Elpidia Carrillo

Elpidia Carrillo 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 the films Bread and Roses and Nine Lives. She was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in Salvador.

Carrillo was born in Santa Elena, Michoacn, Mexico, a rural mountain town. One of eight children in a family of farm laborers, her childhood was marked by violence and poverty. At the age of three, her father was murdered, forcing her eldest brother to assume control of the family. Wanting Carrillo to get an education, he forged a birth certificate so she could begin first grade at age four.

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