Ana Obregón
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Ana Obregón is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
as Ana Victoria García Obregón) is a Spanish
Spain
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actress, celebrity
Celebrity
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and socialite
Socialite
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.
She obtained a Bachelor of Sciences in Biology
Biology
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(specialized in Zoology
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) from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid .
Obregón has appeared in films from countries including Spain, France
France
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, United States
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and Italy
Italy
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but she is best known for her high-profile personal life and her career as a television actress most notably for her performances in the Spanish television series A las once en casa and Ana y los siete.
She is best known to American audiences for her role as Bo Derek
Bo Derek
Mary Cathleen Collins , better known as Bo Derek, is an American film and television actress, model, and sex symbol, known for her role as Jenny Hanley in the 1979 comedy film 10. However, Derek's film career soon faltered; her later films, including, Bolero and Ghosts Can't Do It , were poorly...
's sidekick in 1984's Bolero
Bolero (1984 film)
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. She also appeared in an episode of Who's the Boss, playing Ana, Tony Miceli's Italian cousin. She also Co-starred in the 1983 3-D
3-D film
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action adventure film Treasure of the four crowns
Treasure of the Four Crowns
Treasure of the Four Crowns is an action adventure film, featuring Tony Anthony, Ana Obregón, Gene Quintano and Francisco Rabal and directed by Ferdinando Baldi...
with Tony Anthony
Tony Anthony (actor)
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.
A staple of the Spanish prensa rosa or gossip press, Obregón is also famous in Spain and Britain for a long relationship with Croatia striker Davor Šuker
Davor Šuker
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as well as a supposed liaison with the Real Madrid
Real Madrid
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and England international football player David Beckham
David Beckham
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. This led to a spat with Beckham's wife Victoria
Victoria Beckham
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who famously referred to the 50-year old as a "geriatric Barbie". Obregón later denied any sexual misconduct on her part, but sued instead.
Obregón found herself in the midst of controversy in 2007 following information disclosed by Interviú
Interviu
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, and subsequently published by the major newspapers in Spain: according to said media, an ostensibly distraught Obregón allegedly called her bodyguard
Bodyguard
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Eloy Sánchez Barba in order to ask him to hire third parties to beat up or physically assault journalist Jaime Cantinzano, in reprisal for what she deemed an unacceptable public exposal of her teenage son. According to these sources of information, she said: "... but I don't want this done by just anyone, I want you to have los Miami doing this", in reference to a well-known criminal group established mainly in Madrid
Madrid
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. Unbeknownst to her and Sánchez Barba, the latter's telephone line had been tapped by the Spanish police in connection to their investigation of a hit job
Contract killing
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presumably coordinated by Sánchez Barba months before.