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Talisa Soto Biography

Birth Name:Miriam Soto

Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Profession Actress

Fast Facts

  • In 1989, she won the ShoWest Convention award for Female Star of Tomorrow
  • In 1990, she made People magazine's list of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World
  • She ranked 58 out of 100 in Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2002
  • When she was 15, she joined Click modeling agency in New York
  • She landed her first role as an actress in 1988 in "Spike of Bensonhurst․"

Awards

  • 1994Imagen Award-Best Actress - Television: winner
  • 2002ALMA Award-Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: nominated