born and raised in Mexico

15. Andy Garcia

Actor | Ocean's Eleven

One of Hollywood's most private and guarded leading men, Andy Garcia has created iconic characters while at the same time staying true to his acting roots and personal projects.

Garcia was born Andrés Arturo García Menéndez on April 12, 1956, in Havana, Cuba, to Amelie Menéndez, a teacher of English...

Born in Cuba, moved to USA when he was two years old

16. Ana de la Reguera

Actress | Nacho Libre

Ana de la Reguera grew up in the tropical state of Veracruz, on the Gulf Coast of Mexico. She began her performance arts studies in the Cultural Institute of Veracruz, then left for Televisa's Center for Artistic Education (CEA) and TV Aztecas' artistic institute (CEFAC) in Mexico City, later ...

17. Diego Luna

Actor | Rogue One

Diego Luna Alexander was born on December 29, 1979 in Mexico City, Mexico, to Alejandro Luna and Fiona Alexander, who worked as a costume designer. His father is Mexican and his mother was British, of Scottish and English descent. His mother died in a car accident when Diego was only two. He soon ...

18. Roselyn Sanchez

Actress | Act of Valor

Roselyn Milagros Sánchez Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, producer, and writer. On television, she is best known for her roles as Elena Delgado on the CBS police procedural Without a Trace (2005-09), as Carmen Luna on the Lifetime comedy-drama Devious Maids (...

Puerto Rico

19. Ricky Martin

Actor | Ricky Martin: Livin' la vida loca

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Ricky initiated his singing career in the Latin all boy-band group Menudo. After leaving the group, he moved to New York to study acting. After finishing his studies, he relocated to Mexico where he performed as actor in "Mama ama el Rock", "Alcanzar una Estrella II"...

Born and raised in Puerto Rico

20. Anahí

Actress | Mujeres engañadas

Anahi was born in Mexico. She's had roles in Tu y Yo, in which she played a 17 year old girl while she was 13, and Vivo Por Elena, in which she played Talita, a naive and innocent teenager. Anahi lives with her mother and sister name Marychelo. She hopes to become a fashion designer one day, and is...

Born and raised in Mexico

21. Alfonso Herrera

Actor | Ozark

Arguably one of Latin America's widely-known talents, backed by years of remarkable performances in television and film, Alfonso's stardom was first introduced by his leading role in one of the most successful television series in the history of Latin America, "Rebelde". Rebelde became a grossing ...

Born and raised in Mexico

22. Dulce María

Actress | Rebelde

Dulce Maria Espinoza Saviñón is a veteran of the Mexican entertainment scene by the time she reached her twenties, she started her career when she was only a little girl, doing commercials. At age 8 she was part of a show for kids called Plaza Sésamo and shortly after, started at El Club de Gaby.

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Born and raised in Mexico

23. Christopher Von Uckermann

Actor | Rebelde

Christopher Von Uckermann was born to a Mexican father and a Swedish mother. He started his acting career in TV commercials when he was just 3 years old. In 1999, he was cast in El Diario de Daniela. He then starred in Amigos X Siempre in 2000, alongside Spanish Mexican singer/actress Belinda ...

Born in Mexico to a Mexican father and a Swedish mother

24. Maite Perroni

Actress | Triada

Maite Perroni is one of the most prominent and successful artists in the Latin World. In 2020, she became the first Latin actress starring three shows each of them in the most important streaming services worldwide: Key's Game (Prime Video), Accidently Heirs (Claro Video) and Dark Desire (Netflix).

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Born and raised in Mexico

25. Christian Chávez

Actor | Clase 406

Christian Chavez was born on August 7, 1983 in McAllen, Texas, U.S. At the age of two, he Moved to Mexico City.

In 2002, Chávez was cast as Fernando 'Fercho' Lucena in the telenovela Clase 406. The series had four seasons and 350 one-hour episodes in total.

In 2005, Chávez joined a new telenovela ...

