![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Biography:"Patricia Velasquez", a model-turned-actress, was born on January 31, 1971, in Guajira, Venezuela, where she grew up. After graduating from San Vincente de Paul High School in 1987, she completed a year of college before being discovered and flying off to Milan, Italy, to begin her modeling career. Her exotic beauty bestowed her with enormous success in runway and print modeling for top designers, and in 1994, she appeared in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Video.
Velasquez made her acting debut in 1996 in "Le Jaguar", but it wasn't until 1999 that she was really noticed with her role in "The Mummy". She kept busy with three other films that same year: "Beowulf", "No Vacancy", and Façade. "The Mummy" had earned her spotlight enough to compete for screen attention with "Heather Graham" in "Committed" (2000). In addition to roles in other films like "Turn It Up" and Saint Bernard (both 2000),... Full Biography
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