Heiress to the Spanish throne (born )
For the medieval heir, see Eleanor, Princess of Asturias.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Borbón and the second or maternal family name is Ortiz.
Leonor, Princess of Asturias[a][1] (Leonor de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz;[b] born 31 October ) is the heir presumptive to the Spanish throne. She is the elder daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia.
Leonor was born during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King Juan Carlos I. She was educated at Santa María de los Rosales School, like her father; after finishing her secondary studies, she studied for an International Baccalaureate at the UWC Atlantic College in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, United Kingdom. On 17 August , Leonor joined the General Military Academy to start her 3-year military education.
In , following her father's ascension to the throne after the abdication
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LEONOR VARELA on 'INNOCENT VOICES' Contributed by Michael J. Lee, Executive Editor for Radio Free Entertainment September 21,
Set during El Salvador's civil war of the s, Innocent Voices is a dramatization about how the government army and civilian rebels both routinely recruited young boys to fight in their bloody campaigns. Based on the childhood experiences of screenwriter Oscar Torres, the story revolves around an eleven-year-old schoolboy named Chava (Carlos Padilla), who faces the threat of forced recruitment on his impending twelfth birthday.
Leonor Varela (who played a vampiric vixen in Blade II and the title role in TV's Cleopatra) dresses down to portray Chava's mother, an embattled woman who struggles to protect her children from the many repercussions of the war. In this interview, the versatile actress talks about working on a project that meant so much to her on a personal level.
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Varela in | Born | Leonor Magdalena Varela Palma () 29 månad (age52)
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Occupation | Actress |
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Leonor Magdalena Varela Palma (Spanish pronunciation:[leoˈnoɾβaˈɾela]; born 29 December ) is a Chilean born actress. She played the title role in the television rulle Cleopatra, and vampire princess Nyssa Damaskinos in the Marvel Comics film Blade II. Early life[edit] Varela was born in Santiago, Chile, the daughter of Leonor Palma-Keller, a massage therapist, and biologist and cognitive neuroscientist Francisco Varela García.[1] She has a sister, Alejandra, and two brothers, Javier and Gabriel.[2] When Varela was a child, her family fled Chile
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