Born and raised in Mexico

26. Roberto Gómez Bolaños

Actor | El Chavo del Ocho

Roberto Gomez Bolaños more commonly known by his pseudonym Chespirito, or "Little Shakespeare" was a Mexican screenwriter, actor, comedian, film director, television director, playwright, songwriter, and author. He is widely regarded as the most important Latin and Spanish-language humorist of all ...

Born and raised in Mexico

27. Ramón Valdés

Actor | Los tres mosqueteros y medio

Ramón Valdés was a Mexican actor of film and television best known for his portrayal of Don Ramón in the popular sitcom El Chavo. Prior to becoming a television star, Valdés was an extra in many films.

Valdés participated in more than 50 Mexican films, specializing in hyperactive underdog characters...

Born and raised in Mexico

28. María Antonieta de las Nieves

Actress | Chespirito

María Antonieta de las Nieves was born on December 22, 1950 in Nayarit, Mexico. She is an actress and writer, known for Chespirito (1980), La Chilindrina en apuros (1994) and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). She was previously married to Gabriel Fernández Carrasco.

Born and raised in Mexico

29. Carlos Villagrán

Actor | ¡Ah qué Kiko!

Carlos Villagrán was born on January 12, 1944 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is an actor and director, known for ¡Ah qué Kiko! (1987), Las nuevas aventuras de Fredericco (1983) and Chespirito (1970).

Born and raised in Mexico

30. Rubén Aguirre

Actor | Chespirito

Rubén Aguirre was a Mexican actor. He is best remembered for his characterization of Profesor Jirafales in the Televisa's television show El Chavo. Aguirre also participated in another well known television show of the era, El Chapulín Colorado, albeit less frequently.

Aguirre died on 17 June 2016, ...

Born and raised in Mexico

31. Florinda Meza

Actress | Milagro y magia

Florinda Meza was born on February 8, 1949 in Juchipila, Zacatecas, Mexico. She is an actress and producer, known for Milagro y magia (1991), Chespirito (1980) and Chespirito (1970). She was previously married to Roberto Gómez Bolaños.

Born and raised in Mexico

32. Edgar Vivar

Actor | El orfanato

Edgar Vivar is a Mexican actor. He is best remembered as "Señor Barriga" and his son "Ñoño" from El Chavo, and as "El Botija" from El Chapulín Colorado and Chespirito.

In 1970, Chespirito needed a robust person to play "Señor Barriga" ("Mr. Potbelly" in English) as well as Ñoño in his upcoming ...

Born and raised in Mexico

33. Bob Marley

Soundtrack | I Am Legend

Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in Nine Miles, Saint Ann, Jamaica, to Norval Marley and Cedella Booker. His father was a Jamaican of English descent. His mother was a black teenager. The couple were married in 1944 but Norval left for Kingston immediately after. Norval died in 1957, seeing...

Born and raised in Jamaica

34. Rihanna

Actress | Battleship

Rihanna was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988 in Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados to Monica Braithwaite, an accountant & Ronald Fenty, a warehouse supervisor. Her mother is Afro-Guyanese and her father is of Afro-Barbadian and British Isles ancestry. Rihanna lived the life of a normal ...

Barbados

35. Nicki Minaj

Actress | The Other Woman

Nicki Minaj was born Onika Tanya Maraj on December 8, 1982 in St. James, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago and raised in Queens, New York City, New York. She grew up in a troubled family with a father that was a drug addict who later changed after he checked into rehab and started going to church. ...

Born in Trinidad and Tobago and raised in Jamaica, Queens, New York

36. Grace Jones

Actress | A View to a Kill

Grace Jones was born on May 19, 1948 in Spanish Town, St Catherine, Jamaica to Marjorie Jones (née Williams) and Reverend Robert W. Jones. When she was 12 she moved to Syracuse, New York, joining her family who had already moved there. She studied acting at Syracuse University and appeared in her ...

Jamaica

37. Wyclef Jean

Soundtrack | Hotel Rwanda

Wyclef Jean is a Haitian rapper, singer-songwriter, musician and actor.

He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees. Jean has won three Grammy Awards for his musical work.

