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Velásquez in 2005, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Patricia Carola Velásquez Semprún
Place of Birth: Maracaibo, Venezuela
Date of Birth: 31 January, 1971
Ethnicity: Venezuelan [Spanish, Wayuu Indigenous]
Patricia Velásquez is a Venezuelan actress and model. She starred in The Mummy films, as well as in Mindhunters (2004), The Curse of La Llorona , and Malignant .
Her father was assigned to UNESCO, and she was partly raised in France and Mexico. Patricia has stated , “I’m half Indian. My mother is Indian from a village called Wayu, and my Dad is Venezuelan, and he’s a mix of Indian and Spanish.” Patricia founded non-profit The Wayuu Taya Foundation, to assist the Wayuu people.
Patricia has a daughter with her former partner Lauren.