Maya ZapataFilmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: The ravishingly beautiful, raven-haired actress Maya Zapata made a series of quick and seemingly effortless back-and-forth transitions between roles in her native Mexico and mainstream Hollywood parts. Though she began with youth roles -- as in the ill-fated 1989 adventure saga The Old Gringo...Read More

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Casi Divas

Synopsis: Mexican director Issa López's showbusiness-themed farce Casi Divas (Road to Fame) follows the nutty adventures of four aspiring actresses clamoring for a coveted part in a hotshot producer's new movie. The producer in question launches a national talent search to find his dream actress, which pits Read More

4/11/08
Under the Same Moon

Actors: Adrian Alonso, Kate del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez, Maya Zapata, Carmen Salinas

Synopsis: The debut feature from director Patricia Riggen, this drama centers on a young boy's journey across the U.S./Mexico border to be reunited with his mother. Adrian Alonso stars as Carlitos, a Mexican adolescent living with his grandmother while his mother works as a maid in the U.S., hoping someday Read More

3/21/08
All Inclusive

Actors: Jésus Ochoa, Martha Higareda, Ana Serradilla, Maya Zapata, Jesus Zavala

Synopsis: Lust is on the program of events when a family visits an upscale resort in this comedy from Chile. Gonzalo (Jesus Ochoa) is a successful businessman who thinks his family needs to spend some time together away from the stress of the city. Gonzalo books a vacation at a resort in the Yucatan, where Read More

2008
Never on Sunday

Actors: Silverio Palacios, Humberto Busto, Maya Zapata, Fernando Becerril

Synopsis: Director-producer Daniel Gruener's drama Morirse en domingo follows the plight of a family that loses one of its own, Julio Salas, on a Sunday. With no burials performed on Sundays in Mexico, the family must hire the services of a 'zopilote,' (a humble funeral parlor owner) to take care of the Read More

2007
La Sorpresa

Actors: Luis Fernando Peña, Maya Zapata, Armando Hernandez

Synopsis: Two strangers' lives intersect in shocking and cataclysmic ways in La Sorpresa, Oscar Gonzalez's explosive tale of infidelity, passion and revenge. The story begins simply, with a man heading home to see his wife after a lengthy trip; he catches a cab, and speaks openly and candidly to the driver Read More

2007
Bordertown

Actors: Maya Zapata, Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, Sonia Braga, Martin Sheen

Synopsis: The celebrated Latino director Gregory Nava (American Family) helmed, scripted, and co-produced (with star Jennifer Lopez) Bordertown - a suspense thriller with an A-list Hispanic cast. Lopez portrays Lauren Adrian, an American correspondent from a Chicago newspaper, who longs to cover the U.S. Read More

2007
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones

Synopsis: Veteran screen star Tommy Lee Jones makes his directorial debut with the fractured tale of murder and injustice on the U.S.-Mexico border scripted by Amores perros and 21 Grams screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga. Mike Norton (Barry Pepper) is a fresh-faced Border Patrol officer in Cibolo County, Texas Read More

12/14/05
The Magician

Actors: Ernando Gonzalez, Maya Zapata, Gustavo Munoz, Juan Angel Esparza, Claudia Goytia

Synopsis: A secretive street magician finds his life forever changed after being reminded of the past he once walked away from in director Jamie Aparicio's inspirational redemption drama. Tadeo used to be a famous photographer, but these days he earns a living by dazzling people on the city streets. Read More

2004
Caribe

Actors: Jorge Perugorría, Cuca Escribano, Maya Zapata, Roberto McLean, Gabriel Retes

Synopsis: Esteban Ramirez's melodrama Caribe stars Jorge Perugorria as Vincente a man who has gotten himself into difficult positions in both his personal life and his financial life. He engages in an affair with his sister-in-law, while also fielding offers from large oil companies to buy his land. ~ Perry Read More

2004
Streeters

Actors: Luis Fernando Peña, Maya Zapata

Synopsis: A young man takes a wrong turn down the lost highway of criminal delinquency in this powerful drama from Mexico. Rufino (Luis Fernando Pena) is a boy in his early teens growing up on the mean streets of Mexico City; his father is missing, and he's being raised by an adoptive mother who has little Read More

2001
The Cisco Kid

Actors: Jimmy Smits, Cheech Marin, Bruce Payne, Sadie Frost, Ron Perlman

Synopsis: Cisco and his pal Pancho return in this made-for-cable nostalgic and comical reworking of the once popular western adventure series. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1994
The Old Gringo

Actors: Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Patricio Contreras, Jenny Gago, Jim Metzler

Synopsis: In this historical drama based on Carlos Fuentes' novel, Harriet Winslow (Jane Fonda) is a naive woman who, hoping to broaden her horizons, accepts a job as a governess in Mexico in 1913. However, Harriet unknowingly finds herself thrown into the middle of the Mexican revolution, where she Read More

10/6/89