On August 5, 2010, Jean filed for candidacy in the 2010 Haitian presidential election. The ...

Haiti

38. Jimmy Cliff

Soundtrack | The Harder They Come

Jimmy Cliff was born on July 30, 1944 in St. Catherine, Jamaica. He is an actor and composer, known for The Harder They Come (1972), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) and Mission: Impossible III (2006).

Jamaica

38. Martha Higareda

Actress | Altered Carbon

Higareda was born in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, the daughter of actress Martha Cervantes and therapist and artist Jose Luis Higareda, and sister of actress Miriam Higareda. She began acting on stage at a very early age, along with dancing jazz, flamenco, tap and folklore. At 14, she moved to ...

40. Jack Duarte

Actor | Rebelde

Jack Duarte has proven to be a multi-disciplinary artist. Trilingual and with a sharp mind, Jack Duarte has built a career based on team work. With education in Theater, Film, Music Composition and Photography (he's studied three careers), Jack has managed to build solid relationships in every ...

Born and raised in Mexico

41. William Levy

Actor | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

William Levy was born on August 29, 1980 in Havana, Cuba. He is an actor and producer, known for Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016), Addicted (2014) and Montecristo (2023).

Born in Cuba, moved to USA at 14 years old

42. Oscar Nuñez

Actor | The Proposal

Oscar Nuñez was born on November 18, 1958 in Cuba. He is an actor and writer, known for The Proposal (2009), The Office (2005) and Baywatch (2017). He has been married to Ursula Whittaker since May 21, 2011. They have one child. He was previously married to Carla.

born in Cuba, moved first to Venezuela, and then to the United States at 2 years old

43. Kuno Becker

Actor | Goal!

Born and raised in Mexico City, he studied the violin at the Mozarteum of Salzburg, Austria from the age of 6 and went on to be an accomplished violinist. At 17 he decided to change course and become an actor and eventually graduated from Televisa's prestigious Center for Artistic Education in ...

Born and raised in Mexico

44. Paulina Gaitan

Actress | Diablo Guardián

Paulina Gaitan was born on February 19, 1992 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She is an actress and producer, known for Diablo Guardián (2018), El Presidente (2020) and The Good Girls (2018).

45. Ludwika Paleta

Actress | No sé si cortarme las venas o dejármelas largas

When her father, the famous musician Zbigniew Paleta was offered a job in Mexico, the Paleta family settled there permanently. Ludwika was taken by her sister, Dominika Paleta to an audition, and impressed the casting directors so much that soon after, she was offered her first television job in ...

Born in Poland to polish parents, but raised in Mexico since young age

46. Dominika Paleta

Actress | Triunfo del amor

Dominika Paleta was born on October 23, 1972 in Krakow, Poland. Dominika was named after the daughter of one of her father's friends from Poland. The name is common in Poland, and comes from Latin's "Dominica", which means "God's own". She moved to Mexico at a young age, along with her sister ...

Born in Poland to polish parents, but raised in Mexico since young age

47. Demián Bichir

Actor | The Hateful Eight

Demián Bichir Nájera was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to Maricruz Nájera (María de la Cruz Najera Botello), an actress, and Alejandro Bichir (Alejandro Bichir Batres), a theatre director. His parents met in the theatre. He has two brothers who are also actors, Bruno Bichir and Odiseo Bichir. His ...

Born and raised in Mexico

48. Bruno Bichir

Actor | El Callejón de los Milagros

Bruno Bichir is one of the most talented actors working in current Mexican cinema, theater and television. He comes directly from a family of artists, where all of its five members (his parents and his two older brothers) are as well highly recognized actors and directors. Bruno has worked with ...

Born and raised in Mexico

49. Diego Boneta

Actor | Luis Miguel: La Serie

Diego Andrés González Boneta was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to engineers Lauro Andrés González-Moreno and Astrid Boneta Gonzalez.

Diego recently starred as the titular character in "Luis Miguel, La Serie." The series, about the Mexican singer's rise to international fame premiered on Telemundo and...

