Luz Maria Cavazos (born 21 December 1968) is a Mexican actress. She won Best Actress awards at the Tokyo Film Festival, and Brazil's Festival de Gramado for her portrayal of Tita in the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate. The film received the attention of US film critics and moviegoers, and facilitated her entry into the American film industry. She subsequently relocated to Los Angeles.
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Early life and career
Cavazos was born in Monterrey, Mexico. She began her acting career at the age of 15. In 1985, she was a student at Guadalajara's Preparatoria 4 University. She later chose to enroll in the Centro Universitario de Teatro UNAM in 1990. She left her parents and nine siblings to pursue her own interests. She made her film debut in Busi Cortés's 1988 El Secreto de Romalia. She has acted in numerous Mexican films and television series since then, and has also done a fair amount of work in the U.S., appearing in television dramas and a singing role in the film Sugar Town. Cavazos is sometimes credited as "Rosita Lumi Cavazos".
She had a featured role in Bottle Rocket, the debut film of director Wes Anderson.
She also played the character Tita for the movie Like Water for Chocolate.
Personal life
She was dating one of her co-stars in the film Like Water for Chocolate, Marco Leonardi, from 1991 to 1999.
She is married to Joselo Rangel of the band Cafe Tacvba, with whom she has two daughters. They married in July 1999.
Filmography
En un bosque de la China (1987)
El túnel de la ciencia (1989) (Documentary) .... herself
Serpientes y escaleras (1992) .... Rebeca
Like Water for Chocolate (1992) .... Tita
Mi primer año (1992)
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (1993)
Tres Destinos (1993) TV .... Cristina
Del otro lado del mar (1994)
Manhattan Merengue (1995) (as Rosita Lumi Cavazes)
Banditi (1995)
Viva San Isidro (1995) .... Antonia
Bottle Rocket (1996) .... Inez
Land of Milk and Honey (1996) .... Rosie
El Vuelo del águila (1996) TV .... Amada Díaz
Last Stand at Saber River (1997) TV .... Luz
Sístole Diástole (1997) .... La nena
Fibra óptica (1998) .... María Ponce
Máscara (1999) .... Laura
Sugar Town (1999) .... Rocío
Entre la tarde y la noche (1999)
The Keening (1999) .... Wood Nymph
