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06/24/2017 – del Castillo – NALIP 2017 Latino Media Awards – Arrivals – Ray Dolby Ballroom, Hollywood & Highland Center, 1755 N Highland Avenue – Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Kate del Castillo Negrete Trillo
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
Date of Birth: October 23, 1972
Ethnicity: Mexican [Spanish, Indigenous], one eighth Northern Irish
Kate del Castillo is a Mexican-American actress. Her roles include the films American Visa , Borderown , Under the Same Moon , The Black Pimpernel , Julia (2018), Down for Life , Without Men , Colosio: El asesinato , K-11 , The Popcorn Chronicles , No Good Deed (2014), The Book of Life , The 33 , El Americano: The Movie , All About Nina , El Chicano , Bad Boys for Life , The Casagrandes Movie , and Trap House ; and the series Muchachitas , Mágica juventud , Imperio de cristal , Azul , Alguna vez tendremos alas , La mentira , Ramona , El derecho de nacer , American Family , Bajo la misma piel , Weeds , El Pantera , La Reina del Sur , Dueños del paraíso , Jane the Virgin , Ingobernable , The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate del Castillo Story , Maya and the Three , Monster High , ‘Til Jail Do Us Part , Volver a caer , Dora , and The Cleaning Lady .
She is the daughter of Kate Trillo and Eric del Castillo (J. Eduardo Eric del Castillo-Negrete Galván), an actor. Her sister is journalist Verónica del Castillo.
Kate’s paternal grandfather was named Eduardo del Castillo-Negrete Rivera.
Kate’s paternal grandmother was named Aurora Galván Valenzuela.
Kate’s maternal grandfather was Pablo Trillo Nava (the son of Quirino Trillo Sánchez and María Guadalupe Nava Hidalgo). Pablo was born in Silao, Guanajuato. Quirino was the son of José Pablo Trillo Arias and María Herlinda Sánchez Hernández. Guadalupe was the daughter of Francisco Nava Hernández and Jovita Hidalgo Almaguer.
Kate’s maternal grandmother was Grace Graham (the daughter of Arthur Graham and Rosa Luján Cangas). Grace was born in El Paso, Texas, U.S. Arthur was from Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland, United Kingdom), and was the son of John Graham and Annie Fleming. Rosa was from Lerdo, Durango, and was the daughter of Rómulo Luján Fernández and Matiana Cangas Roldán.
Sources: Marriage record of Kate’s maternal grandparents, Pablo Trillo Nava and Grace Graham – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Kate’s maternal grandfather, Pablo Trillo Nava – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Kate’s maternal grandmother, Grace Graham – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Kate’s maternal great-grandfather, Arthur Graham – https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie
Death record of Kate’s maternal great-grandfather, Arthur Graham – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Kate’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Rómulo Luján Fernández and Matiana Cangas Roldán – https://www.familysearch.org