Born in Mexico, his father is Mexican, and his mother was born in the U.S., to a Puerto Rican father and a Spanish mother

50. Steven Bauer

Actor | Scarface

Steven Bauer (born Esteban Ernesto Echevarría Samson) is a Cuban-born American actor. Bauer began his career on PBS, portraying Joe Peña, the son of Cuban immigrants on Qué Pasa, USA (1977-1980) and is perhaps most famous for his role as the Cuban drug lord Manny Rivera in the 1983 crime drama ...

Cuba

51. Ana de Armas

Actress | Blade Runner 2049

Ana de Armas was born in Cuba on April 30, 1988. At the age of 14 (2002) she began her studies at the National Theatre School of Havana, where she graduated after 4 years. At the age of 16 (2004) she made her first film, Virgin Rose (2006), directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón. A few titles came ...

Cuba

52. Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Actor | Licence to Kill

Pedro Armendáriz Jr. was born on April 6, 1940 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor and producer, known for Licence to Kill (1989), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) and The Mask of Zorro (1998). He was married to Lucía Gómez de Parada. He died on December 26, 2011 in New York ...

Mexico

53. Luis Guzmán

Actor | Traffic

Actor of Puerto Rican descent who gained fame making many memorable films in the 1980s and 1990s due to his villainous physical appearance. Guzmán was born in Cayey, Puerto Rico on August 28, 1956 and raised in New York City's Greenwich Village and the surrounding Lower East Side neighborhood. His ...

54. Giselle Itié

Actress | The Expendables

Giselle Itié was born on October 3, 1982 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She is an actress and director, known for The Expendables (2010), On the Road (2012) and Terra Speranza (2002). She was previously married to Emilio Dantas.

Born in Mexico, Her father is Mexican and her mother is Brazilian. moved to Brazil at 3 years old

55. Guillermo Arriaga

Writer | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Guillermo Arriaga was born on March 13, 1958 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a writer and producer, known for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), 21 Grams (2003) and Amores Perros (2000).

56. Alfonso Cuarón

Producer | Gravity

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born on November 28th 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico. From an early age, he yearned to be either a film director or an astronaut. However, he did not want to enter the army, so he settled for directing. He didn't receive his first camera until his twelfth birthday, and then ...

Born and raised in Mexico

57. Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Director | Biutiful

Alejandro González Iñárritu (ih-nyar-ee-too), born August 15th, 1963, is a Mexican film director.

González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the Directors Guild of America for Best Director. He is also the first Mexican-born ...

Born and raised in Mexico

58. Emmanuel Lubezki

Cinematographer | Children of Men

Lubezki began his career in Mexican film and television productions in the late 1980s. His first international production was the 1993 independent film Twenty Bucks (1993), which followed the journey of a single twenty-dollar bill.

Lubezki is a frequent collaborator with fellow Mexican filmmaker ...

Born and raised in Mexico

59. Guillermo del Toro

Writer | El laberinto del fauno

Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Raised by his Catholic grandmother, del Toro developed an interest in filmmaking in his early teens. Later, he learned about makeup and effects from the legendary Dick Smith (The Exorcist (1973)) and worked on making his ...

Born and raised in Mexico

60. Robert Rodriguez

Producer | El mariachi

Robert Anthony Rodriguez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, USA, to Rebecca (Villegas), a nurse, and Cecilio G. Rodríguez, a salesman. His family is of Mexican descent.

Of all the people to be amazed by the images of John Carpenter's 1981 sci-fi parable, Escape from New York (1981), none ...

Mexican Parents

61. Odette Annable

Actress | Cloverfield

Odette Annable was born Odette Juliette Yustman on 10 May, 1985, in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, Lydia (Nodarse), is Cuban. Odette's father, Victor Oscar Yustman, was born in Bogotá, Colombia, of Italian and Polish Jewish descent. Odette started her career with a minor role in the movie ...

Her mother is Cuban and her father is Colombian

62. Zoe Saldana

Actress | Avatar

Zoe Saldana was born on June 19, 1978 in Passaic, New Jersey, to Asalia Nazario and Aridio Saldaña. Her father was Dominican and her mother is Puerto Rican. She was raised in Queens, New York. When she was 10 years old, she and her family moved to the Dominican Republic, where they would live for ...

