Leonor Watling
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Leonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling (born July 28, 1975) is an award-winning Spanish
film actress and singer.
, Spain
to a Spanish father and a British
mother, and has three siblings, with whom she speaks English. Her father died when she was a teenager.
When she was a child, she wanted to be a classic dancer, but a knee injury made this impossible. Later, she moved to London
in order to take acting lessons at the Actor's Centre.
with Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
. In 1998, she was nominated for a Goya award for her role in La hora de los valientes, and was named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion in 1999. In 2002 she was nominated again for a Goya for her role in A mi madre le gustan las mujeres.
Watling dubbed Anne Hathaway
as the voice of "Red Pucket" (Little Red Riding Hood) in Hoodwinked
(2005). She also took part in The Oxford Murders
, alongside Elijah Wood
and John Hurt
.
In 2006 Watling starred in Paris, Je T'aime
segment "Bastille" as Marie Christine. The film was directed by many famous directors who each had to produce a five-minute film set in Paris
, the city of love. Spanish writer-director Isabel Coixet
wrote and directed the segment "Bastille" and Watling starred alongside Sergio Castellitto
and Miranda Richardson
as Sergio's younger lover with whom he plans to run away after ending his relationship with his wife Miranda.
Lately, she combines film performances with her work with the band Marlango
, in which she is vocalist and sings mostly in English.
-winning Uruguay
an musician Jorge Drexler
, with whom she has a son, Luca, born in January 2009.
She has been quoted as being a fan of Tom Waits
, Suzanne Vega
, Radiohead
and Erik Satie
.
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
film actress and singer.
Early life
Watling was born in MadridMadrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
to a Spanish father and a British
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
mother, and has three siblings, with whom she speaks English. Her father died when she was a teenager.
When she was a child, she wanted to be a classic dancer, but a knee injury made this impossible. Later, she moved to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
in order to take acting lessons at the Actor's Centre.
Career
Watling began her acting career in theatre and made her big screen debut when she was 15 with Jardines colgantes by Pablo Llorca. After that she participated in several TV series, such as Hermanos de leche, Farmacia de guardia or Querido maestro, but her most successful role was in the series Raquel busca su sitioRaquel busca su sitio
Raquel busca su sitio was a Spanish television series produced by Tesauro S.A.. It consisted of 25 chapters of one hour each. It was broadcast by TVE between 2000 and 2001...
with Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo
Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, is a Spanish actress and TV presenter. Her parents, Fernando Guillén and Gemma Cuervo, and her brother, Fernando are also actors....
. In 1998, she was nominated for a Goya award for her role in La hora de los valientes, and was named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion in 1999. In 2002 she was nominated again for a Goya for her role in A mi madre le gustan las mujeres.
Watling dubbed Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway (actress)
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is an American actress. After several stage roles, she appeared in the 1999 television series Get Real. She played Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries...
as the voice of "Red Pucket" (Little Red Riding Hood) in Hoodwinked
Hoodwinked
Hoodwinked!, also titled Hoodwinked on its theatrical poster and in other sources, is a 2005 American computer-animated family action comedy film, produced by Blue Yonder Films with Kanbar Entertainment, directed by Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards, Tony Leech, and produced by Maurice Kanbar, David K....
(2005). She also took part in The Oxford Murders
The Oxford Murders (film)
The Oxford Murders is a 2008 film directed by Álex de la Iglesia. This thriller film is adapted from the novel of the same name by the Argentine mathematician and writer Guillermo Martínez. The film stars Elijah Wood, John Hurt and the Spanish actress Leonor Watling.-Plot:It is 1993...
, alongside Elijah Wood
Elijah Wood
Elijah Jordan Wood is an American actor. He made his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future Part II , then landed a succession of larger roles that made him a critically acclaimed child actor by age 9. He is best known for his high-profile role as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's...
and John Hurt
John Hurt
John Vincent Hurt, CBE is an English actor, known for his leading roles as John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mr. Braddock in The Hit, Stephen Ward in Scandal, Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant and An Englishman in New York...
