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Benjamin Bratt and actress Talisa Soto kiss on their wedding day, April 13, 2002
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Julia Who? Benjamin Bratt Marries
For Benjamin Bratt, Talisa Soto is more than just the next best thing to Julia Roberts. Less than a year removed from his well publicized split with the Pretty Woman, Bratt has tied the knot with former Bond babe Soto in a ceremony that managed to elude the media radar. The couple swapped vows Saturday in Bratt's hometown of San Francisco, in what the actor's publicist, Ina Treciokas, described as an "intimate family gathering." "[It was] a day that perfectly celebrated their love and happiness," Treciokas said in a statement Tuesday. No other details were disclosed. The news comes just a day after the New York Post and Entertainment Tonight both reported the couple had become engaged over the weekend--something reps for the 38-year-old Bratt and the 35-year-old Soto quickly denied (and apparently for good reason). Bratt and Soto worked together in 2000 on Piñero, the art-house biopic of junkie poet-playwright Miguel Piñero released to critical acclaim last year. Bratt played the titular character; Soto costarred as his girlfriend. However, the two weren't an item during shooting: Bratt was still with Roberts, Soto was getting over her divorce that year from actor Costas Mandylor. Only after Bratt and Roberts announced the end of their three-and-half-year coupledom last June did he and Soto hook up. Aside from their movie, the couple have something else in common. Both are alumni of People's 50 most beautiful people list. This is the first marriage for Bratt and second for Soto, who was married to the former Picket Fences star Mandylor from 1997-2000. Bratt shot to fame as Detective Rey Curtis on NBC's Law & Order before exiting the series in 1999 to focus on his movie career. Aside from Piñero, his film résumé includes Red Planet, The Next Best Thing, Traffic and Miss Congeniality. He'll next be seen in the psychological thriller Abandon. The film, which costars Katie Holmes and will mark the directorial debut of Traffic writer Stephen Gaghan, is slated for a September release. The Brooklyn-born Soto segued from a prolific modeling career--her bod has graced the covers of Vogue, Mademoiselle, Glamour and Self and has been featured in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit spreads--into an acting career. Most notably, she played Bond girl Lupe Lamora opposite Timothy Dalton in 1989's Licence to Kill and costarred in both Mortal Kombat and its sequel, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, as well as Don Juan DeMarco and Vampirella. In addition to Mortal Kombat 3: Domination, due out next year, she will appear in the Antonio Banderas-Lucy Liu spy flick Ecks vs. Severs, which comes out in November.
Benjamin Bratt, Talisa Soto Welcome First Child
December 17, 2002 LOS ANGELES (Reuter) - Actor Benjamin Bratt and his wife, actress-model Talisa Bratt, announced the birth of their first little Bratt, er, child on Monday. The little girl, named Sophia Rosalinda Bratt, was born in New York City on Dec. 6. She weighed a healthy 7 pounds, and is the first child for both Bratts. The baby's birth was announced on her father's 39th birthday. The couple have homes in New York City and San Francisco, California, where Benjamin Bratt grew up. The former Talisa Soto, 35, married Bratt on April 13 after co-starring with him in the critically acclaimed 2001 film "Pinero," a biopic about poet Miguel Pinero. Bratt, a California native, was best known for his role as hunky Detective Rey Curtis on the hit TV show "Law & Order" starting in 1995 until he began dating actress Julia Roberts two years later. The couple went their separate ways in 2001. Brooklyn-born Soto started modeling at age 15 and was chosen in 1990 as one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. She was married to actor Costas Mandylor from 1997 to 2000. Source:
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