Career and love of Leonor Varela

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Scorching beauty Leonor Varela became popular after playing the role of Cleopatra in the mini-series of the same name. The exotic appearance and impudent nature of the heroine could not leave the audience indifferent to the actress herself. But not everyone knows that Leonor is not the only Cleopatra known.

Family

Leonor Varela Palma was born on December 29, 1972 in Santiago, Chile. Her father, Francisco Varela, is a fairly well-known philosopher and neuroscientist, and her mother, Leonor Palma, is a dancer. The actress has a sister and two brothers. All her childhood was spent on the move. For the first time, the Varela family left Chile and moved to Costa Rica after Pinochet came to power. After seven years they returned to their homeland. But with the transition to a new job of the head of the family, the family leaves for Germany. Not staying there for a long time, they return to Chile again. And in 1986 they again go to Europe, this time to France, where Francisco became a teacher at the University of Paris. In the early 90s, when her parents returned to Chile, Leonor stayed in Paris and studied acting at the Paris Conservatory.

Actress career

First jobLeonor Varela in the film industry was a 1995 children's film, Pony's Journey, where she played the role of young Annette. This was the start of her career as an actress. Leonor was noticed, and she began to appear more and more often in European films. Then there was a role in the Chilean television series "Tic Tac", which became incredibly popular in the homeland of the actress. Career in Hollywood originates from the film "The Man in the Iron Mask" in 1998. But great success came to her after the role of the Queen of Egypt in the mini-series "Cleopatra". Leonor perfectly managed to embody the fatal Cleopatra on the screen, conveying her strong-willed character and temperament, her love for loved ones and cruelty to enemies. The picture was very popular among the audience, especially since, along with Leonor, such Hollywood stars as Billy Zane (Mark Antony) and Timothy D alton (Caesar) played the main roles in the film.

Slowly but surely films with Leonor Varela come out one after another. In 2001, she starred in the movie "The Tailor of Panama", then she managed to perfectly reincarnate as the vampire princess Nissa in "Blade 2". Then there were works in the films "Paraiso B" and "Not so serious." For her role in the film "Innocent Voices", in 2005 Varela was nominated for the Mexican Academy Film Award "Ariel". In the popular 2012 TV series Dallas, Leonor played the role of Martha Del Sol.

In addition to her film career, the actress is filming for men's publications. Photos of Leonor Varela are published in popular magazines such as Maxim. In 2002, according to the magazine, she was in eleventh place out of the hundred sexiest women. Leonor is also an activist of the Save Whales Again society, which is engaged in the struggle to save the whales. From the age of 12, she prefers exclusively vegetarian food. Fluent in English, Spanish, Italian and French.

Private life

Personal life, like a career, has developed more than successfully. Leonor Varela has been married to film producer Lukas Akoskin since 2011. They have two wonderful children - boy Matteo and girl Luna Mei. Prior to her marriage to Lucas, Leonor had a relationship with Billy Zane. Their romance began on the set of the series "Cleopatra" and lasted about two years. And in 2008, she was married to musician Kevin Dewan Taylor.