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Leonor Varela
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Leonor Varela

Varela at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards
Born Leonor Varela Palma
December 29, 1972 (1972-12-29) (age 37)
Santiago
Occupation actress, spokesperson, model
Years active 1995 — present

Leonor Varela Palma (born December 29, 1972) is a Chilean actress, spokesperson, and model. Leonor plays the character Cleopatra in the 1999 film Cleopatra. She also has actively participated in various ecological causes such as "Save Whales Again".

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Early life

Varela was born in Santiago, Chile, the daughter of Leonor, a massage therapist, and the famous Chilean biologist and cognitive neuroscientist Francisco Varela García.1 She has one sister Alejandra and two brothers, Javier and Gabriel. Her father was of Spanish, Macedonian-Greek, and Syrian ancestry, and her mother, Leonor Palma, was of French, Italian, and Algerian-Amazigh ancestry.citation needed 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 Niels Arestrup School, The Ecole de Passage, and Conservatoire Superieur de Paris.

Career

Varela's 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 Shooting Stars (1997). Varela found her popularity on the rise at home when she was cast in the Chilean soap opera 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.

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.2

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 who had a one-night stand with Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker).

Varela is fluent in Spanish, English and French. She is also a marine life activist who is concerned with the welfare of whales.3 Leonor is also a vegetarian.4

Filmography

Year Film Role Other notes
1995 Pony Treck Anette Soap Opera
1996 Sous le soleil Jeanne Soap Opera
1997 Tic Tac Pola Santa María Soap Opera
A legend to Ride Anette Soap Opera
Shooting Stars Vanessa Panel Game
Bouge! La Danseuse Film
Inca de Oro Flor Del Inca TV Series
1998 The Man in the Iron Mask Ballroom Beauty Film
Jeremiah Judith Film
1999 Les Parasites Fidelia Film
Cleopatra Cleopatra Film
Les Infortunes de la Beauté Annabella Film
2001 The Tailor of Panama Marta Film
Texas Rangers Perdita Film
2002 Blade II Nyssa Damaskinos Film
Paraíso B Gloria TV Series
2003 No Big Deal Angela TV Film
Tais-toi Sandra/Katia Film
Arrested Development Marta Estrella TV Series
2004 Innocent Voices Kella Film
2005 Americano Adela Film
Stargate Atlantis Chaya Sar TV Series
2006 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb Dr. Azelia Barakat Film
The Sleep Dealer Luz TV Film
Seed of Contention Mila TV Film
2007 Como Ama Una Mujer Sofia TV Series
Goal! 2: Living the Dream... Jordana Garcia Film
2008 Hell Ride Nada Film
Sleep Dealer Luz Martínez Film
Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story Norma Sanchez Film
Hindsight Maria Film
Love and Virtue Morgana Film
2009 Deseo Gilr TV Series
Wrong Turn At Tahoe Anna Film
Caleuche: Call of the Sea
Caleuche: El llamado del mar
Isabel Millalobos Film

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