Talisa Soto

Talisa Soto is one of those figures who made an outsized impression with a relatively small filmography, and honestly that's kind of impressive. Growing up in Brooklyn and breaking into modeling for Mademoiselle, Glamour, and Elle before pivoting to acting, she had a look that Hollywood clearly couldn't ignore. Landing the Bond girl role in Licence to Kill in 1989 was a big deal — that franchise didn't cast just anyone — and she played Lupe Lamora with exactly the right mix of vulnerability and glamour. Then she turned around and became Kitana in Mortal Kombat (1995), which is a completely different vibe and yet she owned that too. Not many people can credibly occupy both a Bond film and a video game adaptation, but Soto pulled it off. She stepped back from the spotlight before overstaying her welcome, which in retrospect feels like a pretty smart move.

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Name (English)

Talisa Soto

Name (Japanese)

タリサ・ソト

Reading

たりさ・そと

Born

March 27, 1967 (age 59)

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Height

178 cm

Occupation

television actor / film actor / actor / model

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Goat

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/talisasotobratt/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talisa%20Soto
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81131

Tags

• New York
• television actor
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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