Talisa Soto (born Miriam Talisa Soto on March 27, 1967 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress and model of Puerto Rican descent.
She is best known for portraying Princess Kitana in both the live-action film version of 1995's Mortal Kombat: The Movie and the 1997 sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation as well as Licence to Kill in which she played the first Latina Bond girl.
She is married to actor Benjamin Bratt and they have two children.
Selected Filmography:
- The Pope of Greenwich Village
- Licence to Kill
- The Mambo Kings
- Don Juan De Marco
- Mortal Kombat: The Movie
- Vampirella
- Spy Hard
- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Tropes in her works and Trivia:
- Ms. Fanservice: All her roles were quick to draw attention to her striking beauty.
- Older Than They Look: She's in her fifties but looks barely any different from how she did in the nineties.
- Romance on the Set: Between her and husband Benjamin Bratt on the set of 2001's Pinero, although they met a decade earlier during auditions for 1993's Blood In, Blood Out.
- Statuesque Stunner: She's 5'10 and very attractive.
