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Alejandra Silva
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Born
Alejandra María Silva García-Baquero

(1983-02-16) 16 February 1983 (age 42)
Occupation Publicist
Spouse(s)
Govind Friedland
(m. 2012; div. 2015)
(m. 2018)
Children 3

Alejandra María Silva García-Baquero, born on February 16, 1983, is a Spanish publicist and activist. A publicist helps people or companies share their message with the public. Alejandra is known for her work helping others and her marriage to the famous American actor, Richard Gere.

Early Life and Career

Alejandra Silva was born in A Coruña, Spain. Her father, Ignacio Silva, was a businessman. He was also a former Vice President of the famous Real Madrid Football Club.

Alejandra started her career by working as an intern at an advertising agency called The Farm in Madrid. In 2005, she began working in sales and marketing for a company that deals with airplanes.

Helping Others (Philanthropy)

Alejandra Silva is very passionate about helping people. She has been involved in many projects to make the world a better place.

In 2007, Alejandra helped start a special project called Beautiful Life Fund. She worked with model Karolina Kurkova on this. The project aimed to help children who were in need. This included children who were refugees, victims of war, or homeless. It also focused on making sure these children could get an education.

In 2010, Alejandra joined the Real Madrid Football Club Foundation African Initiative Project. She helped create soccer leagues in Africa. These leagues helped bring children from tough backgrounds into their local communities. They also taught kids important values through sports.

Alejandra's interest in helping others led her to meet American actor Richard Gere. They began a relationship. As of 2016, Alejandra continued her work with non-profit groups. She strongly supported The Rais Foundation, which helps people who are homeless.

In 2016, Alejandra was featured on the cover of Hola! Fashion magazine.

Personal Life

Alejandra Silva has been married twice. She had a son in December 2012 with her first husband, Govind Friedland.

Later, Alejandra began a relationship with actor Richard Gere. Richard Gere had been a friend of her family for a long time. Alejandra and Richard Gere got married in April 2018. Their wedding took place at Richard Gere's home in Pound Ridge, New York.

The couple welcomed their first son together in early February 2019. In April 2020, it was announced that Alejandra had given birth to their second son.

See Also

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