Her mother is Puerto Rican and her father is Dominican

63. Gina Rodriguez

Actress | Deepwater Horizon

Named the "next big thing" and one of the "top 35 Latinos under 35," by The Hollywood Reporter, Gina Rodriguez's profile has been rising steadily since her breakout performance as the titular character in FILLY BROWN during the Sundance Film Festival in 2012.

Gina Rodriguez was born in Chicago, ...

Puerto Rican Parents

64. Michelle Rodriguez

Actress | Fast & Furious 7

Mayte Michelle Rodríguez was born on July 12, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas to Carmen Milady Pared Espinal, a housewife, and Rafael Rodríguez Santiago, a U.S. Army solider. Known for tough-chick roles, Michelle is proof that there is a cross between beauty and brawn. Michelle always knew she was ...

Her mother is Puerto Rican and her father is Dominican

65. Michael Peña

Actor | American Hustle

Michael Peña was born and raised in Chicago, to Nicolasa, a social worker, and Eleuterio Peña, who worked at a button factory. His parents were originally from Mexico. After graduating from high school, he went to an open casting call for the Peter Bogdanovich feature To Sir, with Love II (1996), ...

Mexican Parents

66. Angélica María

Actress | Sea of Dreams

Angélica María is perhaps the only Mexican actress who has successfully made the transition from child star to living legend. Her career began when she was only four-years-old. She was barely a teenager when she played the leading role in the Mexican version of the play The Bad Seed. She was ...

66. José José

Soundtrack | Roma

José José was born on February 17, 1948 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was a music artist and writer, known for Roma (2018), The Corruptor (1999) and Un sueño de amor (1972). He was married to Sarita Salazar, Anel and Kikis Herrera Calles. He died on September 28, 2019 in ...

67. Carlos Bracho

Actor | San Simón de los Magueyes

Carlos Bracho was born on October 6, 1937 in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico. He is an actor and writer, known for San Simón de los Magueyes (1973), Mi querida Isabel (1996) and Fuego en la sangre (2008).

68. Susana González

Actress | Entre el amor y el odio

Susana González was born on October 2, 1973 in Calera, Zacatecas, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Entre el amor y el odio (2002), Mi fortuna es amarte (2021) and Mi marido tiene familia (2017).

69. Enrique Rocha

Actor | Las vías del amor

Enrique Rocha was born on January 5, 1940 in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Las vías del amor (2002), Satanico Pandemonium (1975) and El privilegio de amar (1998). He was married to Patricia Campos, Nuria Bages and Marlene Serrallés . He died on November 7, 2021 in ...

70. Angélica Vale

Actress | La fea más bella

Angélica Vale was born on November 11, 1975 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She is an actress and writer, known for La fea más bella (2006), Lazos de amor (1995) and El hogar que yo robé (1981). She has been married to Otto Padrón since February 19, 2011. They have two ...

71. Eduardo Capetillo

Actor | Soy tu dueña

Eduardo was born in Mexico. His mother, Maria del Carmen Vazquez Alcaide, is Spanish. His father, Manuel Capetillo, is Mexican. The first husband of his mother, Carlos Arruza, was a famous Mexican torero. From their marriage five children were born: three girls and two boys. After Carlos's death ...

72. Nailea Norvind

Actress | Abrázame muy fuerte

Ariel Award Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for La otra familia in 2011; Nailea is an actress who has built a career in film, TV, and theatre in Mexico. Performing since she was six years old. She made her stage debut in Ibsen's "A Doll House" directed by Dimitrios Sarras in Mexico City. This...

73. Juan Ferrara

Actor | La montaña sagrada

Juan Ferrara was born on November 8, 1943 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He is an actor, known for The Holy Mountain (1973), Misterio (1980) and The Power of Destiny (2011).

