Leonor VarelaNationality:
Chilean Birthdate:
12/09/1972 Birthplace:
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biography
A sultry, dark-haired beauty, Leonor Varela was a virtual unknown in the USA when she was tapped for the lead in the lavish ABC miniseries "Cleopatra" (1999). The Chilean-born actress had a peripatetic childhood; her parents fled the military regime in her native country when she was a baby and settled first in Costa Rica, before moving to Germany, the USA (Colorado) and France. Varela opted to remain in Paris to pursue an education when her parents returned to Santiago in the early 1990s. Her dentist recommended her to a French filmmaker, who was about to shoot a film in Chile. After meeting
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1973
Family fled Chile when Varela was two-months old when Agusto Pinochet came to power in a military coup
Lived in Costa Rica, Germany, Boulder, Colorado and Paris, France
Recommended by her dentist to a French filmmaker
Returned to Chile; starred in TV series "Tic Tac"
1998
Feature debut, small role in "The Man in the Iron Mask"
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