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Leonor Varela

Leonor Varela
Leonor starring in the Arrested Development Episode Key Decisions
Born	Leonor Varela Palma December 29, 1972 (1972-12-29) (age 35) Santiago, Chile

Leonor Varela (born December 29, 1972) is a Chilean actress.

Biography

Varela was born in Santiago, Chile. Her parents are the famous Chilean biologist Francisco Varela, of Spanish-Greek & Syrian ancestry, and Leonor Palma, a dancer of French-Italian-Algerian ancestry. She has one sister Alejandra and two brothers, Javier and Gabriel.

Varela's family fled to Costa Rica in her early childhood when her homeland was overtaken by a military regime. She subsequently resided in Germany, the U.S., and France. In the early 1990s her parents moved back to Chile, while she remained in Paris where she studied acting at the Neils Arestrup's School, The Ecole de Passage, and Conservatoire Superieur de Paris.

Her first job was in 1995, playing Anette in Pony Trek, a children's film. Filming was in Iceland and Leonor was riding horses for three months. Then, referred to a French filmmaker by her dentist, she played in The Shooting Stars (1997). Varela found her popularity on the rise at home when she was cast in the Chilean TV series Tic Tac.

After appearing in a few more television productions in the late 1990s, Varela was cast in a small role in The Man in the Iron Mask. In 1999, she played the title character in the TV movie Cleopatra. She fell in love with actor Billy Zane (Mark Antony) on the set, but they split up two years later. She has been married to philanthropist and musician Kevin Duane Taylor of Garland, Texas since April 13, 2008.

Roles in The Tailor of Panama and Texas Rangers (both in 2001) followed shortly thereafter, and as the fanged vampire princess in the action film Blade II. After that came Paraíso B and Pas Si Grave.

Varela also had a short recurring role in the Fox Television series Arrested Development as the original Marta. She was nominated for the Ariel Award in 2005 in the category of Best Actress for Innocent Voices (2004). She also had a non-recurring role in Stargate: Atlantis.

Her latest projects are Americano, Caleuche: The Call of the Sea, Casas de Cartón and Gigola where she plays feminist Laure Charpentier.

She played Jordana in Goal! 2. Jordana was a journalist that had a one night stand with Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker).

Varela is fluent in Spanish, English and French.

Filmography

Pony Trek (1995) - Anette
Sous le soleil (1996) - Jeanne
Tic Tac (1997) - Pola Santa María
A legend to Ride (1997) - Anette
Shooting Stars (1997) - Vanessa
Bouge! (1997) - La danseuse
Inca de Oro (1997) - Flor de l'Inca
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) - Ballroom Beauty
Jeremiah (1998) - Judith
Les parasites (1999) - Fidelia
Cleopatra (1999) - Cleopatra
Les infortunes de la beauté (1999) - Annabella
The Tailor of Panamá (2001) - Marta
Texas Rangers (2001) - Perdita
Blade II (2002) - Nyssa Damaskinos
Paraíso B (2002) - Gloria
No big deal (2003) - Angela
Tais-toi (2003) - Sandra/Katia
Arrested Development (2003) - Marta Estrella
Innocent Voices (2004) - Kella
Americano (2005) - Adela
Stargate Atlantis (2005) - Chaya Sar
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006) - Dr.Azelia Barakat
Goal! 2: Living the Dream... (2006) - Jordana García
The sleep dealer (2006) - Luz
Caleuche: Call of the Sea (2006) - Isabel Millalobos
Seed of Contention (2006) - Mila
Como Ama Una Mujer (Miniseries) (2007) - Sofia
Hell Ride (2008) - Nada

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