74. Ninel Conde

Actress | Rebelde

Ninel Conde was born on September 29, 1970 in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Rebelde (2004), Fuego en la sangre (2008) and El Señor de los Cielos (2013). She was previously married to Juan Alberto Zepeda Méndez and Ari Telch.

75. Elizabeth Álvarez

Actress | Fuego en la sangre

Elizabeth Álvarez was born on August 30, 1977 in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Fuego en la sangre (2008), Las vías del amor (2002) and Amorcito corazón (2011). She has been married to Jorge Salinas since October 15, 2011. They have two children.

76. César Évora

Actor | Abrázame muy fuerte

Despite his good looks and his major in drama from Instituto Superior de Arte, Mr. Évora wanted to be on the other side of the camera and be a film director, so he took courses at ICAIC and studied for two years at Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV de San Antonio de los Baños. Still his drama ...

77. Luis Miguel

Soundtrack | Spanglish

Luis Miguel's exceptional artistic career began in 1982, when at the age of 12 he debuted with his first recording, "Uno + Uno Dos Enamorados (1 + 1 = 2 Lovers)". It became an immediate hit and catapulted him onto the Latin music charts, making him a household name in Spanish speaking countries all...

78. Jon Secada

Soundtrack | The Specialist

With a career spanning over two decades, three Grammy Awards, 20 million albums sold, and starring roles on Broadway, the acclaimed, romantic sounds of Jon Secada, have resulted in numerous hits in English and Spanish, establishing him as one of the first bilingual artists to have international ...

Born in Cuba, moved to USA at the age of nine

79. Gloria Estefan

Soundtrack | Music of the Heart

Gloria Estefan was born on September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba. She is a music artist and actress, known for Music of the Heart (1999), Poseidon (2006) and The Specialist (1994). She has been married to Emilio Estefan Jr. since September 2, 1978. They have two children.

80. Angelique Boyer

Actress | J-ok'el

Angelique Boyer was born on July 4, 1988 in Jura, France. She is an actress, known for J-ok'el (2007), Rebelde (2004) and Vencer el pasado (2021).

Born in France, moved to Mexico

81. Tony Dalton

Actor | Better Call Saul

Tony Dalton is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer, born and raised in Laredo, Texas. Having studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in New York City, Dalton began his career in several off-Broadway productions, including "The Ballad of the Sad Café," "A Streetcar Named ...

Born in USA, moved to Mexico

82. Daniela Luján

Actress | Cómplices al rescate

Mexican actress with more than 20 years of career, with solid bases in theater, cinema, television, and music.

Among her latest projects to mention a few "Por Amar sin ley" performed together with Ana Brenda Contreras and David Zepeda, where she gave life to the character called Valeria Ocampo; "...

Mexico

83. Pedro Damián

Actor | Showtime

Pedro Damián studied Communications and Children's Pedagogy, specialising later in Theatre Pedagogy at Anne Scheer Children's Theatre in London, England. Actor, director, poet, pedagogue and author, Damián has written and published the books: 'El día en que se invento la muerte' (The day on which '...

84. David Zepeda

Actor | Mi fortuna es amarte

David Zepeda was born on September 19, 1974 in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. He is an actor, known for Mi fortuna es amarte (2021), Soy tu dueña (2010) and Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003).

85. Eiza González

Actress | Baby Driver

Eiza González Reyna is a Mexican actress and singer. She was born on January 30, 1990 in Mexico City, Mexico, to Carlos González and Glenda Reyna. Her mother is a yesteryear Mexican model. She has one elder brother, Yulen. She lost her father in a motorcycle accident when she was just 12. Later in ...

86. Felipe Nájera

Director | Las tontas no van al cielo

Felipe Nájera was born on May 23, 1963 in Chihuahua, Mexico. He is an actor and director, known for Las tontas no van al cielo (2008), Rebelde (2004) and Mentir para vivir (2013).

87. Belinda Peregrín

Actress | Baywatch

Belinda is a Mexican actress and singer who was born in Spain. One of many cases where young talents begin their career in acting and then move on to music, Belinda Peregrin Schull was born on August 15, 1989 in Madrid, Spain, the daughter of Ignacio Peregrín and Belinda Schull. She has a brother ...

