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'''Elpidia Carrillo''' (born August 16, 1961) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001990/|title="Elpidia Carrillo"|work=IMDb}}</ref> is a Mexican and American actress and director. Her career includes roles in both Latin American and US film and television. She is best known in the United States for her lead role in the iconic action film ''[[Predator (film)|Predator]]'' as well as for winning two "Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture," [[ALMA Award|ALMA Awards]] for for the films ''[[Bread and Roses (2000 film)|Bread and Roses]]'' and [[Nine Lives (2005 film)|Nine Lives]]". <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000016/2002|title="ALMA Awards" Awards for 2002|work=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000016/2006|title="ALMA Awards" Awards for 2006|work=IMDb}}</ref> She was also nominated for an [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead|Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead]] for her performance in ''[[Salvador (film)|Salvador]]''.
'''Elpidia Carrillo''' (born August 16, 1961) is a Mexican actress who has appeared in various acclaimed Latin-American films and television shows, in addition to some [[Hollywood]] films. She is also credited as '''Elpedia Carrillo''' on some of her films.



Carrillo was born in [[Parácuaro]], [[Michoacán]], Mexico. Perhaps her best acted role in Hollywood to date has been that of "Maria" in the 1986 movie ''[[Salvador (film)|Salvador]]'', where she played a [[Salvadoran]] acting alongside [[James Woods]]. Arguably, though, her best-known role would be as the survivor, Anna, in ''[[Predator (film)|Predator]]'' with [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] and a cameo in ''[[Predator 2 (film)|Predator 2]]''. In American cinema, she has also worked with [[Jimmy Smits]] and many other stars. In American Television, she played "Nia" on the February 15, 1997 episode "Ranger Jarod" of ''[[The Pretender (TV series)|The Pretender]]''.
== Early life ==
Carrillo was born in [[Parácuaro|Santa Elena]], [[Michoacán]], Mexico, a rural mountain mountain town. One of eight children in a family of farm laborers, her childhood was marked by violence and poverty.<ref>{{cite news|author=Carlos Hernandez|url=hhttp://www.heralddeparis.com/the-fierce-actress-elpidia-carrillo/235098|title=
The Fierce Actress, Elpidia Carrillo|publisher=Herald de Paris|date=April 29, 2014|accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref> At the age of three, her father was murdered causing her eldest brother to take control of the family. Wanting Carrillo to get an education, he forged a birth certificate to allow her to begin first grade at age four.

When she was six, her brother was also gunned down outside a theater and the family faced constant threats to their lives. When she was ten, Carrillo moved to the town of Uruapan with an older sister, began working alongside her sister at a Chinese restaurant, and dropped out of school.<ref>{{cite news|author=Carlos Hernandez|url=hhttp://www.heralddeparis.com/the-fierce-actress-elpidia-carrillo/235098|title=
The Fierce Actress, Elpidia Carrillo|publisher=Herald de Paris|date=April 29, 2014|accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref>


== Career ==

=== Early career ===
Carrillo was discovered by a local photographer in Uruapan, Mexico and soon received a modeling contract. At 12 years old, director [[Rafael Corkidi]] cast Elpidia in her as Malinche in the surrealist Mexican film feature ''[[Pafnucio Santo]]''. <ref>{{cite news|author=Lawrence Van Gelder|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E01E1DB1638E334BC4F51DFBF66838C669EDE|title=
Pafnucio Santo (1977)
Film Festival: 'Pafnucio Santo':Mexican Movie, Admirable in Some Respects, Is Curiosity|publisher=New York Times|date=September 27, 1977|accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref> The film was Mexico's official submission to the Academy Awards that year, but with its many esoteric elements, it failed to garner a nomination. Due the role involving nudity and her being under age, Carrillo was credited under the fake name Piya. Rafael Corkidi once again cast Carrillo this time for a larger role in his film ''Deseos''.

