Biography
In this mystical romance set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution, she was Tita, the youngest daughter whom tradition dictates is fated to spend her life in service to her controlling widowed mother. When Tita's true love (played by Italian-born Marco Leonardi, who became Cavazos' offscreen companion) weds her sister in order to stay near to her, she expresses her unconsummated passion through cooking. Cavazos shone in the role, her …
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Career Milestones
2000 | Had supporting role in the supernatural thriller "Bless the Child" |
1999 | Played a singer pursuing a married member of her touring back up band in "Sugar Town", a look at the L.A. music scene co-written and co-directed by Alison Anders and Kurt Voss |
1999 | Starred as a woman struggling to maintain her failing marriage in "Mascara" |
1998 | Played photographer Tina Modotti in Andrea Centazzo's modern opera "Tina" on the Los Angeles stage |
1998 | Appeared in the Mexican thriller "Fiber Optics" |
1997 | Was featured in the post-Civil War Western "Last Stand at Sabre River", a TNT original starring Tom Selleck |
1996 | Gave a fine comedic performance as a non-English speaking maid in Wes Anderson's "Bottle Rocket" |
1995 | First US feature, the independent "Land of Milk and Honey" |
1995 | Again acted with Leonardi in the Italian features "Banditi" and "Viva San Isidoro!" |
1994 | Appeared opposite real-life love Marco Leonardi in "Manhattan Merengue" |
1992 | Appeared in the Mexican production "Snakes and Ladders", a coming-of-age 1950s period piece |
1992 | Starred in the acclaimed film adaptation of Laura Esquivel's Mexican Revolution-set epicurean romance "Like Water for Chocolate"; co-starred with Marco Leonardi |
1989 | Appeared in the Mexican feature "Romelia's Secret" |