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name: "Talisa Soto"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 March 1967"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T11:43:26.854477+00:00"
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# Talisa Soto

Actor. Born 27 March 1967 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 March 1967, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Also known as:** Talisa Soto Bratt, Desiree More, Талиса Сото, Ταλίσα Σότο, Ταλίσα Σότο Μπρατ
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talisa_Soto, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81131, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000650/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10680

## Biography

Talisa Soto is an American actress and former model. Born Miriam Soto on 27 March 1967 in Brooklyn, New York City, she began modelling at the age of 15 and appeared in magazines including Vogue, Mademoiselle and Glamour before turning to acting.

Her feature film debut came in 1988 with Spike of Bensonhurst. The following year she played Lupe Lamora in the James Bond film *Licence to Kill*. She is also known for portraying Princess Kitana in *Mortal Kombat* (1995) and *Mortal Kombat: Annihilation* (1997), as well as roles in *Don Juan DeMarco* (1994), *Spy Hard* (1996) and *Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever* (2002).

Soto was married to actor Costas Mandylor from 1997 to 2000 and has been married to actor Benjamin Bratt since 2002. She largely retired from acting after their marriage, appearing once more in *La Mission* (2009).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Licence to Kill* (1989), Fi1m 70, as Lupe Lamora — [page](https://film.one/film/licence-to-kill.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Insert Coin* (2020), as Kitana
- *La Mission* (2009), as Ana
- *Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever* (2002), as Vinn Ecks / Rayne Gant
- *Piñero* (2001), as Sugar
- *Island of the Dead* (2000), as Melissa O'Keefe
- *Flight of Fancy* (2000), as Mercedes Marquez
- *Flypaper* (1999), as Amanda
- *Mortal Kombat: Annihilation* (1997), as Kitana
- *C-16: FBI* (1997), series, Acting
- *The Corporate Ladder* (1997), as Susan Taylor
- *Vampirella* (1996), as Vampirella
- *The Sunchaser* (1996), as Navajo Woman
- *Spy Hard* (1996), as Desiree More
- *Mortal Kombat* (1995), as Kitana
- *Don Juan DeMarco* (1994), as Doña Julia
- *Harts of the West* (1993), series, as Cassie
- *Hostage* (1992), as Joanna
- *Prison Stories: Women on the Inside* (1991), as Rosina
- *Silhouette* (1990), as Marianna Herrera
- *Licence to Kill* (1989), as Lupe Lamora — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/licence-to-kill.md)
- *Spike of Bensonhurst* (1988), as India
- *The Cowboy and the Frenchman* (1988), as French Girl
- *The Pope of Greenwich Village* (1984), as Studio Dancer (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Talisa Soto](https://film.one/media/person/1029297/gallery-dd26bab7e5dd.png) Talisa Soto — Noel Quiñones, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Talisa_Soto.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Talisa Soto](https://film.one/media/person/1029297/gallery-a1a16712536c.jpg) Talisa Soto — Image via TMDB
- ![Talisa Soto](https://film.one/media/person/1029297/gallery-8f06bee38bf9.jpg) Talisa Soto — Image via TMDB
- ![Talisa Soto](https://film.one/media/person/1029297/gallery-9aef856fe68e.jpg) Talisa Soto — Image via TMDB
- ![Talisa Soto](https://film.one/media/person/1029297/gallery-7bc0540a7b3d.jpg) Talisa Soto — Image via TMDB
- ![Talisa Soto](https://film.one/media/person/1029297/gallery-fd2ec2c323f7.jpg) Talisa Soto — Image via TMDB
- ![Talisa Soto](https://film.one/media/person/1029297/gallery-e3dc9073d4f0.jpg) Talisa Soto — Image via TMDB

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