.
In 2006 Watling starred in Paris, Je T'aime
Paris, je t'aime
Paris, Je t'aime is a 2006 anthology film starring an ensemble cast of actors of various nationalities. The two-hour film consists of eighteen short films set in different arrondissements...
segment "Bastille" as Marie Christine. The film was directed by many famous directors who each had to produce a five-minute film set in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, the city of love. Spanish writer-director Isabel Coixet
Isabel Coixet
Isabel Coixet is a Spanish film director.She received an M.A. in history from the University of Barcelona...
wrote and directed the segment "Bastille" and Watling starred alongside Sergio Castellitto
Sergio Castellitto
Sergio Castellitto is an Italian actor and director.Castellitto attended the academy of dramatic art and dedicated himself to theatre soon after, working with many famous actors such as Luigi Squarzina, Aldo Trionfo and Enzo Muzii...
and Miranda Richardson
Miranda Richardson
Miranda Jane Richardson is an English stage, film and television actor. She has been nominated for two Academy Awards, and has won two Golden Globes and a BAFTA during her career....
as Sergio's younger lover with whom he plans to run away after ending his relationship with his wife Miranda.
Lately, she combines film performances with her work with the band Marlango
Marlango
Marlango is a Spanish music band deeply influenced by Tom Waits. The members of the band are Leonor Watling, Alejandro Pelayo and Óscar Ybarra.-Discography:...
, in which she is vocalist and sings mostly in English.
Personal life
Currently, Watling is in a relationship with OscarAcademy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
-winning Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an musician Jorge Drexler
Jorge Drexler
Jorge Drexler is an Uruguayan musician and actor.In 2004 Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan ever to win an Academy Award...
, with whom she has a son, Luca, born in January 2009.
She has been quoted as being a fan of Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
, Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Nadine Vega is an American songwriter and singer known for her eclectic folk-inspired music.Two of Vega's songs reached the top 10 of various international chart listings: "Luka" and "Tom's Diner"...
, Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
and Erik Satie
Erik Satie
Éric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde...
.
Filmography
- Jardines colgantes (1993)
- Todas hieren (1997)
- Grandes ocasiones (1998)
- La primera noche de mi vida (1998)
- La hora de los valientesLa hora de los valientesLa hora de los valientes is a 1998 Spanish war drama film directed by Antonio Mercero about the Spanish Civil War. Adriana Ozores won a Goya Award as Best Supporting Actress.-Plot summary:...
(1998) - No respires, el amor está en el aire (1999)
- La espalda de Dios (2000)
- Son de marSon de MarSon de Mar refers to:*Son de Mar is a Spanish film*Son de Mar is the soundtrack to the Spanish film by the same name....
(2002) - A mi madre le gustan las mujeres (2002)
- Hable con ella (2002)
- DeseoDeseoDeseo is a solo album by Jon Anderson of progressive rock band Yes.-Track listing:#Amor Real 04:17#A-DE-O 03:19#Bridges 03:32#Seasons 03:34#Floresta 03:04#Cafe 03:19#This Child 02:14#Danca Do Ouro 04:29#Midnight Dancing 03:50...
(2002) - My Life Without MeMy Life Without MeMy Life Without Me is a 2003 Spanish/Canadian film directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman, and Leonor Watling. Based on the book Pretending the Bed Is a Raft by Nanci Kincaid, it tells a story of the dying process of a 23-year-old woman who has a husband...
(2002) - En la ciudad (2003)
- El elefante del rey (2003)
- Mala lecheMala lecheMala leche is a fresh view of the Santiago that does not appear in postals cards. It is a very realistic and rough story of two young delinquents friends that debut by assignment of a Dealer in a drug deal. Things came complicated and they lost the money and the drugs. So they have to recover the...
