Kate del Castillo (born October 23, 1972 in Mexico City) is a well known Mexican actress.
Del Castillo is the daughter of Eric del Castillo, a legend of the Mexican cinema's golden era and a former soap opera actor himself. A participant in ten telenovelas, del Castillo made her acting debut in 1980 when she took part in a film called El Ultimo Escape (The Last Escape). She became well known in 1991 when she starred as Leticia in Muchachitas, a soap opera that was very popular all over Latin America. Muchachitas reached the top audience spots in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Peru, and among Hispanic audiences in the United States.
