# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laura-esquivel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:05:23.299Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/laura-esquivel"
name: "Laura Esquivel"
slug: "laura-esquivel"
description: "Laura Beatriz Esquivel Valdés is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter and former politician. Her first novel Como agua para chocolate became a bestseller in Mexico and the United States, and was later developed into an award-winning film."
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image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laura_Esquivel%2C_MEX_AN_LECTORES_DE_LA_FERIA_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "MX"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1950-09-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  135
  category: 185
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump