The ‘Mummy’ actress appeared at the age of 52 in recent photos on Instagram

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actress Patricia Velazquez He was very successful playing the character You are so namun In the films “The Mummy” and “The return of the mummyShe started her career as a model and explained in an old interview with the site movie theatre How did you become interested in acting?

“I started dancing when I was only 5 years old, never wanting to be an actress because that’s what every model does. But then I did my first movie with Jean Reno and I absolutely fell in love with him. That movie was about saving an Aboriginal village In the Amazon, and as a native South American, I thought, “I have to do this.” So I went to the Amazon for 3 months and it completely changed my life.”I started.

After that, Velazquez said that he had no idea about the success of “The Mummy”.

And when I came back, I continued modeling, but after two or three years I realized that acting was what I really wanted to do. And so when I did my little part in the first movie, The Mummy, I had no idea it was going to be such a huge hit everywhere. For me it was like doing a fashion show where I had to wear all my own body makeup which took 13 hours to do.”He said.

The star represented the state of Zulia in the 1989 Miss Venezuela pageant and has done work for brands such as Chanel, Victoria’s Secret, Gucci and Carolina Herrera. The 52-year-old looked exuberant in recent photos shared on her official Instagram profile.