Tilda Del Toro
- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Tilda Del Toro is known for the film "Capone" in the role of Mona Lisa, opposite Tom Hardy, as Al Capone's mysterious ex-lover and mother of his illegitimate child. The film is written and directed by Josh Trank. Most recently, Del Toro was approved for network/The Thing About Pam/NBC to work opposite Renee Zellweger. She was also cast in the Universal Pictures' Kevin Hart comedy "Night School," working opposite Kevin Hart with Al Madrigal. Del Toro has worked with directors David Gordon Green, Josh Trank, Malcolm D. Lee, and Nicolai Fuglsig and for producers Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Lawrence Bender, and Will Packer. She began acting and modeling at a young age before being cast in The Steppenwolf Theatre Company's original House on Mango Street production. Del Toro performed in multiple Level 5 Improv Olympic shows directed by the late Del Close, including A Strange Short Trip, and co-created the first all-Latino improvisation troupe in Chicago, Salsation. During this period, Del Toro trained at the University of Chicago with the Moscow Art Theatre, The Second City, The Annoyance Theatre, and Improv Olympic, Chicago. During her acting training, her teachers and mentors have included James Caan, Joyce Piven, and Del Close. She is trained in Meisner, Stanislavski, and Long Form Improvisation. In Los Angeles, she has trained at The Margie Haber Studio, among other studios in the city. After high school, in addition to acting, she briefly studied modern dance at Columbia College Chicago and then English at Northwestern University. She subsequently quit college to pursue her acting career full-time. While continuing to devote time professionally to acting, Del Toro has recently returned to academia to obtain her bachelor of fine arts, cinematic arts, and film, beginning her return journey at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, CA.