Talisa Soto Bio, Net Worth And All You Must Know About Benjamin Bratt’s Wife

Talisa Soto Bio, Net Worth And All You Must Know About Benjamin Bratt’s Wife

Talisa Soto is an American actress who is well known as Princess Kitana in the fantasy action film Mortal Kombat released in 1995 and its sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, which came in 1997.

Talisa Soto Bio

She was born Miriam Talisa Soto on the 27th day of March 1967 in Brooklyn, New York. She is the youngest of four children borne by her parents. When Talisa was still very young, her family moved from Puerto Rico to Northampton, Massachusetts, where she and her three older siblings were eventually raised and educated.

Talisa Soto Career

Soto who became well known as an actress first began her career as a model appearing in magazine issues such as Elle, the Mademoiselle, Vogue, Glamour. Her modeling career began at the age of 15 when she signed up with Click Model Management modeling only during the summer holidays. A few weeks after signing on with Click, Talisa got a chance to travel to Paris where she was in a layout for Vogue. After the summer holidays, she returned to Northampton and continued with her school until she graduated from High school.

Talisa Soto later became a well-known model, appearing on the cover of reputable magazines like British Elle, American and British Vogue and other Self-magazines. She also appeared in ads for companies like Revlon, Calvin Klein, Versace, Salvatore Ferragamo, Cartier, Clarins and even for Saks Fifth Avenue. She also worked with late fashion stylist and creator of the 1980s London Buffalo Boy look Ray Petri as a model together with her former boyfriend – Nick Kamen

Soto also featured in several music videos; her first was with Nick Kamen, she also featured in Madonna’s song Each Time You Break My Heart, which was directed by Tony Viramontes. Then she appeared in Marc Anthony’s music video for I Need to Know.

She landed her first movie role in 1988 playing India in a comedy Spike of Bensonhurst; which also starred Sasha Mitchell and Ernest Borgnine. In the same year, she played   Lupe Lamora, in James Bond’s film Licence to Kill.

Talisa Soto has also starred in many other blockbuster movies like The Mambo Kings; Mortal Kombat; Piñero; Island of the Dead; Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever; and many more, in fact, she has over twenty movies to her credit. She has also made guest appearances on two television series C-16: FBI.

In 1990, Soto was named by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. In 2002, she was ranked #58 of 100 Hot Women by Maxim.

Net Worth

Talisa Soto’s net worth is not readily available online as there are conflicting figures as to what the actress is actually worth.

Talisa Soto Bio, Net Worth And All You Must Know About Benjamin Bratt’s Wife
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Married, Husband, Kids

Soto has been married twice. Her first marriage was to Australian actor Costas Mandylor.  They dated for a while before tying the knots in 1997 but their union lasted for just three years and the couple went their separate ways in 2000. The former model is currently married to actor Benjamin Bratt. They met in (2001) a year after Soto got separated from Costas while filming Pinero.

What began as friendship ended in the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco, in April 2002, where the couple tied the knots before a few friends and family members. Today, the couple are proud parents to two lovely kids – Sophia Rosalinda and Mateo Bravery.

Sophia Rosalinda came on December 6, 2002, to New York City. According to People, Sophia suffered a brain injury during birth and this resulted in physical disabilities.

Mateo Bravery was born October 3, 2005, in Los Angeles. Their marriage of almost 17 years has been blissful and free of scandals and rumors of divorce.

Other Facts You Should Know About Benjamin Bratt’s Wife

Talisa is in love with Italian dishes. For Leisure, she would play poker. The mother of two is not very active on social media, except for few posts on her Facebook and Twitter accounts from time to time, you may not find her on Instagram.

Full Name:  Miriam Talisa Soto

Date of Birth: March 27, 1967

Occupation: Actress/Model

Height: 5ft 9.75in (1.77m)

Weight: 120 lbs (54.4 kg)

Body shape: hourglass

Eye Color: Brown – Light

Hair Color: Brown – Dark

Sexuality: Straight

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse:  Benjamin Bratt

Body Measurements: 34-24-34

Children: 2

Ethnicity: Puerto Rican

Dress Size: 6

Shoe Size: 9.5

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