Lumi Cavazos

Luz Maria Cavazos (born 21 December 1968) is a Mexican actress. She won Best Actress awards at the Tokyo Film Festival, and Brazil's Festival de Gramado for her portrayal of "Tita" in Like Water for Chocolate. The film received the attention of US film critics and moviegoers, and facilitated her entry into the American film industry. She subsequently relocated to Los Angeles.

Born in Monterrey, Cavazos began her acting career at the age of 15. In 1985, she was a student at Guadalajara's Preparatoria 4 University. She later chose to enroll in the Centro Universitario de Teatro Uniam in 1990. She left her parents and nine siblings to pursue her own interests. She made her film debut in Busi Cortes' 1988 El Secreto de Romalia. She has acted in numerous Mexican films and television series since then, and has also done a fair amount of work in the U.S., appearing in television dramas as well as a singing role in the film Sugar Town. Cavazos is sometimes credited as "Rosita Lumi Cavazos".

She had a featured role in Bottle Rocket, the debut film of director Wes Anderson.

She also played the character Tita for the movie Like Water for Chocolate.

She was dating one of her co-stars in the film "Like Water for Chocolate," Marco Leonardi, from 1991 to 1999.

She is married to Joselo Rangel of the band Cafe Tacvba, with whom she has two daughters. They married in July 1999.