12 Facts About Elpidia Carrillo

Elpidia Carrillo was born on August 16,1961 and is a Mexican actress and director.

Elpidia Carrillo's career includes roles in both film and television.

Elpidia Carrillo was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in Salvador.

Elpidia Carrillo is known for the role Tecuichpo in the independent film The Other Conquest.

When she was ten, Elpidia Carrillo moved to Uruapan with an older sister where she dropped out of school as she began working alongside her sister at a Chinese restaurant.

Elpidia Carrillo was discovered by a local photographer in Uruapan, Mexico and soon received a modeling contract.

Elpidia Carrillo appeared in Gregory Nava's Mexican-American film My Family playing Isabel Magana, the El Salvadorean refugee wife of Jimmy Smits, who won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for the role.

Elpidia Carrillo won the 2002 ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, and shared the award with Elizabeth Pena.

Elpidia Carrillo won the same award four years later, this time as sole recipient of the 2006 ALMA Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her performance as Sandra in Nine Lives written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia.

Elpidia Carrillo did an episode of ER S6 E16: Under Control.

Elpidia Carrillo returned to star in the Mexican family comedy Familia Gang and the independent features Relentless and Foreign Land.

Elpidia Carrillo made her return to television with a major recurring arc as Linda Brenner in Nashville and a guest starring role as President Daphne Tejeda on Madam Secretary.