Leonor Varela
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| Nickname: |
Léonor Varela / Leo |
| Known for: |
Blade II / Innocent Voices / The Tailor of Panama |
| Birth name: |
Leonor Varela Palma |
| Birthday: |
9 December 1972, Santiago, Chile |
| Height: |
5' 6½" (1.69 m) |
| Available Photos |
632 |
| Video Clips |
5 |
| Wallpapers |
11 |
Why is she special?
If being one of the foxiest women we've ever seen isn't enough, this Chilean-French polyglot overflows with as much talent as sex appeal. Whether in French, Spanish or English, when Varela is on the screen, we want to relish her with just as many tongues.
Why we know her?
Leonor Varela exploded in America after her memorable portrayal of Cleopatra in the ABC miniseries of the same name. Since then, she's starred in Texas Rangers, Blade II, as well as a collection of French and Spanish films. Not surprisingly, she was voted Maxim's 11th hottest woman in the world in 2002.
Leonor Varela
Trivia
She is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Italian.
Formerly engaged to
Billy Zane, her co-star from the miniseries
Cleopatra.
Beat out 35 other actresses to play the title role in
Cleopatra.
Appeared on the cover of thirteen separate editions of the Maxim magazine, each naming a different North American city as the greatest on Earth.
Daughter of famous Chilean biologist and philosopher Francisco Varela (1946-2001).
After graduating from the Ecole du Passage and the Conservatoire Superieur de Paris, she was ready for the big screen.
Her family fled to Costa Rica, leaving behind the brutal dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
As a child, she got to see her homeland another time when her family returned to Chile.
Her stay in Chile was brief, and she soon found herself in Germany, then back in Chile, and finally in France in her late teens.
She is half Chilean on her father's side and French on her mother's side.
She lived in Paris from the age of 14.
Has 3 siblings, Alejandra, Javier and Gabriel.
Was featured as #11 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement. (2002)
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