(2003) - La mala educación (2004)
- CrónicasCrónicasCrónicas is a 2004 Ecuadorian thriller film, written and directed by Sebastián Cordero. The film was produced by Guillermo Del Toro, director of Pan's Labyrinth, and Alfonso Cuarón, director of Y Tu Mama Tambien...
(2004) - InconscientesInconscientesInconscientes is a 2004 Spanish period comedy directed by Joaquín Oristrell. It stars Leonor Watling and Luis Tosar. The plot follows the pregnant wife of a renowned Freudian psychiatrist who enlists the help of her admiring brother-in-law to uncover the elaborate mystery of why her husband ran...
(2004) - The Secret Life of WordsThe Secret Life of WordsThe Secret Life of Words is a 2005 Spanish film, directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley and Tim Robbins. The film was released on December 15, 2006 and grossed a worldwide total of $6,410,058.-Plot:...
(2005) - Malas temporadas (2005)
- Tirante el BlancoTirant lo Blanc (film)Tirant lo Blanc is a 2006 historical adventure film directed by Vicente Aranda. It is based on Tirant lo Blanch, a Catalan language chivalry novel dating to 1490, written by Joanot Martorell...
(2005) - Paris, je t'aimeParis, je t'aimeParis, Je t'aime is a 2006 anthology film starring an ensemble cast of actors of various nationalities. The two-hour film consists of eighteen short films set in different arrondissements...
(2006) - Salvador (Puig Antich)Salvador (Puig Antich)Salvador is a 2006 Spanish film directed by Manuel Huerga. It is based on the Francesc Escribano book , which describes the execution of Salvador Puig Antich, the last person executed by garrote under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at...
(2006) - El carnaval de Sodoma (2006)
- La Habitación del Niño (2006)
- Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007)
- The Oxford MurdersThe Oxford Murders (film)The Oxford Murders is a 2008 film directed by Álex de la Iglesia. This thriller film is adapted from the novel of the same name by the Argentine mathematician and writer Guillermo Martínez. The film stars Elijah Wood, John Hurt and the Spanish actress Leonor Watling.-Plot:It is 1993...
(2007) - Unmade BedsUnmade BedsUnmade Beds is a 2009 film directed by Alexis Dos Santos. The film was featured at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and at Febiofest 2010.The film tells the story of a couple of young people trying to deal with their life problems...
(2008)
With Marlango
- Marlango (2004)
- Automatic Imperfection (2005)
- Automatic Imperfection (Special edition) (2006)
- Selection (2007)
- The Electrical Morning (2007)
- Life In The Treehouse (2010)
Collaborations
- Miguel BoséMiguel BoséMiguel Dominguín Bosé is a Latin Grammy-winning Spanish/Italian musician and actor.-Early life:Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of the famous Italian actress Lucia Bosé and the legendary bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. He is also a cousin of Carmen...
- Duet in "Este mundo va" from the album Papito - Jorge DrexlerJorge DrexlerJorge Drexler is an Uruguayan musician and actor.In 2004 Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan ever to win an Academy Award...
- Backing vocals in "El otro engranaje" from the album 12 segundos de oscuridad - Diego Vasallo - Backing vocals in "La vida mata" from the album Los abismos cotidianos
- Fito PáezFito PáezRodolfo "Fito" Páez Ávalos is an Argentine popular rock and roll pianist, lyricist, Spanish language singer and film director.-Early career:...
- Duet in "Pétalo de sal" and "Creo" from the album No sé si es Baires o Madrid - Jorge DrexlerJorge DrexlerJorge Drexler is an Uruguayan musician and actor.In 2004 Drexler won wide acclaim after becoming the first Uruguayan ever to win an Academy Award...
- Duet in "Toque de queda" from the album Amar la tramaAmar la TramaAmar la Trama is the ninth studio album by Uruguayan recording artist Jorge Drexler. It was released by Warner Music on March 16, 2010, after a four-year gap since the release of his last album of original music. Drexler worked as co-producer, along with Matías Cella and Carles Campi Campón...