Ara Celi as Esmeralda/Santanico Pandemonium
"Prequel" to the first From Dusk Till Dawn is set in Mexico in the early 1900's which begins with the escape of Johnny Madrid, a dangerous local outlaw, from the gallows who then kidnaps his hangman's beautiful daughter, Esmeralda, with a little help from Reece, a female outlaw from the U.S. With the hangman and a local posse on their trail, Johnny meets with his gang who all rob a stagecoach which contains American author Ambrose Bierce along with newlywed couble John and Mary Newlie. As night falls, all parties coindicently seek shelter in an isolated inn/whorehouse which is run by vampires led by the high priestess Quixtla who targets Esmeralda, since Esmeralda is revealed to be the half-human, half-vampire princess Santanico Pandemonium, whom the vampires want as their heir in which all the humans must join forces if they are to survive the night from the vicious blood-suckers.
Biography for Ara Celi
Date of birth
31 May 1974
El Paso, Texas, USA
Go Fish (2000) .... Karman
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000) (V) .... Esmeralda/Santanico Pandemonium
"All My Children" (1970) TV Series .... Raquel Dion Santos #2 (1999)
American Beauty (1999) .... Sale House Woman #1
Donuts (1998)
Looking for Lola (1998) .... Lola
... aka Looking for Lola (1998) (Canada: English title)