88. Patricia Navidad

Actress | El manantial

Patricia Navidad was born on May 20, 1973 in El Carrizo, Sinaloa, Mexico. She is an actress, known for The Spring (2001), Mariana de la noche (2003) and Por ella soy Eva (2012).

89. Patricia Manterola

Actress | The King Hector Lavoe

Mexican music, film and television star Patricia "Patty" Manterola is one of the most recognized names among Latinos in the US and around the world. Most currently, she performed as the co-host of Telemundo's "Siempre Niños" and "La Voz Kids" and is releasing her new single "Alalaleo." At a very ...

Mexico

90. Mariana Seoane

Actress | Hasta el fin del mundo

She released her first music CD, for the soap opera "Rebeca", when she sang the theme song "Me Equivoqué", this single being the most popular in the radio in Miami and México. After her first successful song, she released her second single named "No me faltes tú" with the same results.

Mexico

91. Nora Salinas

Actress | Fuego en la sangre

Nora Salinas was born on June 7, 1976 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Fuego en la sangre (2008), The Tempest (2013) and DKDA: Sueños de juventud (1999). She was previously married to Mauricio Becker and Miguel Borbolla.

Mexico

92. Jacqueline Bracamontes

Actress | Rubí

Jacqueline Bracamontes was born on December 23, 1979 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Rubí (2004), Entrenando a mi papá (2015) and Alegrijes y rebujos (2003). She has been married to Martin Fuentes since October 1, 2011. They have six children.

Mexico

93. Vida Guerra

Actress | CHIPS

Vida Guerra was born on March 19, 1974 in Havana, Cuba. She is an actress, known for CHIPS (2017), Mercy for Angels (2015) and Scarface: The World Is Yours (2006).

Born in Cuba, moved to USA

94. Louisa Moritz

Actress | Death Race 2000

Lovely, buxom, and vivacious blonde bombshell Louisa Moritz was born as Luisa Cira Castro Netto on September 25, 1936 in Havana, Cuba. Many members of Louisa's family which include her father Luis, sister Aurora, and her older brother Rafael all worked in the law profession. Moritz left Cuba and ...

Born in Cuba, moved to USA

95. Maria Conchita Alonso

Actress | The Running Man

Maria Conchita Alonso was born Maria Concepcion Alonso Bustillo on June 29, 1957 in Cienfuegos, Cuba, but raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She was crowned Miss Teenager World in 1971 and later as Miss Distrito Federal became the first runner up in the Miss Venezuela 1975 competition placing later that...

Born in Cuba, but raised in Caracas, Venezuela

96. Raul Julia

Actor | Street Fighter

Raul Julia was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Olga Arcelay, a mezzo-soprano singer, and Raúl Juliá, an electrical engineer. He graduated from Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola High School in San Juan. Here he studied the rigorous classical curriculum of the Jesuits and was always active ...

Born and raised in Puerto Rico

97. Harry Shum Jr.

Actor | Crazy Rich Asians

Harry Shum Jr. (born April 28, 1982) is a Costa Rican-born Chinese American actor, dancer, and choreographer. He is best known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series Glee (2009-15) and as Magnus Bane on the Freeform television series Shadowhunters (2016-19). He was nominated for ...

Costa Rica

98. Aki Aleong

Actor | Chinaman's Chance: America's Other Slaves

Aki Aleong was born in Trinidad and Tobago. His distinguished career has spanned more than 60 years as an actor, singer, writer, producer, activist and martial arts and action film star.

Aki currently stars as Dr. Yuki Tano in Nico Santucci's feature film "Sarogeto" - a story revealing the ...

Trinidad and Tobago

99. Madge Sinclair

Actress | Coming to America

Madge Sinclair was born Madge Dorita Walters on April 28, 1938 in Kingston, Jamaica, married young and had two sons. Madge worked as a teacher in Jamaica until she was 30. She left her two boys with their father and moved in 1968 to New York City to be an actress.

She began modeling and later acted ...

Jamaica