Leonor Watling facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Leonor Watling
Watling at the 33rd Goya Awards in 2019
Born	Leonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling (1975-07-28) 28 July 1975 (age 49) Madrid, Spain
Occupation	Actress musician lyricist
Years active	1993–present
Musical career
Genres	Jazz, blues, rock
Instruments	Vocals

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, to a Spanish father from Cádiz and an English mother, the youngest of four siblings (two brothers and two sisters). Her first vocation was that of dancer, but a knee injury made this impossible.

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). 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). 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.

Filmography

Film

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

Television

Other

• "Somos Anormales", music video by Residente (2017)

Discography

With Marlango

• Marlango (2004)
• Automatic Imperfection (2005)
• The Electrical Morning (2007)
• Life in the Treehouse (2010)
• Un Día Extraordinario (2012)
• El Porvenir (2014)
• Technicolor (2018)

Collaborations

• Miguel Bosé – Duet in "Este mundo va" from the album Papito
• Jorge Drexler – 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 Páez – Duet in "Pétalo de sal" and "Creo" from the album No sé si es Baires o Madrid
• Jorge Drexler – Duet in "Toque de queda" from the album Amar la trama

Accolades

See also

In Spanish: Leonor Watling para niños