By age 16, she shot her first lead role in the controversial Mexican feature ''Nuevo Mundo'', directed by [Gabriel Retes]. Having worked numerous films, she decided to enroll in the Bellas Arts School in Mexico City. <ref>{{cite news|author=Dr. Al Carlos Hernandez|url=hhttp://www.latinheat.com/spotlight-news/elpidia-carrillo-the-fierce-and-elegant-actress/|title=
Elpidia Carrillo The Fierce and Elegant Actress |publisher=Latin Heat|date=May 7, 2014|accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref>


=== Hollywood Career ===
After numerous Mexican and International film and television credits, Carrillo's US film career quickly emerged as she did a series of critically acclaimed roles in award nominated US projects. <ref>{{cite news|author=Vincent Canby|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B07E4D71038F93AA15752C0A964948260|title=
The Border (1982) JACK NICHOLSON IN 'THE BORDER'|publisher=New York Times|date=January 29, 1982|accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|author=Vincent Canby|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B00E2D71F38F933A0575AC0A965948260|title='BEYOND THE LIMIT,' FROM GRAHAM GREENE
|publisher=New York Times|date=September 30, 1983|accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref> Her first US film came when Academy Award winning director [[Tony Richardson]] cast her as in a co-starring role in the film ''[[The Border]]'' opposite [[Jack Nicholson]] and [[Harvey Keitel]]. That was soon followed by a co-starring role in the British drama ''[[Beyond the Limit]]'' opposite [[Richard Gere]], [[Michael Caine]], and [[Bob Hoskins]], with the latter two British actors receiving BAFTA Nominations for their performances.

For her third US film, Carrillo performed a small supporting role in another successful Academy Award nominated art film ''[[Under Fire]]'' for which [[Gene Hackman]]'s performance received a Golden Globe nomination.

She next made her US television debut in the role of Coana in the Primetime Emmy nominated mini-series ''[[Christopher Columbus (miniseries)|Christopher Columbus]]''.

Her first award nomination came when [[Oliver Stone]] cast her as the female lead of Maria in ''[[Salvador (film)|Salvador]]'' which earned Carrillo and Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead, earned her co-star [[James Woods]] an Academy Award Nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and earned Oliver Stone an Academy Award nomination with co-writer Rick Boyle for Best Original Screenplay, which they would both lose to Stone's other nominated screenplay that year, ''Platoon.''

With award and critical recognition all by the age of 25, Carrillo then accepted what would be one of her most recognizable and commercially successful roles of her career as the female lead and only actress appearing in the iconic [[20th Century Fox]] action film ''[[Predator (film)|Predator]]'' opposite [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], [[Carl Weathers]], [[Shane Black]], and [[Jesse Ventura]]. Her character of Anna is also the only character to recur in more than a single film during the ''Predator'' franchise as she would also briefly appears in ''[[Predator 2]]''.

''Predator'' is widely consider the most commercially successful film of Carrillo's career and her most recognizable role. Though initially weakly received by critics, the film has subsequently gone on to become an action film classic making numerous "best of lists" in later years. <ref>{{cite news |last=Bernardin |first=Marc |title=The 25 Greatest Action Films Ever! |publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |date=June 18, 2007 |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20041669_20041686_20042607_4,00.html |accessdate=January 30, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bernardin |first=Marc |title=The Action 25 Films: The Best Rock-'em, Sock-'em Movies of the Past 25 Years |publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |date=January 30, 2009 |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20219939_12,00.html |accessdate=July 18, 2010}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |title=The Top 25 Action Movies |publisher=''[[IGN]]'' |year=2012 |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/673/673392p3.html |accessdate= August 9, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time |publisher=''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' |year=2008 |url=http://www.empireonline.com/500/26.asp |accessdate= July 18, 2010}}</ref> At the time of its release, the film did receive an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects.

==Post Commercial Success==

Following the massive commercial success of ''Predator,'' and performances in television guest starring roles on commercially successful shows like ''[[Miami Vice]]'' and ''[[21 Jump Street]]'', Carrillo increasingly focused her career once again on US critical appealing roles in film and television as well as returning to Mexican independent cinema with roles in a number of international award winning films including [[Guldbagge Awards | Guldbagge Award]] winning ''La Hija del Puma,'' ''Una Cita con el Destino,'' [[Ariel Award]] winning ''[[City of the Blind]]'', and the [[Guillermo Del Toro]] produced ''Un Embrujo'', a winner of 9 Ariel Awards.

