Diego Luna And Wife Camila Sodi Share Two Children – Fiona and Jerónimo Luna

He started performing at a young age, appearing in theater, television, and films.

Diego played his first television debut role in the 1991 release movie The Last New Year.

In 1992, he appeared in the Mexican drama El Abuelo y yo. Since the broadcast of this drama, Diego started to get more and more opportunities and roles in theater, cinema, and television.

In 2001, he had his major breakthrough when he starred as Tenoch Iturbide in the highly regarded film Y tu mamá también, working with his close friend Gael Garca Bernal.

In 2002, with his emerging stardom and fame, Luna started featuring alongside big names in the movies like Frida, Open Range(2003), and The Terminal. Frida even earned six Oscar nominations, and it won two of them. 

Likewise, in 2004, he starred as the lead character in Havana Nights: Dirty Dancing 2. He started working in both America and the United States, and some of his other popular projects are Nicotina(2003), Solo Dios Sabe(2006), etc.

Later he was cast in the big production “Harvey Milk” as the lover of Sean Penn, for which he was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild of the United States. In 2012 he again got the opportunity to star alongside his friend Will Ferrell for the Casa de mi padre.

“Narcos: Mexico” offered him great success and popularity for representing the real-life story of drug lord Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo. In addition, his other movies were Flatliners(2017), If Beale Street Could Talk(2018), and A Rainy Day In New York(2019).

With his rising stardom, he also continued the voiceover job for Guillermo del Toro. In fact, in 2021, Diego also voice dubbed the character of Zatz in the animated series “Maya and the Three.”

Furthermore, in 2021, Luna won the Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Daytime Talent in a Spanish Language Program for his chat program Pan y Circo which was broadcasted through Amazon Prime Video.

Diego Luna made his directorial debut in 2007 with the documentary on the renowned Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez.

In 2010, he directed the movie Abel, which gained excellent reviews from the audience for portraying the bond between his son and his father. The movie was nominated for Best Foreign film during the Sao Paulo Film Festival.

In 2014, he directed the biopic of Cesar Chavez, one of the great Mexican American personalities. Later in 2016,  he came up with the movies like Danny Glover and Maya Rudolph-led Mr. Pig.

Recently in 2021, he even appeared with his directorial debut on TV with the Netflix family drama “Everything Will Be Fine.”

In 2003, Luna and Garcia Bernal partnered with producer Pablo Cruz and established Cananas Films.

After quitting Cananas Films in 2018, Diego and Garcia launched a new film-TV enterprise named La Corriente del Golfo.

Luna and Garca Bernal, together with Adam Grant, declared in October 2019 that they would be associated with the Creative Advisory Board for television and film development enterprise EXILE Content.

Diego Luna, the Mexican star, married Camila Sodi, a model, singer, and actress in Mexico.

On February 5, 2008, the couple tied the knot with each other through court marriage. The couple met each other in 2007 during the shoot for “El Búfalo de la Noche.” They were linked to one another in 2007 after they were seen together during the Cannes Film Festival. After one year of being in a relationship with each other, the pair got married.

But their marriage could not last long. After five years of marriage, the couple decided to separate with a mutual understanding in March 2013.

Through a public statement, the couple wrote in Spanish, “With much sadness, we are announcing that we came to a mutual agreement to separate.” 

Currently, Sodi is pursuing her career as a TV actress and singer.

After the divorce, Luna has been linked with other women. His name was linked with the Colombian actress Paulina Davila. But in 2017, Davila confirmed that they were not dating and are good friends.

Similarly, his name was linked with several other girls, including Olga Segura, English model Suki Waterhouse, Yalitza Aparicio, and Marina de Tavira.

Diego and Camila share two children from their marriage, son Jeronimo and daughter Fiona Luna.

Diego Luna’s Son- Jeronimo Luna

They welcomed their first child in 2008, named Jeronimo Luna. He was born on August 12, 2008, in Los Angeles.

Diego Luna’s Daughter- Fiona Luna

After two years, the couple once again became parents to their daughter Fiona. She was born on July 1, 2010. Fiona was named after the mother of Deigo.

Fiona is the youngest child of the couple. In an interview with magazine C, Luna said that Fiona is passionate about music. 

In 2020, both his son and daughter contracted COVID-19, and he had to stay away from his children.

Diego Luna is one of the wealthiest actors, with an estimated net worth of about $12 million. 

Luna has been associated with various professions, including Actor, Film Producer, Film director, Television producer, Presenter, Voice Actorlike, etc. Being involved in all these sectors, he has earned a large amount of capital.

He is also involved in the endorsement of several brands. He has endorsed the brands like Corona Beer, Verizon, Chivas Regal, etc.

Being the owner of Cananas Films and La Corriente del Golfo also adds to his net worth.

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