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Highly attractive model-turned-actress, Talisa
Soto was born in Brooklyn, NY, and raised in Northampton, MA, but
admittedly retains the Puerto Rican accent of her household. Soto
walked into modeling when she was 15, working in Italy as well as
for British VOGUE out of Paris.
Despite a successful modeling career that saw her land the covers
of VOGUE, GLAMOUR and MADEMOISELLE, among others, she yearned to act.
Returned to States, her break came as India, the Puerto Rican girlfriend,
in "Spike in Bensonhurst" (1988). The next year, she was
Bond Girl Lupe Lamora in "License to Kill". TV work followed,
including the USA network movie "Silhouette" (1990) and
the HBO anthology, "Prison Stories: Women Behind Bars" (1991),
in which Soto's dramatic skills were on display. Although she had
supporting parts in the films "The Mambo Kings" (1992) and
the direct-to-video "Hostage" (also 1992), Soto continued
to try her hand at TV in the series "Harts of the West"
(CBS, 1993-94). In the latter, she was featured as the granddaughter
of a Native American owner of the town's general store. In 1995, Soto
found herself in two high-profile features, opposite Johnny Depp in
"Don Juan De Marco" and as the "secret weapon"
Princess Kitana in "Mortal Kombat".
She also returned to her modeling roots posing for the SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
swimsuit issue and appeared on its accompanying TV special. She also
landed a supporting role in Michael Cimino's "Sunchaser"
(1996), starring Woody Harrelson. Talisa
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