Carrillo appeared in [[Gregory Nava]]'s critically acclaimed Mexican-American film ''[[My Family (film)|My Family]]'' playing Isabel Magaña, the El Salvadorean refugee wife of [[Jimmy Smits]], who won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for the role. The film also won the [[Casting Society of America]]'s Artios Award for Best Casting for a Drama Feature.

[[Johnny Depp]] cast her as the female lead of his only directorial effort, the controversial ''[[The Brave]]'', which he also starred in along with [[Marlon Brando]]. Despite the highly acclaimed cast and [[Palme d'Or]] nomination at the [[1997 Cannes Film Festival]], the dark subject and mixed reception caused the film only to receive an international theatrical release.

Despite the critical recognition and various nominations throughout her career, Carrillo's first US acting award win was for her performance as Rosa in the drama ''[[Bread and Roses (2000 film)|Bread and Roses]],'' which was nominated for the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[2000 Cannes Film Festival]]. Carrillo would go on to win the 2002 ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, but in an improbable twist, she tied with [[Elizabeth Peña]] for the award. During the telecast, both women came to the podium together and shared time in giving their acceptance speeches.

Later Carrillo would win the same award four years later, this time as sole recipient of the 2006 ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her performance as Sandra in ''[[Nine Lives (2005 film) | Nine Lives]]'' written and directed by [[Rodrigo García (director)|Rodrigo García]]. This was soon followed by another commercial successful film in a co-starring role in the [[Will Smith]] staring film ''[[Seven Pounds]]'' which went on to earn $165M at the box office.

Rodrigo García would then once again cast Carrillo, this time to co-star in the ensemble drama ''[[Mother and Child (2009 film)|Mother and Child]]'', this time sharing the screen and not the podium with Elizabeth Peña as well as [[Annette Bening]], with whom she shares the majority of her scenes. The ensemble film also featured her former ''My Family'' co-star Jimmy Smits and actors [Naomi Watts], [Kerry Washington], and [Samuel L. Jackson]. The film premiered at the [[2009 Toronto International Film Festival]] and [[Sundance Film Festival]].

==Recent Career==
Post ''Mother and Child'', Carrillo took a hiatus from the spotlight after giving birth to her own children. She returned to star in the Mexican family comedy ''[[Familia Gang]]'' and the independent features ''Relentless'' and ''Foreign Land''.

She made her return to television with a major recurring arc as Linda Brenner on the highly decorated ABC series ''[[Nashville (2012 TV series)|Nashville]]''.

==Personal Life==
Active in social justice issues, Carrillo staged a number of public demonstrations protesting the massacre of 43 innocent students in Ayutzinapa, Mexico in 2014. She also plays an active role in teaching young actors and filmmakers, including lecturing in her native Mexico and worldwide.

She currently lives in Santa Monica, CA.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

Revision as of 09:01, 9 April 2015

Elpidia Carrillo
Carrillo in 2010
Born (1961-08-16) August 16, 1961 (age 62)
Parácuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Years active1977–present

Elpidia Carrillo (born August 16, 1961) [1] is a Mexican and American actress and director. Her career includes roles in both Latin American and US film and television. She is best known in the United States for her lead role in the iconic action film Predator as well as for winning two "Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture," ALMA Awards for for the films Bread and Roses and Nine Lives". [2][3] She was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in Salvador.


Early life

Carrillo was born in Santa Elena, Michoacán, Mexico, a rural mountain mountain town. One of eight children in a family of farm laborers, her childhood was marked by violence and poverty.[4] At the age of three, her father was murdered causing her eldest brother to take control of the family. Wanting Carrillo to get an education, he forged a birth certificate to allow her to begin first grade at age four.

When she was six, her brother was also gunned down outside a theater and the family faced constant threats to their lives. When she was ten, Carrillo moved to the town of Uruapan with an older sister, began working alongside her sister at a Chinese restaurant, and dropped out of school.[5]


Career

Early career

Carrillo was discovered by a local photographer in Uruapan, Mexico and soon received a modeling contract. At 12 years old, director Rafael Corkidi cast Elpidia in her as Malinche in the surrealist Mexican film feature Pafnucio Santo. [6] The film was Mexico's official submission to the Academy Awards that year, but with its many esoteric elements, it failed to garner a nomination. Due the role involving nudity and her being under age, Carrillo was credited under the fake name Piya. Rafael Corkidi once again cast Carrillo this time for a larger role in his film Deseos.

