Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides Biography

Telenovela Kingdom, Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides Biography

Name: Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides

Date of Birth: January 5, 1979 (age 34)

Place of Birth: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Occupation: Actress, model

Years active: 1997–present

Spouse(s): Bill (2003–2004, died from melanoma), Jack Hartnett (2006–2012)

Partner(s): Christopher Esqueda (2012–present)

Blanca Delfina Soto Benavides (born January 5, 1979 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, model, and former beauty queen.

Soto competed in the national beauty pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico in 1997, representing her home state of Nuevo Leon. That same year, Soto became Miss Mexico World and represented her country in the international beauty contest Vina Del Mar in Chile.

Soto's first role as an actress was in the short film La Vida Blanca, which she co-produced with then-ex husband Jack Hartnett, who wrote and directed as well. For the role, she received her first award for Best Actress. Soto then had supporting roles in films such as: "Divina Confusion", Deep In The Valley and Dinner for Schmucks. She starred in Venevisión's telenovelas in collaboration with Univision; Eva Luna (2010–2011) as Eva Gonzalez and El Talismán (2012) as Camila Nájera. Soto will star, with Fernando Colunga in Juan Osorio's new telenovela; |Porque el amor manda.

She appeared in Billy Currington's music video "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" (winner of sexiest video of the year at the CMA[citation needed]). As a model, Soto has been featured in advertisements for GAP, Lens Crafters, Venus Swimwear, and Budweiser.