Born in London to a Mexican mother and a British father, she began formal acting studies at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1980 and later attended courses at London’s National Theatre. Her screen debut came with the 1989 comedy Fin de semana en Garibaldi, after which she appeared in roughly sixty-eight films through 1993, including Sor Batalla, La mujer judicial, El extensionista, Mujer de…