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Leonor Watling
Watling at the 33rd Goya Awards in 2019
Born
Leonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling

(1975-07-28) 28 July 1975 (age 48)
Madrid, Spain
Occupations
  • Actress
  • musician
  • lyricist
Years active1993–present
Musical career
GenresJazz, blues, rock
Instrument(s)Vocals
Member ofMarlango

Leonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling (born 28 July 1975) is a Spanish film actress and singer.

Early life

Leonor Ceballos Watling was born on 28 July 1975 in Madrid,[1] to a Spanish father from Cádiz and an English mother,[2] the youngest of four siblings (two brothers and two sisters).[3] Her first vocation was that of dancer, but a knee injury made this impossible.[4]

Career

Watling performing with Marlango in 2008

Watling began her acting career in theatre. She earned her feature film debut with a performance in Pablo Llorca's Jardines colgantes (1993).[5] 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 sitio 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 My Mother Likes Women.

Watling dubbed Anne Hathaway as the voice of "Red Pucket" (Little Red Riding Hood) in Hoodwinked (2005).[6] 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.

She combines film performances with her work with the band Marlango, in which she is vocalist and sings mostly in English.

She appeared in TV series Pulsaciones.

Personal life

Watling and Jorge Drexler at the 32nd Goya Awards in 2018

Watling is in a relationship with Oscar-winning Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler, with whom she has a son, Luca, born in January 2009, and a daughter, Lea, born in July 2011.[7][8][9]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1993 Jardines colgantes (Hanging Gardens)
1997 Todas hieren Beatriz [10]
1998 Grandes ocasiones (Great Occasions) Bárbara [11]
1998 La primera noche de mi vida (The First Night of My Life) Paloma [12]
1998 La hora de los valientes (A Time for Defiance) Carmen [13]
1999 No respires (el amor está en el aire) (Do Not Breathe, Love is in the Air) Muriel [14]
2000 La espalda de Dios (God's Back)
2002 Son de mar (Sound of the Sea) Martina [15]
2002 A mi madre le gustan las mujeres (My Mother Likes Women) Elvira [16]
2002 Hable con ella (Talk to Her) Alicia Roncero [17]
2002 Deseo (Desire) Elvira [18]
2002 My Life Without Me The other Ann [19]
2003 En la ciudad (In the City) Cristina [20]
2003 El elefante del rey (The Elephant King)
2003 Mauvais esprit [fr] Carmen [21]
2004 La mala educación (Bad Education) Mónica [22]
2004 Crónicas (Chronicles)
2004 Inconscientes (Unconscious) Alma [23]
2005 The Secret Life of Words
2005 Malas temporadas (Hard Times) Laura [24]
2005 Tirante el Blanco (White Tie)
2006 Paris, je t'aime
2006 Salvador (Puig Antich) (Salvador) Cuca [25]
2006 El carnaval de Sodoma (Carnival of Sodom)
2007 Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (Theresa: The Body of Christ) Doña Guiomar de Ulloa [26]
2008 The Oxford Murders Lorna [27]
2009 Unmade Beds
2010 Viaje mágico a África [es] (Magic Journey to Africa) Hada ('fairy') [28]
2010 Lope (Lope: The Outlaw) Isabel [29]
2011 Lo mejor de Eva (Dark Impulse) Eva [30]
2012 If I Were You Lucy [31]
2013 The Food Guide To Love
2016 Risen
2017 Muse
2022 No mires a los ojos (Staring at Strangers) Lucía [32]
2023 Chinas (Chinas, a Second Generation Story) [33]

Television

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2021)
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1997–98 Querido maestro [es] Silvia [34]
2000 Raquel busca su sitio Raquel Leading role [35]
2006 La habitación del niño [es] (The Child's Room) Sonia TV movie [36]
2017 Pulsaciones Blanca Jiménez [37]
2018 Asesinato en la Universidad Lara Cabanes TV movie [38]
2018–20 Vivir sin permiso (Unauthorized Living) Berta Moliner [39]
2020– Nasdrovia Edurne Leading role [40]
2021 La templanza (The Vineyard) Soledad Montalvo Leading role. Younger version of the character performed by Carla Campra [41][42]
2021 Besos al aire (Blowing Kisses) Doctora Cabanas Leading role. Two-part television miniseries [43]
2022 No me gusta conducir (I Don't Like Driving) Iria [44]
Other

Discography

With Marlango

Collaborations

Accolades

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2021)
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
1999 13th Goya Awards Best Leading Actress A Time for Defiance Nominated [46][47]
2003 17th Goya Awards Best Leading Actress My Mother Likes Women Nominated [48][49]
53rd Fotogramas de Plata Best Actress (film) Won [50]
12th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Film Actress in a Leading Role Nominated [51][52]
2004 59th CEC Medals Best Supporting Actress My Life Without Me Won [53]
13th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Actress in a Minor Role (film) Won [54]
2020 24th Actors and Actresses Union Awards Best Television Actress in a Minor Role Unauthorized Living Nominated [55]
2023 10th Feroz Awards Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series I Don't Like Driving Nominated [56]

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