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Paulina Gaitan Biography
Birth Name:
Paulina Gaytán Ruiz
Birth Place:
Mexico City, Mexico
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Began acting at age 9 as an extra in a soap opera, and had significant parts in early films such as her big-screen debut, Innocent Voices (2004), and a breakthrough introduction to U
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- audiences in Trade (2007)
- Received a Best Actress nomination at Mexico's Ariel Awards for Insignificant Things (2008)
- For starring role in festival-favorite Sin Nombre (2009), the Mexican-born actor had to convince American director Cary Fukunaga that she could do a Honduran accent