By age 16, she shot her first lead role in the controversial Mexican feature Nuevo Mundo, directed by [Gabriel Retes]. Having worked numerous films, she decided to enroll in the Bellas Arts School in Mexico City. [7]


Hollywood Career

After numerous Mexican and International film and television credits, Carrillo's US film career quickly emerged as she did a series of critically acclaimed roles in award nominated US projects. [8] [9] Her first US film came when Academy Award winning director Tony Richardson cast her as in a co-starring role in the film The Border opposite Jack Nicholson and Harvey Keitel. That was soon followed by a co-starring role in the British drama Beyond the Limit opposite Richard Gere, Michael Caine, and Bob Hoskins, with the latter two British actors receiving BAFTA Nominations for their performances.

For her third US film, Carrillo performed a small supporting role in another successful Academy Award nominated art film Under Fire for which Gene Hackman's performance received a Golden Globe nomination.

She next made her US television debut in the role of Coana in the Primetime Emmy nominated mini-series Christopher Columbus.

Her first award nomination came when Oliver Stone cast her as the female lead of Maria in Salvador which earned Carrillo and Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead, earned her co-star James Woods an Academy Award Nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and earned Oliver Stone an Academy Award nomination with co-writer Rick Boyle for Best Original Screenplay, which they would both lose to Stone's other nominated screenplay that year, Platoon.

With award and critical recognition all by the age of 25, Carrillo then accepted what would be one of her most recognizable and commercially successful roles of her career as the female lead and only actress appearing in the iconic 20th Century Fox action film Predator opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Shane Black, and Jesse Ventura. Her character of Anna is also the only character to recur in more than a single film during the Predator franchise as she would also briefly appears in Predator 2.

Predator is widely consider the most commercially successful film of Carrillo's career and her most recognizable role. Though initially weakly received by critics, the film has subsequently gone on to become an action film classic making numerous "best of lists" in later years. [10][11] [12][13] At the time of its release, the film did receive an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects.

Post Commercial Success

Following the massive commercial success of Predator, and performances in television guest starring roles on commercially successful shows like Miami Vice and 21 Jump Street, Carrillo increasingly focused her career once again on US critical appealing roles in film and television as well as returning to Mexican independent cinema with roles in a number of international award winning films including Guldbagge Award winning La Hija del Puma, Una Cita con el Destino, Ariel Award winning City of the Blind, and the Guillermo Del Toro produced Un Embrujo, a winner of 9 Ariel Awards.

Carrillo appeared in Gregory Nava's critically acclaimed Mexican-American film My Family playing Isabel Magaña, the El Salvadorean refugee wife of Jimmy Smits, who won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for the role. The film also won the Casting Society of America's Artios Award for Best Casting for a Drama Feature.

Johnny Depp cast her as the female lead of his only directorial effort, the controversial The Brave, which he also starred in along with Marlon Brando. Despite the highly acclaimed cast and Palme d'Or nomination at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, the dark subject and mixed reception caused the film only to receive an international theatrical release.

Despite the critical recognition and various nominations throughout her career, Carrillo's first US acting award win was for her performance as Rosa in the drama Bread and Roses, which was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Carrillo would go on to win the 2002 ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, but in an improbable twist, she tied with Elizabeth Peña for the award. During the telecast, both women came to the podium together and shared time in giving their acceptance speeches.

Later Carrillo would win the same award four years later, this time as sole recipient of the 2006 ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her performance as Sandra in Nine Lives written and directed by Rodrigo García. This was soon followed by another commercial successful film in a co-starring role in the Will Smith staring film Seven Pounds which went on to earn $165M at the box office.

Rodrigo García would then once again cast Carrillo, this time to co-star in the ensemble drama Mother and Child, this time sharing the screen and not the podium with Elizabeth Peña as well as Annette Bening, with whom she shares the majority of her scenes. The ensemble film also featured her former My Family co-star Jimmy Smits and actors [Naomi Watts], [Kerry Washington], and [Samuel L. Jackson]. The film premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival.

