Blanca Soto

Blanca Soto
Born	Blanca Delfina Soto January 5, 1979 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Occupation	Actress, model, former beauty queen
Years active	1997-present
Title	Nuestra Belleza Morelos 1997 Miss Verano Viña del Mar 1997 Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 1997 Corona al Mérito 2005
Spouse(s)	Bill (2003–2004, died from melanoma) Jack Hartnett (2006–2012)
Relatives	Daniela Soto (sister)

Blanca Soto (born Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides on January 5, 1979) is a Mexican actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 1997.

Career

Soto competed in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza México in 1997, representing her home state of Nuevo Leon. That same year, Soto became Miss Mexico World and represented her country in the international beauty contest Vina Del Mar in Chile.

Soto's first role as an actress was in the short film La Vida Blanca, which she co-produced with then-ex-husband Jack Hartnett, who wrote and directed as well. For the role, she received her first award for Best Actress.^[1] Soto then had supporting roles in films such as: "Divina Confusion", Deep In The Valley and Dinner for Schmucks. She starred in Venevisión's telenovelas in collaboration with Univision; Eva Luna (2010–2011) as Eva Gonzalez and El Talismán (2012) as Camila Nájera.^[2] Soto starred with Fernando Colunga in Juan Osorio's telenovela; Porque el amor manda which was broadcast in Mexico from 2012-2013.^[3]

She appeared in Billy Currington's music video "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" (winner of sexiest video of the year at the CMA).^[4] As a model, Soto has been featured in advertisements for GAP, Lens Crafters, Venus Swimwear, Avon, Andrea, Charriol, Foley's, Yellowbook, Zara, Garnier and Budweiser,^[5]

Personal life

In 2003, she was married to Bill for 8 months. He died of cancer in 2004. Soto married American actor, Jack Hartnett in 2006. She announced their separation on November 17, 2011 via her Twitter account.^[6]

Filmography

As producer

Year	Title	Notes
2012	I Won't Be Your Mirror	co-producer
2015	Sovereign	Executive producer

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Tampa Jai Alai	Lissette Arriaga	Short film
2007	La vida blanca	Blanca Erraruiz	Short film Executive producer
2008	Divina confusión	Afrodita
2009	Deep In The Valley	Suzi Diablo
2010	Regresa	María González
2010	La cena	Catherine	Uncredited
2014	Un reino sin fronteras	Herself	Television film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010-2011	Eva Luna	Eva González	Lead role
2012	El Talismán	Camila Nájera	Lead role
2012-2013	Porque el amor manda	Alma Montemayor	Lead role; 182 episodes
2014–2016	Señora Acero	Sara Aguilar Bermúdez	Lead role

Theater

Year	Title	Role
2011	The Vagina Monologues / Los Monólogos de la Vagina	Various monologues ("Hair", "My vagina was my village", "Because he liked to look at it")
2013-2014	Obscuro Total	Sofia

Credits as a dubbing actress

Year	Title	Original title	Character	Language
2012	Sí, Virginia: Un cuento para creer en la Navidad	Yes, Virginia	Mrs. Laura O'Hanlon	English -> Spanish
2014	Hijo de Dios	Son of God	Mary Magdalene	English -> Spanish

Appearances in music videos

Year	Artist	Title	Notes
1997	Donato y Estefano	Entre la linea del bien y la linea del mal
1998	Enrique Iglesias	Nunca Te Olvidaré
2002	Shalim Ortiz	Nadie Como Tú
2005	Billy Currington	Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right	CMT Music Awards 2006 - Hottest Video of the Year
2009	Noel Schajris	Regresar

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
2007	Feature Film Award	Best Actress	La Vida Blanca	Won
2011	Premios Juventud	She Steals the Show	Regresa	Won
2011	Premios Juventud	Girl of my Dreams	Eva Luna	Nominated
2011	Premios People en Español	Best Actress	Eva Luna	Nominated
2011	Premios People en Español	Best Female Revelation	Eva Luna	Nominated
2011	Premios People en Español	Best Host (& William Levy)	Premios Juventud 2012	Nominated
2012	Premios Juventud	Girl of my Dreams	El Talismán	Nominated
2012	Premios Actrices Latinas	Best Couple (& Fernando Colunga)	Porque el amor manda	Nominated
2013	Premios Juventud	Girl of my Dreams	Porque el amor manda	Won
2013	Premios People en Español	Best Couple (& Fernando Colunga)	Porque el amor manda	Won
2013	Premios People en Español	Best Actress	Porque el amor manda	Won
2014	Premios TVyNovelas	Best Actress	Porque el amor manda	Nominated
2014	Premios TVyNovelas	Best Kiss (& Fernando Colunga)	Porque el amor manda	Nominated
2014	Premios TVyNovelas	Best Couple (& Fernando Colunga)	Porque el amor manda	Nominated
2014	Premios TVyNovelas	The Most Beautiful Women	Porque el amor manda	Nominated

Other awards and recognitions

Year	Title	Notes
1997	Nuestra Belleza Mundo Mexico	Beauty contest ( + Special Award "Skin Solar Hinds")
1997	Miss Verano Viña del Mar	Beauty contest
2005	Corona al Merito	Recognition is given each year to a queen or ex-queen of Nuestra Belleza México, for their work and/or trajectory dignify human values and the image of Mexican women in beauty contests, hoping to motivate them to excel day.

References

1. Los Angeles March 2007 Awards Archived October 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
2. Iniciaron las grabaciones de "Talismán"
3. Blanca Soto y Fernando Colunga son los protagonistas de la telenovela Porque El Amor Manda
4. 2006 CMT Music Awards
5. Blanca Soto - Fashion Model
6. Blanca Soto se divorcia de Jack Hartnett

External links

• Official Twitter Page of Blanca Soto
• Blanca Soto at the Internet Movie Database
• Blanca Soto at the Fashion Model Directory