Kate Del Castillo is a well-known Mexican actress who is known for a lot of movies and series, which brought her to spotlight. She had a lot of achievements in her acting career and got famous because of it. Also, Del Castillo had a controversial love life which drew a lot of media’s attention.
Stay tuned and find out details about Kate’s career and her love life.
Early Life
Kate Del Castillo Negrete Trillo was born on October 23, 1972, in Mexico City, Mexico. She belongs to American and Mexican nationality and has a Mexican ethnicity. She grew up in her birthplace with two siblings, a brother Ponciano Del Castillo and a sister Veronica Del Castillo. Their parents are Kate Trillo Del Castillo and Eric Del Castillo. Her mother is a businesswoman, and the father is a soap opera actor. Kate is a Christian, and she grew up in a Catholic family.
After finishing the American High School in Mexico City, Kate attended the University of Guadalajara. She graduated and got a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Professional Career
Kate’s first role was in the movie The Last Escape in 1978, and it was successful. However, she drew a lot of attention after the part of Leticia in the telenovela Muchachitas. Kate appeared in Ricky Martin’s video Fuego de Noche, Nieve de Dia in 1995. With Argentine actor Saul Lisazo she made a tour and visited a lot of countries.
In 2011 she was named as one of the stars of the year and named as one of the 25 Most Influential Women. Also, Kate made it to the list of 50 Most Beautiful people of magazine People en Espanol.
Kate was introduced to Hollywood thanks to the role in a movie Bordertown. Later on, Del Castillo played the role of Teresa in La Mexicana, and this made her famous across Latin America. In 2015 she showed up in Duenosdel Paraiso.
Besides her acting career, Kate became an Ambassador for the Mexican Commission on Human Rights and she Del Castillo co-founded Blue Heart Campaign. In 2015, Kate made her first brand of tequila called Honor Del Castillo, and she made collaboration with the Vivanco family.
Personal Life
Over the years, Del Castillo has a lot of relationships and marriages. In 2001, she married football player Luis Garcia, but the couple got divorced in 2004. Afterward, in 2009 she got married to Aaron Diaz. Sadly, they split in 2011.
Also, Kate has been in a relationship with Emilio Azcarraga and Sean Penn.
Kate is active on social media, and on Instagram, she has over 3 million followers and on Twitter over 1 million.
Del Castillo was involved in a controversy with Mexican drug lord El Chapo when she was posting about issues in Mexico which were related to him. During that time, she was interrogated by Mexican judge and she couldn’t entry Mexico.
Kate Del Castillo Net Worth 2024
Kate accumulated her wealth because of her acting career. She has an estimated net worth of $12 million. She has an annual salary of over $1 million.
