Vanessa Bauche
Born	Alma Vanessa Bauche Chavira (1973-02-18) February 18, 1973 (age 39) Mexico
Occupation	Actress

Vanessa Bauche (Spanish pronunciation: [baˈnesa ˈβautʃe]) (born 18 February 1973) is a Mexican television and film actor.

Early life[link]

Bauche was born Alma Vanessa Bauche Chavira, named after actress Vanessa Redgrave. Her father was a Gypsy 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 her father's junior. The couple divorced when Bauche was only 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 Mexico City. ^[1] Bauche went to the Centro de Educación Artística. In 2012, She was in the cover of Playboy Mexico

Career[link]

She received her starring role in a film as a drug-addicted prostitute in El Patrullero (Highway Patrolman) (1991). After starring in a number of telenovelas she played a lead role in the international success Amores Perros (2000).

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

Filmography[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

Ariel Award

• 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, "Best Actress" - Digna: Hasta el último aliento

Lleida Latin-American Film Festival

• 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

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Vanessa Bauche

• Vanessa Bauche at the Internet Movie Database

Cuarón in March 2009

Carlos José Cuarón Orozco^[1] (born October 2, 1966) is a Mexican screenwriter, film producer and film director.^[2] He is the brother of Alfonso Cuarón.^[1]

Biography[link]

Carlos Cuarón was born in Mexico City and studied English literature at UNAM. He wrote the screenplay for Sólo con tu pareja in 1991 which was directed by his brother, Alfonso and won the Ariel Award for best original screenplay the same year. Along with his brother, he wrote the screenplay for Y tu mamá también (starring Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna and Maribel Verdú) and received the Silver Lion for best original screenplay in the 2001 edition of Venice International Film Festival. They were nominated to the BAFTA awards as well as the Academy Award in the same category. In December 2008, Rudo y Cursi (Rude and Corny) his first movie as a director was released. It also stars Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal.

Incomplete filmography[link]

• The Second Bakery Attack (2010) writer, director
• Rudo y Cursi (2008) writer, director
• El misterio del Trinidad (2003) writer
• Y Tu Mamá También (2001) writer
• Who the Hell is Juliette? (1997) writer
• Sólo con tu pareja (1991) writer

References[link]

External links[link]

• Carlos Cuarón at the Internet Movie Database

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Kuno Becker
Born	Eduardo Kuno Becker Paz

Eduardo Kuno Becker Paz (born January 14, 1978) is a Mexican actor who has worked in telenovelas, Mexican cinema and U.S. cinema, but is best known for his portrayal of Ruben Berrizabal in Soñadoras and Santiago Muñez in the football movie Goal! and following sequels.

Early years[link]

Becker was born in Mexico City to Manuel Becker Cuellar and Maria del Rocio Bebbie Paz. His paternal grandfather was a wealthy businessman and his maternal grandfather was Spanish. His maternal grandmother was the sister of famous Mexican actress María Félix. He is of German and Spanish ancestry.^{[1][citation needed]} He has two siblings, Gunther and Karine.

Becker's career as an artist began at an early age, although not as an actor but as a musician. When he was six years old, he intended to become a professional violinist. After obtaining a scholarship, he traveled to Europe and began his studies at the Mozarteum in the city of Salzburg, Austria, where he spent several years taking violin lessons with internationally famous teachers such as Denes Zsigmondi and Ruggiero Ricci.

Acting career[link]

At seventeen Kuno made the decision to set aside his career as a violinist, in order to pursue what he now considers his greatest passion, acting. He auditioned with more than 3,200 candidates and was accepted as a student at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) of Televisa.

At the age of nineteen, after two years of drama studies, he obtained his first role in the telenovela Para toda la vida, where he starred in 120 episodes. He later participated in Pueblo chico, infierno grande (with Verónica Castro and directed by José Alberto Castro), El Alma no Tiene Color (directed by Juan Osorio) Desencuentro (directed by Ernesto Alonso), Rencor Apasionado (directed by Lucero Suárez), Camila (directed by Angelli Nesma) and Soñadoras his first lead and breakthrough role, where Kuno and Angélica Vale became the most popular on screen couple of all his novelas. Soñadoras has been the novela with the highest rating Kuno has ever starred in, and which has made its way around the world. Its this precise novela, that gave Kuno his worldwide fame, before venturing into film making. In April 2000 Becker concluded shooting the telenovela Mujeres Engañadas, his second lead role alongside veteran actors Elsa Aguirre and Arturo Peniche.

