Leonor Watling

Watling in 2015, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Leonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling

Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain

Date of Birth: 28 July, 1975

Ethnicity:
*Spanish (father)
*English (mother)

Leonor Watling is a Spanish actress and singer. Her roles include A Time for Defiance, Talk to Her, My Life Without Me, and Paris, je t’aime. She was born in Madrid, the daughter of Gillian (Watling) and Gonzalo Ceballos Sáenz de Cenzano. Her father was Spanish, from Cádiz, Andalusia, and her mother was English. Her stage surname is derived from her mother.

Leonor has two children with her partner, Uruguayan musician, actor, and doctor Jorge Drexler.

Leonor’s paternal grandfather was Gonzalo Ceballos y Fernández de Córdoba (the son of Luis Ceballos Medrano and María de los Dolores Fernández de Córdoba y Quesada). Luis was the son of Pedro Ceballos and Felisa Medrano. Dolores was the daughter of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Alvarez de las Asturias-Bohórquez and Matilde María del Pilar Quesada y Bayo.

Leonor’s paternal grandmother was named Remigia Sáenz de Cenzano y Ponce de León (the daughter of parents surnamed Sáenz de Cenzano and Ponce de León).

Sources: Genealogy of Leonor’s father –

Obituary of Leonor’s father –

Obituary of Leonor’s paternal grandfather, Gonzalo Ceballos y Fernández de Córdoba –

Obituary of Leonor’s paternal grandmother, Remigia Sáenz de Cenzano Ponce de León –