Appeared in the Mexican feature "Romelia's Secret"

Starred in the acclaimed film adaptation of Laura Esquivel's Mexican Revolution-set epicurean romance "Like Water for Chocolate"; co-starred with Marco Leonardi

Appeared in the Mexican production "Snakes and Ladders", a coming-of-age 1950s period piece

Appeared opposite real-life love Marco Leonardi in "Manhattan Merengue"

Again acted with Leonardi in the Italian features "Banditi" and "Viva San Isidoro!"

First US feature, the independent "Land of Milk and Honey"

Gave a fine comedic performance as a non-English speaking maid in Wes Anderson's "Bottle Rocket"

Was featured in the post-Civil War Western "Last Stand at Sabre River", a TNT original starring Tom Selleck

Appeared in the Mexican thriller "Fiber Optics"

Played photographer Tina Modotti in Andrea Centazzo's modern opera "Tina" on the Los Angeles stage

Starred as a woman struggling to maintain her failing marriage in "Mascara"

Played a singer pursuing a married member of her touring back up band in "Sugar Town", a look at the L.A. music scene co-written and co-directed by Alison Anders and Kurt Voss

Had supporting role in the supernatural thriller "Bless the Child"