| Full Name: | Raquel Castro - Contact Raquel Castro |
| Famous As: | Actress |
| Date of Birth: | November 17, 1994 |
| Place of Birth: | California, USA |
| Height: | 4' 7 |
| Nationality: | American |
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Raquel Castro
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| Raquel Castro |
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| November 17, 1994 New York, U.S. |
| Occupation |
| Actress |
| Career milestone |
| Jersey Girl (2004) |
Raquel Castro (born November 17, 1994) is an American child actress. She is best known for her role in the 2004 film Jersey Girl as Gertie Trinké, the daughter of Ollie Trinké (Ben Affleck) and Gertrude Steiney (Jennifer Lopez), the role for which Castro won the Young Artist Award for the Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger. 1
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Castro, the fourth of five children, was born in New York to a Puerto Rican father, Albee Castro, and Kathy, an American mother of Italian American and Jewish descent. She has two older sisters, an older brother and a younger brother and currently lives in Long Island, New York. Raquel was named after her mother's favorite actress, Raquel Welch.
Castro made her acting debut in an episode of the television series, Third Watch. She was subsequently cast as the daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's characters in the 2004 film Jersey Girl, directed by Kevin Smith. She has appeared in a 2005 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit entitled "Alien" and in the independent film, Little Fugitive. She also co-starred as Liza, America's love interest on the new lifetime movie "America."
In 2006, she was cast as Nicole in the music video for the Ludacris song "Runaway Love" with Mary J. Blige, where she plays an abused self-conscious girl who runs away. She later was featured in the 2007 independent film, Tracks of Color. She is currently preparing for a role in upcoming 2008 film, The Ministers, starring John Leguizamo.
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2004 | Jersey Girl | Gertie Trinké |
| 2005 | Little Fugitive (2005 remake) | Destiny |
| 2007 | Tracks of Color | Carmen |
| 2008 | The Ministers | Nereida |
| 2009 | Brooklyn's Finest | Katherine |
| America | Liza | |
| 2010 | Mrs. Doubtfire 2 | Jill |
| Year | Title | Role | Episode |
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| 2002 | Third Watch | Moira Kenney | |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Emma |
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| Year | Group | Award | Result | Film |
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| 2005 | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger | Won | Jersey Girl |
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