Kate Del Castillo Net Worth

What is Kate del Castillo’s net worth?

Kate del Castillo, a Mexican-American actress, has a net worth of $12 million. She rose to fame with her lead role on the telenovela “Muchachitas” and gained global recognition for her performance on the Telemundo series “La reina del sur” in 2011. Del Castillo has also appeared in several films, including “Under the Same Moon,” which was the highest grossing Spanish-language film in the US for a time.

Kate’s association with the drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has made her somewhat notorious. In 2012, she tweeted that she trusted El Chapo more than the Mexican government, which led to a friendship between the two. In 2016, it was revealed that Kate helped arrange a meeting between El Chapo and Sean Penn to discuss the possibility of creating a biographical film about the drug lord. The meeting ultimately helped authorities capture and extradite El Chapo to the US, where he was found guilty of charges relating to his leadership of the Sinaloa Cartel and sentenced to life in prison.

Kate del Castillo Early Career

Kate del Castillo was born in 1972 in Mexico City, Mexico. Her father, Eric del Castillo, is famous soap opera actor and star of Mexican cinema. Del Castillo has a sister, Verónica, as well as a half-brother, Ponciano, from her father’s side of the family.

In 1978, del Castillo made her acting debut in “Los de abajo.” However, her breakthrough role came in 1991 when, at the age of 19, she was cast in the telenovela “Muchachitas.” The actress played the role of Leticia, one of a group of four girls who enroll in an arts academy to pursue singing and acting careers. The next year, del Castillo starred in “Mágica juventud,” and appeared on “Imperio de cristal” in 1994.