In addition to his work in television, Becker has participated in a couple theatre productions with Televisa. In 1998 he worked in the musical comedy En Roma el Amor es Broma. At the time he was appearing in the telenovela Soñadoras, Becker toured several Mexican cities with his one-man show Culpas Prohibidas. In only a few years, thanks to his talent and Televisa's high profile in Mexico, he has become one of the best-known and best-looking young actors. His latest theatre production was in 2008 when he starred in and produced the critically acclaimed "The Pillowman" written by Martin McDonagh. This last theatre production was a success with Kuno starring as a young man named Michal.

In cinema he provided the voice of Cale, Tobias and Lightning McQueen for the Spanish-dubbing of animated films Titan A.E., "The 3 Wise Men" and Disney's Cars. He also appeared in the 1997 film La Primera Noche. In 2002 Becker starred in the film La Hija del caníbal (Lucía, Lucía) opposite the Argentine actress Cecilia Roth. Later he starred opposite Antonio Banderas and oscar winner Emma Thompson in the drama-thriller Imagining Argentina. Becker also starred in the historical Kazakhstani epic Nomad filmed in 2004. The production took two years to make and it hit screens in 2006. He also landed the lead role of Santiago Munez in the films Goal! in 2005, Goal! 2: Living the Dream... in 2007 and the final entry in the trilogy, Goal! 3 in 2009. Becker has said that he now wishes to concentrate solely on his film career and is looking for new opportunities not only in Mexican films, but also internationally.

His most recent film projects today are From Mexico with Love, Spoken Word, Te Presento a Laura, La Ultima Muerte and Cabeza de Buda.

Not only can he act, play the violin and sing, but he is also a writer. He is currently busy working on his debut script for the Mexican film he will be starring in, which is based on the earthquake that hit Mexico in 1985. The film project is titled "Espacio Interior", the pre-production and filming is already in process. The film is slated to be released September 2010 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1985 earthquake. He has now joined the cast of CSI Miami starting in October 2011.

In Goal! 2: Living the Dream..., Kuno Becker appeared semi-nude in one scene when two of his teammates forcefully take off his towel and push him out of the elevator into a crowded lobby completely naked. They close the doors quickly so he cannot get back inside. ^[2]. The extended length scene of this film was deleted from the movie. ^[3].

Films[link]

• 2011: From Prada to Nada
• 2010: Las paredes hablan as Javier
• 2010: Espacio Interior
• 2010: Te presento a Laura as Sebastián
• 2010: La ultima Muerte as Christian
• 2009: Cabeza de Buda as Thomas Turrent
• 2009: Spoken Word as Cruz
• 2009: Goal! 3: Taking on the World as Santiago Muñez
• 2007: Goal! 2 as Santiago Muñez
• 2007: Disney's Cars as Lightning Mcqueen (Mexico/Spanish-dubbing)
• 2007: From Mexico with Love as Hector Villa
• 2007: Sex and Breakfast as Ellis. Also in the film Macaulay Culkin and Eliza Dushku. First Look Studios.
• 2006: Nomad as Mansur
• 2005: English as a Second Language as Bolivar De La Cruz
• 2005: Goal! as Santiago Muñez
• 2005: Isla Bella aka Once Upon a Wedding as Rogelio
• 2003: Imagining Argentina as Gustavo Santos
• 2003: La Hija del Caníbal aka Lucía, Lucía as Adrián
• 1998: La Primera Noche as batted kid

Plays[link]

• 2007: The Pillowman
• 1999: En Roma el amor es broma
• 1998: Culpas prohibidas

Television[link]

• 2011: CSI: Miami as Esteban Navarro
• 2010: The Defenders as Alex Velasco
• 2010: House as Ramón Silva
• 2000: Primer amor... A mil por horas as León
• 1999: Mujeres engañadas as César Martínez
• 1998: Soñadoras as Ruben Barraisabal
• 1998: Camila as Julio
• 1998: Rencor apasionado as Pablo Gallardo Del Campo
• 1998: El privilegio de amar
• 1997: Desencuentro as David
• 1997: El alma no tiene color as Juan José
• 1997: Pueblo chico, infierno grande as Emilio young
• 1997: Te sigo amando as Humberto
• 1996: Para toda la vida as Eduardo

Honours[link]

• 2000 TVyNovelas Award for Best Young Lead Actor - "Mujeres engañadas"
• 2000 TVyNovelas Award for Best Male Revelation - "Mujeres engañadas"
• 2007 Premios Juventud - "Can He Act or What?" Award for "Goal! (film)" (nominated)
• 2008 Premios Juventud - "Can He Act or What?" Award for "Sex and Breakfast" (nominated)
• 2010 Premios Juventud - "Can He Act or What?" Award for "From Mexico With Love" (nominated)

References[link]

External links[link]

• KunoBeckerOnline Dot Com
• Los Angeles de Kuno Dot Com
• Kuno Becker at the Internet Movie Database
• Kuno Becker at the Telenovela Database
• Disney's Cars Yahoo Mexico