Quick Facts
Biography
Vanessa Bauche (Spanish pronunciation: [baˈnesa ˈβautʃe]) (born 18 February 1973) is a Mexican television and film actor.
Early life
Bauche was born Alma Vanessa Bauche Chavira, named after actress Vanessa Redgrave. Her father was a Gypsy who married her mother, a woman who aspired to be a dancer and singer. At the time of the marriage, her mother was sixteen years her father's junior. The couple divorced when Bauche was only seven years old. After the divorce, she and her brother Tito, spent three years traveling with their father. Eventually, she and her brother settled down with their mother in Mexico City.
Bauche went to the Centro de Educación Artística. In 2012, she was on the cover of Playboy Mexico.
Career
She received her starring role in a film as a drug-addicted prostitute in El Patrullero (Highway Patrolman) (1991). After starring in a number of telenovelas she played a lead role in the international success Amores Perros (2000).
While Bauche has found success in both film and television, she also maintains a steady career in theater.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1991 | La negra flor | Short film | |
| El Patrullero | Maribel | Alternative title: Highway Patrolmen | |
| 1992 | El amor de todos los días | ||
| Como cualquier noche | Short film | ||
| Murallas de silencio | Short film | ||
| 1993 | Hoy No Circula | Segment: Jueves | |
| Un año perdido | |||
| 1994 | Hasta morir | Adela | Alternative title: 'Til Death |
| 1995 | La ley de las mujeres | Ana | Alternative title: The Law of the Women |
| 1996 | La Crisalida | Short film | |
| 1997 | Le jour et la nuit | Muchacha | Alternative title: Day and Night |
| 1998 | The Mask of Zorro | Indian Girl | |
| Un embrujo | Magda | Alternative title: Under a Spell | |
| 1999 | Cupo limitado | ||
| One Man's Hero | Flor | ||
| Un Dulce Olor a Muerte | Alternative title: A Sweet Scent of Death | ||
| 2000 | Noche de bodas | Short film | |
| Un ojo al gato y otro al garbato | Short film | ||
| Amores perros | Susana | ||
| Mexico City | Woman Kidnapper | ||
| 2001 | La historia de la historia que no se dejó contar | Short film | |
| Piedras verdes | Marianna | Alternative title: Green Stones | |
| De la Calle | Amparo | Alternative title: Streeters | |
| 2004 | A Silent Love | Gladys | |
| Al otro lado | Vicenta (the mother) | ||
| Digna... hasta el último aliento | Digna Ochoa | ||
| 2005 | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Mariana | |
| Dios te salve | Sor María | Short film | |
| 2006 | Imitation | Teresa | |
| Las Vueltas del citrillo | Alternative title: The Citrillo's Turn | ||
| 2008 | Todos Hemos Pecado | Magdalena La Trenzuda | |
| 2009 | Cabeza de buda | Meche | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | Simplemente María | Julia | Episode: 1.1 |
| 1996 | Morir dos veces | Carla | |
| 1997 | La Jaula De Oro | Cristina Valdés | |
| 2000 | Ramona | Margarita | Episode: 1.1 |
| 2000–2003 | Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real | Various characters | 10 episodes |
| 2008 | Mujeres Asesinas | Julia | Episode: Ana, corrosiva |
| 2009 | Gregoria la cucaracha | ||
| Ellas son... la alegría del hogar | Carmela | ||
| Hermanos y Detectives | Doctora | Episode: El Caso Peralta | |
Awards and nominations
Ariel Award
- 1995: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actress" - Hasta morir
- 1999: Won, "Best Actress in a Minor Role" - Un embrujo
- 2002: Won, "Best Supporting Actress" - De la calle
- 2005: Nominated, "Best Actress" - Digna: Hasta el último aliento
Lleida Latin-American Film Festival
- 2006: Won, "Best Actress" - Al Otro Lado and Las vueltas del citrillo
Western Heritage Awards
- 2006: Won, "Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture" - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada