Director: Julie Taymor

Writers: Clancy Sigal; Diane Lake; Gregory Nava; Anna Thomas

Based on a book: Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera

Music Composed by: Elliot Goldenthal

Producers: Sarah Green; Salma Hayek; Jay Polstein; Lizz Speed; Nancy Hardin; Lindsay Flickinger; Roberto Sneider

Keywords: Drama, Biography, Mexico, Painting

Biopic dramatizes the life and career of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.

ABSTRACT
Featuring Salma Hayek in the lead role, Frida provides viewers with a graphic and oft-emotional window into the life of famed Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, following the artist from a polio-stricken Mexico City upbringing through to a start in her craft under the wing of mentor and lover Diego Rivera and intense turmoil when she struggles with an affair with Leon Trotsky while attempting to make her mark on the world of art. Won Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Makeup; nominated for Best Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Song.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Antonio Banderas	Actor	10-Aug-1960		Zorro
Saffron Burrows	Actor	22-Oct-1972		Deep Blue Sea
Didi Conn	Actor	13-Jul-1951		Denise on Benson
Valeria Golino	Actor	22-Oct-1966		Respiro
Salma Hayek	Actor	2-Sep-1966		Frida
Ashley Judd	Actor	19-Apr-1968		Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Diego Luna	Actor	29-Dec-1979		Y tu Mamá También
Mía Maestro	Actor	19-Jun-1978		Nadia Santos on Alias
Alfred Molina	Actor	24-May-1953		Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man 2
Edward Norton	Actor	18-Aug-1969		Fight Club
Roger Rees	Actor	5-May-1944	10-Jul-2015	Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Geoffrey Rush	Actor	6-Jul-1951		Shine, Quills
Chavela Vargas	Singer	17-Apr-1919	5-Aug-2012	Ranchera singer

CAST

Salma Hayek	...   Frida Kahlo
Alfred Molina	...   Diego Rivera
Valeria Golino	...   Lupe Marin
Mía Maestro	...   Cristina Kahlo
Roger Rees	...   Guillermo Kahlo
Diego Luna	...   Alejandro "Alex"
Patricia Reyes Spindola	...   Matilde Kahlo
Margarita Sanz	...   Natalia Trotskaya
and
Geoffrey Rush	...   Leon Trotsky
Amelia Zapata	...   Maid
Alejandro Usigli	...   Professor
Lucia Bravo	...   Auditorium Model
Lolo Navarro	...   Nanny
Fermin Martinez	...   Painter on Bus
Roberto Medina	...   Dr. Farril
Ashley Judd	...   Tina Modotti
Antonio Banderas	...   David Alfaro Siqueiros
Lila Downs	...   Tango Singer
Martha Claudia Moreno	...   Woman at Wedding
Maria Ines Pintado	...   Woman at Wedding
Aida Lopez	...   Lupe's Maid
Ivana Sejenovich	...   Chapingo Chapel Model
Diego Espinosa	...   Pulquería Singer
Ehecatl Chavez	...   Drunk Young Man
Elliot Goldenthal	...   Newsreel Reporter
Edward Norton	...   Nelson Rockefeller
Saffron Burrows	...   Gracie
Didi Conn	...   Waitress
Julian Sedgwik	...   NY Reporter
William Raymond	...   NY Doctor
Jorge Guerrero	...   Priest at Funeral
Mary Luz Palacio	...   Isolda
Omar Rodriguez	...   André Breton
Anthony Alvarez	...   Trotsky's Armed Sentry
Enoc Leaño	...   Trotsky's Armed Sentry
Karine Plantadit-Bageot	...   Paris Chanteuse
Chavela Vargas	...   Death "La Pelona"
Jorge Zepeda	...   Detective

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