Introducing
Leonor Varela
"Elephants inspire awe and respect: their gentle strength and wisdom is evident to whom ever has had the blessing of meeting them. I had the honor back in 2004, and have never forgotten that feeling since. But I have fallen more deeply in love with elephants as I learned they are truly a matriarchal group, where grandmothers and mothers play a fundamental role in the survival of the herd. This resonates with our times deeply. I am so pleased to lend my voice and support to the Great Elephant Migration exhibition, that underlines the importance of our connection between race, and the wildlife that surrounds us to which all we belong."
Leonor stars as a lead of director Francisca Alegria’s La Vaca aka The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future which premiered at Sundance this past year and has been receiving rave reviews. Leonor also stars as the lead of the comedy film Miénteme for Amazon. Leonor also stars in the film vignette anthology Tell It Like a Woman alongside Eva Longoria, which was nominated for in Oscar this past year.
In addition to acting, Leonor is also a published author and recently bore her heart out in the Penguin Random House autobiography Ir Al Cielo Y Volver which tells the
journey of her life with her gift from heaven, her son Matteo.
Other past film work includes Albert Hughes film Alpha for Sony opposite Kodi Smit-McPhee, Paramount’s Captive opposite Kate Mara and David Oyelowo, Stephen Sommers’ film Odd Thomas with Anton Yelchin and Willem Dafoe, Blade II opposite Ron Perlman,
The Tailor Of Panama opposite Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush and Brendan Gleeson and the Quentin Tarantino produced film Hell Ride.
Leonor’s career has also been marked by celebrated indies, from her current film La Vaca to Luis Mandoki’s award winning film Innocent Voices to her work with John Leguizamo in the film Where God Left His Shoes for which Varela won an Imagen award.
A bit of a world citizen, Leonor is fluent in French, Italian, Spanish and English, was born in Chile, spent her formative years in Paris.
