By Joseph V. Amodio
Special to Newsday
Updated July 9, 2019 6:00 AM
There’s fame, and infamy, and Kate del Castillo has survived both.
The Mexican-born actress shot to Latin-American superstardom with the 2011 telenovela “La Reina del Sur” (“Queen of the South”). Her portrayal of a sexy, tequila-swilling drug trafficker earned her countless fans, including notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, who contacted her to discuss a movie deal. Del Castillo brought along Sean Penn and met Guzmán in 2015. Shortly after, authorities apprehended him, and he was convicted earlier this year in the United States for drug trafficking and other charges. Del Castillo was investigated for possible money laundering and was unable to return to Mexico for three years though, ultimately, no charges were ever filed against her.
Fans can now see her making her English-speaking stage debut in Off-Broadway’s “the way she spoke, by Isaac Gomez, opening at the Minetta Lane Theatre on July 18 and running through Aug. 18….read more.
