Lumi Cavazos

Luz Maria Cavazos is a Mexican actress who is credited on screen as Lumi Cavazos. She became known as Tita in Like Water for Chocolate (1992), winning Best Actress awards in Tokyo and Brazil. Lumi Cavazos went nude in Like Water for Chocolate, and again in La Mitad Del Mundo in 2011. She was born on December 21, 1968, in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. Her first film was El Secreto de Romalia in 1988, directed by Busi Cortes. Her work as Tita caught the eye of American critics and led her to move to Los Angeles. She has kept working in Mexican film and television, and appeared in the American drama Sugar Town. Her lingerie scenes come from Serpientes y escaleras.