Recent Career

Post Mother and Child, Carrillo took a hiatus from the spotlight after giving birth to her own children. She returned to star in the Mexican family comedy Familia Gang and the independent features Relentless and Foreign Land.

She made her return to television with a major recurring arc as Linda Brenner on the highly decorated ABC series Nashville.

Personal Life

Active in social justice issues, Carrillo staged a number of public demonstrations protesting the massacre of 43 innocent students in Ayutzinapa, Mexico in 2014. She also plays an active role in teaching young actors and filmmakers, including lecturing in her native Mexico and worldwide.

She currently lives in Santa Monica, CA.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1977 Deseos (film) Mexican movie
1978 Pedro Páramo Isabel Mexican movie
Nuevo Mundo Mexican movie
1979 Bandera Rota
1980 Winnetu Oule Mascalero Wetaton Television series
El Jugador de Ajedrez Mexican movie
1981 La Virgen Robada Mexican movie
1982 Bartholome - oder die Rückkehr der weißen Götter Ms. Anna Indo-German television production
The Border Maria
1983 The Honorary Consul Clara Fortnum Hollywood debut
Under Fire Sandinista
1985 Christopher Columbus Coana Italian production, mini series
1986 Salvador Maria
1987 Let's Get Harry Veronica
Predator Anna Gonsalves
1988 Una Cita con el Destino Mexican movie
1989 The Assassin Elena
1990 Dangerous Passion Angela Made for television movie
Predator 2 Anna Gonsalves cameo
1991 Lightning Field Dolores Made for television movie
1994 La Hija del Puma Maria Mexican movie
1995 My Family Isabel
De Tripas, Corazon Meifer Mexican movie
1997 The Pretender Nia Television series
The Brave Rita
1998 Un Embrujo
They Come at Night Maria Velazquez
1999 The Other Conquest (La Otra Conquista) Tecuichpo/Isabel
2000 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Carmen
Bread and Roses Rosa
2002 La Otra Mexican telenovela
Solaris
2003 Kingpin Lupita Mini-series
2004 A Day Without a Mexican Cata Mexican movie
2005 Nine Lives Sandra
2006 Ladrones y Mentirosos Isabel
2007 Tortilla Heaven Hermenegilda
2008 Seven Pounds Connie Tepos
2010 Mother and Child Sofia

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  2. ^ ""ALMA Awards" Awards for 2002". IMDb.
  3. ^ ""ALMA Awards" Awards for 2006". IMDb.
  4. ^ Carlos Hernandez (April 29, 2014). [hhttp://www.heralddeparis.com/the-fierce-actress-elpidia-carrillo/235098 "The Fierce Actress, Elpidia Carrillo"]. Herald de Paris. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  5. ^ Carlos Hernandez (April 29, 2014). [hhttp://www.heralddeparis.com/the-fierce-actress-elpidia-carrillo/235098 "The Fierce Actress, Elpidia Carrillo"]. Herald de Paris. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  6. ^ Lawrence Van Gelder (September 27, 1977). "Pafnucio Santo (1977) Film Festival: 'Pafnucio Santo':Mexican Movie, Admirable in Some Respects, Is Curiosity". New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2015. {{cite news}}: line feed character in |title= at position 22 (help)
  7. ^ Dr. Al Carlos Hernandez (May 7, 2014). [hhttp://www.latinheat.com/spotlight-news/elpidia-carrillo-the-fierce-and-elegant-actress/ "Elpidia Carrillo The Fierce and Elegant Actress"]. Latin Heat. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  8. ^ Vincent Canby (January 29, 1982). "The Border (1982) JACK NICHOLSON IN 'THE BORDER'". New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  9. ^ Vincent Canby (September 30, 1983). "'BEYOND THE LIMIT,' FROM GRAHAM GREENE". New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  10. ^ Bernardin, Marc (June 18, 2007). "The 25 Greatest Action Films Ever!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 30, 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ Bernardin, Marc (January 30, 2009). "The Action 25 Films: The Best Rock-'em, Sock-'em Movies of the Past 25 Years". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 18, 2010. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ "The Top 25 Action Movies". IGN. 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time". Empire. 2008. Retrieved July 18, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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