Background
Bauche was born Alma Vanessa Bauche Chavira, named after actress Vanessa Redgrave. Her father was a Gypsy who married her mother, a woman who aspired to be a dancer and singer. At the time of the marriage, her mother was sixteen years her father"s junior.
Career
The couple divorced when Bauche was only seven years old. Bauche went to the Centro de Educación Artística. In 2012, she was on the cover of Playboy Mexico.
She received her starring role in a film as a drug-addicted prostitute in El Patrullero (Highway Patrolman) (1991).
After starring in a number of telenovelas she played a lead role in the international success Amores Perros (2000). While Bauche has found success in both film and television, she also maintains a steady career in theater.