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Ana Claudia Talancón

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Ana Claudia Talancón
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Biography:Best known to U.S. moviegoers as Coco, the illegal Mexican immigrant who crosses the border illicitly to find herself at the mercy of an exploitative capitalist system (and face to face with the "kill floor"), in Richard Linklater's ambitious Fast Food Nation (2006), onscreen performer Ana Claudia Talancón actually made her first major cinematic splash several years prior. At age 18, Talancón landed the female lead in José Buíl and Marisa Sistach's period romantic drama El Cometa (1999). This role made producers take note of the blossoming actress, and numerous projects followed, including the female lead in Carlos Carrera's critically worshipped The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002) -- as a fiery Latina who leads a Mexican priest down the wayward path. Nation, of course, represented Talancón's stateside breakthrough, and though the film itself reeled in only limited returns, the actress held her own... Full Biography
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Ana Claudia Talancón in "Fast Food Nation"
Ana Claudia Talancón in "Fast Food Nation"
Luiz Guzman, Ana Claudia Talancón, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Wilmer Valderrama in "Fast Food...
Ana Claudia Talancón, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Wilmer Valderrama in "Fast Food Nation"
Ana Claudia Talancon, left, and Shannyn Sossamon in "One Missed Call" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ana Claudia Talancón in "Fast Food Nation" (Image: Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Ana Claudia Talancón at the La Mala Educación premiere in Hollywood on November 07, 2004
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